Dead Obies

Dead Obies
Origin South Shore (Montreal), Quebec, Canada
Genres experimental hip hop
Years active 2011-present
Labels Bonsound
Website www.deadobies.com
Members Jo RCA
Yes McCan
Snail Kid
20some
O.G. Bear
VNCE

Dead Obies is an experimental hip hop band originating from South Shore (suburbs south of Montreal), Quebec, Canada,[1][2] that was formed in 2011 by 6 members, a collective of five MCs Jo RCA, Yes McCan, Snail Kid, 20some, O.G. Bear and Quebec producer VNCE.[3] which identifies itself as post-rap. They are signed to the independent label Bonsound.

Dead Obies finished as Top 3 finalists at the Francouvertes de Montréal held in 2013 and designed for new music talents.[1] The group has also taken part in Francofolies de Montréal, "WordUP! Battles" and "Artbeat" artistic events in Quebec.[1] They use a mix of French, English, French/English known as franglais[4] in their songs.[2] Their single "Do or Die + In America" was broadcast on French Canadian stations and the music video played on MusiquePlus .

They released their first mixtape in April 2012 titled Collation Vol. 1 followed by the album Montréal $ud (digital and vinyl format) in 2013.

In 2014, one year after the release of Montréal $ud, Dead Obies released the album in cd format and a book. [5]


Discography

Albums

Mixtapes

Singles

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Émilie Côté (17 November 2013). "Dead Obies: brasser la cage du "petit Québec"" (in French). La Presse Montreal. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stéphane Martel (30 March 2014). "Dead Obies - South Shore mercenaries". Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  3. ↑ Bonsound - Dead Obies biography
  4. ↑ Alex Hudson (16 October 2013). "Dead Obies Bring Their "Frenglish" Rhymes on 'Montréal $ud' LP". Exclaim magazine. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  5. ↑ Dominic Tardif (28 November 2014). "Le petit dico Dead Obies' LP" (in French). La Presse Montreal. Retrieved 3 December 2014.

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