93 'Til Infinity

Performer: Souls of Mischief
Artist: Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
Engineer: Matt Kelly; Chris Trevett; Matt Kelley
Producer: Del Tha Funkee Homosapien; Domino; Jay Biz; A Plus; Casual
Distributor: BMG (distributor)

Notes: Souls Of Mischief: Opio, Tajai, Phesto (rap); A-Plus (DJ). Additional personnel: Pep Love, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, Casual (rap, vocals); Bill Ortiz (trumpet); Domino, Jay Biz, Kwam, Snupe (background vocals). Recorded at Hyde Street Studios, San Fransisco, California. All songs written co-written by members of Souls Of Mischief. Contains 10 samples including "Fakin' The Funk" (as performed by Main Source), "We're A Winner" (as performed by Curtis Mayfield), "Skydive" (as performed by Freddie Hubbard) and "Knowledge" (as performed by Gangstarr). Personnel: Casual (vocals, background vocals); Bill Ortiz (trumpet); A Plus (scratches); Domino, Jay Biz, Pep Love (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Chris Trevett; Domino; A Plus ; Matt Kelley. Recording information: Hyde Street Studios, San Francisco, CA. Unknown Contributor Roles: Del tha Funkee Homosapien; Phesto; A Plus ; Opio; Tajai. With Oakland's fabled Heiroglyphics Crew, the pieces were often illogically greater than the sum of its parts. "Batting Practice," deeply cut into Souls of Mischief's hazily stunning 1993 debut, 93 TIL INFINITY, features the perfect metaphor for and exhibition of the four-member troupe's relaxed and natural flow. The true team of A-Plus, Opio, Phesto, and Tajai (one half of the original Heiroglyphics) traded rhymes so seamlessly, it often felt as if they were one MC. The title track (and hit single) would become a late Golden Age classic with its blissed-out beat and hedonistically tumbling turns of phrase.

Four parts of the Heiroglyphics, the Bay Area's collective of 1990s hip-hop enlightment, the Souls of Mischief earned a cult following for its blissed out, linguistically dexterous flows, rhymes tossed from one member to another as smoothly as a relay team's baton. Their 1993 debut, 93 TIL INFINITY, generally considered one of hip-hop's golden age's minor classics, spawned an enduring summer jam and crossover pop hit with its title track. While the band was never prolific, they never stopped working together, if often mixed-and-matched on the Heiroglyphics' various projects.

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