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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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PolishSpring wrote:
Thursday morning

Gotta love Gift of Gab. Respect.

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sheepareevil wrote:
Monday morning

first of flight is one of my favorite hip hop tracks ever, and gift of gab one of my favorite emcees/lyricists.

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shaolin86 wrote:
last month

Fucking love them, new album please.

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iouaywe wrote:
last month

<3

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fyshhh wrote:
August 2009

free Gift of Gab track from his forthcoming album - http://www.style43.com/news/2009/08/28/free-gift-of-gab-gift/

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Mr-Usuario wrote:
August 2009

Under.

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HerbieBirdsfoot wrote:
August 2009

agreed they need a new album

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Wibur2 wrote:
August 2009

New album? What's up, where are they? I know Gab has done some stuff but I haven't seen/heard anything from Blackalicious in...well...too damn long!

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Calvinski wrote:
August 2009

This is true hiphop without any egoisme towards the music!

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Inci90 wrote:
July 2009

George Clinton on Lotus Flower is just to die for.

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El-Coco-Loco wrote:
July 2009

Good Rap from Cali

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awesomezilla wrote:
July 2009

the most thoughtful hip hop out there

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SeanMcMeekin wrote:
July 2009

are these two still together? i want a new album.

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shaolin86 wrote:
June 2009

The more and more I listen to it, the more I love NIA! What an album!

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JoshCIVM wrote:
June 2009

Way too white to even be anywhere near this, but here I am.

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TJass wrote:
June 2009

Fly on fly on fly on

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lepoisson1712 wrote:
June 2009

It's Going Down ♥

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BurntFingers wrote:
June 2009

so awesome

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KaeReSeN wrote:
May 2009

ale płynie po bicie jebany, nie wierzę. ENG ver. nice flow

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xephyrous wrote:
May 2009

Andyboiii, I don't understand why If I May is so unappreciated either. I think it's actually the best song they have :)

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