El Pus was an American rap rock

Rap rock

Rap rock is a cross-genre fusing vocal and instrumental elements of hip hop with various forms of rock. Rap rock is often confused with rap metal and rapcore, subgenres that include heavy metal-oriented and hardcore punk-oriented bands, respectively....

 group from Atlanta.

The members formed the group in the early 1990s and released their first album Strange Cowboys in 1998 under Vagabond Productions. Rapper Speech of Arrested Development worked in the studio with the group, and Virgin Records

Virgin Records

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 signed El Pus and released the group's major label debut, Hoodlum Rock, Vol. 1 in 2005. Christian Hoard of Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

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panned the album. David Jeffries of allmusic.com praised the album, considering it a combination of hard rock and crunk rap.

Discography

• 1998: Strange Cowboys
• 2004: What Is El Pus? - EP
• 2005: Hoodlum Rock Vol. 1