Gift of Gab (rapper)

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox musical artist Timothy Jerome Parker (October 7, 1970 – June 18, 2021),<ref name="rolling-stone">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> better known by his stage name Gift of Gab, was an American rapper best known for performing in the Bay Area hip hop duo Blackalicious along with DJ Chief Xcel. He was also a member of Quannum Projects, a Bay Area hip hop crew and record label, and performed and recorded as a solo artist.

Early life

Timothy Jerome Parker was born in 1970 and raised in the Pacoima neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.<ref name=laist>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He had two brothers and a sister when he died; he also had two sisters that passed before him. He attended high school in Sacramento with his future bandmate Xavier "Chief Xcel" Mosley.

Collaborations

Gift of Gab was featured on Galactic's album From the Corner to the Block (2007). He collaborated with DJ Z-Trip on the track "Go Hard" for the All-Pro Football 2K8 Soundtrack. He also released The Prelude EP with Lateef the Truthspeaker and Headnodic as The Mighty Underdogs. He went on to do a song called "All In" with The Grouch and Eligh. He was also featured on the track "The People Tree" on the 2009 N.A.S.A. release "The Spirit of Apollo".

In 2002, Gift of Gab contributed to Red Hot + Riot: The Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti, a compilation CD released by the Red Hot Organization in tribute to the music and work of Nigerian musician, Fela Kuti, that raised money for various charities devoted to raising AIDS awareness and fighting the disease. He collaborated with hip hop artist Lateef the Truthspeaker to remake Fela Kuti's song, "Kalakuta Show."

In addition to this, Gift of Gab collaborated with Del the Funky Homosapien and Brother Ali on the track "Dreamin'" on his solo album, Escape 2 Mars, as well as making tracks with Moore, DJ Vadim, Cut Chemist, Ben Harper and Chali 2na of Jurassic 5.

He also featured on fellow San Francisco rapper Watsky's song "Everything Turns Gold", and the track "They Warned Us" by Watsky's jazz-rap fusion band Invisible Inc.Template:Citation needed

Later life and death

In the years leading up to 2020, Parker had suffered from kidney failure and was receiving dialysis multiple times a week. In January 2020, Parker received a kidney transplant. Parker died on June 18, 2021, of natural causes.<ref name=laist/>

Discography

Studio albums

Solo

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Blackalicious

(Gift of Gab w/ Chief Xcel)

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Quannum MCs

(Gift of Gab w/ Chief Xcel, DJ Shadow, Lateef the Truth Speaker & Lyrics Born)

The Mighty Underdogs

(Gift of Gab w/ Lateef the Truth Speaker & Headnodic)

EPs, mixtapes & compilations

EPs

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Mixtapes
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Compilations

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Singles

  • "Swan Lake / Lyric Fathom" (1994) (Blackalicious)
  • "A to G / Alphabet Aerobics (The Cut Chemist 2 1/2 Minute Workout)" (1999) (Blackalicious)
  • "Deception" (1999) (Blackalicious)
  • "If I May / Reanimation" (2000) (Blackalicious)
  • "Passion" (2001) (Blackalicious)
  • "It's Going Down (Sit Back)" (2002) (Blackalicious)
  • "Art of Mind / Just What Can Happen" (2002) (Blackalicious)
  • "Blazing Arrow" (2002) (Blackalicious)
  • "Make You Feel That Way" (2002) (Blackalicious)
  • "Wizzy Wow / It's Going Down" (2002) (Blackalicious & Blackstreet)
  • "The Writz / Just Because" (2003)
  • "Rat Race / Real MCs" (2004)
  • "Your Move" (2005) (Blackalicious)
  • "Rhythm Sticks" (2005) (Blackalicious)
  • "Powers" (2006) (Blackalicious)
  • "Want You Back" (2008) (The Mighty Underdogs)

Guest appearances

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  • Zero Dinero - "The Time Has Come" (2016)
  • Prophetiko - "Calling You" ft. Realistic from "Prophzilla" on Nomad Hip Hop (2016)
  • Atlantis Rizing - “Help Us Help You” (2016)
  • Invisible Inc. - "They Warned Us" from "Fine Print" (2018)
  • Sirreal - "Keep it Moving" (2018)
  • Lyrics Born - "When I Get My Check ($$$)" from Quite a Life (2018)
  • Moore - "Back" from "Dark $kie$, Tainted Water$" (2020)
  • Blu & Fatlip - "Look To The Sky" from "Live From The End Of The World, Vol .1 [Demos]" (2022)

References

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