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Styles of Beyond is an underground
Underground music

Underground music refers to a variety of music subgenres that usually develop a subculture cult following despite their lack of mainstream appeal, visibility, or commercial promotion....
 rap
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 group from Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
, more specifically the San Fernando Valley. The group consists of MCs Ryan Patrick Maginn (Ryu) and Takbir Bashir
Tak (rapper)

Takbir Bashir or Tak is a member of the hip hop musical ensemble Styles of Beyond. He is also associated with the Demigodz and Fort Minor....
 (Tak), Colton Raisin Fisher (DJ Cheapshot), and producer Jason Rabinowitz (Vin Skully). They have released two LPs and were heavily featured on Mike Shinoda
Mike Shinoda

Michael Kenji Shinoda is an American musician, record producer, and artist from Agoura Hills, California. His father is a Japanese American, while his mother is of European and Indigenous peoples of the Americas descent....
's Fort Minor
Fort Minor

Fort Minor is the hip hop music side project of Mike Shinoda, vocalist of the rock band Linkin Park. Shinoda's first solo album as Fort Minor, The Rising Tied, was released in 2005 with the singles "Where'd You Go" featuring Holly Brook and Jonah Matranga and "Remember the Name" featuring Styles of Beyond....
 release, The Rising Tied
The Rising Tied

The Rising Tied is the debut album of Hip hop music ensemble Fort Minor, the side project by Linkin Park rapper Mike Shinoda. The album was released on November 22, 2005 through Linkin Park's Warner Bros....
. They were also signed to Shinoda's Machine Shop Recordings
Machine Shop Recordings

Machine Shop Recordings is the Warner Bros. Imprint record label started by Linkin Park bandmembers Brad Delson and Mike Shinoda. The label was supposed to be known as "The Shinoda Imprint", after Mike Shinoda but was changed in 2002 when other members of Linkin Park became more involved....
 label, although they left the label in late 2008.






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Styles of Beyond is an underground
Underground music

Underground music refers to a variety of music subgenres that usually develop a subculture cult following despite their lack of mainstream appeal, visibility, or commercial promotion....
 rap
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 group from Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
, more specifically the San Fernando Valley. The group consists of MCs Ryan Patrick Maginn (Ryu) and Takbir Bashir
Tak (rapper)

Takbir Bashir or Tak is a member of the hip hop musical ensemble Styles of Beyond. He is also associated with the Demigodz and Fort Minor....
 (Tak), Colton Raisin Fisher (DJ Cheapshot), and producer Jason Rabinowitz (Vin Skully). They have released two LPs and were heavily featured on Mike Shinoda
Mike Shinoda

Michael Kenji Shinoda is an American musician, record producer, and artist from Agoura Hills, California. His father is a Japanese American, while his mother is of European and Indigenous peoples of the Americas descent....
's Fort Minor
Fort Minor

Fort Minor is the hip hop music side project of Mike Shinoda, vocalist of the rock band Linkin Park. Shinoda's first solo album as Fort Minor, The Rising Tied, was released in 2005 with the singles "Where'd You Go" featuring Holly Brook and Jonah Matranga and "Remember the Name" featuring Styles of Beyond....
 release, The Rising Tied
The Rising Tied

The Rising Tied is the debut album of Hip hop music ensemble Fort Minor, the side project by Linkin Park rapper Mike Shinoda. The album was released on November 22, 2005 through Linkin Park's Warner Bros....
. They were also signed to Shinoda's Machine Shop Recordings
Machine Shop Recordings

Machine Shop Recordings is the Warner Bros. Imprint record label started by Linkin Park bandmembers Brad Delson and Mike Shinoda. The label was supposed to be known as "The Shinoda Imprint", after Mike Shinoda but was changed in 2002 when other members of Linkin Park became more involved....
 label, although they left the label in late 2008. They are also associated with the Demigodz supergroup which features similar artists such as Apathy
Apathy (rapper)

Chad Bromley , better known as Apathy is an underground rapper and producer from Willimantic, Connecticut. He attended high school at various schools in Connecticut....
, Celph Titled, and 7L & Esoteric
7L & Esoteric

7L & Esoteric are a Boston-based hip-hop duo, notorious for battle rhymes and boom-bap production. 7L is the duo's DJ/Producer and Esoteric the emcee....
.

