Articles by Del F. Cowie

Rich Kidd & Dj Nana

Rich Kidd vs. DJ Nana 2

PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2012

Given that Toronto producer/MC Rich Kidd has been putting in work behind the boards for upcoming albums by Kendrick Lamar and Jay Electroni...

Elaquent

The Scenic Route

PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2012

Guelph, ON native Elaquent is back keeping up with his annual album output, this time hooking up with French label Stillmuzik to unleash hi...

Rob Swift Talks Tribute Mixtape to the Late Roc Raida

PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2012

It's been just over two years since Roc Raida, pioneering turntablist and DJ who was part of the groundbreaking X-Ecutioners crew, died aft...

Raekwon Talks Ice H20's Toronto Move, Wu-Tang's 20th Anniversary and Upcoming Biopic

PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2011

If there's any doubt about Raekwon's intentions to set up a label in Canada, the visual cues to dispute that contention are everywhere. The...

Hip-Hop 2011: That Canadian Sound

PUBLISHED Nov 28, 2011

The amount of talent in Canada's hip-hop production scene is ridiculously deep with talent and hip-hop heads around the world are beginning...

The Legacy of the Real Frequency

PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2011

Given the deluge of online mixtapes, loyalty to an old-fashioned, painstakingly curated terrestrial radio show is charmingly anachronistic....

Kanye West & Jay-Z

Watch the Throne

PUBLISHED Aug 9, 2011

Taken at face value, the title (Watch the Throne) invokes the gazing of deferring awe at opulence and excess. But the phrase could also com...

Little Dragon

PUBLISHED Aug 3, 2011

Having known, played and lived together since three quarters of the band met in high school, electronic Swedish quartet Little Dragon seem...