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Video

Life After Labels: 93 ’til Infinity 30th Anniversary

Souls of Mischief reflect on 30 years since their debut album, the beginning of their independence, and how their website changed everything.

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Video

Beep to Breakthrough: The Hieroglyphics Website Story

Meech from the City Pigeons Podcast recounts the moment when Tajai first reached out to their would-be webmaster and hilarity ensued.

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Features Video

Hieroglyphics & Dilated Peoples in the Studio, 2001 (Video)

Evidence & Rakaa Iriscience collaborate with Pep Love, Opio, Tajai & Domino to record a hip-hop classic.

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Web

Looking To The Past, Shaping The Future: Souls of Mischief

In the nascent days of the internet, pages like Stinke’s tHa thReshHold were the only places where internet-savvy hip-hop fans could find online info about their favorite rap acts.

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Print & Magazine

‘Take It to the Bridge,’ CMJ New Music Monthly

Musically diverse, self-contained, self-supported, and artistically driven—most importantly, independent. Read about the early-aughts Bay Area music scene and its influence on Hieroglyphics.

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Audio Features

Interview with Tajai (Audio) — Hieroglyphics Imperium, 1997

As Hiero’s popularity exploded online in 1997, we sat down with Souls of Mischief’s Tajai & discussed the crew’s newfound independence.

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Print & Magazine

‘The Hieros Return,’ Hip-Hop Connection

It used to be Hieros this, Hieros that. But Souls of Mischief and the rest of the Hieroglyphics clique fell back to earth as quickly as their star had risen. Now the Bay Area bandwagon is back in effect. To infinity and beyond…

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Web

‘Hip Hop, Napster, and the New Music Industry,’ Africana.com

“The net is going to be bigger than television,” says Tajai. “It’s going to be something where everybody is connected.”

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Web

‘9/3 Till Infinity: Hiero Day gives Oakland a hip-hop holiday’, East Bay Times

Hustling & innovations online lead to the establishment of Hiero Day: an officially-recognized holiday in the city of Oakland, California.

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Video

Del the Funky Homosapien & Being First Online in 1995

Del the Funky Homosapien discusses the creation of Hieroglyphics.com & its impact in 1995 after going independent.