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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFW7i7o_nhs Ameer Interview has some good stuff about founding.
Brockhampton | |
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 Brockhampton pictured in 2019; clockwise from left: Dom McLennon, Matt Champion, Kevin Abstract, Romil Hemnani, Robert Ontenient, Bearface, Joba, Merlyn Wood, Kiko Merley, Jabari Manwa, Henock Sileshi, Jon Nunes | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | San Marcos, Texas, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Discography | Brockhampton discography |
| Years active | 2014−2022 |
| Labels | |
| Spinoffs | NoWifi |
| Spinoff of | AliveSinceForever |
| Past members | See Band members |
| Website | brckhmptn |
Brockhampton were an American hip-hop group founded in San Marcos in 2014. Founded partially through online discussion forums, the groups final lineup consisted of vocalists Kevin Abstract, Matt Champion, Merlyn Wood, and Dom McLennon, vocalists/producers Joba, Bearface, and Jabari Manwa and producers Romil Hemnani and Kiko Merley, as well as graphic designer Henock "HK" Sileshi, photographer Ashlan Grey, web designer Roberto Ontenient, and manager Jon Nunes.
Led by Kevin Abstract, the group was founded by members of Abstract's previous collective AliveSinceForever in San Marcos in 2014. Their debut mixtape, All-American Trash, was independently released in 2016. The group achieved critical and commercial success with their studio albums Saturation, Saturation II, Saturation III, all of which were released in quick succession over six months in 2017. The next year, they signed to RCA Records, and shortly afterwards founding member Ameer Vann was removed from the group following allegations of sexual misconduct. After repeated delays, Iridescence (2018) debuted atop the Billboard 200 and earned the group a nomination at the Brit Awards 2019, their first award nomination.
Ginger, the groups fifth studio album, was released in 2019 to similar commercial success and produced the double-platinum single "Sugar". After releasing the song series Technical Difficulties Radio (2020), the group revealed their intention to disband, with their sixth studio album, Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine (2021), announced as their penultimate release. In 2022, the group announced an indefinite hiatus following their performance at Coachella, and their final studio albums The Family and TM were released later that year.
Although they were generally categorized as a hip-hop collective, the group was notable in their early years for branding themselves as a boy band, in what they referred to as an effort to redefine the term. They also received attention for their internet founding, which resulted in the group including members from various places outside of San Marcos, including Connecticut, Florida, Ghana, the Grenadines, and Northern Ireland.
Career
2009-2013: AliveSinceForever
In 2009, a 13-year-old Kevin Abstract made a post on the internet music discussion forum KanyeLive asking for members to form a collective. Several of the groups members were previously acquainted through the forum: producers Robert Ontenient and Romil Hemnani met on the website's Lupe Fiasco section, while graphic designer Henock "HK" Sileshi was well for creating and posting custom cover art for popular songs. HK was introduced to the rest of the group after Hemnani responded positively to a 2 Chainz and Barack Obama parody cover HK had posted. Manwa, who lived in Grenada at the time, also met Abstract through the forum.[5] Aside from the forum, many of the groups members were recruited through prior connections. Abstract, Merlyn Wood, Matt Champion, and Ameer Vann began making music together as classmates at The Woodlands High School. Russell "Joba" Boring, who worked at a recording studio in Houston, was originally hired by the four as a recording engineer before being asked by Abstract to join the group.[6] Hemnani, Dom McLennon, Rodney Tenor, and Jon Nunes all lived in Connecticut, and worked on music together before being recruited by Abstract.[5] Northern Irish singer and producer Ciaran "Bearface" McDonald was introduced to Hemnani through a mutual friend during a recording session in New York City.[7]
The collective, named AliveSinceForever, included approximately 40 members and was heavily decentralized, with each member working to establish their own solo careers in different cities. The group played several sparsely populated shows together, including an appearance at South by Southwest.[5] In 2013, the collective released an EP, titled The ASF EP.[8]
2014-2016: Formation and early releases
In late 2014, Joba moved to San Marcos, Texas, to attend Texas State University.[6][9] Several members of the group, including Abstract, moved with him. Abstract, who had grown frustrated with the lack of coordination in AliveSinceForever, decided to dissolve the collective.[5][10][11] He invited select members of AliveSinceForever to move to San Marcos to form a new group, Brockhampton, named after the street Abstract grew up on in Corpus Christi.[5][12]
In January 2015, Brockhampton released their debut single, "Bet I", accompanied by a video directed by member Henock "HK" Sileshi and Franklin Mendez.[13] "Bet I" was removed from all streaming platforms by 2017.[14] Following the release of "Bet I", four unidentified members of Brockhampton (under the pseudonyms Milo, Cain, Gi, and Cohen) formed the chillwave band NoWifi (stylized as NOWIFIII), and released an album titled Memorial Day on May 30, 2015.[15] On June 16, 2015, Brockhampton released their second single, "Hero".[16] That same month, Brockhampton won the VFiles Loud contest, winning them a professionally directed music video for their next single, "Dirt", released through Fool's Gold Records.[17] On March 24, 2016, Brockhampton released their debut mixtape, All-American Trash, for free. The project focuses on highlighting the group's individual members, and was led by the music video "Flip Mo", performed by Merlyn Wood and featuring Dom McLennon.[18][19]
2016-2017: Relocation to Los Angeles and Saturation trilogy
Immediately after the release of All-American Trash, the group relocated to a shared home in South-central Los Angeles.
