The Mountain Brothers

Chops, Peril-L and Designs met on campus in Penn State College or university and came together in 1992 to create the Hill Brothers. What started as a entertainment or hobby, hip-hop abruptly became a thing that the group wished to pursue like a profession, which discovered them up many evenings honing their art. After putting many songs collectively, the group began to perform across the Philly region and soon discovered themselves doing displays countrywide from Miami, FL, to Portland, OR. In 1996, the group individually released an EP, while at exactly the same time earned a Rhymes From your brain competition hosted by Sprite. The Hill Brothers documented a Sprite industrial to get a radio ad marketing campaign which was performed countrywide on metropolitan radio. Following the effective campaign, the Hill Brothers secured an archive cope with Ruffhouse/Columbia Information and released the 12″ “Paperchase” b/w “5 Components” in 1997. The solitary garnered very much underground compliment and broke in to the CMJ Best 40 rap graphs, but the romantic relationship between your group and their label soured and finished in 1998. In 1999, the Hill Brothers released their debut recording, Personal: Vol. 1 on indie label, Pimpstrut. The solitary, “Galaxies: ANOTHER Level” propelled these to countrywide notoriety as the video was presented on MTV and section of a televised “indie performers” TRL. Furthermore, the Hill Brothers had been a headlining work in the 1999 Online Hip-Hop Honours alongside Canibus, Naughty NATURALLY and Jeru the Damaja. Because the album’s launch, group member Chops continues to be busy creating for performers such as for example Mystic, Grand Agent, Bahamadia and many regional Philly hip-hop and R&B performers.