Black Milk
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Curtis Cross |
| Origin |  Detroit, Michigan, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer |
| Instrument(s) | drums Turntable Sampler Drum Machine |
| Label(s) | Fat Beats |
| Associated acts | B.R. Gunna, Slum Village, J Dilla |
Curtis Cross, better known as Black Milk, is a hip hop producer and MC from Detroit, Michigan.
He began his music career producing beats for his mother. In 2004, he formed B.R. Gunna, with Young RJ, and Fat Ray, and together they released Dirty District: Vol. 2, a follow up to a compilation released in 2001 by Slum Village in which he contributed production to also. Black Milk then released a solo album, called Sound of the City, Vol. 1, the following year and in 2006 he signed a record contract with Fat Beats Records. In the fall of 2006, he released an EP, entitled Broken Wax. March 13, 2007 saw the release of his second album titled Popular Demand.
In addition to Slum Village, Black Milk has worked with the likes of J Dilla, Elzhi, Phat Kat, Frank-N-Dank, Lloyd Banks, Canibus, and Pharoahe Monch, and handled almost all the production on T3's Olio mixtape of 2006.
In the Winter of 2007/2008 Black Milk paired with Aftermath recording artist Bishop Lamont to release a mixtape entitled Caltroit, which was nominated for Best Hip Hop Mixtape at Justo's Mixtape Awards, putting him against the likes of Lil Wayne, Styles P, Big Mike, and DJ Khaled.
Black Milk released an album with Fat Ray entitled "The Set Up" on March 4, 2008. and will release his next official solo release "Tronic" on October 28, 2008. He also handled the majority of production[citation needed] on Elzhi's album "The Preface", released August 12.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Solo
- Sound of the City, Vol. 1 (2005)
- Broken Wax (EP release) (2006)
- Popular Demand (2007)
- Tronic (2008)
[edit] Collaborations
- Dirty District: Vol. 2 - with BR Gunna (2004)
- Caltroit - with Bishop Lamont (2007)
- The Set Up - with Fat Ray (March 2008)
- The Preface - with Elzhi (contributed 14 of 16 tracks) (August 2008)
- Random Axe - with Sean Price and Guilty Simpson (2008)
[edit] External links
- Black Milk on Myspace
- Black Milk interview on platform8470
- Synthesis Magazine's Black Milk Interview
- Black Milk Interview
- Insomniac Magazine Interview
- nobody Smiling Interview
- RBMA Radio On Demand - Melbourne Marvels - Black Milk (Fat Beats)
- Black Milk RBMA video lecture session Pt.1
- Black Milk RBMA video lecture session Pt.2
- Black Milk RBMA video lecture session Pt.3
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