Grant Mohrman did a remix of the song 'Superstars' called 'Nine Thou' which was featured in the games Need For Speed: Most Wanted
Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Need for Speed: Most Wanted is a racing game video game, developed by EA Black Box and first released by Electronic Arts in North America on November 11, 2005....
, WWE Day of Reckoning
WWE Day of Reckoning

WWE Day of Reckoning is a video game for the Nintendo GameCube video game console. It was released in 2004 and depicts World Wrestling Entertainment action....
 and WWE SmackDown vs. RAW. Styles Of Beyond collaborated with Celldweller
Celldweller

Celldweller is a Detroit, Michigan, United States based Rock and roll music band that was created by Klayton , who writes all of the music and performs the majority of vocals and instruments on recording studio....
 for a track entitled "Shapeshifter" which will appear on the upcoming album by Celldweller. Shapeshifter is also on the soundtrack for the movie "Redline" and the game Need for Speed: Most Wanted. They are also working on the first Demigodz LP, Demigodzilla.

Styles of Beyond have also collaborated with SpyTech artists: Lexicon
Lexicon

In linguistics, the lexicon of a language is its vocabulary, including its words and expressions. More formally, it is a language's inventory of lexemes....
, Sandman, 4-Zone, and Divine Styler. They have also collaborated with: Awol One, The Crystal Method
The Crystal Method

The Crystal Method is an United States electronic music duo consisting of Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland. Along with The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, and a few other acts, they are pioneers of the big beat electronic dance genre, and one of its few American proponents....
, and Linkin Park
Linkin Park

Linkin Park is an American Rock music band from Agoura Hills, California, California. Since its formation in 1996, the band has sold more than 50 million albums and won two Grammy Awards....
.

They have finished their third studio album, Reseda Beach. The album's producers include DJ Cheapshot, Vin Skully, Rick Rock, J Dilla, Apathy
Apathy (rapper)

Chad Bromley , better known as Apathy is an underground rapper and producer from Willimantic, Connecticut. He attended high school at various schools in Connecticut....
, Divine Styler, Celph Titled, Scoop Deville, Tak's Brother Bilal Bashir, Mike Shinoda
Mike Shinoda

Michael Kenji Shinoda is an American musician, record producer, and artist from Agoura Hills, California. His father is a Japanese American, while his mother is of European and Indigenous peoples of the Americas descent....
 & RZA
RZA

Robert F. Diggs , better known as RZA , is an United States Grammy winning music producer, rapper, and occasional actor. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
. It will feature rappers RZA
RZA

Robert F. Diggs , better known as RZA , is an United States Grammy winning music producer, rapper, and occasional actor. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
, Mike Shinoda
Mike Shinoda

Michael Kenji Shinoda is an American musician, record producer, and artist from Agoura Hills, California. His father is a Japanese American, while his mother is of European and Indigenous peoples of the Americas descent....
, Apathy
Apathy (rapper)

Chad Bromley , better known as Apathy is an underground rapper and producer from Willimantic, Connecticut. He attended high school at various schools in Connecticut....
, Celph Titled & Sixx John. It is executive produced by Mike Shinoda
Mike Shinoda

Michael Kenji Shinoda is an American musician, record producer, and artist from Agoura Hills, California. His father is a Japanese American, while his mother is of European and Indigenous peoples of the Americas descent....
. Reseda Beach is scheduled for February, 2008.

Styles of Beyond has also made a mixtape titled "Razor Tag", presented and mixed by DJ Green Lantern, which was released on July 31 2007.

DJ Cheapshot also recently opened his own bar called Cheapshot's, which is located in Long Beach, California
Long Beach, California

Long Beach is a large city located in southern California, USA, on the Pacific Ocean coast. It is situated in Los Angeles County, about south of downtown Los Angeles....
.

Their song "Second to None", which features Mike Shinoda, appears on the soundtrack to the 2007 Transformers film
Transformers: The Album

Transformers: The Album is a compilation album of various artists music from the 2007 live-action Transformers movie. The official single from the album is "Before It's Too Late " by the Goo Goo Dolls....
, and was also featured in a 30 second promo for FOX
Fox Broadcasting Company

The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox and stylized as FOX, is an United States television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
's season premieres for Prison Break
Prison Break

Prison Break is an American serial drama Television program created by Paul Scheuring, which premiered on the Fox Broadcasting Company on August 29, 2005....
 and K-Ville
K-Ville (TV series)

K-Ville is an United States television drama created and executive produced by Jonathan Lisco, centering on policing New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina....
 as well as the trailer for the 2008 film You Don't Mess with the Zohan
You Don't Mess with the Zohan

You Don't Mess with the Zohan is a 2008 in film Cinema of the United States/Cinema of Israel comedy film, directed by Dennis Dugan and starring Adam Sandler....
.

