Gift of Gab
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- For the 1934 movie with the same name see Gift of Gab (movie).
The Gift of Gab (born Tim Parker) is the MC for the California hip-hop duo Blackalicious, and a member of Quannum Projects (along with Chief Xcel, DJ Shadow, Lyrics Born and Lateef). In 2004, he also released a solo album entitled 4th Dimensional Rocketships Going Up.
The name seemingly is taken from the personal quality one is said to attain upon kissing the [1] Blarney Stone. This is also interpreted as someone who can talk the talk and is streetwise and can get through life by the way they speak. This would be associated with bargaining a deal etc.
He has made appearances on DJ Shadow's album "Soulsides Greatest Bumps" in which he demonstrates his accomplished ability to perform complex strings of multi-syllabic rhymes. One of his songs also appears on the "Roll forever" skateboarding movie and is used by a skater named Darrel Stanton.