El Da Sensei, Pacewon & MC Exposition - Too Many MCs

El Da Sensei

Artifacts are a now-defunct hip hop duo consisting of El Da Sensei and Tame One. They hail from Newark, New Jersey and made underground music that paid homage to the four elements of hip hop.



In addition to fronting Boston’s award winning “Best Live Band” Audible Mainframe, Exposition took home the award for “Best Underground Artist” at the 2006 Boston Hip-Hop Awards. His new LP, Take A Penny, Leave A Penny is an introspective mixture of reflections, socio-cultural commentary, and freethinking manifestos of life in new world New England. The new album comes just two years after his initial offering, The Metro

The Artifacts' most popular single "Wrong Side of Da Tracks" paid special homage to graffiti art, as they were graffiti artists themselves.

Pacewon

Pacewon was originally a member of a crew named PNS, before starting the Outsidaz in 1991 with then rival MC Young Zee.

Young Zee and Pacewon met at a New Year's Eve party. At the time they met, Young Zee and Pacewon were rival MCs, Pacewon representing PNS and Zee headed a crew named Skitzo.



They decided to unite into one group, The Outsidaz, following a lengthy microphone battle that it was decided ended in a tie.

MC Exposition

In addition to fronting Boston’s award winning “Best Live Band” Audible Mainframe, Exposition took home the award for “Best Underground Artist” at the 2006 Boston Hip-Hop Awards.



His new LP, Take A Penny, Leave A Penny is an introspective mixture of reflections, socio-cultural commentary, and freethinking manifestos of life in new world New England.

The new album comes just two years after his initial offering, The Metro.

Slum Village - Can I Be Me

Slum Village is a hip hop group from Conant Gardens, Detroit, Michigan.

The group was formed by three members: MCs Baatin and T3, plus MC and producer Jay Dee (J Dilla - deceased).



Jay Dee left in 2002 to pursue a solo career with MCA Records and was replaced by Elzhi, after which Baatin also left due to health complications.

The group has played a vital role in the careers of several Detroit-based Hip-hop artists, such as Frank-N-Dank, Platinum Pied Pipers, Dwele, and Black Milk.

Verbal Threat - Reality Check Feat. DJ Premier

Verbal Threat is a hip-hop duo, which exploded on to the hip-hop scene in 2006 with this debut single "Reality Check" produced by DJ Premier.

They went on to record the album "The Golden Era" (released 2008) working in the studio with Primo, Da Beatminerz, Mathematics, 4th Disciple, Bronze Nazareth, Babu from Dilated Peoples; with collaborations from Kool G Rap and Sadat X.



Verbal Threat represents a return to the "Golden Era" of hip-hop (1988-1992) where lyrics and originality were a necessity. The video for Reality Check has been praised as the return of the legitimate hip-hop.

They have toured with Guru from Gangstarr, Kool Keith, KRS ONE, rocking shows over the years with Method Man, Jeru The Damaja, Dilated Peoples, Dwele, Slum Village, Blackalicious and others.

The Black Market Militia - Gem Stars

The Black Market Militia is comprised of Killah Priest, Timbo King, Hell Razah, Tragedy Khadafi and William Cooper.

They released their debut self titled album in 2005, through Nature Sounds Records.



Before doing so they released two underground mixtapes, The Black Market Vol. 1, and Vol. 2: Dead Street Scrolls.

Souls of Mischief - Cab Fare

Souls of Mischief is an alternative hip hop group from Oakland, California, that is also part of the hip hop collective, Hieroglyphics. The Souls of Mischief formed in 1993 and is composed of emcees A-Plus, Opio, Phesto, and Tajai.



Oakland native Tajai began rhyming with future band mate A-Plus at age 8, while both were in elementary school.

Tajai and Phesto met later in junior high school. Tajai later introduced A-Plus and Phesto to the remaining Souls of Mischief member, Opio, and the group informally formed in high school before making their major-label debut on Jive Records with their well-received album 93 'til Infinity, in 1993.



Cab Fare was unreleased and features the loop off the Theme from the TV show Taxi.