BrassMunk is a Canadian hip hop

Hip hop music

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 group from Scarborough, Ontario

Scarborough, Ontario

Scarborough is a dissolved municipality within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it comprises the eastern part of Toronto. It is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, and on the east by the Rouge River...

, located in east Toronto

Toronto

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. Formed in 1997, the group consists of emcees

Master of Ceremonies

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 S-Roc, Clip, Reign (aka King Reign), and DJ/producer Agile

Agile (producer)

Ajene Griffith, better known as Agile, is a Canadian hip-hop producer and DJ from Toronto, Ontario. He is a member of the hip-hop groups BrassMunk and Big Black Lincoln.-Biography:...

. Founding member, May 19, was replaced by Reign prior to 2007.

Brassmunk released a number of independent singles in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and released their first EP, Dark Sunrise, in 2002 on 54th/Virgin Music Canada

Virgin Records

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. The following year, Dark Sunrise was re-released worldwide on Battleaxe Records as an LP, and included their previous independent releases. Dark Sunrise was nominated for Best Rap Recording

Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year

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 at the 2004 Juno Awards

Juno Awards of 2004

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. Their follow up album, FEWturistic, was released on March 20, 2007, and featured the singles "Take It Easy" and "Drive Me Crazy". In 2008, the album earned them another Juno nomination.

The band's best known singles to date are "Big", produced by Mr. Attic

Mr. Attic

Roger Perryman, better known as Mr. Attic, is a Canadian hip-hop producer from Toronto, Ontario. He is a member of Juno Award-winning production team, Da Grassroots.-Career:...

 of Da Grassroots

Da Grassroots

Da Grassroots are a Canadian hip-hop production team from Toronto, Ontario, composed of Mr. Attic, Mr. Murray, and Swiff. The Juno Award-winning group contributed to the development of Toronto hip hop throughout the 1990s, highlighted by the release of their debut album Passage Through Time in...

 and "Oh Supaman", produced by Agile.

Singles

1999

• "One, 2"

2000

• "Live Ordeal!"

2001

• "Push Up"

2003

• "El Dorado"
• "Big"
• "Oh Supaman"

2007

• "Take It Easy"
• "Drive Me Crazy"

Award nominations

• 2000 Juno Awards
  Juno Awards of 2000
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  • Best Rap Recording
    Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year
    The Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year has been awarded since 1991, and is awarded for the best rap album in Canada. It was awarded under the title Best Rap Recording from 1993 to 2002....
    
     for "Live Ordeal!" (Nominated)
• 2003 Juno Awards
  Juno Awards of 2003
  The Juno Awards of 2003 were presented in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on 6 April 2003. The primary awards ceremony was hosted that evening by Shania Twain at the Corel Centre and televised on CTV.- Ceremony highlights :...
  
  
  • Best Rap Recording for "El Dorado" (Nominated)
• 2004 Juno Awards
  Juno Awards of 2004
  The Juno Awards of 2004 were presented on April 4, 2004 at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and were hosted by Alanis Morissette.Singer-songwriters Nelly Furtado, Sarah McLachlan, and Nickelback led the nominations with five nominations each...
  
  
  • Best Rap Recording for Dark Sunrise (Nominated)
• 2008 Juno Awards
  Juno Awards of 2008
  The Juno Awards of 2008 were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on the weekend ending 6 April 2008. These ceremonies honoured music industry achievements in Canada in the latter part of 2006 and in most of 2007....
  
  
  • Best Rap Recording for FEWturistic (Nominated)

External links

• BrassMunk at MySpace
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• BrassMunk at Discogs
  Discogs
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