On November 17th, The Pharcyde’s Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde will be released as a vinyl and CD box set. The Deluxe 25th Anniversary Vinyl set includes the original album on 3 LPs and 3 12″ singles. The CD set is the original album divided into two CDs and one CD of rare songs, remixes and non-album tracks remastered by Dave Cooley. Music journalist and author Jeff Weiss has written new liner notes and remastered copies of the original version of the album will be available on vinyl and cassette.

Whosampled.com has collaborated with Craft Recordings to present an interactive album experiences to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde and a Spotify playlist. 

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde The 25th Anniversary Edition can be pre-ordered at Amazon.

On the 20th anniversary of The Pharcyde’s Labcabincalifornia Chris Read has put together album tracks, remixes and original samples into a seamless mix for Waxpoetics. A variety of producers worked on the group’s sophomore album but it is most revered and remembered for being one of J.Dilla’s best moments.

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Derrick “Fatlip” Stewart, Imani Wilcox, Tre “Slimkid3” Hardison and Romye “Bootye Brown” Robinson are the original members of The Pharcyde. The Los Angeles natives started their careers as dancers before they became a group. They signed a recording contract with Delicious vinyl in 1991 and made their first appearance on The Brand New Heavies’“Soul Flower.” Their debut album Bizarre Ride II To The Pharcyde was released in 1992 and is noted for its jazzy psychedelic style that was opposite from the gangsta rap coming from the area at the time. “Passing Me By,” “Otha Fish” and “Pack The Pipe” are from this collection and made the biggest impression on rap fans who could appreciate a different kind of California rap sound. Labcabincalifornia would follow-up Bizarre Ride in ’95. “Runnin'” and “Drop” were produced by J.Dilla and “She Said” was the other standout track. Dissension among them lead to Fatlip’s departure and the remaining members released the Plain Rap album in 2000. Slimkid3 decided to go solo after this project and released his Liberation album in 2002. Imani and Bootie Brown released Humboldt Beginnings in 2004 with the addition of new members Schmooche Cat and Spaceboy Boogie X as their producer. They reunited in 2009 during a performance for The Rhymesayers Entertainment Soundset Music Festival. Uncle Imani released “Paper$$$” in 2012 as a prelude to his upcoming Problaccmajik album. A series of t-shirts celebrating the 20th anniversary of Bizarre Ride went on sale in the summer of 2012.

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Uncle Imani of The Pharcyde used this concert footage from a show in Texas for his “Paper$$$” video. Detroit producer Ta’Raach produced the track from Imani’s upcoming Problaccmajik album.