Artist.......: Blackalicious
Album........: Live au Festival des EurockΘennes de Belfort
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Rap
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: May-31-2009
Str.date.....: Jul-02-2006
Quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: www.blackalicious.com
track title time
Live au Festival des EurockΘennes de Belfort
01. Blackalicious - Alphabet Aerobics
02. Blackalicious - Excellent
03. Blackalicious - My Pen & Pad
04. Blackalicious - Paragraph President
05. Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
06. Blackalicious - World Of Vibrations
07. Blackalicious - Rhythm Sticks
08. Blackalicious - Rock The Spot
09. Blackalicious - Deception
10. Blackalicious - Your Move
11. Blackalicious - The Writz
12. Blackalicious - Re Animation
13. Blackalicious - First In Flight
14. Blackalicious - Supreme People
15. Blackalicious - Green Light
16. Blackalicious - Sky Is Fallen
17. Blackalicious - Chemical Calisthenics
Runtime 54:49 min
Size 71,2 MB
Release Notes:
Recorded : May 30, 2009 (CAP24)
Performed : July 2, 2006 (France / Belfort)
Like a few other West Coast rap acts, including the
Pharcyde and Jurassic 5, Blackalicious has generally
favored what hip-hoppers call the "positive tip"; in other
words, its lyrics have often been spiritual and uplifting
rather than violent or misogynous. Like a lot of
experimental alternative rappers, Blackalicious can be
quirky and eccentric; nonetheless, spirituality is a big
part of the group's music. Although Blackalicious wasn't
formed until the early '90s, its members had known each
other since the late '80s. Founding members Gift of Gab
(Timothy Parker) and Chief Xcel (Xavier Mosley) first met
in Sacramento, CA, in 1987 when they were students at John
F. Kennedy High School. Neither of them was originally
from Sacramento; DJ/producer Xcel (who was going by DJ
IceSki at the time) was a native of the San Francisco Bay
Area, while rapper Gift of Gab was from Los Angeles'
suburban San Fernando Valley.
The two went their separate ways after Gift of Gab (also
known as Gabby T) graduated from Kennedy High in 1989, but
they were reunited in Davis, CA, in 1992. By that time,
Xcel had become a student at the University of California
at Davis and the Gift of Gab had moved to Davis to form
Blackalicious with him. UC Davis was where Xcel had
started working with a hip-hop crew named SoleSides, whose
members included DJ Shadow, Lateef the Truth Speaker, and
Lyrics Born. SoleSides Records was the name of the
SoleSides Crew's Northern California record company and in
1994, that label released Blackalicious' debut single
"Swan Lake." Although not a triple-platinum smash, the
single was a small underground hit that fared well among
alternative rap audiences. The following year, SoleSides
Records released a Blackalicious EP titled Melodica. By
late 1997, SoleSides Records had transformed into Quannum
Records, and in 1999, Quannum put out another
Blackalicious EP, A2G.
In 2000, Quannum released the group's full-length debut
Nia (whose title is the Swahili word for purpose). After
being together eight years, Blackalicious finally signed
with a major label when, in late 2000, the Californians
were added by MCA. In April 2002, Quannum/MCA released
Blazing Arrow, which boasted guest appearances ranging
from vocalist Zack de la Rocha (of Rage Against the
Machine) to the Roots' ?uestlove to veteran soul singer
Gil Scott-Heron. After the requisite tour, both Xcel and
Gab began developing solo material; Quannum released both
Maroons' Ambush (Chief Xcel with Latyrx's Lateef the Truth
Speaker) as well as a Gift of Gab solo LP, Fourth
Dimensional Rocketships Going Up. The pair returned in
2005 for their third album, The Craft, with a contract in
hand from the Anti- label.