Blackalicious

Blackalicious is a hip- hop group from the USA. It consists of rapper Gift of Gab ( born Tim Parker) and Chief Xcel producer ( born Xavier Mosley ).

Career

Xavier Mosley (Chief Xcel ) and Tim Parker ( Gift of Gab ) met in 1987 at the John F. Kennedy High School in Sacramento know. They founded with another rapper Homicide, still under the name DJ IceSki (Chief Xcel ) and Gabby T ( Gift of Gab ), its first crew. However, it quickly became apparent that IceSki and Gabby T worked best as a duo and they decided in 1989 their musical way to go for two. After searching for her artistic identity is constantly changing her sound. At a suitable name could not be agreed and they initially called themselves GTI ( composition of their pseudonyms), then The Elements of Sound and Atomic Legion. For the first time as Blackalicious they were heard in 1991.

As a Gift of Gab moved to Los Angeles, suffered the motivation to make music together. Several songs were over telephone contact. At this time the group SoleSides is founded ( 1997 Quannum Projects) with Lyrics Born, DJ Shadow and Lateef the Truth Speaker. Consequently, they released their joint solo album Nia in 1999 after two EPs on the British trip - hop label Mo ' Wax. The Underground album sold very well and so did several labels Blackalicious contract deals.

Under the label MCA, they released the second album Blazing Arrow 2002. On the album can be found among others Chali2Na of Jurassic 5, Questlove of The Roots and Gil Scott - Heron. Gift of Gab published in 2004 his solo album 4th Dimensional Rocketship Going Up while Chief Excel with Lateef under the name Maroons brought out the album Ambush. Finally, in 2005 appeared the follow-up work, The Craft. In October 2008, published Gift of Gab with Lateef and Headnodic as The Mighty Underdogs Album Droppin ' Science Fiction. The corresponding EP The Prelude appeared in the previous March. Also this year is also a renewed solo album Escape 2 Mars are published.

Discography