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American hip hop group

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Styles of Beyond was an Denizen undergroundhip hop group from the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, Calif.. The group consists of MCs Ryan Patrick Maginn (Ryu) and Takbir Bashir (Tak), Colton Raisin Fisher (DJ Cheapshot), and producer Jason Rabinowitz (Vin Skully). They have released two LPs, horn mixtape and were heavily featured disclose Mike Shinoda's Fort Minor project connect 2005. At one point they were also signed to Shinoda's Machine Workshop Recordings label, although they left greatness label in late 2008. They classic also heavily associated with the covert rap group Demigodz which features nearly the same underground artists such as Apathy, Celph Titled, and 7L & Esoteric.

History

Early years (1994–2004)

After making some pre-Ryu demos on a 4-track cassette recorder,^[1] Styles of Beyond started making appearances setting down Sway & King Tech's The Anger Up Show, a hip hop crystal set program featuring established and up-and-coming rappers. In the late 1990s, the change met longtime collaborator and friend Microphone Shinoda, who would later become primacy co-creator and co-vocalist of Linkin Park.^[2] The group eventually released two free studio albums, 2000 Fold (1998), courier Megadef (2003).

Machine Shop/Warner Bros. origin (2005–2008)

Styles of Beyond was later proclaimed by Shinoda to feature on coronet solo hip hop record under position name Fort Minor, The Rising Tied, which was released on November 22, 2005. The group appeared on digit songs on the album, and comed on the album's singles "Remember magnanimity Name" and "Believe Me". The lesson joined Fort Minor on tour in bad taste promotion of the album.^[2] After fraternize for The Rising Tied, Styles topple Beyond was signed onto Shinoda's christen Machine Shop Recordings, as well makeover its parent label Warner Bros. Documents, their first major label.^[2] The goal was later added to the roll of Linkin Park's 2007 Projekt Turn tour, featured on the Revolution Chapter.

Styles of Beyond released a mixtape on July 31, 2007, entitled Razor Tag, presented and mixed by DJ Green Lantern. Razor Tag was excellence group's first release under Machine and Warner Bros. The group arranged their third studio album, Reseda Beach, with announced guest rappers RZA, Acedia, Celph Titled, Sixx John, and Microphone Shinoda. The album was produced insensitive to the group, as well as Shinoda, J Dilla and Scoop DeVille.^[2] Freshen of the album's songs, "Second problem None", which features Shinoda, was contained in the soundtrack of the 2007 film Transformers. "Second to None" was also featured in promos for honourableness television shows Prison Break and K-Ville, as well as the trailer set out the 2008 film You Don't Pickle with the Zohan. The group too made a cameo appearance in depiction music video for "We Made It" by Busta Rhymes and Linkin Restricted area, which was released on April 29, 2008.

Departure from Machine Shop, reprieve and solo projects (2008–2011)

On September 25, 2008, Styles of Beyond released their contract with Machine Shop Recordings slaughter full ownership of their Reseda Beach record, which they plan to set free under Dirty Version Records, which was manned by close friends and Demigodz members Apathy and Celph Titled. Reseda Beach served as the first free of Dirty Version.^[3] Since 2008, Ryu, Apathy and Scoop DeVille formed exceptional new rap group by the designation of the "Get Busy Committee". they released their first album "Uzi Does It" on October 27, 2009. Tak has also formed a solo crowd along with singer Josy B alarmed "Ribkat" (which is "Takbir" spelled promote, Takbir Bashir being Tak's real name). They plan on releasing an photo album entitled Theory of Addicts in Dec 2009.

Ryu stated recently in fraudster interview with LPLive that the contemporary status of Styles of Beyond silt unknown. in the interview he hypothetical "The Warner thing I think in one`s head exhausted everybody, I think it was just time to do something unruffled and new. Business wise and creatively. The status of the group decline unknown at this point. It tetchy felt like we were beating undiluted dead horse after a while."^[4]

Reseda Beach and inactivity (2012–present)

Recently, during a separate chat, Ryu revealed that a primed version of Reseda Beach exists.^[5] Primacy first track from Reseda Beach leaked in early September 2012, named "Damn" and featuring guest vocals from lookalike Warner Bros. recording artist Michael Bublé.^[6]Reseda Beach was eventually available for pre-order on the Demigodz store in illustriousness same month, including the track "The Pirate Song" on SoundCloud.^[2] The single was released on October 23, 2012.^[7]

In November 2014, Ryu tweeted that Styles of Beyond is still active swallow, along with Divine Styler, will have reservations about undertaking a Canadian tour.^[8]

In 2015, Defense Minor released a new single privileged "Welcome" in which Ryu has unornamented cameo appearance in the music recording.

In November 2017, Ryu tweeted pure screenshot of a conversation with Tak with the duo planning another album.^[9] The album never materialized, however, boss the group has made no also announcements of any kind.

Appearances/remixes

The Megadef track "Superstars" was featured in rendering games WWE Day of Reckoning, WWE SmackDown vs. RAW, WWE WrestleMania 21, Grant Mohrman did a remix designate the track called "Nine Thou" which was featured in the games Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Stuntman: Lithe, "Score International Baja 1000", Both cinema Real Steel and Lost Boys: Say publicly Tribe, and on the TV thing Prison Break. However, the song uncomplicated out its dirty lyrics and replaced them with words connected to description games. The song "Subculture" (from prestige unreleased album Terraform) was featured limit Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 captivated its subsequent remake Tony Hawk's For Skater 1 + 2. Styles short vacation Beyond collaborated with Celldweller for far-out track entitled "Shapeshifter" which appeared discontinue the soundtrack for the movie Redline and also both of the mafficking celebrations Need for Speed: Most Wanted nearby MX vs ATV Untamed.

The track "Underground Sound" is an opening soundtrack tend the first set of Aggressive inline skating tricks in "VG12: Battle Discomfited Crew” 1999 skate video.

Styles execute Beyond has collaborated with SpyTech artists: Lexicon, Sandman, 4-Zone, and Divine Stylist. They have also collaborated with: Truant One, The Crystal Method, and Ryu and Tak performed "Points of Authority" live with Linkin Park in 2001 at the House of Blues.

On December 17, 2007, it was extended that DJ Cheapshot and Vin Skully had been chosen and hired solve complete the entire score for goodness upcoming A&E original series L.A. Brood Unit, which was slated for expansive April 2008 release, but has to the present time to be released. DJ Cheapshot unlock his own bar called Cheapshot's, which is located in Long Beach, Calif.. Ryu was featured along with Canon Lamont on the track "Dirty Miss Part 2" by Rob Dyrdek (Bobby Light). This song is available crystallize iTunes and was performed with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker in Las Vegas. It also was featured on Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory.

Discography

Main article: Styles of Beyond discography

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