THIRD KIND(BEEN ON OUR GRIND)BIOThird Kind is a group composed of 5 members. All from various upbringings and lifestyles, united under the culture of hip hop. Robben Beatz and Dj Krucial provide the sounds, while Fat Boi aka Moody, Depth Cef , and Dwell, provide lyrical beat downs!! Intense, intelligent, relentless, no embellishments, original, creative, and always underrated, Hip Hop. Third Kind, Culture refinement engineersRobbenBeatz and Fat Boi came together around the year 2000.. A year later Cef and Dwell team up with them and Third Kind was born. around 2002 they dropped their first EP ( First Encounter ). The EP did well locally and Third Kind started getting notice by the starving Baltimore hip hop scene. While the name Third Kind was still hot they dropped their second EP (Predatorial Editorials) followed by a ton of local and out of state shows.Not only was Third Kind gaining respect for being one of the top underground groups in Baltimore .They also gain recognition for having one of the best live performances in the city. Some of the shows they have performed in were pretty impressive such as the Vans Warped Tour and the Dmc World DJ Championships ,They also shared the stage with a number of recognizable artist such as Little Brother, Kool G Rap, Non Phixion, Immortal Technique, Masta Ace, Q-unique, Freestyle ,Cappadonna , WordsWorth , Akir , Sev Statik, and Comp. And not only hip hop groups ! they also shared the stage with a number of recognizable rock artist.. such as billy idol , cold play , fu fighters , sum 41 and garbage just to name a few.Around the same time Third Kind was coming up. Dj kruical was building a pretty strong name on the Baltimore scene as well. Dj krucial the all star dj from the elements show ! ( voted best hip hop show in Baltimore ) Third kind knew the name but never met Kurcial. When the members of Third Kind and Krucial finally met the chemistry was felt right away. Krucial fit right in ! He even spun for Third Kind that night. The next day Krucial became the fifth and finial member of Third KindAfter spending time on the Vans Warped Tour with Non Phixion. Third Kind and Sabac Red started to build a friendship. As their friendship grew Third Kind asked Sabac if he would collaborate with them on their new album. Sabac accepted and gave them a hot 16 bar verse for their first single (everybody knows) off their full lenght l.p. Disaster Relief .. The single was released on November 7, 2005 and rose to number 2 on the national college radio chartsThird Kind has also worked with wu tang producer 4th disciple and prodigal sunn of sunz of man.. The collaboration song with prodigal sunn will be released on vinyl thru the gods inc label later this year it is also featured on third kinds lp disaster relief. 4th disciple produced 2 tracks for third kind... they both will be released sometime soon !DWELL AND OGUN @ HFSTIVAL
