current_members associated_acts years_active label article_title background genre origin name
lord khaliyl lee majors light native tongues 1992 - 1997 , 2005 - reprise/warner bros. warner bros. . da bush babees
 group_or_band hip hop flatbush , brooklyn , ny , usa da bush babees
da bush babees

da bush babees is a group of underground hip-hop artists loosely affiliated with the native tongues .
the members of the group originally performed under the stage names babe-b-face kaos -lrb- later lee majors -rrb- , mister man -lrb- later mr. khaliyl , lord khaliyl -rrb- and y-tee -lrb- later light -rrb- .
the three grew up in jamaica and trinidad , and hence reggae strongly influenced its style , but it was in 1992 in brooklyn , ny , where mister man first saw kaos perform , that the group was formed .
the two began collaborating , and after mister man suggested adding a reggae toaster , y-tee joined the group .
after their early concert dates attracted major-label interest , the trio performed live office auditions and signed with reprise three months after launching the group .
their first album , `` ambushed '' -lrb- 1994 -rrb- , featured production from jay matias , j dilla , ali shaheed muhammad , salaam gibbs -lrb- later known as salaam remi -rrb- and the group itself , among others .
later releases included `` remember we '' in 1995 and their 1996 second album `` gravity '' , which was the group 's first underground and commercial success .
its lead single , `` the love song '' , was produced by posdnous of de la soul ; that single also featured a then-unknown mos def singing the chorus , who also sang the chorus and rapped the third verse of the album 's seventh track , `` s.o.s '' .
da bush babees have since begun recording and performing again under the name dub rock all-stars and are currently in the process of finalizing an as-yet untitled album .
their most recent performance was may 23 , 2012 at the lyricist lounge 20 year reunion party at -lrb- le -rrb- poisson rouge in new york city .
also gracing the stage along with da bush babees , were classic hip-hop powerhouses doug e. fresh , kid capri , black thought of the roots , prodigy of mobb deep , mos def , pharoahe monch and many others .
mr. man later changed his nickname to mr. khaliyl , and later lord khaliyl .
and went on to produce for other artists , and also released a rare 12-inch single on rawkus featuring talib kweli , pharoahe monch and dcq .
mr. man has also recently produced for such artists as res and fabolous .
baby face kaos dropped out of fort hamilton high school in brooklyn , n.y.
