Panacea (group)

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Panacea
Panacea live
Background information
Origin	Washington, D.C., United States
Genres	Underground hip hop, alternative hip hop
Years active	2003–2010
Labels	Rawkus Records, Tasteful Licks Records, Neosonic Productions
Members	Raw Poetic K-Murdock

Panacea is an American hip hop duo, formed in 2003 in Washington, D.C., United States. The duo consists of MC Raw Poetic (Jason Moore) and producer K-Murdock (Kyle Murdock).^[1] Throughout their musical career, Panacea has had deals with various labels, including: Glow-in-the-Dark-Records, Rawkus Records^[2] and Tasteful Licks. They currently release their music under K-Murdock's imprint, Neosonic Productions.

Combining old-school rhyming with soulful beats, the Washington D.C. duo Panacea have drawn comparisons to revered hip-hoppers like The Roots, Gang Starr, and A Tribe Called Quest. Panacea blend Native Tongues-inspired beats with warm major chords and soul samples and add conscious rhymes about life, love, and hip hop.^{[citation needed]}