The Shape Shifters Explained

The Shape Shifters
Background:	group_or_band
Origin:	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genre:	Alternative hip hop
Years Active:	1998–present
Label:	Champion Sound Celestial Recordings Mean Street Cornerstone R.A.S.
Current Members:	Akuma Awol One Circus Die Young Existereo LA Jae Life Rexall Perk One Radioinactive
Past Members:	DJ Rob One Item Meck(Gary Gnu) Relm Ser Shumagorath Transducer/>Bleek

The Shape Shifters are an underground hip hop collective based in Los Angeles, California.^[1] It consists of Akuma, Awol One, Circus, Die Young, Existereo, LA Jae, Life Rexall, Perk One, and Radioinactive.^{[2] [3] [4]}

The group prevented the Shapeshifters, another act from the United Kingdom, from using the name in the United States. That resulted in the latter changing its name to Shape:UK, but for the United States only.

Discography

Albums

• Planet of the Shapes (1998)
• Know Future (1999)
• Adopted by Aliens (2000)
• Soul-Lows (2002)
• Soulows Two (2004)
• The Shape Shifters Was Here (2004)

Singles

• "Triple Threat" (1998)
• "2012" (1999)
• "Circuit City" (2004)

External links

• Shape Shifters on Myspace

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jason. Birchmeier. The Shape Shifters. Allmusic.
2. Web site: Eric. Feigner. The Shapeshifters poised to attack. The Daily Barometer. December 3, 2004.
3. Web site: Thomas. Quinlan. Shapeshifters - Planet EP. Exclaim!. September 1999.
4. Web site: Jesse. Serwer. The Shapeshifters Was Here. XLR8R. November 30, 2004.