question: Mandolyn Wind Ludlum toured and recorded with an alternative hip hop group from where?
answer: Oakland, California
context: Title: Underground hip hop
  Passage: Underground hip hop is an umbrella term for hip hop music outside the general commercial canon.  It is typically associated with independent artists, signed to independent labels or no label at all.  Underground hip hop is often characterized by socially conscious, positive, or anti-commercial lyrics.  However, there is no unifying or universal theme – AllMusic suggests that it "has no sonic signifiers".  "The Underground" also refers to the community of musicians, fans and others that support non-commercial, or independent music.  Music scenes with strong ties to underground hip hop include alternative hip hop and conscious hip hop.  Many artists who are considered "underground" today were not always so, and may have previously broken the "Billboard" charts.
  Title: Manchild (rapper)
  Passage: Gregory Scott Owens, commonly known by his stage name Manchild (sometimes abbreviated as MC and previously known as Soulheir the Manchild) is a [[Christian hip hop|[[Christian rapper]] falls within the [[alternative hip hop]] genre.  He fronts the [[underground hip hop|underground]] and Christian hip hop group [[Mars ILL]], is part of the [[Deepspace5]] [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]] [[Musical collective|collective]], and has collaborated with the likes of Christian rappers [[KJ-52]] and [[John Reuben]].  Manchild describes the origin of the name Soulheir in "Manchild Speaks" (a spoken word interlude found on "The Ringleader" by [[DJ Maj]]): "I used to know this cat named Soulheir / But I offed him, now I use his name often / Manchild is the cat that you wanna be quotin'."
  Title: Mystic (singer)
  Passage: Mandolyn Wind Ludlum (born  1974–75 ), better known by her stage name Mystic, is an American hip hop artist from the San Francisco Bay Area.  After touring and recording with Digital Underground she released her debut solo album in 2001.
  Title: Digital Underground
  Passage: Digital Underground was an alternative hip hop group from Oakland, California.  Their personnel changed and rotated with each album and tour.
  Title: Stetsasonic
  Passage: Stetsasonic was an American hip hop group formed in 1981 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York.  It is remembered as one of the first hip hop crews to use a live band, and the group's positive, uplifting lyrics made it forerunners of alternative hip hop and jazz hip hop.
  Title: The Low End Theory
  Passage: The Low End Theory is the second album by American hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest.  Released on September 24, 1991 through Jive Records, the album produced three singles: "Check the Rhime", "Jazz (We've Got)", and "Scenario".  Initially, the album garnered only minor commercial success, peaking at #45 on the "Billboard" 200, though it was later certified platinum on February 1, 1995 by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).  Regarded as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time by critics, "The Low End Theory" was very influential to alternative hip hop and was praised for its conscious lyricism and production, which bridged the gap between jazz and hip hop.
  Title: Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
  Passage: Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde is the debut album of American hip hop group The Pharcyde, released on November 24, 1992 through Delicious Vinyl Records.  The album was produced by former group member J-Swift, and features only one guest appearance, provided by little known Los Angeles rapper Bucwheed (known then as "Buckwheat" from The Wascals).  In the years after its release, "Bizarre Ride" has been hailed by music critics and alternative hip hop fans, as a classic hip hop album along with Souls of Mischief's "93 'til Infinity", and has appeared in numerous publications' "best albums" lists.
  Title: Alternative hip hop
  Passage: Alternative hip hop (also known as alternative rap) is a subgenre of hip hop music that encompasses the wide range of styles of hip hop that have not become identified as mainstream.  AllMusic defines it as follows: "Alternative rap refers to hip hop groups that tend not to conform to any of the traditional forms of rap, such as gangsta, bass, hardcore, pop, and party rap.  Instead, they blur genres drawing equally from funk and pop/rock, as well as jazz, soul, reggae, and even folk"
citations: Mystic (singer) Digital Underground