The Shape Shifters

This article is about the Los Angeles hip hop collective. For the British house duo, see The Shapeshifters. For the New Zealand drum and bass act, see Shapeshifter (band).

The Shape Shifters are an underground hip hop collective based in Los Angeles, California.^[1] It consists of Akuma, Awol One, Circus, Die Young, Existereo, LA Jae, Life Rexall, Perk One, and Radioinactive.^[2][3][4]

The Shape Shifters
Origin	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Alternative hip hop
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Champion Sound Celestial Recordings Mean Street Cornerstone R.A.S.
Members	Akuma Awol One Circus Die Young Existereo LA Jae Life Rexall Perk One Radioinactive
Past members	DJ Rob One Item Meck(Gary Gnu) Relm Ser Shumagorath Transducer/>Bleek

The group prevented the Shapeshifters, another act from the United Kingdom, from using the name in the United States. That resulted in the latter changing its name to Shape:UK, but for the United States only.

Discography

Albums

• Planet of the Shapes (1998)
• Know Future (1999)
• Adopted by Aliens (2000)
• Soul-Lows (2002)
• Soulows Two (2004)
• The Shape Shifters Was Here (2004)

Singles

• "Triple Threat" (1998)
• "2012" (1999)
• "Circuit City" (2004)