Mountain Brothers | |
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 The Mountain Brothers, from top to bottom: Styles, Peril-L, CHOPS | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Years active | 1993–2003, 2013 |
| Labels | Ruffhouse Records (U.S.) Pimpstrut Records (U.S.) Babygrande Records (U.S.) |
| Members | CHOPS (Scott Jung) Peril-L (Christopher Wang) Styles (Steve Wei) |
Mountain Brothers was an American hip hop group originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Named after the legend of 108 mountain bandits depicted in the Chinese novel Water Margin, Mountain Brothers are considered cultural pioneers, being one of the first Asian American hip-hop groups and also for the lack of sampling of other music in construction of their own.[1] Mountain Brothers released two critically acclaimed albums, Self Vol 1 [2] and Triple Crown, the first of which is widely considered to be an independent hip-hop classic.[3] Some of their more notable songs included "Paperchase," "Galaxies (The Next Level)," and "Thoroughbred." The last of the three is featured in remixed form on CHOPS' album Virtuosity. They produced national radio and TV commercials for Sprite on the ad "Rhymes from The Mind" and Nike on the ad "Players Delight". They also produced a music video for "Galaxies (The Next Level)". Styles Infinite also released two 12" singles, "Fresh Air/Aquarian Mind" and "Easy on the Ears/Finishline".
- ^ Nguyen, Daisy. "THE COLOR OF RAP". The Columbia Daily Tribune.
- ^ "The Mountain Brothers Self 1". allmusic. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ "Triple Crown". MTV. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2003.