Missin' Linx includes Al' Tariq (formerly known as Kool Ass Fashion of The Beatnuts), Black Attack, and Problemz. Al' Tariq left The Beatnuts and released his much-slept-on solo debut album God Connections in 1996. Many members of Missin' Linx were featured on God Connections, although they were not known as Missin' Linx then. So i'm guessing that Missin' Linx was *officially* formed soon after the amazing God Connections album was released in '96.