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Swollen Members was founded in the mid-1990s by Vancouverites Mad Child, Prevail and Moka Only. Having begun a solo career while living in San Francisco, California, Mad Child returned to Vancouver for some work. There he met Prevail and Moka Only, working as partners and making a name together on Canada’s West coast hip hop community. The trio saw each other’s abilities, thought they heard opportunity knocking, and joined together under the name Swollen Members. Soon after, however, Moka Only decided he wanted to pursue a solo career and left the group.
In 1996, Mad Child and Prevail went to the B-Boy Summit in San Diego, California, where Mad Child won several rap battles and was initiated into the Rock Steady Crew, legendary to the hip hop/b-boy scene. The Crew is held in great respect as hip hop’s highest collective - to join one must win a contest of skill against one of the highest ranked members. Swollen Members is one of only three rap groups affiliated with Rock Steady.
That same year, the duo began recording their first tracks, with help from many of their friends from the scene - MCs, DJs, and producers, including Rob the Viking. Rob would continue to work with the group through the years, eventually joining them later. From the praise they were receiving, they decided it was time to release their material as a group. With the subsequent release of three 12” singles on Mad Child’s record label Battleaxe Records, the group quickly established themselves in the scene and built a respectable following. The next logical step was to release an album, which was titled Balance and released in 1999.
In 1996, Mad Child and Prevail went to the B-Boy Summit in San Diego, California, where Mad Child won several rap battles and was initiated into the Rock Steady Crew, legendary to the hip hop/b-boy scene. The Crew is held in great respect as hip hop’s highest collective - to join one must win a contest of skill against one of the highest ranked members. Swollen Members is one of only three rap groups affiliated with Rock Steady.
That same year, the duo began recording their first tracks, with help from many of their friends from the scene - MCs, DJs, and producers, including Rob the Viking. Rob would continue to work with the group through the years, eventually joining them later. From the praise they were receiving, they decided it was time to release their material as a group. With the subsequent release of three 12” singles on Mad Child’s record label Battleaxe Records, the group quickly established themselves in the scene and built a respectable following. The next logical step was to release an album, which was titled Balance and released in 1999.
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Armed to the Teeth
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Bollywood Chick
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Black Magic
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juergen78 wrote:
miss the black magic style... like blackout, grind or prisoner of doom.!!
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tempo1991 wrote:
new album has some good songs like lonely one or dumb, but TO ME their best album is monsters in closet.
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KhaelThas wrote:
What bout Dark Clouds?
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coldef wrote:
Lonely one! Sweet flow :D
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Maggotleader666 wrote:
new album is gdd
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spacecowboy8519 wrote:
kyla is GREAT!!!!
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IllFil wrote:
I really like S&M they was one of my favorites ..before THIS .. new album totaly sucks...WHO DA FUCK IS NYCE?NEW LIL WAYNE WITH AUTOTUNE???WHERE MADCHILD'S FLOW!???WHAT'S GOIN ON WITH ROB'S BEATS?????Sad... fuckin mainstream
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Icepick22 wrote:
Porn Star is amazing!!!!!
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AntiMulletti wrote:
The new album was huge disappointment for me. :(
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eclupe wrote:
the new album is great!!! nice flow!
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pex wrote:
the new album is great!!! nice flow!
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DJ_NST wrote:
they rock ! NStee
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Mygreeness wrote:
the only good track of new album is funeral march....
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zo55 wrote:
i slept on these guys, there actually fucking sick, new albums nuts
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Orbeatle wrote:
"Meltdown" on the new album sounds too much like The DJ by DJ Revolution...
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tigermoth1232 wrote:
damn! "Dumb" with La Coka Nostra is hot shit!
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wakesavage wrote:
I have been listening to S&M for almost ten years now, and I have to say this new album, other than some nice tracks, is a huge disappointment for me. I know that Madchild is digging himself out of some shit, but I hope they improve from this state. I'm seeing them for the first time this Friday (HELL YEAH), so I'll have a live opinion of the new songs, but I really hope they play a lot of their older stuff, I have every album, and NEED to hear that. But seriously... Autotune on "Armed to the Teeth"? WTF?
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korkiCrew wrote:
porn star rl
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Hyuukai wrote:
Swollen are definatly underrated they have amazing lyrics and flow, and the members complement each other well in the songs, i thik the new album sounds awesome real swollen members they hav't tried to change there style to get more mainstream like lots of other artists which i respect.
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tas_tas wrote:
new album is alright, nothing more but some really nice tracks
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Check out the Video World Premiere of "Bollywood Chick (Feat. Tech N9ne)" This Sunday
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Visit the Swollen Members myspace page on SUNDAY, November 8th, 2009 for the VIDEO WORLD PREMIERE of "Bollywood Chick" featuring Tech N9ne and Tre Nyce!!!http://www.myspace. …
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