Visionaries (hip hop group)

Visionaries is an underground hip hop crew from Los Angeles, California. The crew formed in 1995, and have since released four full-length albums on Up Above Records, and their fifth album "V" on their newly re-formed label Visionaries Crew, Inc. The crew's six members have collectively released over fifty solo and side projects. They have collaborated and performed with many other artists, including Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, Common, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Dilated Peoples, De La Soul, Blackalicious, Jean Grae, Psycho Realm, J Dilla, Jurassic 5 and Linkin Park.[citation needed]

Members

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Discography

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  • Galleries (Up Above Records; 1998)
  • Sophomore Jinx (Up Above Records; 2000)
  • Pangaea (Up Above Records; 2004)
  • We Are the Ones (We've Been Waiting For) (Up Above Records; 2006)
  • Est 1995 (Mixtape) (2007)
  • V (Visionaries Crew, Inc.; 2021)
  • Sketches (Visionaries Crew, Inc.; 2024)

Solo projects

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  • 2Mex (a.k.a. SonGodSuns)
    • (As The Mind Clouders) Fake It Until You Make It (1999)
    • Words Knot Music (2000)
    • B Boys in Occupied Mexico (2001; re-issue 2005)
    • Sweat Lodge Infinite (2003)
    • Self Titled (2004)
    • (As SonGodSuns) Over the Counter Culture (2005)
    • My Fanbase Will Destroy You (2010)
    • Like Farther ... Like Sun (2013)
    • Lospital (2017)
    • Gentrification EP (2018)
  • LMNO
    • Leave My Name Out (2000)
    • Collision (2003)
    • Economic Food Chain Music (2004)
    • This EP Reminds me of '93 (2004)
    • P's & Q's (2005)
    • Work Ethic (2007)
    • Selective Hearing (2008) collaboration with Kev Brown
    • Let Em Know (2009)
    • Devilish Dandruff with Holy Shampoo (2009)
    • Push That Work (2010)
    • Fonk Garden (2010)
    • Next in Line (2010)
    • Selective Hearing Part 2 (2010) collaboration with Kev Brown
    • Determined to Fly (2010)
    • Banger Management (2010)
    • Tripping On This Journey (2010)
    • Blessing in Disguise (2010) collaboration with KeyKool & 2Mex
    • No Apologies (2010)
    • LMNO is Dead (2010)
    • Born again (2011) collaboration with kyo Itachi
    • It All Adds Up (2012)
    • After the Fact (2013)
    • Preparanoia (2014)
    • 10:20 (2020)
    • Flying High (2022) collaboration with Madlib, M.E.D., and Declaime as LMD
  • Lord Zen and Dannu (known as Writer's Block)
    • En Route (2001)
    • Next Stop (2005)
  • R.ēL.Z.M. a.k.a. "Lord Zen"
    • 50.5.10 (2006) with band LVX Collective
    • Wakefull Dead (2007) collaboration with producer DeeSkee
    • Love D'LVX (2008) with band LVX Collective
    • Pre-Flight Acknowledgements (2014)
  • Key Kool & Rhettmatic
    • Kozmonautz (1995)
  • DJ Rhettmatic:
    • Kozmonautz (with Key Kool) (1995)
    • World Famous Beat Junkies Vol 2. - DJ Rhettmatic (with the Beat Junkies) (1999)
    • Exclusive Collection (2004)
    • "Crown Royale" (with Buff1) (2010)
  • Dannu:
    • Virgo Summer (2011)

References

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