Articles by Del F. Cowie

Black Milk

Popular Demand

PUBLISHED Feb 25, 2007

In the past few months, underground hip-hop circles have been abuzz about the emergence of Detroit producer/MC Black Milk. Truth be told, B...

Red 1’s Beautiful Struggle

PUBLISHED Feb 23, 2007

Red 1 has had enough. "We’re doing music on the level that’s as good as anybody in the world,” he says. "So we should expect the same treat...

Peanut Butter Wolf/Various

Chrome Children

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

Various artists compilations are often fairly loose affairs rarely when it comes to being cohesive and when the artists in question are on...

Georgia Anne Muldrow

Olesi: Fragments of an Earth

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

Georgia Anne Muldrow’s obvious talent could be read as both a blessing and a curse. As a producer, arranger, vocalist and sometime MC obvio...

Hi-Tek

Hi-Teknology 2

PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2007

Since splitting from former Reflection Eternal accomplice Talib Kweli a few years ago, Cincinnati-bred producer Hi-Tek has quietly made som...

Clipse

Hell Hath No Fury

PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2007

Portraying a hustler that happens to rhyme has paid off for some recently, dutifully fulfilling the coke rap fetish of voyeuristic listener...

AZ

The Format

PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2007

Twelve years after he appeared on Nas’ Illmatic album, AZ still can’t seem to escape the ominous shadow that appearance has cast on his car...

The Game

Doctor's Advocate

PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2007

Despite his own unfortunate involvement, the Game’s debut album The Documentary was actually quite engaging. The main reason for the record...