The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde (pronounced "far side") is an American alternative hip-hop group, formed in 1989, from South Central Los Angeles. 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 is perhaps best known for the hit singles "Drop", "Passin' Me By" and "Runnin''", as well as their first album, Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde. Pharcyde continues to tour and record, both collaboratively and in solo projects—the most recent being Hardson's collaborative EP with the award-winning DJ Nu-Mark (of Jurassic 5) released in 2014 on Delicious Vinyl. Pharcyde group members Slimkid3, Bootie Brown, and Imani met as dancers in the late 1980s and dancing was their main ambition as late as 1990. Around this time, Imani and Slimkid3 were in a group called "As Is" and later a group called the "Play Brothers", whilst Bootie Brown was a backup dancer for Fatlip (Fatlip being the last member to join the group). Bootie Brown recalls that their earlier dancing careers influenced their rapping – "sometimes the way I rap is almost like the way I used to dance". The group met Reggie Andrews, a local high-school music teacher who worked with the Dazz Band and Rick James, and who was a major musical influence on their debut album. The group also met producer J-Swift around this time, as he was Reg...
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Passing Me By
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Runnin'
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Drop
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Oh Shit
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Ya Mama
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Otha Fish
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On The DL
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Pack The Pipe
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Passin' Me By
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Officer
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4 Better Or 4 Worse (Interlude)
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4 Better Or 4 Worse
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She Said
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Return Of The B-Boy
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I'm That Type Of Nigga
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Soul Flower (Remix)
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If I Were President (Skit)
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Bullshit
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Pharcyde
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Groupie Therapy
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Hey You
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Devil Music
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Somethin' That Means Somethin'
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Moment In Time
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Y?
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All Live
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Splattitorium
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It's All Good!
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The Hustle
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It's Jiggaboo Time
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Quinton's On The Way (Skit)
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The E.N.D.
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Little D
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Quinton's On The Way
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It's Jiggaboo Time (Skit)
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Knew U
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She Said (Jay Dee Remix)
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Runnin
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Just Don't Matter
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Emerald Butterfly
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Pandemonium
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The Uh-Huh
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Storm
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Passin' Me By (Hot Chip Remix)
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Homegrown
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Soul Flower (Brand New Heavies Version)
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Illusions
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Soul Flower - Remix
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The Art Of Sharing
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Trust
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