Dead Obies

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Dead Obies
Origin South Shore (Montreal), Quebec, Canada
Genres
Years active2011-present
Labels Bonsound
MembersJoe Rocca
Snail Kid
20some
O.G. Bear
VNCE
Past membersYes McCan
Website www.deadobies.com

Dead Obies is an experimental hip hop band originating from South Shore (suburbs south of Montreal), Quebec, Canada, [2] [3] that was formed in 2011 by a collective of five MCs: Jo RCA, Yes McCan, Snail Kid, 20Some and O.G. Bear, and Quebec producer Vince Carter. [4] The group identifies itself as post-rap. They are signed to the independent label Bonsound.

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Dead Obies finished as Top 3 finalists at the Francouvertes de Montréal held in 2013 and designed for new music talents. [2] The group has also taken part in Francofolies de Montréal, "WordUP! Battles" and "Artbeat" artistic events in Quebec. [2] They use a mix of French, English, and French/English known as franglais [5] in their songs. [3] Their single "Do or Die + In America" was broadcast on French Canadian stations and the music video played on MusiquePlus .

They released their first mixtape in April 2012 titled Collation Vol. 1 followed by the album Montréal $ud (digital and vinyl format) in 2013.

In 2014, one year after the release of Montréal $ud, Dead Obies released the album in CD format and a book. [6] In 2018, they received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Original Music for their work in the film Family First (Chien de garde). [7]

In the spring of 2018, Yes McCan, one of the founding members of Dead Obies, left to pursue other projects [8] [9] . The third album was launched without his contribution [10] .

Musical style

The musical style of Dead Obies is often considered to be a blend of Québécois hip-hop and "post-rap". The group raps in both French and English (often referred to as franglais, and often switches languages in the middle of a sentence. This code-switching between the two languages is representative of the Montreal culture more broadly. [11]

Discography

Albums

EP

Mixtapes

Singles

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References

  1. ↑ "The Dead Obies Are the Wildest French-Canadian Punk Rap Group from Montreal You'll Hear This Week - VICE". 17 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Émilie Côté (17 November 2013). "Dead Obies: brasser la cage du "petit Québec"" (in French). La Presse Montreal. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  3. 1 2 Stéphane Martel (30 March 2014). "Dead Obies - South Shore mercenaries" . Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Bonsound - Dead Obies biography
  5. ↑ Alex Hudson (16 October 2013). "Dead Obies Bring Their "Frenglish" Rhymes on 'Montréal $ud' LP". Exclaim magazine. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  6. ↑ Dominic Tardif (28 November 2014). "Le petit dico Dead Obies' LP" (in French). La Presse Montreal. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  7. ↑ Duchesne, Andre (10 April 2018). "Iris: Le problème d'infiltration et Hochelaga en tête des nominations". La Presse . Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  8. ↑ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Arts- (2018-05-16). "Yes Mccan quitte le groupe Dead Obies". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  9. ↑ Leijon, Erik (2019-03-11). "Dead Obies on life after Yes McCan". Cult MTL. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  10. ↑ Simard, Marika (15 February 2019). "La renaissance de Dead Obies". 24 heures (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  11. ↑ "Parlez-vous Franglais? Montreal's bilingual rappers speak their own language". TheGuardian.com . 17 September 2015.
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