With just a few (mostly underground) releases, Dilated Peoples have energized the rap underground in similar fashion to fellow West Coast crew Jurassic 5. The duo of Evidence and Rakaa came together in the mid-'90s, when they met at many of the same hip-hop shows; after deciding to start making tracks together, they formed Dilated Peoples. Once... [+] Read More

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During the year 2000, shortly after a Foreign Legion UK tour, Design began a protest of a Sleazenation Magazine article that dissed his shoes by staging a six-month-long death hoax. When Redman publicly lamented his loss on an episode of MTV Cribs, Design decided to come out of hiding. He brought with him a 12" single called Sparkdala (Stones... [+] Read More

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Though there's actually six of them, Jurassic 5 got everything else right on their self-titled debut EP. Part of the new rap underground of the late '90s (along with Company Flow, Mos Def, Dr. Octagon, and Sir Menelik), the sextet -- rappers Marc 7even, Chali 2na, Zaakir, and Akil, plus producers Cut Chemist and DJ Nu-Mark -- came together in... [+] Read More

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