William E. Williams, also known as El Da Sensei is an American

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from

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. During the 1990s he was a member of the hip hop duo, Artifacts. Since then he has released several solo albums. In 2015, at The 14th Annual Independent Music Awards, "The Immortals Project Featuring El Da Sensei" won the award in the "Rap/Hip-Hop - Song" category for "On the Rise".

Discography

With Artifacts

* 1994: ''

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'' * 1997: ''

That's Them ''That's Them'' is the second studio album by American hip hop duo Artifacts. It was released by Big Beat Records in 1997. It peaked at number 134 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, number 3 on the Heatseekers Albums chart, and number 25 on the To ...

Solo

*2003: ''Relax, Relate, Release'' (Seven Heads) *2006: ''

The Unusual ''The Unusual'' is the second album by Artifacts member El Da Sensei. It was released on February 28, 2006 under Fat Beats Records. Background Tame and El's graf-rap was well received by underground audiences and continued in the New Jersey ra ...

'' ( Fat Beats) *2008: ''Unheard Of'' *2008: ''Global Takeover: The Beginning'' (with Polish hip hop duo The Returners (Little & DJ Chwiał)) *2009: ''The Money EP'' (with The Returners) *2009: ''Shining Shadow Presents... The Immortals Project'' *2010: ''GT2: Nu World'' (with The Returners)Discogs
/ref> *2011: ''The Nu World Remix EP'' *2013: ''The Immortals Project Feat. El Da Sensei - Rogue Agents'' (Shining Shadow) *2018: ''XL'' (with

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) *2021 ''Solving Cases'' (with Jake Palumbo)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:El Da Living people African-American male rappers Rappers from Newark, New Jersey 1971 births 21st-century American rappers 21st-century American male musicians 21st-century African-American musicians 20th-century African-American people