Microphone Education

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 2019-02-15

Label: Lo-Vibes Recordings

Hip-hop crew "mic.edu" formed in 1997 after meeting at KCSB, the Santa Barbara community radio station where several of the group's members hosted shows.
Over the next two years, rappers A-Twice, Eriksolo, and Rüd the Instructor; producer Quarterbar; and turntablist DJ Lion issued an EP and several singles of jazzy and introspective hip-hop, primarily through their own Rocketship Records label. The group received heavy airplay on underground rap radio and performed live with likeminded acts such as Souls of Mischief and Aloe Blacc.

Tragically, group member A-Twice (Lafura Jackson) was killed by cancer in 2000 at the age of 24. As a result, "mic.edu" disbanded, with Eriksolo and Quarterbar going on to start the group Meanest Man Contest.

Two decades later, Lo-Vibes Recordings is releasing "Microphone Education," an album which collects all of "mic.edu"'s key tracks in remastered form.