The Pharcyde

United States • b. 1989-01-01

Biography

The Pharcyde is an American hip-hop group, formed in South Central Los Angeles in 1991. The original four members of the group are Imani (Emandu Wilcox), Slimkid3 (Trevant Hardson), Bootie Brown (Romye Robinson), and Fatlip (Derrick Stewart). DJ Mark Luv was the group's first disc jockey (DJ), followed by producer J-Swift and then J Dilla. The group's debut album Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (1992), featuring the hit single "Passin' Me By", was highly acclaimed and has gone on to be cited as one of the greatest albums in alternative hip-hop. In 1995 the group released second studio album Labcabincalifornia to further commercial success, featuring crossover hit singles "Drop" and "Runnin'". Labcabincalifornia received mixed critical reception upon its initial release, but has since achieved retrospective critical acclaim. After Fatlip's exit from the group, the remaining members of the group released the follow up albums Plain Rap (2000) and then Humboldt Beginnings (2004). Slimkid3 left the group in the middle of the production of Plain Rap, with the group only consisting of Imani and Bootie Brown. In 2002, the group released the EP AMP with hip-hop group Souls of Mischief under the title Almyghty Myghty Pythons. The group never regained its former commercial or critical success. The group still continued to tour, release singles and be featured on songs, and in 2008 all four members of the group temporarily reunited for performances at that year's Rock the Bells festival. After the 2008 reunion, legal disputes over the Pharcyde name led to various combinations of the four members touring under various names. In 2020, Imani wanted to reunite with Fatlip and Slimkid3 which led to them rejoining the group and Bootie Brown leaving it, as he was not happy with that direction. However, the four members last reunited in 2022 on Fatlip's sophomore album, "Torpor", for the single titled "My Bad" which saw them apologizing to one another over their past transgressions. The P

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