Hail Mary Mallon

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Hail Mary Mallon
Origin New York City, New York, U.S.
Genres Hip hop
Years active2009–2018
Labels Rhymesayers
Past members Aesop Rock
Rob Sonic
DJ Big Wiz

Hail Mary Mallon was an American hip-hop group consisting of Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, and DJ Big Wiz. [1] The group's name is a reference to Typhoid Mary. [2] Their first release was the song "D-Up", featured on the compilation album, Definitive Jux Presents 4. [3]

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History

Aesop Rock and Rob Sonic first heard of each other in the mid to late 1990s through the New York City hip hop scene. Soon after, the two would become label mates on El-P's independent hip hop label Definitive Jux, with DJ Big Wiz contributing to Aesop Rock and Rob Sonic's earlier albums. [4]

On April 20, 2011, it was announced that Rhymesayers Entertainment would release Hail Mary Mallon's debut album Are You Gonna Eat That? A music video for the album's first single, "Smock", was also announced that same day. [5] [6] Are You Gonna Eat That? was released digitally on May 3, 2011, [7] and on CD and double vinyl on June 7, 2011 by Rhymesayers. [8] [9]

On May 13, 2014, Aesop Rock announced via his Facebook page that Hail Mary Mallon had finished mixing a new album with an undisclosed release date.

On September 9, 2014, the first single, "Jonathan", was released on the Rhymesayers website, as well as the release date for their second album, Bestiary , which was released on November 11, 2014. [10]

On November 11, 2018, Rob Sonic announced via his Twitter account that there would not be another Hail Mary Mallon album. The tweet has since been deleted. [11]

Discography

Albums

Singles

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References

  1. ↑ "Rhymesayers: Hail Mary Mallon". Rhymesayers.com. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Aesop Rock Launches New Group Hail Mary Mallon, Tours and Works With Kimya Dawson". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Definitive Jux Presents 4". Amazon.com. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Soul Sonic Forces: Aesop Rock and Rob Sonic are Hail Mary Mallon - BandWagon Magazine". BandWagon Magazine. 2015-01-15. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
  5. ↑ "Rhymesayers Entertainment". Rhymesayers.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Listen: Hip-Hop Supergroup Hail Mary Mallon's Debut Single, 'Smock'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Are You Gonna Eat That?". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Rhymesayers: Hail Mary Mallon". Rhymesayers.com. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "Aesop Rock Launches New Group Hail Mary Mallon, Tours and Works With Kimya Dawson". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Rhymesayers Entertainment". Rhymesayers.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  11. ↑ Rob Sonic [@Rob_Sonic] (November 11, 2018). "There will not be a 3rd HMM album, thanks for the love all the same" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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