Brockhampton (band)
| Brockhampton | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Kevin Abstract at a concert (2018) |
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| General information | |
| origin | San Marcos , United States |
| Genre (s) | Alternative hip-hop , alternative R&B , pop-rap |
| founding | 2015 |
| Website | www.brckhmptn.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Kevin Abstract | |
Rap, singing |
Matt Champion |
rap |
Merlyn Wood |
rap |
Dom McLennon |
Rap, singing, production |
Joba |
Singing, rap, guitar , production |
bearface. |
Production, DJ
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Romil Hemnani |
production |
Jabari Manwa (Q3) |
production |
Kiko Merley (Q3) |
| Henock "HK" Sileshi | |
| Robert "Roberto" Ontenient | |
| Jon Nunes | |
| Ashlan Gray | |
| former members | |
rap |
Ameer Vann (2015-2018) |
Rap, singing |
Rodney tenor (2015-2016) |
production |
Albert Gordon (2015-2016) |
Brockhampton (stylized as BROCKHAMPTON ) is an American hip hop collective. The group founded by Kevin Abstract in Texas and now operating in Los Angeles consists of a total of 13 members, including several rappers and producers as well as graphic and effects artists. In 2018, the self-proclaimed boy band , which also sees itself as an autonomous enterprise , achieved their commercial breakthrough with their fourth studio album within a few months. Her major label debut Iridescence was released on RCA Records and reached number one on the Billboard charts , where it stayed for three weeks.
Band history
Formation and all-American trash
Brockhampton arose from a thread on the Kanye West - Fansite KanyeToThe.com out. The Corpus Christi native Clifford Ian Simpson alias Kevin Abstract (* 1996) posted the text "Anyone wanna make a band?" In 2012 and then gathered around a 40-strong collective of music enthusiasts who called themselves AliveSinceForever . In 2013 a self-titled EP was released online . In the following year, Abstract, who was now active as a solo artist, renamed the group after his former residential street in Brockhampton . The first concrete line- up with members from various US states , Northern Ireland and Grenada met on New Year's Day 2015 in San Marcos . Shortly thereafter published Brockhampton their debut single bet I . In the middle of the year they won the VFILE Loud! Talent search and released the single Dirt via Fool's Gold Records and finally their first mixtape in March 2016 under the title All-American Trash .
Saturation trilogy
The group, consisting of more than a dozen members, moved to Los Angeles , where they share a house. Before they even recorded any songs, Brockhampton announced their debut album Saturation on social media . A TV show called American Boyband , which was produced during Kevin Abstract's solo tour in 2016, was broadcast on the album's release date in June 2017. The fully autonomously produced album was created in just three weeks. The seven stage artists rapped and sang their verses alternately into a microphone in a bedroom one, as in the making of the Saturation - box set can be seen.
Contrary to the original plans, Saturation became a trilogy . Only ten weeks after the publication of the first part Brockhampton celebrated with Saturation II her first chart success . The album rose to number 57 on the Billboard 200 and, like its predecessor, received good reviews.
After the band had produced at least 14 music videos in 2017 and increased their level of awareness through intensive online presence, the third and last part of the album trilogy was released in December - within a good six months. The Saturation III , which was recorded in just three weeks, reached number 15 on the Billboard 200 and gave Brockhampton a further boost. At the beginning of 2018, the group had an appearance on the new edition of the MTV show Total Request Live , in which the blue-painted members in orange jumpsuits jump out of a black van into Times Square and sing their song Boogie in front of a cheering audience .
Iridescence
Brockhampton announced their fourth studio album, Team Effort , in an online statement in December 2017 . Shortly before the planned release date in the following March, however, a postponement was announced: "Team Effort was scheduled to be released next week, but we spoke to God and She told us to save the album for another time". A few days later it was announced that Brockhampton had signed a $ 15 million record deal with RCA Records .
In May 2018 the publication with the working title Puppy was announced again. However, due to the exclusion of founding member Ameer Vann, the date was delayed again. The 21-year-old rapper, who gained particular fame as the cover face of the Saturation trilogy, was accused of sexual misconduct by various women. An ex-girlfriend described him as "emotionally manipulative" and "psychologically abusive" and accused him of a relationship with a minor, which he denied. The band apologized for Vann's behavior and canceled the remaining appearances on their US tour.
