The Underachievers 100

The Underachievers are a hip-hop duo from Flatbush Avenue, New York consisting of Issa Gold and AKTHESAVIOR.

In 2012, they released three singles for their upcoming debut mixtape, Indigoism. The three tracks were, “Gold Soul Theory”, “Herb Shuttles”, and “Leopard Shepard”. The music videos for “Gold Soul Theory” and “Herb Shuttles” have combined for over 40M views on YouTube. On February 1, 2013, the mixtape was released. Soon after, they followed up with a second mixtape, titled The Lords of Flatbush.

They followed the two mixtapes with their debut studio album in 2014 Cellar Door: Terminus Ut Exordium. That same year they formed a supergroup with Flatbush Zombies under the name Clockwork Indigo, and released the Clockwork Indigo EP.

The Underachievers released a second studio album in 2015 titled, Evermore: The Art Of Duality. Both this album and Cellar Door: Terminus Ut Exordium peaked in the top 20 of Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart as well as Billboard’s Top Rap Albums chart.

In 2016, they released their third mixtape as a follow up to The Lords of Flatbush titled, It Happened in Flatbush.

A year later, the duo released a third studio album titled, Renaissance. The project peaked at 34 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart of 2017.

In 2018, The Underachievers released a fourth studio album titled, After The Rain.

Since 2012, the duo has been a part of a collective or supergroup with Pro Era and Flatbush Zombies. called Beast Coast. After years of teasing a possible studio album, the collective finally delivered and released their first one, Escape from New York in May 2019.

One month later, Issa Gold and AKTHESAVIOR released their third installment to the “Lords of Flatbush” series titled, Lords of Flatbush 3. This release adds a fourth mixtape to their discography.