The Weathermen (hip hop group)
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| The Weathermen | |
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| Origin | New York City, New York, United States |
| Genre(s) | Underground hip hop |
| Years active | 2001- Present |
| Label(s) | Eastern Conference Records |
| Members | |
| Aesop Rock Breeze Brewin Cage Kennylz El-P Tame One Yak Ballz |
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The Weathermen, is a New York City based, underground hip-hop supergroup consisting of Aesop Rock, Tame One, Cage Kennylz, Yak Ballz, El-P, and Breeze Brewin. The group took its name from the revolutionary organization Weatherman, and sometimes refers to itself as the "New Left". Former members include Jakki da Mottamouth, Copywrite, Vast Aire and Camu Tao who passed away recently.
They released a mixtape in 2003 titled The Conspiracy, on Eastern Conference Records.[1] They plan to release their first full length record on Definitive Jux in 2008.
They became associated with Cardboard City. Originally, a nine member group formed by Cage and El-P, a cross of rappers from the two labels, Eastern Conference and Definitive Jux. By 2005, Jakki da Mottamouth, Copywrite, and Vast Aire all left and were replaced by Aesop Rock.
A message posted on their Myspace page reads:
"Seven members is where our beloved brotherhood stands. The heads of these snakes have been severed and ejected from our garden. The New Left album is under way. We have waited until the seventh year of this new millennium to create the first and only WM album. It will be released on Definitive Jux records in 2008."
Most of the members of the Weathermen, references the group in their solo efforts. Also, they often make guest appearances on each other's solo releases, and the Weathermen logo can be found on most of the CD cases. Some of these references can be found below:
Aesop Rock references the group at the start of the hidden track on his album None Shall Pass. Another reference on his new album is on track 4, Bring Back Pluto, where Aesop says, "Yup yup, you'd think Charlie Brown was Weatherman how I zig zag around these yellow backs for peanuts.And the baggy stomach lining attached to the bums in hiding seeks the moral every outing to slide to refine his grinding, when the freakishly disfigured have gathered to surround you, you will live inside the actual second they let the hounds loose." Hence Charlie's yellow shirt with the zig zag pattern on it. There are other slight references as well.
Cage references the group in "Left It To Us", on this second full length, Hell's Winter. The song features most of the current members of the Weathermen, including Cage himself, Aesop Rock, Yak Ballz, El-P, and Tame One. The song is produced by member Camu Tao and can be found on the Weathermen's official myspace page.
Member Camu Tao died on May 25, 2008 after a two-year battle with lung cancer. The offical status of the Weathermen is unknown.
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