The Pharcyde

On Tour
Play Radio
Listen to The Pharcyde Radio, featuring artists like A Tribe Called Quest, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Souls of Mischief, Digable Planets and more…

5,276,845 plays (446,994 listeners)

Send The Pharcyde Ringtones to Cell
Buy
Add to my Library

South Los Angeles, California, United States (1991 – present)

The Pharcyde is a West Coast underground/alternative hip hop group. The group was formed in 1991 in South Los Angeles, California, United States, where the group’s members grew up. The group was one of the most well known of the first wave of alternative hip-hop acts.

The original members of the group are “Slimkid3” (Tre Hardson), “Fatlip” (Derrick Stewart), “Imani” (Emandu Wilcox) and “Bootie Brown” (Romye Robinson). The group is best known for their hit singles “Passing Me By” (which crossed over to alternative rock radio) and “Runnin’”, and their debut album Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde.

History

1991-1996

After a live performance of their song “Ya Mama” for Delicious Vinyl record execs, The Pharcyde signed a record deal with the label. “Ya Mama” was released as their debut single in 1991. The foursome, with producer J-Swift, recorded their debut album Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde, released in November 1992. The album was highly acclaimed, and became one of the most praised and influential Alternative hip hop albums of the 90’s. Sales were moderate-to-good, the album was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1996. Their second single “Passing Me By” became a minor Billboard hit, peaking at #52 on the Hot 100. The song was later featured in the hit movie Big Daddy and was also a crossover Modern Rock hit. Problems between the group and producer J-Swift began during the recording of the debut. Swift split from the group before completion of the album . Swift started a crack habit, which he is still trying to recover from.
Read more… Edit bio

Popular tags: , , , ,  See more

Share this artist:

Top Albums

See more

Top Tracks

1
1,591
2
1,488
3
936
4
685
5
577
6
539
7
428
8
420
9
391
10  
383
11
369
12
367
13
361
14
340
15
318
Buy all tracks at Amazon MP3
See more

Shoutbox

Leave a comment. Log in to Last.fm or sign up (it’s free).

  • bkelleher

    I agree with you guys, I think Labcabincalifornia is the better album, but Bizarre Ride II has some great singles.

    yesterday morning

  • JohnnyBlaze92

    I've started to prefer Labcabin, recently

    Saturday afternoon

  • mrmocha

    I like Labcab but you wont hear it brought up in many GOAT hip-hop discussions (save jay dee dudes). I disagree about Bizzare Ride II being dated. In fact, Labcab reminds me of bad alternative crossover rap that was paired with Jamiroquai, 311 and Coolio... that to me feels more dated than the native tongue styled BR2.

    Saturday afternoon

  • Wirftgu_

    I think both are timeless 10/10 albums tbh.

    Saturday morning

  • lassass

    anybody know the sample from emerald butterfly? its also on the hypnotic-the roots

    Thursday evening

  • jdotperiod

    Am I the only person who prefers Labcabincalifornia to Bizarre Ride? The latter is good but dated. The former is timeless.

    last week

  • gendervariant

    The 20th anniversary mixtape is fire, but I'm not about to download some monster size mp3 file.

    last week

  • mrmocha

    The OFWGKTA kids were probably conceived while people were fucking to "4 Better or 4 Worse"... LA apparently is not dead. [2]

    13 days ago
See all 612 shouts

Videos

See more

Events

See more Add event

News

Dotting i's and crossing t's ... Add some Class to your routine..

30 May 2012 | from www.myspace.com/thepharcyde

23 hrs ago The Pharcyde Dotting i's and crossing t's ... Add some Class to your routine.. via Twitter

Add comment

See more

Listening Now

Top Listeners

See more

More Information

Links
Band Members
Labels