Styles of Beyond were on the Revolution Stage at the 2007 Projekt Revolution
Projekt Revolution

Projekt Revolution is a music festival hosted by Linkin Park, bringing artists of various different genres of music together. Linkin Park started Projekt Revolution in the year 2002 with just one stage....
 tour. On a tour date in Mansfield, Massachusetts however, during the Projekt Revolution tour, they were not present.

On December 17, 2007, it was revealed that Cheapshot and Vin had been chosen and hired to complete the entire score for the upcoming A&E
A&E Network

A&E is a cable television and satellite television television network with headquarters in Manhattan and offices in Stamford, Connecticut, Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, Chicago, and London....
 original series L.A. Gang Unit, which was slated for an April 2008 release, but has yet to have been released.

S.O.B. also made an appearance in the music video for the track We Made It by Busta Rhymes
Busta Rhymes

Trevor Smith, Jr., better known as Busta Rhymes , is a Grammy Award-nominated Jamaican?United States rapping, songwriter, and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the name Busta Rhymes after watching him perform....
 and Linkin Park
Linkin Park

Linkin Park is an American Rock music band from Agoura Hills, California, California. Since its formation in 1996, the band has sold more than 50 million albums and won two Grammy Awards....
.

As of September 25, 2008, S.O.B have been released from their contract with Warner Bros./Machine Shop, with full ownership of their Reseda Beach record, which they plan to release under a different label..

Discography


Official Mixtapes

  • 2007 -- Razor Tag (Presented by DJ Green Lantern
    DJ Green Lantern

    James D'Agostino, better known as DJ Green Lantern, is an United States Disc jockey and hip hop musician. He was born in Rochester, New York, New York and he is of Italian people descent....
    )
  • 2007 -- Razor Tag: Key Cuts EP (Uncut tracks from Razor Tag)


Albums

  • 1997 -- 2000 Fold
    2000 Fold (album)

    2000 Fold is Styles of Beyond's debut album, released on Bilawn Records in 1997 . This album was only released in an "Edited Version", whereas Megadef was only released in an "Explicit Version"....
     (Re-Released in 1999)
  • 2002 -- Terraform (Never Released)
  • 2003 -- Megadef
  • 2009 -- Reseda Beach


Singles/Promo CDs

From 2000 Fold
2000 Fold (album)

2000 Fold is Styles of Beyond's debut album, released on Bilawn Records in 1997 . This album was only released in an "Edited Version", whereas Megadef was only released in an "Explicit Version"....
:
  • Spies Like Us / Winnetka Exit
  • Easy Back It Up / Part 2
  • Spies Like Us / Style Warz
  • Spies Like Us (Remix) / Winnetka Exit
  • Killer Instinct / Survival Tactics
From Megadef
Megadef (album)

Megadef is the second album by Styles of Beyond, released in 2003 in CD and vinyl record formats, and on iTunes.This album was only released in an "Explicit Version", and yet contains no "Parental Advisory" sticker....
:
  • Mr. Brown
  • Pay Me
From Terraform:
  • Subculture / Windows
  • Subculture (The projectHUMAN Remixes)
    Subculture (The projectHUMAN Remixes) (single)

    Subculture is a Styles Of Beyond single, released in 2002 as a Vinyl Record, and on iTunes in 2003. The original version of this song can be heard on the video game Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2....
Other Singles:
  • Nine Thou (Grant Mohrman Superstars Remix) (Track featured on numerous TV Shows, Films, and Video Games)
  • Styles Of Beyond: Grant Mohrman Remixes
    Styles of Beyond: Grant Mohrman Remixes

    Styles of Beyond: Grant Mohrman Remixes is a digital Remix Extended Play by industrial rock artist Grant Mohrman. It features remixes of two Styles of Beyond songs , along with "Clean" and "Instrumental" versions of each track....
From Fort Minor: We Major:
  • Fort Minor: We Major EP
  • S.C.O.M. / Dolla / Get It / Spraypaint & Ink Pens
  • Get It / Spraypaint & Ink Pens Promo CD
  • S.C.O.M. / Dolla Promo CD
  • Petrified/Remember The Name


Featured

  • 2005 -- Fort Minor
    Fort Minor

    Fort Minor is the hip hop music side project of Mike Shinoda, vocalist of the rock band Linkin Park. Shinoda's first solo album as Fort Minor, The Rising Tied, was released in 2005 with the singles "Where'd You Go" featuring Holly Brook and Jonah Matranga and "Remember the Name" featuring Styles of Beyond....
     -     Fort Minor: We Major
  • 2005 -- Fort Minor
    Fort Minor

