The Mighty Underdogs | |
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Origin | San Francisco Bay Area, California, U.S. |
Genres | Hip hop |
Years active | 2007–2011 |
Labels | Definitive Jux |
Members |
The Mighty Underdogs was an American hip hop supergroup from the San Francisco Bay Area. [1] It consists of rappers Gift of Gab and Lateef the Truthspeaker and producer Headnodic. [2] [3]
The Mighty Underdogs was formed when Lateef the Truthspeaker, planning to make his own solo album, listened to some Headnodic-produced tracks, rapped a verse for each, and sent them over to Gift of Gab. [4]
The group self-released The Prelude EP in Fall 2007. [5] In 2010, XXL included it on the "100 Essential Rap EPs" list. [6]
Their full-length studio album, Droppin' Science Fiction, was released on Definitive Jux in October 2008. [7] [8] [9] [10] It featured contributions from Chali 2na, DJ Shadow, Lyrics Born, and MF Doom, [11] as well as Mr. Lif, Akrobatik, Tash, Julian Marley, and Damian Marley. [12]
Albums
EPs
Singles
Guest appearances
The Mighty Underdogs | |
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Origin | San Francisco Bay Area, California, U.S. |
Genres | Hip hop |
Years active | 2007–2011 |
Labels | Definitive Jux |
Members |
The Mighty Underdogs was an American hip hop supergroup from the San Francisco Bay Area. [1] It consists of rappers Gift of Gab and Lateef the Truthspeaker and producer Headnodic. [2] [3]
The Mighty Underdogs was formed when Lateef the Truthspeaker, planning to make his own solo album, listened to some Headnodic-produced tracks, rapped a verse for each, and sent them over to Gift of Gab. [4]
The group self-released The Prelude EP in Fall 2007. [5] In 2010, XXL included it on the "100 Essential Rap EPs" list. [6]
Their full-length studio album, Droppin' Science Fiction, was released on Definitive Jux in October 2008. [7] [8] [9] [10] It featured contributions from Chali 2na, DJ Shadow, Lyrics Born, and MF Doom, [11] as well as Mr. Lif, Akrobatik, Tash, Julian Marley, and Damian Marley. [12]
Albums
EPs
Singles
Guest appearances