Styles of Beyond

别名：S.O.B.

国籍：美国

团员组成：MCs Ryan Patrick Maginn，Takbir Bashir，Colton Raisin Fisher，Jason Rabinowitz

团员人数：4人

Styles of Beyond是来自加利福尼亚州洛杉矶圣费尔南多谷的地下嘻哈乐队。 该乐队由MCs Ryan Patrick Maginn（Ryu）和Takbir Bashir（Tak），Colton Raisin Fisher（DJ Cheapshot）和制作人Jason Rabinowitz（Vin Skully）组成。

从艺历程：他们已经发布了两张LP，一张混音带，并于2005年在Mike Shinoda的Fort Minor项目合作上大放异彩。他们曾经与Shinoda的Machine Shop Recordings厂牌签约，但是他们在2008年底离开了这个厂牌。他们也与地下说唱乐队Demigodz有着联系，类似的地下艺术家还有Apathy，Celph Titled和7L＆Esoteric。

小Styles Of Beyond是Los Angles的一支老牌的地下说唱组合了，Mike Shinoda在成立LP之前就已经认识了他们的成员Ryu和Tak．后来Mike成名后在Warner名下有了自己的厂牌Machine Shop（就像50Cent的G－Unit从属Dr．Dre的公司，但有自己的旗下艺人），于是就把SOB签入．同样的，在Where'd you go里面那位献声的女歌手Holly Brook也是为Mike干活的～

而Fort Minor的五名成员中，三名来自SOB，一个是Mike（这不用说了），还有一个是请来的鼓手，也比较类似于Eminem之于D12了

Consisting of MCs Ryu and Takbir, Styles of Beyond take their inventive Los Angeles-based hip-hop to the millennium and try to propel the form into uncharted territory. The group came together in 1995 when the two aspiring MCs met and freestyled together while on a break from class at Pierce Community College in Woodland Hills, CA. They were instantly impressed with each others off-the-cuff wordplay and decided to start Styles of Beyond, a name Takbir was already using along with DJ Cheapshot. SOB released their first single, Killer Instinct, independently on Bilawn Records in 1997. The song was video game-based and featured hip-hop cult legend the Divine Styler, a longtime family friend of Takbir whose older brother Bilal Bashir has produced for Ice T, Everlast, and Divine Styler, in addition to helping out Styles of Beyond, including the title track of 2000 Fold. Killer Instinct was able to start a small buzz in the hip-hop community, especially in hip-hop mix shows and with critics. Styles of Beyond was even named Best New Artist of 1997 by the Wake Up Show, a highly respected hip-hop radio program. SOB released 2000 Fold in the summer of 1998 to satiate a demand in the underground hip-hop community. The group signed to the Dust Brothers Hi-Ho Records at the beginning of 1999, and 2000 Fold was re-released by the label.