    Fort Minor is the hip hop music side project of Mike Shinoda, vocalist of the rock band Linkin Park. Shinoda's first solo album as Fort Minor, The Rising Tied, was released in 2005 with the singles "Where'd You Go" featuring Holly Brook and Jonah Matranga and "Remember the Name" featuring Styles of Beyond....
     -     The Rising Tied
    The Rising Tied

    The Rising Tied is the debut album of Hip hop music ensemble Fort Minor, the side project by Linkin Park rapper Mike Shinoda. The album was released on November 22, 2005 through Linkin Park's Warner Bros....
  • 2006 -- Demigodz - Demigodzilla
  • 2007 -- Transformers: The Album
    Transformers: The Album

    Transformers: The Album is a compilation album of various artists music from the 2007 live-action Transformers movie. The official single from the album is "Before It's Too Late " by the Goo Goo Dolls....


Other:
  • Tweekend
    Tweekend

    Tweekend is the second album by American duo The Crystal Method, released in 2001. The album featured the hit lead single "Name of the Game", which has been featured in many films, television shows and commercials....
     (Name Of The Game and Ready For Action)
  • Need For Speed: Most Wanted
    Need for Speed: Most Wanted

    Need for Speed: Most Wanted is a racing game video game, developed by EA Black Box and first released by Electronic Arts in North America on November 11, 2005....
     (Nine Thou (Superstars Remix) and Shapeshifter)
  • Saints Row
    Saints Row

    Saints Row is a Nonlinear gameplay action-adventure game video game published for the Xbox 360 console. It was developed by Volition, Inc. and published by THQ....
     (Subculture)
  • Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 (Subculture)
  • Amplitude (game)
    Amplitude (game)

    Amplitude is a 2003 PlayStation 2 musical video game. It was developed by Harmonix and is the sequel to the game Frequency ....
     (Subculture (Dieselboy + Kaos Rock Remix))
  • WWE Smackdown! vs. RAW
    WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW

    WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW , is a professional wrestling video game released on the PlayStation 2 video game console by THQ and developed by Yuke's....
     (Superstars)
  • Technical Difficulties / Underground Sound
  • Wordpower, Vol. 2: Directrix
    Wordpower, Vol. 2: Directrix

    Wordpower, Vol. 2: Directrix is the third album by Divine Styler, released in 1999 in music on Mo' Wax. This was his first album released in seven years, his last being 1992 in music Spiral Walls Containing Autumns of Light....
  • Electromatrix Presents - Contemplation
  • The Funky Precedent
    The Funky Precedent

    The Funky Precedent is compilation album released by Loosegroove Records, with all proceeds going to support Fermont High School and Manchester Elementary School in Los Angeles, and Mission High School in San Francisco....
  • It Takes A Seven Nation Army To Hold Us Back / Can't Nobody
  • Eastern Philosophy
    Eastern Philosophy (Album)

    Eastern Philosophy is the first official album by rapper Apathy . After years of deals in limbo, Apathy was finally able to release his debut album, on Babygrande Records....
     (Can't leave Rap Alone)
  • The Gatalog: A Collection of Chaos
  • The Gold Rush
  • "Turnagain Hardcore 5"
  • Prison Break
    Prison Break

    Prison Break is an American serial drama Television program created by Paul Scheuring, which premiered on the Fox Broadcasting Company on August 29, 2005....
     episode Riots, Drills and the Devil featured Nine Thou (Superstars remix) which is also on the Prison Break Soundtrack
    • Also played Second To None as an advertisement for the show along with K-Ville
      K-Ville (TV series)

      K-Ville is an United States television drama created and executive produced by Jonathan Lisco, centering on policing New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina....
  • Trailer for Crank
    Crank (film)

    Crank is a 2006 in film Action film/Thriller film, written and directed by both Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. The film stars Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Efren Ramirez, and Dwight Yoakam....
     (Nine Thou, does not appear on Soundtrack)
  • Trailer for You Don't Mess with the Zohan
    You Don't Mess with the Zohan

    You Don't Mess with the Zohan is a 2008 in film Cinema of the United States/Cinema of Israel comedy film, directed by Dennis Dugan and starring Adam Sandler....
    . (Second To None)
  • Magic Doors (Remix) with Mike Shinoda
    Mike Shinoda

    Michael Kenji Shinoda is an American musician, record producer, and artist from Agoura Hills, California. His father is a Japanese American, while his mother is of European and Indigenous peoples of the Americas descent....
     for DJ Green Lantern
    DJ Green Lantern

    James D'Agostino, better known as DJ Green Lantern, is an United States Disc jockey and hip hop musician. He was born in Rochester, New York, New York and he is of Italian people descent....
    's upcoming Portishead
    Portishead