After Brockhampton first appeared on the Tonight Show in June with their song Tonya , they followed up on their first European tour in August with concert stops in Scandinavia , Germany and England . The RCA debut album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London and in Hawaii and was eventually titled Iridescence . It's supposed to be part of another trilogy called The Best Years of Our Lives and hit number one on the Billboard charts straight away in September 2018. In the first week alone, it sold over 100,000 times across the country. At the end of the year, the track Boogie was used in the Christmas film The Grinch .
At the beginning of 2019 Brockhampton were nominated for a BRIT Award in the group international category.
Ginger
Over the course of the following summer Brockhampton released three singles and finally their fifth studio album Ginger on August 23, 2019 . Kevin Abstract compared the sound of the album in the run-up to its release with the OutKast hit Hey Ya! and said that one wanted to combine serious lyrics with danceable songs.
Members
| Surname | origin | task |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin Abstract (Clifford Ian Simpson) | Corpus Christi | Rap , singing , production |
| Matt Champion | The Woodlands | Rap, singing |
| Merlyn Wood | Austin | rap |
| Dom McLennon (Dominic Michael Simpson) | Hartford | rap |
| Joba (Russell Boring) | Houston | Rap, singing, production |
| bearface. (Ciarán Ruaridh McDonald) | Belfast ( Northern Ireland ) | Singing, guitar , production |
| Romil Hemnani | South Windsor | Production, DJ |
| Jabari Manwa | Grenada | Production (Q3) |
| Kiko Merley | Jacksonville | |
| HK (Henock Sileshi) | Jacksonville | Creative direction |
| Robert "Roberto" Ontenient | Miami | Web design |
| Jon Nunes | United States | management |
| Ashlan Gray | Glen Rose | photography |
| Ameer Vann 1) | Houston | rap |
1) Excluded from the band in 2018.
Timeline
style
image
Brockhampton call themselves the "All-American Boyband" or "Best Boy Band since One Direction ". With the use of the boy band term one wants to bring about a redefinition of the same and musically not be reduced to hip-hop. Above all, the group's DIY ethos with self-written and self-produced material clearly distinguishes them from a stereotypical boy band. In the media, comparisons are made with the rap collectives Odd Future and A $ AP Mob, even though the members of Brockhampton are less uniform and more focused on a common product. In addition, the non-musicians working in the background are also seen as full band members. The band sees itself not only as a musical and artistic collective, but also as an enterprise in the style of Paramount or Apple and uses the new media intensively to expand its fan base.
"Brockhampton is a one-stop shop: a boyband and the enterprise that produces the boyband. It's an artistic project with a horizon that exceeds music. For Brockhampton, the lines separating musician, media company, and film studio are just questions of will and ambition. "
“Brockhampton are a one stop shop : a boy band and the enterprise that makes them. It's an art project with a horizon that transcends music. For Brockhampton, the lines that separate musicians, media companies and film studios are just questions of will and ambition. "
According to their own statements, the aspiring pop stars' goal is to break existing norms and create a legacy. The website Vulture.com calls the rise of Brockhampton a "shift change" in hip-hop culture.
Music and videos
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The group is difficult to assign to a single style of music and is mainly associated with the genres of Alternative Hip-Hop , Alternative R&B and Pop-Rap . Due to the different musical backgrounds of the band members - four of them played together in a grunge band - influences from pop , rock and later also grime flow into the work. The varied texts deal in particular with topics of growing up such as being different and self-acceptance . Mastermind Kevin Abstract openly addresses his homosexuality , particularly explicitly in the song Junky , for example , which says “Why you always rap about being gay? / 'Cause not enough niggas rappin' be gay / Where I come from, niggas get called 'fagot' and killed / So I'ma get head from a nigga right here. ”Singer and guitarist Bearface aka Ciarán Ruaridh McDonald is for his indie -Ballads known, each of which marks the end of the three Saturation albums.
