Nomaads The Throwback EP 1992-1995

This three-piece from the Bronx has sadly now only one living member, Arsonists' MC Q-Unique. You should definitely check out this dope early-mid 90's NY project - overseen by ATCQ producer Skeff Anslem.

The group didn’t do many shows back then, but they opened for Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5 while sharing out set with Tony Touch & D-Story, who would later become Q-Unique bandmates in the Arsonists. Q-tip from a Tribe Called Quest invited them on another show up during their set to have a live cypher with them at a Zulu jam in the Bronx River projects community center.

MC Baretta & DJ Mel Ice, MC Q-Unique recorded their first and only single "The Ultimate" at D&D studios, the rest was recorded at Platinum Island, Skeff Anselms studio and Groovy Lou's studio.

The group never had the chance to grow, because they didn’t really understand the ins and outs of the game to truly play.

MC Q-Unique, Mel Ice & Baretta formed the group, The Nomaads in the streets of the Lower East side in NYC, where Mel lived. 1st they started recording demos with a producer that had been working with me named Thomas Owens. Then from that point, Skeff Anselm (A Tribe Called Quest, Brand Nubian, MC Serch and many more) reached out to Mel Ice to build on some music, so they recorded a few demos with him.

Through Skeff is where MC Q-Unique started to learn about the biz and he connected with Q-tip who would invite us to the studio while they were recording "Lyrics To Go", just to mention that to give an idea of how "sorta" close they were to possibilities. Then Thomas introduced them to Groovy Lou, who would go on to produce the 1st and only single "The Ultimate" released on a very small record label from the Bronx called VIP hip hop.

Tragically during that time Mel Ice passed away. That knocked the remaining members out for a little, when they decided to push on and recorded music with Groovy Lou. Baretta disappeared into the streets and MC Q-Unique did most of the final recordings with Lou. It was at this time that MC Q-Unique met Dstroy from the Arsonists, who invited him to build with the crew.

Oddly enough, Groovy Lou ended up disappearing as well, and sadly Baretta passed away, July 15th 2017. The Nomaads was one of the roughest patches in MC Q-Unique’s career but there were moments that made it seem like they were doing something good.