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Blackalicious is an alternative hip-hop duo from Sacramento, California — rapper Gift of Gab (Tim Parker) and DJ/producer Chief Xcel (Xavier Mosley). The two met as teenagers at John F. Kennedy High School in Sacramento and formed the group in 1992, later anchoring the Bay Area's Quannum Projects (Solesides) collective. Gift of Gab became known for dense, fast, multisyllabic rhyming over Chief Xcel's soul- and jazz-rooted production. The duo released four studio albums — Nia (1999), Blazing Arrow (2002), The Craft (2005), and Imani Vol. 1 (2015). Gift of Gab died in June 2021.
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