2018: RCA signing, removal of Ameer Vann, and Iridescence
2019: Ginger
2020-2021: Technical Difficulties Radio and Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine
2022: Disbandment, The Family, and TM
2023-present: Solo work and further collaborations
On October 23, 2023, Wood and Vann released the collaborative studio album Slime in The Ice Machine, marking the first collaboration between former Brockhampton members. The next month, Hemnani reprised his role as a producer and engineer on Abstract's fourth studio album Blanket. Champion's debut studio album Mika's Laundry, released on March 22, 2024, featured contributions from several former Brockhampton members, including Hemnani, Bearface, Manwa, and Merley. Hemnani also contributed production to Champion's EP Slint's Favorite, which was released later that year.
- ^ Easter, Makeda (October 27, 2017). "Hip-hop collective Brockhampton puts a new spin on the 'boy band' concept". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
- ^ Rowe, Amy (September 12, 2017). "Brockhampton offer a glimpse of hip hop's future at NYC show". Ny daily news. Archived from the original on December 24, 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
- ^ Jenkins, Craig (14 April 2021). "Brockhampton Is Ready to Leave a Hell of a Legacy Behind". vulture.com. New York (magazine)#Digital. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
when fifth album Ginger's R&B confection "Sugar" impacted the Hot 100, lingering long enough beneath the top 40 to earn Brockhampton its first legitimate chart hit
- ^ Duncan, Chris (August 29, 2017). "Brockhampton follows up on their explosive debut with an introspective sequel". The Daily Texan. Archived from the original on December 26, 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Cea, Max (2019-10-03). "The Oral History of Brockhampton... as Told by Brockhampton". GQ. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ a b "Get To Know The Members Of Brockhampton, A New Kind Of American Boy Band". The FADER. 2017-05-12. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ Aaron McCann (2018-12-02). Interview with Ciaran "Bearface" McDonald Part I. Retrieved 2024-11-14 – via YouTube.
- ^ "ALIVESINCEFOREVER". Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
- ^ CRISIS MAGAZINE (2024-06-29). A Conversation with Ameer Vann. Retrieved 2024-11-14 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Imgur". Retrieved December 3, 2017.
- ^ Tanners, Jon (December 31, 2014). "Premiere: Matt Champion ft. Jon Waltz - "BURN"". Pigeon & Planes. Archived from the original on November 20, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
- ^ "Brockhampton rapper live streams for ten hours on a treadmill in Corpus Christi". KRIS 6 News Corpus Christi. 2019-04-27. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ "Check Out BrockHampton's (Kevin Abstract and Friends) New Track 'Bet I'". January 28, 2015. Archived from the original on August 13, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
- ^ Price, Joe. "How Brockhampton Made One of the Year's Best Albums in Less Than a Month". Complex. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
- ^ Price, Joe. "Premiere: NO WIFIII - "MEMORIAL DAY"". Complex. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
- ^ "PREMIERE: Fall in Love with Brockhampton's Blissed Out "Hero"". June 16, 2015. Archived from the original on August 13, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
- ^ "Brockhampton - "Dirt"". Archived from the original on November 12, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
- ^ "Download Brockhampton's Debut Mixtape, 'All-American Trash'". Archived from the original on December 6, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
- ^ "Merlyn Wood "Flip Mo" ft. Dom McLennon - Mass Appeal". March 29, 2016. Archived from the original on September 5, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.