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The X-Ecutioners
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| The X-Ecutioners | |
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| Origin | New York City, New York, USA    |
| Genre(s) | Hip Hop Turntablism Underground rap Instrumental hip hop Experimental hip hop |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Associated acts |
DJ Premier Mike Patton |
| Website | Official Website |
| Members | |
| Roc Raida, Total Eclipse, DJ Boogie Blind, DJ Precision |
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| Former members | |
| Mista Sinista, Rob Swift |
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The X-Ecutioners is a group of hip hop DJs / turntablists from New York.
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Originally including 11 members, they formed under the name X-Men, was chosen partly because of their battle between Super DJ Clark Kent's crew of DJs, known as the Supermen, and partly after the Marvel Comics characters, but had to change their name due to trademark infringement.
After the groups name changed, the crew was later reduced to members Rob Swift, Roc Raida, Total Eclipse, and Mista Sinista (named after the Marvel Comics' Mister Sinister.) Sinista later left the group shortly after the release of Built From Scratch, and Rob Swift left the group for personal and artistic reasons in 2005.
In the wake of Swift's departure, The X-Ecutioners have been scarcely heard of; however, the latest word is that the group has 2 new members, DJ Boogie Blind and DJ Precision (according to Scratch Magazine's September/October 2006 issue).
They have been known to do numerous collaborations, ranging from Kool G Rap to Cypress Hill. They also notably collaborated with Mike Patton on the album General Patton vs. The X-Ecutioners. The X-Ecutioners have worked with many famous artists on their albums Built From Scratch and Revolutions and are highly respected in hip-hop for their turntable skills. They are famous for beat juggling which is a well known DJ-ing technique. The X-Ecutioners contributed to a remix of Run-DMC's King of Rock on the Harmonix game Amplitude. A track by the X-Ecutioners, Like This, was featured in the video game, SSX 3.
- 1997 X-Pressions (Asphodel)
- 1998 Japan X-Clusive (P Vine Records)
- 2002 Built From Scratch (Loud/Sony)
- 2003 Scratchology (Sequence)
- 2004 Revolutions (Sony)
- 2005 General Patton vs. The X-Ecutioners (Ipecac)
- 1997 Música Negra (Black Music)/Wordplay (EP)
- 2002 It's Goin' Down (CD Single/Vinyl Record)
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