Articles by Del F. Cowie

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  Wiley

  Treddin' On Thin Ice

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2004

  Comparisons to Mercury Prize winner Dizzee Rascal will inevitably crop up when discussing the music of another East London resident Wiley....

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  Ghostface

  The Pretty Toney Album

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2004

  For the past few years, the consensus among discerning heads has been that the only original member of the Wu-Tang Clan who has best adhere...

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  Immortal Technique

  Revolutionary Volume 2

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2004

  "The bling-bling era was cute but it’s about to be done,” Harlem MC Immortal Technique spits disdainfully on "Industrial Revolution” from h...

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  Pangea Project

  Pangea Project

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2004

  Pangea Project isn’t your average MC collective. Case in point is "City Of Angles” the first track from this self-titled full-length. While...

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  Marvel

  No Streets EP

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2004

  Toronto MC Marvel first emerged as a member of the ten-deep Circle crew that spawned the careers of Kardinal Offishall, Choclair and Saukra...

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  Twista

  Kamikaze

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2004

  In the Guinness Book of World Records for being the world’s fastest rapper, Chicago’s Twista is finally hitting pay dirt after about a deca...

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  Various

  Beat Generation

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2004

  Even if you’ve been aware that Peter Ardakwah, the head honcho at the remarkably consistent London-based BBE label has been putting out com...

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  Royce Da 5'9"

  Death Is Certain

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

  Due to his association with a certain blond-haired MC a few years back, Detroit’s Royce Da 5’9 must have thought that his success was assur...