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Blackalicious is an Western alternative hip hop duo. Gift of Gab (Tim Parker) and Chief Xcel (Xavier Mosley) met at John F. Kennedy High School in 1987 in Sacramento, California and formed the group in the early 1990s and released their first recording, "Swan Lake", on SoleSides Records. A SoleSides Crew consisted of the two and friends of theirs world health organization a lot met at UC Davis, including DJ Shadow, Latyrx (Consisting of MCs Lyrics Born and Lateef the Truth Speaker). A only was an underground hit, however label pain saved Blackalicious from either immediately capitalizing in their fame.
Within late 1997, SoleSides became Quannum Projects and in 1999 Blackalicious freed, a A2G EP, which served as a precursor to their debut full length album, Nia which was released around 2000. This was followed by the major label contract with MCA Records and the release of the critically acclaimed album Blazing Arrow in 2002.
Inside Will 2004 Gift of Gab released his first solo album, 4th Dimensional Rocketships Going Up, but he assured fans that Blackalicious was alive & swell.
the class action has a freshly album, entitled "The Craft", coming out on Epitaph Records imprint ANTI-. A album is slated for release in September 27, 2005.
Discography
Lyric Fathom b/w Swan Flow of any stream, SoleSides 002
Melodica EP (Farm release), SoleSides 003
Touch A Stars, Attached Compilation, Three-Two-1
A2G (EP), 3-Two-1/Quannum Projects
One of The Variety & ''Jada's Vengeance, Quannum-Spectrum, Quannum Projects
A2G (EP) (rerelease), Quannum/Sub Verse
Nia (LP), Quannum Projects/Sub Verse
Deception b/w Turmoil & Redemption, Quannum Projects
Condition'', Quannum Projects/Mo' Wax
Whenever We Could b/w Could We & Reanimation, Quannum Projects/Mo' Wax
Calcutta Convention, on a Droppen the Bomb V.Ii Bomb Records (recorded inside 1996)
Soul Inside Flesh, on the Unbound Compilation, NGA
Passion b/w Paragraph President, MCA/ Quannum Projects
Produce Wise shoppers Sense That Way, MCA/Quannum Projects
Blazing Arrow (LP), MCA/Quannum Projects
Architecht of Dreams
The Craft (LP) (2005) (Anti- Records)
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