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Infobox musical artist | name = Blackalicious| image = Blackalicious.jpg| caption = Blackalicious performing at Detour Festival, 2006| landscape = yes| background = group_or_band| origin = Sacramento, California , United States | genre = Alternative hip hop , West Coast hip hop , indie hip hop | years_active = 1992–present| label = Quannum Projects
MCA Records
Solesides|SoleSides
ANTI- | associated_acts = DJ Shadow , Lateef the Truthspeaker , Lyrics Born | website = http://www.blackalicious.com/ blackalicious.com| current_members = Gift of Gab (rapper)|Gift of Gab
Chief Xcel | past_members = Blackalicious is an American Hip hop music|hip hop duo from Sacramento, California made up of Rapping|rapper Gift of Gab (rapper)|Gift of Gab (born Tim Parker) and DJ / hip hop production|producer Chief Xcel (born Xavier Mosley).Allmusic|class=artist|id=p199899/biography|pure_url=yes They are noted for Gift of Gab's often "tongue-twisting", multisyllabic rhymes|multisyllabic , complex rhymesEdwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap : The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 322. and Chief Xcel's "classic" beats.Shapiro, Peter, 2005, The Rough Guide To Hip-Hop , 2nd Edition, Penguin, p. 307. The pair have released three full-length albums (1999's Nia (album)|Nia , 2002's Blazing Arrow and 2005's The Craft (album)|The Craft ),Allmusic|class=artist|id=p199899/discography|pure_url=yes and have been described as "one of the most popular groups in the independent hip-hop scene.". At a solo show in June, 2010, Gift of Gab announced that he and Chief Xcel were 7 songs into their new albumCitation needed|date=February 2012 , and hoping for an early 2011 releaseCitation needed|date=February 2012 .

Discography


Albums


  • Nia (album)|Nia ( Mo' Wax / Quannum Projects , 1999)

  • Blazing Arrow ( MCA Records /Quannum Projects, 2002)

  • The Craft (album)|The Craft ( ANTI Records /Quannum Projects, 2005)


    • EPs


  • Melodica (EP)|Melodica ( Mo Wax , 1994)

  • A2G (Quannum Projects, 1999)

  • Deception remixes (Quannum Projects, 1999)


    • Singles


  • "Swan Lake" / "Lyric Fathom" 12" (Solesides, 1994)

  • "Deception" 12" (Quannum Projects, 1999)

  • "If I May" / "Reanimation" 12" (Mo' Wax/Quannum Projects, 2002)

  • "Paragraph President" / "Passion" 12" (MCA Records/Quannum Projects, 2001)

  • "Make You Feel That Way" / "Sky Is Falling" 12" (MCA Records/Quannum Projects, 2002)

  • "Your Move" / "My Pen And Pad" 12" (ANTI-/Quannum Projects, 2005)

  • "Powers" (ANTI-/Quannum Projects, 2006)

  • "Toy Jackpot" (Song in the new 2010 Target Commercial)


    • DVDs


  • 4/20: Live In Seattle (2006)


    • References


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    External links


  • http://www.solesides.com SoleSides website

  • http://www.blackalicious.com Official website

  • http://www.quannum.com Quannum Projects

  • PopMatters http://www.popmatters.com/music/interviews/blackalicious-051116.shtml interview

  • Audio interview on The Sound of Young America : http://libsyn.com/media/tsoya/tsoya092405.mp3 MP3 link

  • http://www.giftstribution.com/ Gift of Gab's Giftstribution



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