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Black Milk drops new EP “Glitches In The Break” on 4th March

With the US West coast blowing up the hip-hop scene in a big way, sometimes its funny how we forget just how much talent Detroit has produced for the scene.

Black Milk will be releasing his long-awaited new EP “Glitches In The Break” on 4th March. If you haven’t already heard the released single, “Cold Days”, here’s a clip below. If this track is any indication, this album could be an fitting…

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Black Milk, Album of the Year

Adding live instruments to his barrage of sound Black Milk (a.k.a. Curtis Cross) steps out with an adventurous and solid performance in ‘Album of the Year.’ Following up from 2008’s Tronic was never going to be a walk in the park, but in 'Album of the Year' , Black Milk has played his cards well. He avoids a repeat performance of what got him there, expanding his sound by introducing live drums, strings and horns - with head banging fury.

It’s a strange mix, and rapping over Rockist trappings takes some time to get use to. But, Black Milk is convincing with his attention detail and production prowess. Standout performer's ‘Distortion’ and ‘Deadly Medley’ illustrate an all-round complexity. Its not just the beats that stand out as in previous outings, this time 'round there’s a full composition, illustrating the craft and attention to detail Black Milk gives to his mixes. Weaving so many ‘non-hiphop’ sounds together could so easily have sounded like mush.

The only real gripe with this album is that while Black Milk pushes his sound forward, his instrumental and production prowess shows up his straight-forward rapping style and repetitive lyrics. When based on a strong premise (like in ‘Distortion’), Curtis Cross’s lyrics are grounding and convincingyet when he meanders onto the well trodden path of Rappers rapping about how good and well off they are you can't help but feel that Cross is selling the rest of his handy work short. It never entered my mind that Cross didn’t have a big screen tv and lots of hoes on speed dial, but I’ve heard this all before from people with less talent - and isn’t that what Black Milk is trying to set himself above?

Black Milk is an enlightened artist, and once he gives the same attention to his rapping style and lyrics as his production and instrumental approach, he definitely will have the album of the year.