Styles Of Beyond是Los Angles的一支老牌的地下说唱组合了，Mike Shinoda在成立LP之前就已经认识了他们的成员Ryu和Tak．后来Mike成名后在Warner名下有了自己的厂牌Machine Shop（就像50Cent的G－Unit从属Dr．Dre的公司，但有自己的旗下艺人），于是就把SOB签入．同样的，在Where'd you go里面那位献声的女歌手Holly Brook也是为Mike干活的～
而Fort Minor的五名成员中，三名来自SOB，一个是Mike（这不用说了），还有一个是请来的鼓手，也比较类似于Eminem之于D12了
Consisting of MCs Ryu and Takbir, Styles of Beyond take their inventive Los Angeles-based hip-hop to the millennium and try to propel the form into uncharted territory. The group came together in 1995 when the two aspiring MCs met and freestyled together while on a break from class at Pierce Community College in Woodland Hills, CA. They were instantly impressed with each others off-the-cuff wordplay and decided to start Styles of Beyond, a name Takbir was already using along with DJ Cheapshot. SOB released their first single, Killer Instinct, independently on Bilawn Records in 1997. The song was video game-based and featured hip-hop cult legend the Divine Styler, a longtime family friend of Takbir whose older brother Bilal Bashir has produced for Ice T, Everlast, and Divine Styler, in addition to helping out Styles of Beyond, including the title track of 2000 Fold. Killer Instinct was able to start a small buzz in the hip-hop community, especially in hip-hop mix shows and with critics. Styles of Beyond was even named Best New Artist of 1997 by the Wake Up Show, a highly respected hip-hop radio program. SOB released 2000 Fold in the summer of 1998 to satiate a demand in the underground hip-hop community. The group signed to the Dust Brothers Hi-Ho Records at the beginning of 1999, and 2000 Fold was re-released by the label.