The X-Ecutioners is a group
of hip hop DJs / turntablist from New York
.
History
Formed as a DJ crew in the early nineties and originally including
11 members, under the name X-Men, which was chosen partly because
of their rivalry between
Super DJ
Clark Kent's crew of DJs, known as the Supermen, and partly
after the
Marvel Comics characters,
but had to change their name due to
trademark infringement.
After the group's name changed, the crew was later reduced to
members
Rob Swift,
Roc Raida,
Total
Eclipse, and Mista Sinista (named after the Marvel Comics'
Mister Sinister) before releasing
their debut album
X-Pressions.
Sinista later left the group shortly after the release of
Built from Scratch, and
Rob Swift left the group for personal and artistic reasons in
2005.
In the wake of Swift's departure, The X-Ecutioners have been
scarcely heard of; however, the latest word is that the group has
two new members, DJ Boogie Blind and DJ Precision.
The X-Ecutioners have worked with many famous artists on their
albums
Built From Scratch and
Revolutions and are
highly respected in hip hop for their turntable skills, being
infamous for the technique known as
beat
juggling. They have been known to do numerous collaborations,
ranging from
Kool G Rap to
Cypress Hill,
Mike
Shinoda and co-released an album with
Mike Patton called
General Patton vs. The
X-Ecutioners. The X-Ecutioners contributed to a remix of
Run-DMC's "
King of
Rock" on the
Harmonix game
Amplitude, and the DJ group's song
"Like This" was featured in the
video
game SSX 3.
As of 2007, Rob Swift, Total Eclipse and Precision have formed a
new group called
Ill Insanity. Their
latest release, "Ground Xero" contains 14 tracks featuring the
likes of
DJ QBert, DJ Excess, and Grand
Master Roc Raida.
Ill Insanity has posted a blog on their Myspace regarding a reunion
tour in Australia in October, 2008. The group commented in their
blog
"Undeniably one of the greatest turntablist crews of all time, New
Yorks legends The X-Ecutioners are reuniting exclusively to tour
Australia for the very first time. The supremely talented
turntablists, Grand Master Roc Raida, Rob Swift, Boogie Blind,
Total Eclipse and Precision have exclusively come together for this
tour and across 10 turntables will leave you speechless with their
unbelievable turntable skills of cutting, mixing, scratching and
beat juggling."
The group has already announced the tour dates on both the
X-Ecutioners' and Ill Insanity's Myspace Reunion Tour Blog.
In a recent interview with E.Zee Radio
(http://www.blogtalkradio.com/E-ZEERADIO/2009/09/27/E-ZEE-RADIO-SHOW.mp3?localembed=download),
Mista Sinista says the current X-Men are Rob Swift, Mista Sinista,
Total Eclipse, Boogie Blind, Steve D, Sean C, Johnny Cash, Diamond
J, + Roc Raida who will always be there.
Roc Raida died on Sept. 19th, 2009 from complications from a mixed
martial arts accident.
Discography
Albums
EPs
Singles
References
- Scratch Magazine, Sept./Oct. 2006.
- Myspace Reunion Tour Blog
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