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Some sort of underground rap supergroup made up of Quannum labelmates Present of Gab (from Blackalicious) and Lateef (from Latyrx) along with manufacturer Headnodic (from Crown Town Rockers), the Mighty Underdogs met up after Lateef invited Gab to become listed on him on some Headnodic beats he was rhyming more …

Oakland local Lateef the reality Loudspeaker first made his contribution towards the Western Coast hip-hop motion with “The Wreckoning”/”Latyrx” solitary in 1996. Because of the creation backings of DJ Darkness, microphone efforts from Lyrics Given birth to and monetary help from SoleSides’ Information, Lateef followed using the EP The Quickening …

Members from the prodigiously talented Solesides/Quannum collective, Latyrx went sorely underrecognized because of their restlessly experimental make of hip-hop. Their lone record was much too eccentric for the public, but also in underground circles, it dropped victim to poor distribution (it went of print double) and poor timing (Quannum mates …