Articles by Luke Fox

Wale Preps His <i>Attention: Deficit</i>, Big Ups Canadian Hip-Hop Peers K'naan and Drake

PUBLISHED Jul 13, 2009

As the release date of his first official LP, Attention: Deficit, approaches, rapper Wale remains patient and confident. When asked by Excl...

Long Live <b>Underground Kingz</b>

PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2009

With Pimp C passed, Bun B soldiers on, keeping the UGK name alive with UGK 4 Life, the Texan rap duo's sixth and final album. Chad "Pimp C"...

Joe Budden

Padded Room

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2009

In 2003, Joe Budden scored a smash hit, "Pump It Up," on rap's biggest label, Def Jam. And since, silence. After floundering in label limbo...

UGK's Bun B Discusses New Solo Album, Pimp C Posthumous Album

PUBLISHED Mar 11, 2009

Although fans of Underground Kingz (aka UGK), the 17-year rap legends from Port Arthur, TX, are salivating in anticipation of the duo's fin...

Zion I

The Takeover

PUBLISHED Jan 26, 2009

Another release from Bay Area indie rap darling Zion I means another label stamped on the record sleeve. The Takeover marks the duo's fifth...

Notorious

George Tillman

PUBLISHED Jan 15, 2009

It starts at the ending. It's night-time in California and the date "March 8, 1997" appears on the bottom of the screen. The setting alone...

Scarface

Emeritus

PUBLISHED Jan 13, 2009

Emeritus, like the 20 years of solo and group albums sprung from the tear- and blood-stained, unlocked diaries of Scarface, is a beautiful/...

E-40

The Ball Street Journal

PUBLISHED Jan 13, 2009

Following in the platinum footsteps of his last full-length, 2006's My Ghetto Report Card, E-40 opens up his 11th record with a Digable Pla...