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Rakaa-Iriscience

Real Name:
Rakaa Taylor
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Born Rakaa Taylor in Los Angeles, California, Rakaa-Iriscience is a hip-hop MC, and one third of the renown west-coast underground crew Dilated Peoples.

Aside from Rapping, Rakaa's passions run deep; stretching from visual arts to training Gracie Jiu-Jitsu to traveling the world as a highly sought after Host and MC, all in his spare time. He also heads the Expansion Team Soundsystem, a collaborative effort between himself and Babu.
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Releases:
Blackberry Records Presents: On Deadly Ground (EP) (2 versions)   Blackberry Records 1999
The Unbound Project, Vol. 1 (12")   Ground Control Records 2000
Pay Attention (12", Ltd, Single)   Up Above Records 2001
Ends To Means / Do For Self (12")   Sequence Records 2003
L.A. Deck (12")   Manhattan Recordings 2008
Production:
Bullet Train (12")   Up Above Records 2003
Co-production:
Neighborhood Watch (Album) (2 versions) Big Business Capitol Records ... 2004
Appears On:
The Troubleshooters (Album) (2 versions) Stretchin' RCA ... 1997
After The Heat (12") The Chills ABB 1998
Dr. Ez's Cool Fantastic (12", Single) Dr. EZ's Cool Fantasti... Good Vibe Recordings 1998
Exitos Y Mas Exitos (2 versions) Medication Nerve Deafness Recordings ... 1998
Exitos Y Mas Exitos EP (12", EP, Ltd) Medication Nerve Deafness Recordings 1998
From The Ground Up / Ubiquity (3 versions) From The Ground Up (Vo... Blackberry Records 1998
Green And Gold EP (2 versions) Cool Fantastic Part II Good Vibe Recordings 1998
The World Famous Beat Junkies Volume 2 (2xCD) From The Ground Up Blackberry Records 1998
Antiquity (CD) Six Shooter Concentrated Entertainment 1999
Balance (Album) (7 versions) Counter Parts Battle Axe Records ... 1999
Fake It Until You Make It (CD) Paranoia Shiek Concentrated Entertainment 1999
Friction / Raps Don't Grow On Trees (Single) (2 versions) Friction, Friction (Ac... Ninja Tune 1999
Friction / The Terrorist (12", Single) Friction, Friction (Sp... Ninja Tune 1999
Front Street / Counter Parts (12") Counter Parts Battle Axe Records 1999
Laid In Full (CD, Mixed) From The Ground Up (M... Blackberry Records 1999
U.S.S.R. Life From The Other Side (Album) (5 versions) Friction Ninja Tune ... 1999
Copenhagen (Claimin' Respect) (3 versions)   Boulevard Connection Records ... 2000
In 12''s We Trust EP (12", Smplr) Revolution Ground Control Records 2000
In 12s We Trust (Album) (2 versions) The Revolution Ground Control Records 2000
It's Been A Long Time Coming (Album) (3 versions) Do The Math Ill Boogie Records 2000
Pounds 4 Dollars / You Don't Understand (12")   Three Sixty Records 2000
Progress (Album) (2 versions) Pounds 4 Dollars Ultimate Dilemma ... 2000
The Weight (Album) (3 versions) We Waitin' [Call Waiti... Virgin France S.A. ... 2000
Who Am I? (12") Do The Math (Clean) Ill Boogie Records 2000
AnotherLateNight (Comp) (2 versions) Copenhagen Claimin' Re... Azuli Records ... 2001
Bad Dreams (Album) (3 versions) RPM Battle Axe Records 2001
Bluffer's Guide Vol. 4 (CD, Comp, Promo, Enh) Verbal Anime Ninja Tune 2001
Fo The H€ad$ Part 4 Mixed By DJ Krylon (CD, Mixed, Album) Live Not On Label 2001
Paragraph President (2 versions) Passion (Dirty), Passi... Fat Beats ... 2001
Passion (12", Promo)   MCA Records 2001
The A.M. Workshop (Cass, Mixed) A Dilated Exclusive Beat Junkie Sound 2001
