Styles of Beyond

別名：S.O.B.

國籍：美國

團員組成：MCs Ryan Patrick Maginn，Takbir Bashir，Colton Raisin Fisher，Jason Rabinowitz

團員人數：4人

Styles of Beyond是來自加利福尼亞州洛杉磯圣費爾南多谷的地下嘻哈樂隊。 該樂隊由MCs Ryan Patrick Maginn（Ryu）和Takbir Bashir（Tak），Colton Raisin Fisher（DJ Cheapshot）和制作人Jason Rabinowitz（Vin Skully）組成。

從藝歷程：他們已經發(fā)布了兩張LP，一張混音帶，并于2005年在Mike Shinoda的Fort Minor項目合作上大放異彩。他們曾經與Shinoda的Machine Shop Recordings廠牌簽約，但是他們在2008年底離開了這個廠牌。他們也與地下說唱樂隊Demigodz有著聯(lián)系，類似的地下藝術家還有Apathy，Celph Titled和7L＆Esoteric。

小Styles Of Beyond是Los Angles的一支老牌的地下說唱組合了，Mike Shinoda在成立LP之前就已經認識了他們的成員Ryu和Tak．后來Mike成名后在Warner名下有了自己的廠牌Machine Shop（就像50Cent的G－Unit從屬Dr．Dre的公司，但有自己的旗下藝人），于是就把SOB簽入．同樣的，在Where'd you go里面那位獻聲的女歌手Holly Brook也是為Mike干活的～

而Fort Minor的五名成員中，三名來自SOB，一個是Mike（這不用說了），還有一個是請來的鼓手，也比較類似于Eminem之于D12了

Consisting of MCs Ryu and Takbir, Styles of Beyond take their inventive Los Angeles-based hip-hop to the millennium and try to propel the form into uncharted territory. The group came together in 1995 when the two aspiring MCs met and freestyled together while on a break from class at Pierce Community College in Woodland Hills, CA. They were instantly impressed with each others off-the-cuff wordplay and decided to start Styles of Beyond, a name Takbir was already using along with DJ Cheapshot. SOB released their first single, Killer Instinct, independently on Bilawn Records in 1997. The song was video game-based and featured hip-hop cult legend the Divine Styler, a longtime family friend of Takbir whose older brother Bilal Bashir has produced for Ice T, Everlast, and Divine Styler, in addition to helping out Styles of Beyond, including the title track of 2000 Fold. Killer Instinct was able to start a small buzz in the hip-hop community, especially in hip-hop mix shows and with critics. Styles of Beyond was even named Best New Artist of 1997 by the Wake Up Show, a highly respected hip-hop radio program. SOB released 2000 Fold in the summer of 1998 to satiate a demand in the underground hip-hop community. The group signed to the Dust Brothers Hi-Ho Records at the beginning of 1999, and 2000 Fold was re-released by the label.