    Portishead is an England musical group from Bristol. The band is named after the nearby town of Portishead, Somerset, west of Bristol....
     Mixtape.
  • The Name of the Game (The Crystal Method's Big A** T.T. Mix) - off the Tropic Thunder
    Tropic Thunder

    Tropic Thunder is a 2008 in film American action satire comedy film directed and produced by Ben Stiller and written by Stiller, Justin Theroux, and Etan Cohen....
     soundtrack


Solo Material


Ryu
  • Solo Tracks:
    • Paper Planes - (with Veze Skante)
    • The Most Shady - (produced by Scoop DeVille)
    • My Little Razor Blade - (with Apathy
      Apathy (rapper)

      Chad Bromley , better known as Apathy is an underground rapper and producer from Willimantic, Connecticut. He attended high school at various schools in Connecticut....
      )


  • Features:
    • Name of the Game - (with The Crystal Method)
    • Name of the Game (The Crystal Method's Big A** T.T. Mix) - (with The Crystal Method, for the Tropic Thunder
      Tropic Thunder

      Tropic Thunder is a 2008 in film American action satire comedy film directed and produced by Ben Stiller and written by Stiller, Justin Theroux, and Etan Cohen....
       soundtrack)
    • Unsung Heroes - (Gatorade Commercial)
    • Algae - (with Talksicc)
    • Rock (Remix) - (with Lexicon)
    • The OfficiaL - (with Lexicon)
    • Keep The Rats Movin - (with Awol One)
    • Can't Leave Rap Alone - (with Apathy)
    • Speak Ya Clout - (with Apathy)
    • Dawn of the Decade - (with Emanon)


Tak
  • Solo Tracks:
    • Heartless Game
    • Lady Killa (Produced by Voski, from The Gold Rush)


  • Solo Albums/EPs:
    • Red Rum - (Single with Josy B.)
    • The Publik Bizzares EP - (Instrumental EP)
    • Taknology - (Upcoming/TBA EP)
    • Whiskey Hill - (Upcoming/TBA debut solo album)


Cheapshot
  • Vinyl:
    • Cheapshot's Sucka' Breaks: Beat (Downs), Cuts & Nosebleeds - (1998 12" vinyl release)


  • Mixtapes:
    • Mega Dudical! - (CD/2007)
    • Party Mouth! - (CD/2007, with DJ Marshall Barnes)
    • Jazzercidal Tendencies - (CD/2008)
    • Mega Dudical 2! - (Upcoming/TBA)


Unreleased material


Terraform album

Terraform is Styles of Beyond
Styles of Beyond

Styles of Beyond is an underground music Hip hop music group from Los Angeles, California, more specifically the San Fernando Valley. The group consists of MCs Ryan Patrick Maginn and Tak , Colton Raisin Fisher , and producer Jason Rabinowitz ....
's album that was never released, in order to make way for their album Megadef
Megadef (album)

Megadef is the second album by Styles of Beyond, released in 2003 in CD and vinyl record formats, and on iTunes.This album was only released in an "Explicit Version", and yet contains no "Parental Advisory" sticker....
, although a few tracks from Terraform have been released.

The track Subculture bears a surprisingly high number of remixes, especially taking into account that the album was never released.

Released tracks from Terraform:
  • Terraform (featuring Divine Styler
    Divine Styler

    Divine Styler is an alternative hip hop artist from Brooklyn, New York....
    )
  • Subculture
  • Windows (Radio
    Radio

    Radio is the transmission of signals, by modulation of electromagnetic radiation with frequency below those of visible light.Electromagnetic radiation radio propagation by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space....
     Edit)


Unreleased tracks from Terraform:
  • Russian Attack (Featuring Divine Styler
    Divine Styler

    Divine Styler is an alternative hip hop artist from Brooklyn, New York....
    )


Other unreleased tracks

  • Don't Feel Bad featuring and produced by The RZA
    RZA

    Robert F. Diggs , better known as RZA , is an United States Grammy winning music producer, rapper, and occasional actor. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
     (cut from     Reseda Beach)
  • Chill Pill featuring Apathy
    Apathy

    Apathy is a state of indifference, or the suppression of emotions such as concern, excitement, motivation and passion. An apathetic individual has an absence of interest or concern to emotional, social, or physical life....
     (cut from     Reseda Beach)
  • Radio Clash Freestyle produced by Vin Scully


Videography


2000 Fold

  • Easy Back It Up
  • Spies Like Us
  • Spies Like Us (Remix)

Megadef

  • Be Your Dog
  • Pay Me
  • Bleach

Reseda Beach

  • TBA


External links