Visionaries (hip-hop group)
Appearance
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
[edit]- 2Mex
- LMNO
- R.ēL.Z.M. a.k.a. "Lord Zen"
- Dannu
- KeyKool
- DJ Rhettmatic
Discography
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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)