Digital Underground

Digital Underground
Formed: 1987 in Oakland, CA
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Disbanded: 1996
Genre: Rap
Styles: Alternative Rap, West Coast Rap, Hip-Hop, Club/Dance
Group Members: 2Pac, Chopmaster J, DJ Fuze, Shock-G, Jeremy "Jay-Z" Ja..., Money-B, Schmoovy-Schmoov, PeeWee
Biography: While hip-hop was consumed by the hardcore, noisy political rap of Public Enemy and the gangsta rap of N.W.A., Digital Underground sneaked out of Oakland with their bizarre, funky homage to Parliament-Funkadelic. Digital Underground built most of their music from P-Funk samples and developed a similarly ...Read full biography
Sex Packets
Released: 1990
Label: Tommy Boy
Critics' Rating:
Sex Packets is a vibrant, wildly funny record that transcends any attempt to dismiss it as mere novelty. Novelty records are throwaways -- cheap gags that are funny once, but never pay off with repeat ...Read full review
Sons of the P
Released: 1991
Label: Tommy Boy
Critics' Rating:
If it ain't broke, don't fix it: Sons of the P offers more of the loopy humor and P-Funk fixations that made Digital Underground's debut album, Sex Packets, an instant classic. And if Sons of the P doesn't ...Read full review
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