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Digital Underground
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Digital Underground
Formed
January 1, 1987 in Oakland, CA

Disbanded
1996

Years Active:
80s | 90s | Current

 
While hip-hop was consumed by the hardcore, noisy political rap of Public Enemy and the gangsta rap of N.W.A., Digital Underground sneaked out of Oakland with their bizarre, funky homage to Parliament-Funkadelic. Digital Underground built most of their music from P-Funk samples and developed a similarly weird sense of style and humor, highlighted by Shock-G's outrageous costumes and the whole band's parade of alter egos. ...
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