Chief Xcel

Visible in this June 21, 2011 Facebook post.

Visible in this April 19, 2011 Facebook post.

Visible in this May 19, 2013 Facebook post.

Visible in this April 17, 2011 Facebook post.

Used for Melodica, as stated in this excerpt from Blackalicious' March 2014 One More Robot interview.

How advanced was your studio at this point? What equipment was this primarily made on?

Gab: We were still in our dorm rooms then [laughs]. Everything was kind of makeshift. And although we all had been making music for a few years then, we were just in our learning phase.

Xcel: Basically, we used a MPC 60 and a Tascam 4-track. Not much really [laughs].

(...) From my talks with Shadow, it seems like he was an integral part of Melodica. How so?

Xcel: Well Shadow showed me the ins-and-outs of the MPC 60 so of course he helped [laughs].

Gab: Shadow was a big influence on Melodica beyond the beats he contributed. Besides the EP, he was very instrumental in getting us known in general.

Visible in this April 17, 2011 Facebook post.