The members of Cannibal Ox, Vast Aire and Vordul Mega, met each other as high school students in Harlem.
They began performing in the New York underground hip hop scene in the 1990s, leading them to meet El-P and become among the first members of his record label Definitive Jux.
[citation needed] In March 2007, El-P stated that he "really doubt[ed]" that a second Cannibal Ox album would be released in the near future.
[4] Later that year, Vast Aire confirmed that he was no longer working with Definitive Jux, and that plans for a new Cannibal Ox LP had been scrapped.
He cited creative and financial differences with El-P and Definitive Jux, as well as Vordul's alleged clinical depression.