Articles by Del F. Cowie

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  Black Moon

  Total Eclipse

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  While the Boot Camp Clik never crossed over to the mainstream success of Wu-Tang, the crew built up a loyal hardcore following of adherents...

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  Procussions

  …As Iron Sharpens Iron

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  If the not-so-subtle hint of the microphone buried in the soil on the album cover doesn’t tip you off, the organic vibe of this LA-based Co...

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  Me'shell N'dgeocello

  Comfort Woman

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  For her fifth studio record Me’shell topically revisits similar territory to her 1999 outing Bitter. But while that record dealt with relat...

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  Chops

  Virtuosity

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  As a member of Philly hip-hop group the Mountain Brothers, Chops is an anchoring presence with his jazzy production and baritone MCing. But...

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  Butta Babees

  Urbanelo

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  To Montreal’s Butta Babees, Urbanelo represents "urban eloquence.” However, Urbanelo also represents the culmination of years of recording...

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  Amp Fiddler

  Waltz of a Ghetto Fly

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  As someone who has held down a 12-year tenure in George Clinton’s Funkadelic and has also taught Detroit hip-hop production maestro Jay Dee...

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  Cee Lo

  Cee-Lo Green…Is the Soul Machine

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  If Andre 3000’s The Love Below had a logical precursor it was probably 2002’s Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections in which the forme...

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  Dead Prez

  RBG: Revolutionary But Gangsta

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Having been held up in limbo for a considerable time Dead Prez’s sophomore effort (not counting recent mix-tape releases) finds the group h...