The Original Structure (12") Live ABB 2001
We Came From Beyond (Comp) (2 versions) Rob One Rock On Razor & Tie 2001
Worst Comes To Worst / Target Practice (12")   ABB 2001
Blazing Arrow (Album) (5 versions) Passion MCA Records 2002
Cosmic Slop / Work It Out (12") Work It Out (Original)... SureShot Entertainments 2002
Duck Season Left Overs (12") Live From Master Contr... Beat Junkie Sound 2002
Good Girl Gone Bad (Maxi) (3 versions) Verbal Animé (Remix R... Ninja Tune 2002
Pole Position (Cass, Mixed) Passion Masters On Broadway 2002
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Album) (3 versions) Verbal Anime Ninja Tune 2002
Verbal Animé / Good Girl Gone Bad (12", Single) Verbal Animé (Radio),... Ninja Tune 2002
Boxfresh Presents USSR: The Art Of Listening (CD, Mixed) War, Friction (Jungle ... Boxfresh Records 2003
Duck Season Vol. 2 (Comp) (2 versions) The Big Duck Hunt Sequence Records 2003
Fingerprints / Interstate Five (12") Interstate Five (Stree... Beatdown Recordings 2003
Project Blowed Presents The Good Brothers (Album) (2 versions) Rock WIth Us Decon ... 2003
Solid Steel Presents The Herbaliser - Herbal Blend (CD, Comp, Mixed) Verbal Anime (Acapella) Ninja Tune 2003
The Lost Freestyle Files (CD) Work It Out CNR Records International 2003
Unreleased Hits (CD, Comp) Six Shooter Basement Records (3) 2003
Fish Market (2xLP) Work It Out Movement (2) 2004
Fish Market - The Official Mixtape (CD, Comp, Mixed) Work It Out Movement (2) 2004
One With The Underdogs (Album) (2 versions) All I've Got Trustkill Records 2004
Smoke Signals (CDr, Comp) Import Tuner Drop La2TheBay, Dollar Bin Junkie Records 2004
The Hop / Dark Ends (12") Dark Ends (Radio), Dar... ABB 2004
Change (CD) Love Bird (Khalil's Th... Angeles Records 2005
Change (2xLP) Love Bird Angeles Records 2005
Find Us (12") Remix (Vocal), Remix (... ABB 2005
Haunted Cities (CD, Album) Crash And Burn La Salle Records 2005
Haunted Cities: Screwed And Chopped By DJ Paul Wall (CD, Album) Crash And Burn La Salle Records 2005
Industry Standard (12", EP) Industry Standard, Ind... Vandal Squad Records 2005
Reprogram (Album, Comp) (2 versions) Cut Down Ya Options Rhymesayers Entertainment 2005
Sunday's Chicken (Album) (2 versions) Talk Is Cheap All Natural Inc. 2005
Talk Is Cheap (12") Talk Is Cheap (Clean),... All Natural Inc., Counterflow Recordings 2005
The L.J.'s (CD, Album) Dark Ends ABB 2005
The L.J.'s (CD, Album) Dark Ends ABB 2005
The L.J.'s (2xLP, Album) Dark Ends ABB 2005
Welcome To Seattle (CD, Promo, Ltd) Cut Down Ya Options Rhymesayers Entertainment 2005
The Medicine (2xLP) Dilated Agents ABB 2006
We Are The Ones (We've Been Waiting For) (Album) (2 versions) Need To Learn Up Above Records 2006
Crop Circles (12") Need To Learn Up Above Records 2007
Joining Forces (The Harvest) (28xFile, MP3, Comp, Mixed, 192) Rent Dat Piff 2007
The Weatherman LP (Album) (2 versions) Perfect Storm ABB 2007
Throwin Up Letters / Rough Rymes (12", Single) Throwin Up Letters (Di... Sickbay Records, L.A. Hill Records 2007
Duck Season Vol. 3 (Album, Comp) (2 versions) 2 Feet Nature Sounds 2008
Good Things (Album) (2 versions) Trance Fat Bad Taste Records ... 2008
King Of The Decks (2xLP, Album) Casualties Of Tour Duck Down 2008
Main Event (CD, Album) Rock The Spot All Star... Squared Circle Records 2008
Operation Take Hip Hop Back (Album) (2 versions) Quality Work Traffic Entertainment Group ... 2008
