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unreferenced|date=May 2009Infobox musical artist | name = X-Clan| image =| caption = Photo by Devin DeHaven| image_size = | background = group_or_band| origin = Brooklyn , New York City | genre = Hip hop music|Hip hop | years_active = 1990 in music|1990 – 1995 in music|1995 2006 in music|2006 –present| label = 4th & B'way Records|4th & B'way / Island Records|Island Polydor Records|Polydor Suburban Noize Records | associated_acts = Lin Que|Isis Queen Mother Rage| website = http://www.xclanmusic.com/| current_members = Brother J Master China Kumu Ultraman ACL Lord Cza DJ Fat Jack Zulu| past_members = Professor X the Overseer Sugar Shaft Paradise the Architect X-Clan is a Hip hop music|hip hop group from Brooklyn , New York , originally consisting of Grand Verbalizer Funkin' Lesson Brother J, Professor X The Overseer , Paradise the Architect, and Sugar Shaft the Rhythm Provider. The current incarnation of the group features leader Brother J, Master China, Kumu, "Ultraman" Ra Hanna, ACL, Lord Cza, DJ Fat Jack and Zulu.
Biography
Known for its Afrocentrism and militant activism as member of the Blackwatch movement, X-Clan soon gained fame for the controversy its music aroused, though commercial success was sporadic. X-Clan's debut was To the East, Blackwards (1990), followed by Xodus (1992) and a temporary break-up. Both album s peaked at #11 on Billboard magazine|Billboard 's Top R& B/Hip-Hop Albums record chart|chart in the United States .
Other musician|artists who were affiliated with X-Clan and Blackwatch include Lin Que|Isis , Queen Mother Rage, and YZ. X-Clan's affiliates released a string of titles throughout the early 1990s: Professor X released a solo album titled Years of the 9, on the Blackhand Side in 1991 and a second solo album titled ''Puss N' Boots: The Struggle Continues in 1993; Queen Mother Rage released Vanglorious Law in 1991; Isis released Rebel Soul in 1990; and YZ released his debut Sons of The Father (noted for the song "Thinking of a Master Plan"), in 1989, followed by The Ghetto's Been Good to Me (which included his modest hit "Return of the Holy One") in 1993. YZ became affiliated with the group after releasing his first album, and that Isis is also the MC known as Lin Que|Linque Ayoung , who at one point was a member of the Wu-Tang Clan -affiliated group Deadly Venoms .
Later projects
In 1994 Brother J formed a new group, Dark Sun Riders, that released the full-length Seeds of Evolution in 1996. In 1995, long-time group member Sugar Shaft died from complications of AIDS . X-Clan reunited in the late 1990s but did not release any new material. Brother J assembled a new crew that he calls X-Clan Millennium Cipher and released a Gramophone record|vinyl single for "The One/Blackwards Row" in 2004. Professor X died from complications of spinal meningitis on 17 March 2006.
A new X-Clan album, titled Return from Mecca (originally titled The Trinity ), was released in 2007, featuring Damian "Jr Gong" Marley , Chali 2na of Jurassic 5 , RBX , KRS-One , Daddy X of Kottonmouth Kings , and Jacoby Shaddix , lead singer|vocalist of the rock band Papa Roach . Also, Tech N9ne is featured on a hidden bonus track titled "Respect."
X-Clan opened for Insane Clown Posse 's Tempest Tour and, in January 2009, released an album titled Mainstream Outlawz .
Discography
Album information
To the East, Blackwards
Released: April 19, 1990
Billboard 200 chart position: #97
R& B/Hip-Hop chart position: #11
Singles: "Raise the Flag"/"Heed the Word of the Brother", "Funkin' Lesson"/"Shaft's Big Score", "Grand Verbalizer, What Time is It? "
http://www.hoodstars.net/interviews/01-07-brotherj.shtml Hoodstars Magazine talks to Brother J (January 2007)
http://www.blackelectorate.com/articles.asp? ID=1382 blackelectorate.com: Vibes of the Pro Black: A Conversation With Brother J. of X-Clan Part I
http://www.blackelectorate.com/articles.asp? ID=1385 blackelectorate.com: Vibes of the Pro Black: A Conversation With Brother J. of X-Clan Part II
http://www.blackelectorate.com/articles.asp? ID=1605 blackelectorate.com: At The Crossroads: A Conversation With Brother J of X Clan Following The Transition of Professor X.
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