A significant part of the artistic output are the numerous vlogs and music videos that Brockhampton publishes on its YouTube channel. The colorful films in 4: 3 format are mostly made in the vicinity of the band house in South Central Los Angeles and are reminiscent of MTV in its heyday. They often contain absurd elements and show the band members in blue body paint and / or orange jumpsuits, performing or robbing a pawnbroker . The storylines tie in with the short films Helmet Boy and Billy Star . Web designer Robert “Roberto” Ontenient can be heard on some skits and at the beginning of many videos in his native Spanish (“Me llamo Roberto”). Kevin Abstract (director), Ashlan Gray (camera) and Henock "HK" Sileshi (editor) were responsible for creating the music videos. Creative assistant and app developer Kevin Doan often spends the band's live concerts in the press pit and streams cell phone recordings of the audience onto a screen behind the stage.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
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R&B
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| 2017 | Saturation | - | - | - | - |
First published: June 9, 2017
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| Saturation II | - | - |
US57 (1 week) US |
R&B34 (1 week) R&B |
First published: August 25, 2017
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| Saturation III | - | - |
US15 (3 weeks) US |
R&B5 (1 week) R&B |
First published: December 15, 2017
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| 2018 | Iridescence | - |
UK20 (2 weeks) UK |
US1 (3 weeks) US |
R&B1 (2 weeks) R&B |
Initial Publication: September 21, 2018
US First Week Sales: 101,000 |
| 2019 | Ginger |
AT67 (1 week) AT |
UK11 (3 weeks) UK |
US3 (... weeks) US |
R&B2 (... weeks) R&B |
First published: August 23, 2019
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Mix tapes
- 2016: All-American Trash
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
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UK
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US
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R&B
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| 2019 | No Halo Ginger |
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UK76 (1 week) UK |
- | - |
First published: August 21, 2019
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| Sugar Ginger |
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UK58  (9 weeks)UK |
US66  (9 weeks)US |
R&B31 (8 weeks) R&B |
First published: November 19, 2019
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More singles
- 2015: Bet I
- 2015: Hero
- 2015: Dirt
- 2017: Cannon
- 2017: Face
- 2017: Head
- 2017: gold
- 2017: Gummy
- 2017: Swamp
- 2017: Junky
- 2017: Sweet
- 2017: Boogie
- 2017: Stains
- 2017: Bleach (US:
gold) - 2018: 1999 Wildfire
- 2018: 1998 Truman
- 2018: 1997 Diana
- 2019: I Been Born Again
- 2019: If You Pray Right
Filmography
- 2017: American Boyband (TV series, 8 episodes)
- 2017: Billy Star (short film)
- 2017: Helmet Boy (TV miniseries)
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Brockhampton at Allmusic (English)
- Brock Hampton at Discogs (English)
- Brockhampton at laut.de
- Brockhampton in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Jorge Cotte: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Brockhampton (But Were Afraid to Ask). Complex, March 21, 2018, accessed April 15, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Sam Moore: Brockhampton are changing music - here's everything you need to know. BBC , September 26, 2018, accessed April 14, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Craig Jenkins: The Boys in the Band Brockhampton is not your typical 13-member genre-defying rap collective-slash-multimedia empire. Vulture, November 27, 2018, accessed April 16, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c Nazuk Kochhar: Get To Know The Members Of Brockhampton, A New Kind Of American boy band. The Fader, July 13, 2017, accessed April 16, 2019 .
- ^ A b c Andy Kellman: Brockhampton - Biography. Allmusic , accessed April 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Check Out Brockhampton's (Kevin Abstract and Friends) New Track, Bet I '. The Early Registration, January 27, 2015, accessed April 16, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c Brockhampton. laut.de , accessed on April 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Steve Knopper: Brockhampton's RCA Deal Worth $ 15M: Sources. Billboard , April 2, 2018, accessed April 16, 2019 .
- ↑ Michelle Kim: BROCKHAMPTON Kick Out Ameer Vann Over Sexual Misconduct Allegations. Pitchfork , May 27, 2018, accessed April 16, 2019 .
- ↑ Sam Tornow: BROCKHAMPTON Make Late Night Debut on, Tonight Show ', Perform Heart-Breaking New Song,' Tonya '. Billboard , June 21, 2018, accessed April 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Alex Zidel: Brockhampton's “Stereo Spirit” Tour Dates Announced. Hot New Hip Hop, February 26, 2018, accessed April 17, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Keith Caulfield: Brockhampton's 'Iridescence' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart. Billboard , September 30, 2018, accessed April 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Jeremy O. Harris & Muna Mire: Brockhampton Mastermind Kevin Abstract Makes Art to Survive. GQ , June 24, 2019, accessed August 24, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Eric Skelton: Why Brockhampton Call Themselves a Boyband. Complex, October 3, 2017, accessed April 14, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Chart positions: AT UK US
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: US UK