Articles by Del F. Cowie

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  Zap Mama

  Ancestry In Progress

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2004

  For this album, Marie Daulne, the creative force behind Zap Mama, continues the incorporation of hip-hop & R&B into the group’s sound. The...

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  Mos Def

  The New Danger

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2004

  It’s been five years since the mighty Mos Def’s undisputed classic Black On Both Sides was released. Evidently much has changed in the inte...

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  Supastition

  The Deadline

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2004

  In case you haven’t noticed, hip-hop from North Carolina has been turning a lot of heads recently. Not previously seen as a hip-hop hotbed,...

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  The Alchemist

  1st Infantry

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2004

  The Alchemist has come a long way since he came on the scene as a member of the forgettable kiddie rap group the Whooliganz, with actor Sco...

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  Foreign Exchange

  Connected

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2004

  Helmed by Phonte from North Carolina’s Little Brother and Netherlands-based producer Nicolay, this record was entirely conceived and produc...

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  Wale Ojeyide

  One Day, Everything Changed

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2004

  Wale Ojeyide terms his music as "broken jazz,” yet that term hardly does justice to its expansive diasporic bent. This tag probably applied...

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  DJ Rels

  Theme for a Broken Soul

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2004

  Another month, another Madlib alias or so it would. Just as heads are digesting Stevie, Madlib’s tribute to Stevie Wonder delivered in his...

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  Terror Squad

  True Story

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2004

  With "Lean Back” having made a rapid leap from the underground into the mainstream, the question is whether a reconfigured Terror Squad, he...