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Swollen Members was founded in the mid-1990s by Vancouverites Mad Child, Prevail and Moka Only. Having begun a solo career while living in San Francisco, California, Mad Child returned to Vancouver for some work. There he met Prevail and Moka Only, working as partners and making a name together on Canada’s West coast hip hop community. The trio saw each other’s abilities, thought they heard opportunity knocking, and joined together under the name Swollen Members. Soon after, however, Moka Only decided he wanted to pursue a solo career and left the group.
In 1996, Mad Child and Prevail went to the B-Boy Summit in San Diego, California, where Mad Child won several rap battles and was initiated into the Rock Steady Crew, legendary to the hip hop/b-boy scene. The Crew is held in great respect as hip hop’s highest collective - to join one must win a contest of skill against one of the highest ranked members. Swollen Members is one of only three rap groups affiliated with Rock Steady.
That same year, the duo began recording their first tracks, with help from many of their friends from the scene - MCs, DJs, and producers, including Rob the Viking. Rob would continue to work with the group through the years, eventually joining them later. From the praise they were...
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Top 10 Swollen Members Songs
Pressure
Fuel Injected
Blackout
Deep End
Lady Venom
Watch This
Intro
Too Hot
Heart
Red Dragon
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Top 10 Swollen Members Albums
Black Magic
Bad Dreams
Balance
Heavy
Monsters in the Closet
Armed to the Teeth
Greatest Hits (Ten Years of Turmoil)
Battle Axe Warriors Compilation
Balance Instrumentals
Heavy Instrumentals
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