Casual
Jon Owens, known by his stage name Casual, is an American rapper from Oakland, California and one of the founding members of the alternative hip hop collective Hieroglyphics.
Breeze
Breeze is a hip-hop artist, from California. First heard on “Just Clowning”, from King Tee’s seminal 1988 album Act A Fool, Breeze is one of a relatively small handful of rappers who represented the antithesis of the audio gangsterism born out of 1980s Cali rap, whilst still maintaining cutting-edge production (courtesy of L.A. Posse) and hard lyrics, albeit with only minimal profanity…
Beat Junkies
The Beat Junkies originated around the Bay area of California. The group was established in 1992 by J-Rocc. The original members included Curse, Rhettmatic, Melo-D, Icy Ice, Symphony, & What?!. Shortkut, D-Styles, Red-Jay, Havik, and Tommy Gun (who joined in late 1992) were later added. DJ Babu joined the Junkies by late 1993; the newest member is currently Mr. Choc, who was added to the crew in early 1996…
Rumpletilskinz
The Rumpletilskinz was an underground hip hop group signed to RCA Records composed of emcees the Capital LS, Sha-Now the Remedy Man, Jeranimo, and producer RPM.
Wee Bee Foolish
Wee Bee Foolish are an alternative hip hop group, its members are Ken Boogaloo, Yesh (aka Yeshua dapoED), DJ Bless, & Xtraordinaire. All four members hail from Brighton Beach, Brooklyn in New York.
Jigmastas
Jigmastas are an East Coast underground hip hop group based in Brooklyn. The group consists of DJ Spinna and MC Kriminul.
Urban Thermo Dynamics
Mos Def began his music career in 1994 in the short-lived group Urban Thermo Dynamics with his younger brother D.c.Q and younger sister Ces.
Real Live
Experienced veterans on the scene, they first came together at a house party where K-Def was spinning. The pair are cousins, but it was a friend who actually spotted Larry-O’s rhyme skills. Once Larry-O had rapped outside the jam for K-Def the pair formed Real Live.
Private Investigators
Private Investigators was an underground hip hop crew which consisted of Redhead Kingpin, Gicci Brown, DJ Wildstyle and Knowledge.