Moorish Delta 7

December 18th, 2005

Moorish Delta 7

Cipher of the rarely talked about Birmingham crew, speaks on the releases they’ve dropped and what’s planned for the forthcoming year.

How long have you guys been rapping together as a crew?

Been together ten years next year.

What does the name mean?




How has living away from Uk hiphop’s HQ of London effected your careers in the scene?


Could you give us a run through of the releases you’ve dropped so far?

1998, ‘Taking Four Wicked Heads’. 8 track EP. 2000, ‘New Empire’ 4 track vinyl EP, 2002 ‘The Power & The Glory’ album, 2004 ‘The Rain’ 12” single.


Moorish Delta 7 DVD ‘The Legend of the Moorish Delta 7’. The new album is called ‘Life in the City’ and is now in its finishing stages. Malik’s solo album called ‘The Collectors Item’.


The production of Moorish Delta 7’s music is handled primarily be myself, Cipher, Urban Monk and Baby J. I like using MPC’s and I flip between the different Akai MPC machines. Cubase, Logic, Triton, Alesis and some of the vintage Keyboards like the Juno and the Roland 808.

Are there any artists or producers which you’d like to work with on future material?






Seven Entertainment has been going 5 years now. We are a record label, recording studio, we do event management, street team and run youth workshops. We have a crew which is all the artist signed to the label called ‘Underworld’, which is Big V, Law, Adante, Moorish, Megga Stress…

How much hard work is running the label?

Running a label is easy. Running a record label properly is difficult. It’s not just the music, it’s the rest that goes with it and as with any business, it takes time for things to settle down and to understand your own business.

What’s the best and worst aspect of the UK hiphop scene in 2005?




Do you wanna make any plugs or shout out’s to end this on?
