Monsta Island Czars

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Monsta Island Czars
Origin Long Beach, New York, U.S.
Genres
Years active1991–2008
Labels
Past members Jet Jaguar (MF Grimm)
Kong (Kongcrete) (Deceased)
Gappa (First alias) / Biolante (Kurious)
Grimlock (Infinit EVOL)
Monsta X (Ntrospekt)
Gabarah (Junclassic)
Spiega / Spiga (Spice) (Deceased)
Lord Smog (Lord Scotch / Keo)
Baragon (Young Equality)
Moguera (DJ Ez)
Megalon (Tommy Gunn)
King Caesar (X-Ray) (Deceased)
Kamackeris (Kwite Def)
Gigan (Zymeer)
Rodan
Wayne-O
Yves St. Larock (Deceased)
SpaceGodZilla (DJ Subroc) (Deceased)
Bashton
MeccaGodZilla (RAVAGE / Ryu Black)
Destroyah (MF Mez / Mezmerizer)
King Geedorah (MF DOOM) (Deceased)
Gamma Ra (Majesty) (Deceased)

Monsta Island Czars was a Long Island/New York City hip-hop collective that was formed by MF Grimm and included MF Doom among numerous Long Beach MC's. [1] Due to inactivity and deaths within the group, activity has ceased.

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History

The members of the group take their names from movie monsters from Toho's Godzilla movies. Escape from Monsta Island! , their only full-length album, was released in 2003 by Metal Face Records. Most M.I.C. (Monsta Island Czars) tracks are produced by King Caesar (aka X-Ray) or King Geedorah (aka MF Doom).

There was a rumor that in 2007, remaining members of M.I.C. were set to release a new album titled Return To Monsta Island - however, this was dispelled in an interview [2] with X-Ray. Fans soon became unsure whether the group was on hiatus or had broken up. Clues included the collective's MySpace webpage being deleted and their official site (monstaisland.com) going dark. In 2007 rumors continued that M.I.C. was still active and working on new tracks, but nothing seemed to come out of it. [3]

In 2013 and 2016, X-Ray released two new albums titled All Hail The King and All The King's Men, respectively, featuring multiple members of M.I.C. including Spiga, Kong, Kamackeris, Megalon, and Rodan. Although these aren't official Monsta Island Czars projects, they are confirmation much of the group is still together and making music.

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References

  1. ↑ "Infinit Evol on MF Grimm, Monsta Island & Jay Electronica". YouTube . May 17, 2010.
  2. ↑ "X-Ray Interview, August 2007". Archived from the original on October 17, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  3. ↑ Rumors of new M.I.C. projects on Wu-Tang Forums in late 2000s
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