Anti-Pop Consortium在1997年秋天成立，并迅速崛起于说唱与诗歌领域。他们也举办一些诗歌和饶舌的聚会和演出，为年轻Hip Hop人才提供展示的机会。他们还成立了自己的厂牌Anti-Pop Recordings，其出版的磁带令他们在纽约的Underground圈中走红。当然，既然他们开始于纽约，那么也不可避免的受到当地Hip Hop经典，特别是Slick Rick、Doug、Fat Boys、以及KRS-One的影响。1999年他们曾以The Isolatiorrist名义在英国着名Hip Hop厂牌Jazz Fudge下发表专辑。随后，Anti-Pop Consortium的首张专辑在另一着名地下Hip Hop厂牌75ARK下发表，并被The Wire杂志评选为年度最佳专辑，从此一鸣惊人。2002年，Anti-Pop Consortium发表专辑《Arrhythmia》后宣告解散。 　　作为Anti-Pop Consortium的最后专辑，Arrhythmia中延续其超现实与高度洞察的概念性词作，以及深受诗歌影响的饶舌风格，诠释出风格迥异的一张作品。此外，在坚持将Hip Hop前卫化、电气化外，Anti-Pop Consortium在《Arrhythmia》中也试图重返Hip Hop的根源部分，结果也形成了他们有史以来组平易近人的一次出手。　　 by John Bush The tongue-tripping raps, obtuse science-fiction metaphors, and excellent minor-key productions on Tragic Epilogue immediately recall Kool Keith's Doctor Octagon, the 1996 LP that energized the rap underground. Still, Anti Pop Consortium never come across as derivative; the raps (mostly by Beans, High Priest, and Sayyid) are steadily inventive and on a similar high plane as the best non-mainstream rappers out there (Kool Keith, Jurassic 5, Mos Def). Though all of the best tracks ("Nude Paper," "Laundry," "9.99," "Your World Is Flat") come on the first side, and the second doesn't really compete, Anti Pop Consortium's debut is well-produced and well-performed.