Chief Xcel
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| Chief Xcel | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Xavier Mosley | |
| Born | Sacramento, California | |
| Genre(s) | Hip hop | |
| Occupation(s) | Producer/rapper | |
| Instrument(s) | Keyboard Sampler Drum machine Strings Turntable |
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| Years active | ?–present | |
Chief Xcel (born Xavier Mosley, in 1973, Sacramento, California) is one-half of the alternative hip hop duo Blackalicious, and a member of Quannum Projects (along with Blackalicious Partner Gift of Gab, DJ Shadow, Lyrics Born and Lateef of Latryx).
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[edit] Biography
Chief Xcel and Lateef teamed up to record under the Lateef and the Chief moniker. In 2004, they released The Maroons: Ambush on the Quannum Projects label. He also provided the 'World Wide Remix' for Fatboy Slim's "Wonderful Night", the second single off the 2004 Palookaville LP.
After the Gift of Gab & Lateef contribution to the Red Hot + Riot (released in 2002), Chief Xcel was invited by Red Hot Organization's Paul Heck to be at the helm for The Underground Spiritual Game, a remix project and tribute to Fela Anikulapo Kuti which was released in 2004.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Blackalicious
- Nia (LP), (2000) Quannum Projects/Sub Verse
- Blazing Arrow (LP), (2002) MCA/Quannum Projects
- The Craft (LP) (2005) (ANTI-)
[edit] Lateef and the Chief
- Maroons: Ambush
[edit] External links
| Quannum Projects |
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| 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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