Tone Lōc

Lip-Smacking LA: Delicious Vinyl

Report and Interview by Simon Witter, New Musical Express, 11 February 1989

New Yorkers, the creators of hip hop, have never been receptive to outside beats, and in the past only the Philly scene has given them ...

Tone-Lōc: Tone-Def

Profile and Interview by Rob Tannenbaum, Rolling Stone, 1 June 1989

L.A. rapper Tone-Lōc takes his success in stride — like everything else in his life ...

Tone Loc: Raising the Tone

Report and Interview by James Brown, New Musical Express, 24 June 1989

Wild Thing! You make my bank account sing. In the last six months West Coast rapper TONE LOC has sold over six million records. His ...

Tone Lōc: The Burger King

Interview by Roy Wilkinson, Sounds, 5 August 1989

Get yourself in shape with Tone Lōc, the monster court jester of rap's ruff, tuff kingdom. Roy Wilkinson chews the fat about girls, grub and ...

U.S. Rap: Listen Up!

Report and Interview by Mark Cooper, Q, January 1990

RAIN IS STREAMING down in sheets on the Long Island suburb of Hempstead but, inside Public Enemy's headquarters, the group's leader Chuck D is just ...

Friend or Phobic?

Comment by Steven Wells, New Musical Express, 17 March 1990

STEVEN WELLS investigates American rock's backlash against gays ...

Tone Loc: Cool Hand Loc

Review by Mat Snow, Q, January 1992

Is Tone Loc too funky or what? ...

Tone Loc: Cool Hand Loc (Delicious Vinyl)

Review by Chuck Eddy, Spin, January 1992

TONE LOC could well be the guy that repossesses Melle Mel's car in 'The Message' (it really was his job once), and in a sense, ...