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Cali Life Style
12+ albums
G-funkChicano Raplatinraphip hop
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Cali Life style was a Chicano Rap duo formed in 1992 from Santa Maria,CA. The duo consisted of rapper T-dre(Terry Funk) and Delux(Dominick??) as well as Producer/Dj Dominator(Alex Dominguez). Cali Life Style was signed to a new emerging underground label Familia records in 1993 as a group to represent the Underground Chicano Rap youth in Southern California 805 Scene.They are known for their strong involvement in the infancy of the Sureno Rap Era(1995-2008) and as a pioneers in Chicano Rap(1989-20--). In 1995 CLS releases it's first LP THE MEXICAN INVASION. It's lead single "Coastin" made the LP become a huge underground success gaining airplay in Southwestern United States,Japan,Australia and New Zealand. The Mexican Invasion was different from what other chicano rapers from LA (who were using 70's soul samples and Ice Cube -Kid Frost flows) and San Diego Chicano Rappers(who were using 50's Rare Groove and Soul with their own unique Calo Flows) were doing at the time. In that it was the first album to expose 805 California(Santa Barbara,Oxnard,Ventura) gang culture with its dark synth rap, Sureno rap flow and constants mentions of it throughout the album as well as giving light to 80's Electro-funk samples in Chicano Rap that is a staple to the 805 and France's Undergrounds music scene to date. With the success of TMI it lead to it's follow up LP TELL IT LIKE IT IS recorded in 1998 and released in 1999. Ignored in its release due in part to a change of scenery in
