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Crown City Rockers is a five-member hip hop band from Oakland, California, by way of Boston, Massachusetts and Pasadena. Formerly known as Mission, the name under which they released their first album,[1] they play old school hip hop music with live instrumentation[2][3][4] (similar to other hip hop groups like: Gym Class Heroes, The Roots, N.E.R.D, and Stetsasonic). They have been compared to groups such as: A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, and De La Soul.[5] In 2009, the group released their third album, The Day After Forever.[6]

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Crown City Rockers
Also known as	Mission
Origin	Boston, Massachusetts, Oakland, California, United States
Genres	Hip hop
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Basement Records Insiduous Urban Records
Members	Raashan Ahmad Woodstock Headnodic Max MacVeety Kat Ouano
Website	www.crowncityrockers.com

Members

• Raashan Ahmad - MC
• Woodstock - samples, percussion
• Headnodic - bass guitar, production
• Max MacVeety - drums
• Kat Ouano - keyboards

Discography

Studio albums

• One (2001) (as Mission)
• Earthtones (2004)
• The Day After Forever (2009)

Compilation albums

• Unreleased Joints, Demos & B-Sides (2014)

EPs

• Mission (1999) (as Mission)
• Weekend Soul (2004)
• Kiss (2009)

Singles

• "Contagious" (2000) (as Mission)
• "Soul Chips" b/w "Strange Days" (2001) (as Mission)
• "Home" (2001) (as Mission)
• "Mission: 2" (2002) (as Mission)
• "Another Day (Rhyme Writing)" (2004)
• "B-Boy" b/w "Summersault" (2007)
• "Body Rock" b/w "Restless" (2008)

References

External links

• Crown City Rockers at AllMusic
• Crown City Rockers discography at Discogs

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