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Crew Members:
Murs, The Grouch, Eligh,
Luckyiam, Scarub, Bicasso, Sunspot Jonz, Aesop the Black Wolf,
Arata.
Albums:
Crappy Old Sh*t | Almost
Famous | Creative Differences | “Untitled” (Feb. 22, 2005)
The Living Legends crew is a
family of independent hip-hop creators bringing their own raw,
unique sound and an unfiltered glimpse into their daily lives.
It is this personal connection with the audience that has made
their loyal fan base extend around the world and it is their
talent as emcees and producers that has garnered them the
respect of their peers.
It all started
with BFAP (now known as Sunspot Jonz) and PSC (Luckyiam), who
laid claim to the name of Mystik Journeymen in the early 1990’s.
By '94 they were locally legendary for throwing Underground
Survivors shows, houseparty style at their loft – 4001 San
Leandro Street in East Oakland. That's where the Grouch hooked
up with the Journeymen in 1995, just before they took off on
their renowned first European tour. Around the same time in the
southern part of the state, Mid-city Los Angeles to be exact, 3
Melancholy Gypsys (Murs, Scarub & Eligh) were part of the almost
mythic Log Cabin crew going back to 1993. Log Cabin later
broke up and the Gypsys wandered separately. As it turned out,
the 3 would cross paths again in the Bay Area and became Living
Legends. Aesop came to Oakland from Fresno, Arata from Osaka,
and Bicasso from various points, East, West and elsewhere...In
1999 the Legends shifted their center of gravity to Los Angeles,
but their presence has definitely not diminished in Oakland and
the Bay. You know it makes no difference where they stay because
the universe revolves around them anyway. Over the years, the
Journeymen and the Legends have rocked Europe, Japan, Australia
and Canada numerous times, plus they've toured the USA, north
and south, east coast, west coast and beyond ...In the years
since the Legends have continued releasing solo and crew
projects and now have a catalog of over 50 full-length albums
and numerous singles. All in all, this crew of motivated
do-it-yourselfers has sold over 200,000 albums collectively.
The latest crew album “Creative Differences” has turned in to
their best selling album to date, (with Soundscan numbers just
under 23,000 so far) and continues to sell. Also coming soon
from the crew will be new albums from CMA (Grouch & Luckyiam),
Scarub, Sunspot, and 3MG. Spring 2005 will see the release of
the Legends highly anticipated new album “Classic” a project the
crew got together to record earlier this year. That was the
first time in recent memory all 8 members were together with the
purpose of recording a new project and what came out of those
sessions is definitely their strongest material yet. Expect to
see them next spring coming to a city near you on tour promoting
the new project. The group has no plans to let up, they’re only
turning up the fire, see if you can keep up. Legends Baby!!!!
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