Articles by Del F. Cowie

Black Sheep

From the Black Pool of Genius

PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2010

If your only exposure to Black Sheep was through a recent car commercial populated by hamsters rhyming their classic 1991 single "The Choic...

Maestro Eyes the Prize

PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2010

Already a Canadian hip-hop icon whose foray into acting recently nabbed him a Gemini nomination, the man known to Canadians for letting his...

Big Boi

Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty

PUBLISHED Jul 6, 2010

After an interminable wait, Big Boi's first solo album completely outside of the shadow of the Outkast umbrella is here. Long delayed due t...

The Roots

How I Got Over

PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2010

Given its title, one would think How I Got Over, the 11th studio album issued by Philadelphia, PA's the Roots, could be an affair full of s...

Drake Comes Out on Top at 2010 Stylus DJ Awards

PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2010

The 2010 Stylus DJ Awards took place at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Toronto Monday night (May 31), and Drake was among the many win...

Declaime

Fonk

PUBLISHED May 25, 2010

"This how we gonna eat/saturate the streets/you dark dudes can't compete/so wake up and don't sleep" is the chorus from "Hungry," off Decla...

Method Man, Ghostface & Raekwon

Wu Massacre

PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2010

Ever since word leaked of this project featuring the Wu-Tang Clan's most independently successful MCs, anticipation has been high and the r...

Mark de Clive-Lowe ft. Rahel

"Hope"

PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2010

TRACK OF THE DAY: Since he emerged from his role as a go-to session musican in West London's progressive scene (often ascribed the much-mal...