You may know him better as Queen's, New York's
Fashion (real name is
Berntony Smalls) from
The Beatnuts, with his dope voice and presence appearing first on the great Beatnuts
Intoxicated Demons EP (1993).
The reality is that even though
Fashion left
The Beatnuts and changed his name, he has been as much of as a mainstay as his former group members
Junkyard,
Ju Ju and
Psycho Les.
Breaking off from 'The Nuts after their classic self titled (or
Street Level) album, Al' Tariq did some jail time and later came back on the long defunct label Correct Records , the same label that housed
Grav and
Mannish, who both dropped great albums.
He dropped the dope
God Connections LP in 1996 which had beats from
The Beatnuts,
No ID and
V.I.C. and is well worth getting and hearing.
In 2007 he blessed us with a new (slept on) crew
Big City that had him,
Les and
Problemz over thick and catchy as hell
Psycho Les beats and don't forget that he teamed up with
Black Attack and
Problemz for the
Missin Linx first in 1998 and later in 2000 for their
Exhibit A EP.
Al' Tariq also has worked with
DJ Honda,
Mark B,
Non Phixion,
Necro,
Grav,
Rawcotiks,
Mr Supreme,
Boulevard Bou,
The Great Ones and a few others.
