Straight Outta Oakland.. Blackalicious pt 2 In the second part of this interview with Oakland’s Blackalicious we talk to Chief XL and Gift of Gab about the recording process and whether or not it’s good to have tension in the studio in order to bring out the best in each other. Gab describes their recording sessions as intense, while Chief XL explains that all time stops and nothing else exists when they are in the stdio. The group also goes into depth about the importance of the Bay Area Hip Hop scene, the current hyphy movemnt and how they got their hustle on worldwide. Lastly Gift of Gab breaks down his stratgies if he had to battle other emcees including Mos Def, Casual, Rakaa from Dilated Peoples and fellow Quannum emcee Lyrics Born.. Less