Lateef & the Chief

Lateef & the Chief

Lateef & the Chief

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Top Songs

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Best Of Me Bonus Beat
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365
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Beautiful You
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Best of Me
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Lester Hayes

Albums

  • Maroons:Ambush

    Oct 2004 • 9 songs

  • Best Of Me / Best Of Me Bonus Beat 12"

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Lateef & the Chief

Biography

Combine Lateef from Latryx and Chief Xcel from Blackalicious and you've got Lateef & the Chief, the politically and socially conscious rap group that offers "hard music for hard times." Climb up either of the West Coasters' family trees and you'll find a relative in or involved in the Black Panthers. It was this common bond that made the two fast friends when they met in 1992 in the basement studios of KDVS-FM at the University of California, Davis. The two talked and talked about their favorite hip-hop records and decided to work together. The two released a series of singles...
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