Y Society

Formed in 2007, Y Society are a collaborative effort between Boston rapper Insight and Washington, D.C., DJ/producer <a href="spotify:artist:6V2pvueEvgTwzyYPjo1T4f">Damu the Fudgemunk</a>. Each of the two had earned his keep on the independent hip-hop scene -- Insight as a longstanding mainstay in Boston's rap underground and member of Electric Company, and <a href="spotify:artist:6V2pvueEvgTwzyYPjo1T4f">Damu</a> as the DJ for 2006 underground breakout <a href="spotify:artist:39UHe5A34xL53NewmhxkNl">Panacea</a> -- but with their debut, Travel at Your Own Pace (2007), this MC/DJ partnership stood out among the resurgence of back-to-basics hip-hop groups cropping up throughout the 2000s. Though Y Society were a trans-coastal collaboration, the album mirrored the old-school aesthetic known to come out of Boston from artists like <a href="spotify:artist:6qbtuhThjXYnpldXCczlDd">Mr. Lif</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:4LSixDzXl43EzlPU2EydWs">Edan</a>, but <a href="spotify:artist:6V2pvueEvgTwzyYPjo1T4f">Damu</a> employed more funky twists and smooth soul textures for Insight's keen mind and versatile mike abilities. ~ Cyril Cordor, Rovi