Articles by Del F. Cowie
Kim Hill
Suga Hill
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
You may remember Kim Hill as a vocalist in Black Eyed Peas, but while her former associates are currently cashing cheques on tour with Timb...
Madlib
Shades of Blue: Madlib Invades Blue Note
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
It started out as a joke. Stones Throw head Peanut Butter Wolf was on the horn to a honcho at Blue Note enamoured with Madlibs jazz alter...
Maspyke
The Blackout
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
While they hail from Springfield, Massachusetts and not fictional Springfield, USA, Maspyke, much like the animated characters in The Simps...
Styles Of Beyond
Megadef
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
Soon after the release of the critically acclaimed 2000 Fold, Styles of Beyond split up. Most reunions of hip-hop groups have been incredib...
Big Gipp
Mutant Mindframe
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
With commercial hip-hop emanating from the South becoming resurgent in recent months it’s ironic that the Goodie Mob, the group that...
Hieroglyphics
Full Circle
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
Representing the second collective record from Bay Area rhyme conglomerate Hieroglyphics, Full Circle brings together some of the Left Coas...
Jean Grae
The Bootleg of the Bootleg EP
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
While she works on a proper sophomore effort to follow-up Attack of the Attacking Things, Jean Grae offers up these tracks as a stopgap. If...
Outkast
Speakerboxxx / The Love Below
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
Big Boi and Andre 3000 have always thrived on accentuating their differences from each other and everyone else so their decision to essenti...