How to Rob 2009: Stevie Crooks Interview
Every so often an artist emerges to demonstrate the timelessness of hip hop. As a genre inextricably linked to fashion and trends, rap is easy to lose itself in the search for the next hot look and catchy sound (RIP Auto-tune) and forget where it comes from and what its essence is. In a genre that eagerly moves onto the next thing while still holding time-honored icons sacred, few efforts are as powerful as finding a balance between the old and the new. Stevie Crooks, born Stephen Anthony Montomery, undertook this hefty effort with his debut mixtape,