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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Meech from the City Pigeons Podcast recounts the moment when Tajai first reached out to their would-be webmaster and hilarity ensued.
Evidence & Rakaa Iriscience collaborate with Pep Love, Opio, Tajai & Domino to record a hip-hop classic.
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.
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.
As Hiero’s popularity exploded online in 1997, we sat down with Souls of Mischief’s Tajai & discussed the crew’s newfound independence.
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…
“The net is going to be bigger than television,” says Tajai. “It’s going to be something where everybody is connected.”
Hustling & innovations online lead to the establishment of Hiero Day: an officially-recognized holiday in the city of Oakland, California.
Del the Funky Homosapien discusses the creation of Hieroglyphics.com & its impact in 1995 after going independent.