A Bay Area group that blended rap, reggae, and soul across albums like 'We the People' and 'State of Survival'.
For a quick sense of Flipsyde, put on 'Someday' from that first album. 'Champion' works too, it's got that blend they did best.
Flipsyde's sound was a genuine Oakland blend, hip-hop vocals from Daveed Diggs over J. Elizalde's production, with soul and reggae woven in. Songs like 'Champion' and 'Skippin' Stones' show that mix in action, never quite settling into one lane. They kept at it through lineup shifts and later albums, always rooted in that Bay Area vibe.
They started in Oakland and dropped 'We the People' in 2007, with 'Someday' as the single. After that, records like 'State of Survival' and 'Headphones' followed, with different members coming through over the years. The music shifted some, but those early Oakland touches never really left.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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