The Mighty Underdogs

American hip hop group

The Mighty Underdogs
Origin	San Francisco Bay Area, California, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop
Years active	2007–2011
Labels	Definitive Jux

Members	Gift of Gab Lateef the Truthspeaker Headnodic

The Mighty Underdogs was an American hip hop supergroup from the San Francisco Bay Area.^[1] It consists of rappers Gift of Gab and Lateef the Truthspeaker and producer Headnodic.^[2]^[3]

History

The Mighty Underdogs was formed when Lateef the Truthspeaker, planning to make his own solo album, listened to some Headnodic-produced tracks, rapped a verse for each, and sent them over to Gift of Gab.^[4]

The group self-released The Prelude EP in Fall 2007.^[5] In 2010, XXL included it on the "100 Essential Rap EPs" list.^[6]

Their full-length studio album, Droppin' Science Fiction, was released on Definitive Jux in October 2008.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10] It featured contributions from Chali 2na, DJ Shadow, Lyrics Born, and MF Doom,^[11] as well as Mr. Lif, Akrobatik, Tash, Julian Marley, and Damian Marley.^[12]

Discography

Albums

Droppin' Science Fiction (Definitive Jux, 2008)

EPs

The Prelude EP (MU Records, 2007)

Singles

"Want You Back" (2008)
"Science Fiction" (2009)

Guest appearances

Lyrics Born - "Ill Vacation" on The Lyrics Born Variety Show: Season Pho (4!) (2009)
Zumbi - "Warwalk" on The Science of Breath, Vol. 4 (2009)
Headnodic - "Academy of Rhyme" on "Movin' On Up" (2011)
Headnodic - "Noddy by Nature" on Red Line Radio (2011)
Raashan Ahmad - "Bring Me Back" on Collaborations (2015)
Gift of Gab - "So Sad", "Ill Vacation" & "Victorious" on Greatest Misses Vol. I (2018)

References

^ Westhoff, Ben (October 30, 2008). "The Mighty Underdogs". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
^ Westhoff, Ben (November 19, 2008). "The Mighty Underdogs: Droppin' Science Fiction (Definitive Jux)". SF Weekly. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
^ Moskovitz, Sara (November 20, 2008). "Passing Through: Sara Moskovitz Interviews Lateef and Gift of Gab (The Mighty Underdogs)". Willamette Week. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
^ Swan, Rachel (August 4, 2010). "From Quannum Projects to Science Fiction - The Mighty Underdogs drop science, and work collectively". East Bay Express. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
^ Brown, Marisa. "The Mighty Underdogs - Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
^ "100 Essential Rap EPs – The Best of the Short & Sweet (8/10)". XXL. September 24, 2010. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
^ Patrin, Nate (October 28, 2008). "The Mighty Underdogs: Droppin' Science Fiction". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
^ McBee, Wilson (November 16, 2008). "The Mighty Underdogs: Droppin' Science Fiction". Slant Magazine. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
^ Reed, Bryan (December 5, 2008). "The Mighty Underdogs - Droppin' Science Fiction". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
^ Christgau, Robert. "The Mighty Underdogs". Robert Christgau. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
^ Bush, John. "Droppin' Science Fiction - The Mighty Underdogs". AllMusic. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
^ Stronell, Wayne (November 20, 2008). "The Mighty Underdogs – Droppin' Science Fiction (Definitive Jux/Inertia)". Cyclic Defrost. Retrieved January 11, 2015.