Shades of Culture

[citation needed] After completing their fourth tour across Canada, the trio released their first full-length CD entitled Mindstate in 1998,[6] and later several 12" singles with Mr. Len and DJ A-Trak.

The trio band subsequently took several short tours around Quebec with pop group Backstreet Boys.

They also opened for Eminem, Gang Starr, KRS-One, The Beatnuts, Ben Harper, Onyx and Jurassic 5.

They were included in The Source magazine's article about the hip hop scene in Montreal, as well as in a segment about scratching on FOX Network's Popular Mechanics for Kids.

[8] The trio conducted a seminar on scratching and sampling at "Les Rencontres", and were on the first cover of Vice Magazine (then called Voice of Montreal).