Blackalicious

Blackalicious
Hamburg/Germany 1999
Background information
Origin	Sacramento, California, United States
Genres	Alternative hip hop, West Coast hip hop, indie hip hop
Years active	1992–present
Labels	Quannum Projects MCA Records SoleSides ANTI-
Associated acts	DJ Shadow, Lateef the Truthspeaker, Lyrics Born
Website	blackalicious.com
Members
Gift of Gab Chief Xcel

Blackalicious are an American hip hop duo from Sacramento, California made up of rapper Gift of Gab (born Tim Parker) and DJ/producer Chief Xcel (born Xavier Mosley). They are noted for Gift of Gab's often "tongue-twisting", multisyllabic, complex rhymes and Chief Xcel's "classic" beats. The pair have released three full-length albums (1999's Nia, 2002's Blazing Arrow and 2005's The Craft),

Discography

Albums

• Nia (Mo' Wax/Quannum Projects, 1999)
• Blazing Arrow (MCA Records/Quannum Projects, 2002)
• The Craft (ANTI Records/Quannum Projects, 2005)

EPs

• 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)

External links

• SoleSides website
• Official website
• Quannum Projects
• PopMatters interview
• Audio interview on The Sound of Young America: MP3 link
• Gift of Gab's Giftstribution