The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde is an American West Coast alternative hip hop group from South Central Los Angeles[?]. They signed to the influential Delicious Vinyl[?] in 1991 (see 1991 in music) and soon released Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde[?], which was critically praised though sales were lukewarm. The Pharcyde soon began touring with A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul, two of alternative hip hop's biggest stars, and appeared at Lollapalooza[?] in 1994 (see 1994 in music. Their second album was Labcabincalifornia[?], which received more mixed reviews than Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde and led to a five year hiatus before the group returned with Plain Rap[?] in 2000 (see 2000 in music).