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California, United States (1990s – present)

Gift Of Gab (Tim Parker) and Chief Xcel (Xavier Mosley) met at John F. Kennedy High School in 1987 in Sacramento, California and formed the group in the early 1990s. They released their first recording, “

Swan Lake”, on solesides records. The Solesides Crew consisted of the duo, as well as other friends of theirs they had met at University of California - Davis, including DJ Shadow, Lyrics Born and Lateef The Truth Speaker. The single was an underground hit, but label trouble prevented the duo from immediately capitalizing on their fame.

In late 1997, Solesides became quannum projects and in 1999 Blackalicious released the A2G EP, which served as a precursor to their debut full length album, Nia, which was released the following year. This was followed by a major label contract with MCA Records and the release of the critically acclaimed album Blazing Arrow in 2002.

In May 2004 Gift of Gab released his first solo album, 4th Dimensional Rocketships Going Up, but he assured fans that Blackalicious was alive and well.

A third full length, entitled The Craft, was released on Epitaph Records imprint ANTI- on September 27, 2005.

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1	Deception	461
2	Make You Feel That Way	408
3	Blazing Arrow	402
4	Sky Is Falling	285
5	Alphabet Aerobics	276
6	First In Flight	206
7	4000 Miles	182
8	A To G	175
9	Paragraph President	162
10	Nowhere Fast	149
11	Chemical Calisthenics	144
12	If I May	130
13	Aural Pleasure	123
14	Introduction: Bow And Fire	116
15	My Pen And Pad	111

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forcemajeure

I heard just a bit of Blazing Arrow in a record store and it was an immediate sale - truly fantastic hip hop.

last month
MorningBleach

it all started with blazing arrow for me. love these guys.

last month
nelsonphillipio

I'm looking forward to a UK tour in 2012... (wishful thinking?)

December 2011
mugshot_tim

Tight Flows :)

December 2011
niqpwnz

sweeeeet.

November 2011
tyrealg

Yes. Really. Really.

November 2011
BlackLabel2021

Touring with Yo Gabba Gabba? Really? Really?

November 2011
Julkaa01

Blazing Arrow what a great album!

October 2011
tyrealg

Let's get to 5mill

October 2011
jonpwnsu

early 2011, lol

October 2011
uelf

THE SONG RELEASE & THE HIDDEN TRACKS!!!!

September 2011
aarONE119

swan lake is such a dope song

July 2011
Swerveaction

Props to these Hip-Hoppers

July 2011
naughty-kitty

I liked it

June 2011
minushead

Can't turn this off <3

May 2011
obeytheory

I just saw this on the Blackalicious wiki page: "At a solo show in June, 2010, Gift of Gab announced that he and Chief Xcel were 7 songs into their new album, and hoping for an early 2011 release." I can't fucking wait!

March 2011
Bowieinspace

Neeeeee-Yaaah. I Fucking Love This.

March 2011
jess502

And they are badass.

March 2011
Sooft_ah_um

Blazing Arrow = Godly.

February 2011
itunes_metal

Yesssss

January 2011