ALBUMEscape the YardEl Da Sensei, Nord1kone & Dj Mrok
ALBUMXLSadat X & El Da Sensei
ALBUMThe Jersey ConnectionEl Da Sensei, K-Def & The Enforcers (K-Def & El Da Sensei)
ALBUMRogue AgentsMighty Immortals, Duplicuts & El Da Sensei
ALBUMGT2: Nu WorldEl Da Sensei & The Returners
ALBUMKnowledge Be the KeyEl Da Sensei & The Returners
ALBUMGlobal TakeoverEl Da Sensei & The Returners
ALBUMThe UnusualEl Da Sensei
ALBUMRelax, Relate, ReleaseEl Da Sensei
ALBUMRelax Relate Release - Da InstrumentalsEl Da Sensei
About El Da Sensei
Artist Biography
El Da Sensei stepped onto the hip-hop scene as one half of the Newark, NJ, duo, the Artifacts. The Artifacts first rose to fame with the hit "Wrong Side of the Tracks." After El Da Sensei and his partner Tame-One sent a rough demo to Bobbito the Barber at WKCR in New York, the group was signed to Big Beat/Atlantic Records. They released their debut album, Between a Rock & a Hard Place, in 1994 with "Wrong Side of the Tracks" as the lead single and video. After that initial hit, the Artifacts splashed the world with joints like "Come on With the Come On" and "Dynamite Soul," and went onto tour the U.S. as well as Europe and Japan. They had developed a fan base of hardcore hip-hoppers, being graffiti artists and hip-hop purists themselves; they sparked a new sub-culture in hip-hop called "backpackers." In 1996, the group followed up their debut with their sophomore album, That's Them. Although not nearly successful as the first album, many hip-hop fans claim the album is an "underground classic," spawning the underground hits "The Art of Facts" and "The Ultimate." Shortly after the release of the second album, El and Tame decided on an amicable break up. After the split, El Da Sensei went on his own traveling around the world and appeared on numerous compilations from Japan to Norway to Germany. During this time, he dropped the singles "Frontline" and "Got That" to let fans know he was still working.
In the fall of 2002, El finally dropped his debut solo album, Relax, Relate, Release, through Seven Heads Entertainment. The album featured guest appearances from Sadat X (of Brand Nubian), J-Live, Organized Konfusion (Pharoah Monch and Prince Po), Mike Zoot & F.T., Asheru, and others. ~ Quibian "Q" Salazar-Moreno
Hometown
United States of America
Genre
Hip-Hop/Rap
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