EARLY UK HIP HOP ARTISTS
The Criminal Minds
INFORMATION
Members
DJ Halo, Chase 1, Iceski, DJ Spatts, Safe D, CMD
Biography
DJ Halo and Chase 1 formed The Criminal Minds in 1985,and while at college DJ Halo met Iceski who would become the lead emcee in The Criminal Minds. Upon meeting another DJ called Spatts they released their first EP entitled 'Guilty As Charged', this EP was funded by Halo selling his decks and the group, plus friends and family chipping in with some cash, there are only 500 copies pressed. Soon after Safe D and CMD joined the group and they released 'Tales From The Wasteland' again independently on their own label. Many tracks were recorded but not released in the following years.

In 2001 DJ Halo started his own label called UK Rap Records, which released material by themselves, plus Killa Instinct and Dark Craftsmen. In 2003 The Criminal Minds released the 'Break Shit Up' EP on Vinylstore.
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles



GUILTY AS CHARGED (T.C.M. - 1990)

Side 1
1. Urban Warfare

2. Just Check It

3. A Taste Of Armageddon


Side 2
1. Police State

2. Section 12 Paragraph 0

3. Rough Justice

4. Shout Outs

TALES FROM THE WASTELAND EP (T.C.M. - 1991)

Side 1
1. Systems Overload

2. Illegal Procedure

Side 2
1. Tales From The Wateland
2. Prepare For The Holocaust
BREAK SHIT UP EP (Vinylstore - 2003)

Side 1
1. Break Shit Up

2. Who Is Next For The Graveyard

Side 2
1. Systems Overload (Halos Hamburg Mix)

2. Widowmaker (Retouch)
Albums
THE CRIMINAL MINDS (Previously Unreleased - 1994)


No Tracklisting Available






WIDOWMAKER (UK Rap Records - 2001)

Side 1
1. Complex

2. On The Run

3. Gunslinger

4. Urban Warfare (Remix)

5. Breathe


Side 2
1. Widowmaker

2. Introduction To A Madman

3. The Trial

4. Section 12

5. Moving Silent