Living Legends

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Living Legends

Origin Los Angeles, California
Years active 1996 – Present
Genres Hip Hop
Members Sunspot Jonz
Luckiam
The Grouch
MURS
Scarub
Eligh
Aesop Fable's
Bicasso

The Living Legends crew is a group of eight underground hip-hop creators. Well known in Los Angeles and Oakland, the Legends also have fans worldwide.

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[edit] Background

It all started with BFAP (now known as Sunspot Jonz) and PSC (Luckylam), who laid claim to the name of Mystik Journeymen in the early 1990s. By '94 they were locally legendary for throwing Underground Survivors shows, houseparty style at their loft - 4001 San Leandro Street in East Oakland. That's where the Grouch hooked up with the Journeymen in 1995, just before they took off on their first European tour.

Around the same time in Los Angeles, 3 Melancholy Gypsys (Murs, Scarub & Eligh) were part of the Log Cabin crew going back to 1993. Log Cabin later broke up and the Gypsys wandered separately. As it turned out, the 3 would cross paths again in the Bay Area and became Living Legends.

Asop came to Oakland from Fresno,CA, Arata from Osaka, and Bicasso[1] is an Oakland native.

In 1999 the Legends shifted their center of gravity to Los Angeles, but their presence has definitely not diminished in Oakland and the Bay. Over the years, the Journeymen and the Legends have rocked Europe, Japan, Australia, Canada, and the USA numerous times.

In the years since the Legends have continued releasing solo and crew projects and now have a catalog of over 50 full-length albums and numerous singles. All in all, this crew of motivated do-it-yourselfers has sold over 300,000 albums collectively.

New releases keep coming out from this supergroup of underground emcees. More and more recognition has been established with the more recent releases of "Legendary Music", and before that "Classic".

[edit] Side projects

Members of the collective have released solo and "crew" projects, creating an overall catalog that includes more than 50 full-length albums and numerous singles. As a result of their DIY ethos, the collective has sold over 200,000 albums. Releases independent of the collective have been made by CMA, Scarub, and Sunspot Jonz.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Single Releases

  • Down For Nothing 12" (2005)
  • Blast Your Radio 12" (2004)
  • Awakening 12" (2004)
  • Damn It Feels Good 12" (2004)
  • Gotta Question For Ya 12" (2001)

[edit] Album Releases

  • Angelz Wit Dirty Faces (2000)
  • Almost Famous (2001)
  • Crappy Old Shit (2003)
  • Creative Differences (2004)
  • Classic (2005)
  • Legendary Music: Volume 1 (2006)

[edit] Charts & Awards

  • Creative Differences, #28 on Billboard Top Independent Albums (2004)
  • Classic, #26 on Billboard Top Heatseekers (2005)
  • Classic, #38 on Billboard Top Independent Albums (2005)


[edit] External links

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