The rap auteur with unusual range and a unique vision

In the highly collaborative world of '10s rap, Russ is an unusual case: not only does he rap every bar and sing every hook on There’s Really A Wolf, but he produced the tracks too. Built on a string of hit singles (including “What They Want” and “Losin Control”), Wolf is an album of unusual range, mixing trap (“Do It Myself”) and Caribbean-flavoured pop (“Don’t Lie”) with music that straddles the line between hip-hop and something like Coldplay (“Cherry Hill”)—a strong, unique vision.