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Substantially involved with a variety of disciplines — social activism, theater acting, and spoken word poetry — Michael “Mike-E” Ellis usually discovers methods to incorporate almost all into his uplifting, Afrocentric hip-hop. The Detroit-based MC was in fact given birth to in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and relocated to the U.S. …

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 …

Producing their first appearance on Key-Kool & Rhettmatic’s 1995 album, Kozmonautz, around the song “Visionaries (Quit Actin’ Scary),” Writer’s Prevent, comprised of MCs Lord Zen and Dannu, soon became a member of the group, also known as the Visionaries, that surfaced from that session. They helped make 1998’s Galleries before …

The Living Legends, a loose collective of MCs and DJs in the Oakland/San Francisco Bay Area, LA, Japan, and European countries, are unique for both their down-to-earth songs and method of the music business. Pursuing in the footsteps of California performers like Too Brief who produced a name offering tapes …

Section of Portland’s Misfit Massive Team — which also contains Sly da Dark brown Hornet, Vursatyle, Razor Shines, and Jumbo — Libretto got an early on begin in hip-hop. Starting at age group 6, he kept his personal with additional MCs in Jordan Downs, probably one of the most harmful …

Lifesavas, the Portland, OR-based duo of MC Vursatyl and maker/MC Jumbo the Garbageman, became mostly of the nonaffiliated artists release a an archive through Quannum, the successor to underground rap phenom Solesides. The duo fulfilled while playing golf ball and quickly got hipped to each other’s rapping skills; following a …

The very first artist release a an EP on San Francisco’s Soleside Records, Lyrics Born went beneath the original moniker Asia Born on 1993’s Send Them before changing it 3 years down the road his collaborations with labelmate Lateef. After getting highlighted on Lateef’s “The Wreckoning” b/w “Latyrx” one, Lyrics …

The Seattle-based Boom Bap Project, with MCs Karim (aka Nightclubberlang) and Destro Destructo, alongside DJ Tre, self-released their debut album, Circumstance Dictates, in 2001, though Tre was replaced by DJ Scene following the record arrived. Invited to execute on the 2002 Wintertime Olympics in Sodium Lake Town, UT, the trio …

Hand and hand with friend Seattle-based rap organizations Common Marketplace and Growth Bap Task, the Blue Scholars led the charge in proclaiming the Pacific Northwest like a mating floor for “true college” hip-hop. Perceiving themselves as blue-collar intellectuals, DJ/maker Sabzi (given birth to Alexei Saba Mohajerjasbi) and MC Geologic (given …

As you of Philly’s leading underground beat-makers (J-Live, Zap Mama, Bahamadia, Mr. Organic, and Pharoahe Monch), Hezekiah got his humble begin singing in chapel and fronting his uncle’s funk music group. In 1986, he received some hands-on teaching when his cousin brought house a four-track recorder and drum machine, and …