Artist Dana Coppafeel

The new album by Dana Coppafeel, Coppa’s Welfare Foods, has a vintage feel, with plenty of tasty jazz and R&B samples to accompany the Milwaukee MC’s trademark smart-aleck delivery. It’s a fitting sound, since few artists in Milwaukee hip-hop have a resume as long as Coppafeel’s, whose loudmouthed witticisms date back to 1995 as a member of the Rusty Ps, back when they were called the Rusty Pelicans. After leaving the Ps, Coppafeel moved to Madison with his group the Intel Agents, who travelled with the Vans Warped Tour before splitting up, and then returned home to join forces with KingHellBastard and later House Of M. In his 15 years of doing hip-hop, Coppafeel has never recorded a solo record—until now.

Updated 03/10/2010