Advantages: Memorable Beats, Excellent Lyrics, Great Songs, Group Chemistry, No Bad Songs Disadvantages: Incredibly Overrated, A few weaker joints
So... Raise your hands if you've heard of Souls of Mischief. Ahhh, didn't think so. Souls of Mischief is a group from California (Oakland to be exact), composed of four members: Phesto, Opio, A-Plus, and Tajai. Souls of Mischief is a group which is a member of the Heiroglyphics, a group on a much larger scale containing tons of dope emcees such as Pep Love. Their debut album 93 Til Infinity provides a much alternate view of west coast hip-hop compared to what their better-known peers were releasing to the public at the time. Instead of resorting to gangsta rap and all of that idiocy, we get a fresh and abstract style, which can easily be compared to The Pharcyde. Souls of Mischief are time-honored hip-hop veterans who should definitely be respected for putting together a dope album.
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Advantages: A few big tunes Disadvantages: Little variation
With acts such as Digital Underground, The Pharcyde and The Luniz as some of their most well-known acts, Oakland is known for bringing alternative Hip Hop to the world, and this came once again as the Hieroglyphics Crew's Souls Of Mischief broke out with their 1993 debut album "93 'til Infinity". The group consist of the four MCs A-Plus, Opio, Phesto D, and Tajai. On this particular album, aside from some of its won members, you get production from Del tha Funkee Homosapien and Domino too.
1. "Let 'Em Know"
To kick off the album you have them going for one which has them just hyping things up as you find them pulling out all they have to get you in the mood for their mood. This one pretty much sums out what is expected of them, with all areas covered in this for the rest of the tracks.
**Four Stars**
2. "Live And Let Live"
As we ...