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Blackalicious
Gift of Gab (left) and Chief Xcel (right)
Gift of Gab (left) and Chief Xcel (right)
Background information
Origin Flag of United States Davis, California, United States
Genre(s) Hip hop
Years active 1992–present
Label(s) Solesides
Quannum Projects
MCA Records
ANTI-
Associated
acts		 DJ Shadow
Website Blackalicious.com
Members
Gift of Gab
Chief Xcel

Blackalicious is an American hip hop duo.

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[edit] Biography

Gift of Gab (Timothy Parker) and Chief Xcel (Xavier Mosley) met in 1987 while attending John F. Kennedy High School in Sacramento. They formed Blackalicious in 1992 and released their first single, "Swan Lake," on Solesides Records in 1994. The Solesides Crew consisted of the two and friends of theirs who all had met at UC Davis, including DJ Shadow, Lyrics Born and Lateef the Truth Speaker. The single was an underground hit, but label trouble prevented the duo from immediately capitalizing on their fame.

In late 1997, Solesides became Quannum Projects and in 1999 Blackalicious released the A2G EP, which served as a precursor to their debut full length album, Nia, released the following year. This was followed by a major label contract with MCA Records and the release of the critically acclaimed album Blazing Arrow in 2002.

In 2002, Blackalicious toured around America to promote their new album. They played shows at numerous colleges around the country.

In May 2004, Gift of Gab released his first solo album, 4th Dimensional Rocketships Going Up. In September, Chief Xcel released The Underground Spiritual Game, a mixtape built around his favorite moments from the extensive catalog of afrobeat legend Fela Kuti. One month later, another Xcel project, Maroons: Ambush by Lateef and the Chief, was released.

A third full length, entitled The Craft, was released on Epitaph Records imprint ANTI- on September 27, 2005.

The song Alphabet Aerobics was featured in Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 3 for the Xbox.

Currently touring with artist, Michael Franti.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] EPs

[edit] Singles

  • "Swan Lake" b/w "Lyric Fathom" (Solesides - 1994)
  • "Deception" b/w "Deception Part 2: Turmoil" and "Deception Part 3: Redemption" (Quannum Projects - 1999)
  • "If I May" b/w "May I" and "Reanimation" (Mo' Wax/Quannum Projects - 2002)
  • "Paragraph President" b/w "Passion" (MCA Records/Quannum Projects - 2001)
  • "Make You Feel That Way" (MCA Records/Quannum Projects - 2002)
  • "Your Move" b/w "My Pen And Pad" (ANTI-/Quannum Projects - 2005)
  • "Powers" (ANTI-/Quannum Projects - 2006)

[edit] Compilation appearances

  • "Touch The Stars", Connected Compilation, 3-2-1
  • "One of a Kind", "Jada's Vengeance", Quannum-Spectrum, Quannum Projects
  • "Calcutta Convention", on the Droppen the Bomb V.2 Bomb Records (recorded in 1996)
  • "Soul In Flesh", on The Unbound Project compilation, Realized Music
  • "Street Mix 5" with the single, "Powers", Red Pill Records

[edit] External links


 v • d • e Quannum Projects
Groups
Apsci | Blackalicious | Honeycut | Latyrx | Lifesavas | Lateef and the Chief (Maroons) | Poets of Rhythm
Members
Chief Xcel | Curumin | DJ Shadow | General Elektriks | Gift of Gab | Tommy Guerrero | Lateef the Truthspeaker | Lyrics Born | Pigeon John | Joyo Velarde
Full Length Albums
Latyrx (The Album) | The Muzapper Mixes | The Muzapper Remixes | Quannum Spectrum | Nia | Solesides Greatest Bumps | Discern/Define | Blazing Arrow | Spirit in Stone | Later That Day | Maroons:Ambush | 4th Dimensional Rocketships Going Up | Thanks for Asking | Achados e Perdidos | Cliquety Kliqk | Same !@#$ Different Day | The Craft | Supreme Lyricism | Overnite Encore: Lyrics Born Live
EPs
Melodica | A2G
Affiliated Groups or Members
Solesides
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