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Naming themselves after the African root used to enhance male sexual performance, longtime collaborators
Vernon Reid and
DJ Logic united in 2002 as
Yohimbe Brothers and released
Front End Lifter, a dense album of guitar-fueled turntablism. The two New York-based artists first came together in the early '90s as founding members of the Black Rock Coalition. At the time,
Reid led
Living Colour, a short-lived yet enormously successful hard rock band driven largely by his guitar playing, and
Logic participated in the band
Eye & I. Following the demise of both
Living Colour and
Eye & I, the two artists partook in numerous projects, both mutually and independently, before finally making their partnership official in 2002 as
Yohimbe Brothers with the release of
Front End Lifter on Ropeadope Records. A month-long cross-country tour followed in October. ~ Jason Birchmeier