Audiobiograffiti (CDr, Album) Look Out La2thebay, Team 2mex 2009
Ground Original 2: No Sell Out (2xLP + CD) Rock Steadily Fat Beats 2009
IV (CD, Album) Let It Out DJ Honda Recordings 2009
The Transcontinental (CD, Album) Won't Fall E1 Music 2009
Tracks Appear On:
Old World Chaos - Original Soundtrack (Vinyl, EP, Comp) Imagine... Nerve Deafness Recordings 1996
Beneath The Surface (12", Comp) Who's Keeping Time? Celestial Recordings 1998
Beneath The Surface (Comp) (4 versions) Who's Keeping Time? Beneath The Surface Music ... 1998
DJ Rob One Presents... The 12" Bootlegs + Mo' (Cass, Mixed) Cant Be Stopped Vol#Tw... Not On Label 1999
Laid In Full (CD, Mixed) On Deadly Ground Blackberry Records 1999
Mixtape Number 1 (Cass, Comp, Mix) On Deadly Ground S.A.F. Productions 1999
O.L.C. (Comp) (2 versions) Basics Rah Rah Entertainment ... 1999
As The Tables Turn (CD, Mixed) Friction/Image, Counte... Sleeping Giant Music 2000
Masters Of The 1 & 2 (CD) On Deadly Ground Virgin Music (Canada) 2000
Masters Of The 1 & 2 - History's Greatest DJ's (CD, Comp) On Deadly Ground Priority Records 2000
The Unbound Project Volume 1 (Album) (2 versions) Caution Ground Control Records 2000
Tape #35 (Cass, Mix) Pay Attention Not On Label (DJ BK Self-released) 2001
URB - Future:Music:Culture: Subscriber Premium V.17 (CD, Smplr, Promo) Passion (Radio Edit) URB Magazine 2001
Bluffer's Guide Volume Four: A Ninja Tune Sampler For Spring 2002 (CD, Promo, Enh) Verbal Anime Ninja Tune 2002
Duck Season Vol. 2 (Comp) (2 versions) Ends To Means Sequence Records 2003
National Vinyl Association Sampler: Straight From The Crates Vol 1 (12", Smplr) Speakin' The Truth (... Avatar 2003
National Vinyl Association: Straight From The Crates (Comp) (2 versions) Speakin' The Truth Avatar 2003
Undercover Cuts 9 (CD, Comp, Promo) Work It Out Undercover Mag 2003
DJ Mix By Ollie Teeba (CD, Promo, Mixed) Caution Ninja Tune 2005
Orchestrated B-Boy Screams (CDr, Mixed) Rob One Rock On Vulgar 2005
Rewire Two (CDr) Passion Semiotics Music 2005
2K7 (2 versions) Champions Decon 2006
Fabriclive. 26 (Radio Mix) (CD, Mixed, Promo, Comp) Caution Fabric (London) 2006
Invisible Enemy Mixtape Vol. 2 (CDr, Comp) Lookout!, Industry Sta... Invisible Enemy Records, La2TheBay 2006
The World Is Ours (CD, Album) Where I'm From Rex Recordings (2) 2006
Graffiti Brydge (Docile Takeover Vol. 1) (CD, Album, Gat) Industry Standard, Cre... Vandal Squad Records 2007
Stray Bullets (CD, Mixed) Rakaa Iriscience Inter... Not On Label 2007
The Release Party (DVD + CD) Expansion Team Soundsy... Decon 2007
Decon Presents: Fresh Rhymes And Videotape (CD, Album, Comp, DVD) Fresh Rhymes & Videota... Decon 2008
Great Beat Writer (File, MP3) Ends To Means Not On Label 2008
Jews Paid Too (2xCD, Ltd, Mixed, RP, RM, Promo) Work It Out Unthugged Classics 2008
Soundtracks 1.5 (2xCD, Comp, Ltd) L.A. Deck Eternal Beatz Productions 2008
Whose World Is This? (CD, Album + DVD) Where I'm From VP Records 2008
The Standard (2xLP, Album) Take It To The Streets Supercity (2) 2009
Preemptive Hype Vol. 11 (2xCD, Comp, Smplr, Mixed) Talk Is Cheap HipHopSite.com Recordings  
Unofficial Releases:
Neck Exersize Vol. 2 (CD, Mixed) Guaranteed Sleeping Giant Music 1999
Blaps, Rhymes & Life Vol. II (File, MP3, Mixed) Champion Not On Label 2009
Rap Remix Project Volume 4 (12", Unofficial) Still D.R.E. Remix Beats Rhymes & Life  
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