A hip-hop convert since first hearing 'Grandmaster Flash' . The album was a critical favorite, making several end-of-the-year best-of lists. Shortly thereafter, the "Preemptive Strike" album was released, which featured "In/Flux" and "What Does Your Soul Look Like?" which had been previously unavailable in the states, as well as two new singles. He also produced the ambitious "Psyence Fiction" album, a project devised by Lavelle and recorded under the moniker Unkle, which was released in September 1998. Currently, Shadow is overseeing projects for Quannum Projects, his Northern California-based legion of producers and MCs, which features Blackilicious, Latryx, and Shadow himself.
