Souls of Mischief

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Souls of Mischief is a hip hop group from Oakland , California, founded in 1991 . It consists of the rappers A-Plus , Opio , Phesto and Tajai who work together with other artists on the Hieroglyphics project .

Career

Tajai Massey (Tajai) and Adam Carter (A-Plus) met in elementary school and started making music together at the age of 8. At middle school , Tajai met Damani Thompson (Phesto), who was also rapping. 1993, during their high school days, began the four finally the project Souls of Mischief and released their successful debut album in the same year, 93 'til Infinity under the label Jive Records . 93 'til Infinity is still today, three albums later, the group's most successful album.

After the successor No Man's Land , Jive Records and Souls of Mischief separated in 1995 and the band members founded the project Hieroglyphics together with Del Tha Funkee Homosapien , Casual, Pep Love, Jaybiz, and producer Domino and released the albums 3rd Eye with this lineup Vision and Full Circle .

Under the independent label Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings published Souls of Mischief nor the albums Focus and Trilogy: Conflict, Climax, Resolution had little success commercially. The following albums, Montezuma's Revenge (2009; Clear Label Records) and There Is Only Now (2014; Linear Labs) were recorded much better.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1993 93 'til Infinity US85 (8 weeks)
US
First published: September 28, 1993
1995 No Man's Land US111 (2 weeks)
US
First published: October 10, 1995

more publishments

  • 1998: Focus
  • 2000: Trilogy: Conflict, Climax, Resolution
  • 2009: Montezuma's Revenge
  • 2014: There Is Only Now

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1993 93 'to Infinity
93' to Infinity 		US72 (9 weeks)
US
First published: October 1993

More singles

  • 1993: Never No More
  • 1993: That's When Ya Lost / Cab Fare
  • 1993: Let Em Know
  • 1993: Disseshowedo
  • 1993: Make Your Mind Up
  • 1995: Rock It Like That
  • 1995: Sho Fo Real
  • 1999: Shooting Stars
  • 1999: Step Off
  • 1999: Maximize 3rd Eyes
  • 2000: Medication
  • 2000: Bad Business
  • 2000: Acupuncture
  • 2000: Soundscience

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tajai interview . Gorilla Movement.com . 2005. Retrieved February 3, 2007.
  2. ↑ StinkE: Phesto Interview . Smelly Productions . July 18, 1996. Archived from the original on July 19, 2006. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 3, 2007. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ensim.hieroglyphics.com
  3. ↑ a b Chart sources: US

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