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Rapshack 'Concentrate' Artist profile-BLACK MILK.

In only a few years, producer/emcee Black Milk has quickly developed into one of the few hip hop artists who both carries an


accomplished resume and is followed with widely-held optimism about what he can bring as one of the leaders of the modern


hip hop movement.

Now 25 years old, Black (born Curtis Cross) earned his stripes both locally in his native Detroit and on a national

level
from his associations with Slum Village. After getting his first production credit for "What is This" on SV's


sophomorealbum "Trinity" in 2002, he produced much of the popular group's next two albums both individually and as

part
of the production team BR Gunna, with whom he also released the album "Dirty District, Vol. 2." It wasn't until his


self-released debut solo album "Sound of the City" in 2005 did he begin to achieve some notoriety as an emcee, and it was

off the strength of the album that he signed his first record deal with Fat Beats Records in 2006.

Upon the release of his "Popular Demand" album in March 2007, Black Milk instantly became one of underground hip hop's


ambassadors. In addition to becoming a go-to producer for commissioned beats on an independent level (he's placed beats


on projects by Kidz in the Hall, Guilty Simpson, Strange Fruit Project, Genius/GZA, and many more), he's also worked with

major label artists like Pharoahe Monch, Kardinal Offishall, and Busta Rhymes. He's also recently released two albums on his


own Music House imprint (Fat Ray's "The Set Up" and "Black Milk presents Caltroit"), produced nearly an entire album for

Elzhi from Slum Village ("The Preface"), and produces and rhymes as a member of the group Random Axe (with Sean Price and


Guilty Simpson) who have a full length album scheduled for release in early 2009.

-Quotes taken from Myspace.com

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