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Lyrics Born

1,155,888 plays (108,132 listeners)

Lyrics Born (a.k.a. Asia Born) is Tom Shimura (b. 1972), originally from Berkeley, California, though through his childhood he lived in Tokyo, Japan, and Salt Lake City, Utah. He began his hip hop career while at college at UC Davis, where he was a DJ at the college station KDVS. He is a founding member of the group of artists known as Quannum Projects.

Lifesavas

223,062 plays (27,167 listeners)

A hip hop duo from Portland, Oregon, Lifesavas are notable for what The Onion's Nathan Rabin called their "self deprecating style." Their creative and insightful songs are both approachable and complex. The group consists of Jumbo the Garbageman and Vursatyl.

Latyrx

268,119 plays (35,201 listeners)

Latyrx is a hip-hop group comprised of MCs Lateef the Truthspeaker and Lyrics Born. The two first showed off their skills with the 1993 release of "Send Them". In 1996, their track, fittingly named "Latyrx", debuted via Solesides.

The Mighty Underdogs

191,649 plays (20,424 listeners)

What’s the point of keeping it real when alternate realities are so much more fun? For new hip-hop super-group, The Mighty Underdogs, our world is one of hyper-reality where vacationing monsters have gunfights. Nothing’s harder than that, man.

Jurassic 5

12,554,885 plays (587,313 listeners)

Jurassic 5 was originally a six-piece hip-hop crew that was formed in 1993 at the Los Angeles, California venue Good Life. Rappers Chali 2na, Akil, Zaakir aka Soup, Mark 7even, and turntable maestros DJ Nu-Mark and DJ Cut Chemist came together from two separate crews, the Rebels of Rhythm and Unity Committee. Cut Chemist left the band in 2006 to pursue a solo career.

Hieroglyphics

2,855,722 plays (225,945 listeners)

Hieroglyphics, also known as The Hieroglyphics Crew and Hiero, are an American underground hip hop collective based in Oakland, California. The collective was founded in the early-1990s by rapper Del tha Funkee Homosapien.

Ugly Duckling

1,763,415 plays (127,424 listeners)

Ugly Duckling are a hip hop trio, formed in 1993 in Long Beach, California. Ugly Duckling's members are Dizzy Dustin, Young Einstein and Andy Cooper.

People Under The Stairs

3,832,796 plays (233,914 listeners)

People Under the Stairs is an underground hip hop duo which formed in 1997 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The duo consists of Thes One and Double K.