Blacka'nized

Blacka'nized were a hip hop group from the mid 90's, comprising of Joseph Malik and A.J Nutall, hailing from Edinburgh

History

Joseph Malik was born in Glasgow but moved through to Edinburgh in the early 90’s after going to the capital for the 1993 Internationl Arts Festival and deciding not to go back to Glasgow. While in Edinburgh Joseph Malik hooked up with producer A.J Nutall, an old friend from the early 80’s hip hop scene.

MF Outa’National was the first incarnation of the collaboration between the two and under this name their track ‘Miles Out of Time’ was released on the infamous ‘Mo’ Wax Headz Vol. 1’ album.

In 1994 Malik and A.J came to the home of the Stereo MCs, and fellow DJ’s Sace and Easi label ‘Response’. It was here that Malik and A.J took the name Blacka’nized and a number of e.p’s and album projects were released to great acclaimed. In 1996 Blacka’nized left Response to set up their own label in Edinburgh called ‘Yush2K’. At the Yusk2K label they continued to produced acclaimed work and also help produced other up and coming artists such as Scotland Yard Emcees and a young KT Tunstall.

Discography

* "Ain't No New Thang 12" (Natural Response, 1995)
* "Future Generations LP" (Yush2K, 1999)
* "Yush Presents Blacka'nized" (Yush2K, 1999)

Guest appearances

* East Coast Project - A Journey Through The Sound Of Edinburgh - "Summa Nights", "Conceive New Thoughts", "Enta Da Balfa" ft Outa Nationals & Frosty J (Natural Response, 1995)
* If Its Not 100% UK Hip Hop, You Can Have Your Money Back - "Dark Paragons" (SSR Records, 1999)
* Raw Materials Joints From The UK Hip Hop's Underground - "Reality" (Stonegroove Recordings, 1999)
* Test One - "Crack Pipe" (Nova Records, 2000)
* LoungeDeLux2 - "Crack Pipe" (Cinq Etoiles, 2002)

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/yush2k Yush2K Official Myspace Profile]
* [http://www.yush2k.co.uk Official Yush2K website]
* [http://www.britishhiphop.co.uk britishhiphop.co.uk - The original UK Hip Hop History]
* [http://www.ukhh.com/reviews/ep/blackan_01.html Blacka'nized EP review]