Articles by Del F. Cowie

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  Wild Bunch

  The Story of A Sound System: Mixed by DJ Milo

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002

  Back in the day before I was a teenager in Bristol, England, I found myself at a daytime hip-hop party where DJ and MC competitions were go...

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  KRS-One

  The Mixtape

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2002

  Apparently there's no creative elixir better for an MC than beef. It's something that LL Cool J knows all too well, and Jay-Z and Nas have...

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  Skhool Yard

  A New Way of Thinking

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2002

  While Planet Asia's solo debut for Interscope remains MIA, he surfaces here as a member of Skhool Yard, a crew comprised of himself and fou...

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  The Philadelphia Story

  A New Generation Revives Philly's Soul

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2002

  Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love is currently a focal centre for new and innovative soul and hip-hop music, and new artists have co...

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  AZ

  Aziatic

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2002

  Ever since he delivered one stunning verse on Nas's Illmatic, the great expectations for Brooklyn rapper AZ have never quite materialised....

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  Brassmunk

  Push Up

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2002

  Toronto crew Brassmunk have evidently been making moves, having hooked up with renowned indie hip-hop distributor Fat Beats for this releas...

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  Jean Grae

  Attack of The Attacking Things

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2002

  Jean Grae has often been called things like, "the dopest underground female emcee," a description she'd probably spurn with disgust. After...

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  Mood Ruff

  Antartica: Cold Cold World

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2002

  This EP release from Winnipeg's most prominent crew shows that the work they've been putting in the studio and hooking up with other artist...