Articles by Del F. Cowie

Ty

Upwards

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

While all the recent fuss around UK hip-hop has recently been focused on Dizzee Rascal, there’s plenty more where he came from and he’s not...

Various

You Don't Know The Half

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2004

This compilation marks the first foray into the market by Halftooth, a previously unknown label based in New York. While reading between th...

Bobbito / Various

Earthtones

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004

Renaissance b-boy Bobbito Garcia has been the host of one of the most influential college radio hip-hop shows ever, a journalist, a pioneer...

Djinji Brown/Various

Uncle Junior's Friday Fish Fry : The Market

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004

As exhibited on his Sirround Sound effort, Djinji Brown is a sound scientist with eclectic tastes and collage-happy techniques. This mix CD...

Kelis

Tasty

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004

While she’s arguably been ubiquitous production duo the Neptunes’ muse, Kelis has curiously never commanded their high profile. Given that...

LA Carnival

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004

If you’ve never heard of the LA Carnival you’re not alone. The group only ever released one single in their existence. But thanks to the ef...

Various

Required Listening

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004

John Kong’s Do Right! label follows up an excellent soul Keb Darge compilation and the dance floor nuggets on the On the Right Track collec...

DJ Craze/Various

Audio Research Presents Rugged Radio Saturday

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004

Montreal’s Audio Research label has been steadily issuing extremely dope yet somehow underrated hip-hop joints for the last few years now,...