Full Time Soldiers (F.T.S.) started out as a group of 3 artists Smoke Dog (MC), J-Dub (MC) & D-Sane (MC & Producer) in 1996. The group eventually expanded to 6 and released their self-titled debut album in August 1998 on Street Level Records, which was headed up by group member Mr. D-Sane. Following the huge success throughout the Seattle-Tacoma-Everett area of their first album, F.T.S. expanded the group roster to 9 and immediately went to work on the Seattle CLASSIC "Money Motivated," which was released in March of 2000. Demand for the album was so great, Sam Goody stores were taking reservations for the album several months prior to it's release, a first for ANY Seattle based Hip-Hop record label. F.T.S. went on to dominate cyberspace by taking over MP3.com and securing it's position at the top of the West Coast charts for 2 years, beating out artists such as Snoop Dogg. The crew eventually disbanded in 2001 due to internal conflicts between various members of the group, but the classic music that they created lives on many years after it's release and is among some of the most sought after underground Seattle Hip-Hop ever created!

F.T.S. spawned the careers of Byrdie (NFlight Entertainment), Smoke Dog (Red Door Records) and Greedy BD aka Byron Douglas (Gettin' Greedy Records).

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