Shredders (music group)

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Shredders
Origin Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Genres Hip hop
Years active2016–present
Labels Doomtree Records
Members
Website shredddders.com

Shredders is an American hip hop group from Minneapolis, Minnesota. [1] It consists of rappers P.O.S and Sims and producers Lazerbeak and Paper Tiger. [2] The four are part of the Doomtree collective. [3] The group's debut studio album, Dangerous Jumps, peaked at number 43 on Billboard 's Independent Albums chart. [4]

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History

At the end of the tour for All Hands in 2015, Minneapolis hip hop collective Doomtree decided to take a short break, allowing each member to focus on their own projects. [5] P.O.S, Sims, Lazerbeak, and Paper Tiger, who are four-sevenths of the collective, formed the group Shredders in 2016. [6] Producers Lazerbeak and Paper Tiger started trading tracks between New York and Minneapolis. [7] Around tour dates for their respective solo albums, rappers P.O.S and Sims took hold of those beats and started trading verses over them. [7]

In 2017, Shredders released a self-titled debut EP. [8] It was followed by the singles "Xanthrax" [9] and "Flipping Cars". [10] In that year, the group released the debut studio album, Dangerous Jumps. [11] It peaked at number 43 on Billboard 's Independent Albums chart. [4]

In 2019, the group released the singles "Ayeyayaya", [12] "Suburban Base", [13] and "Vanilla ISIS". [14] In that year, the group also released a studio album, Great Hits. [15]

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Singles

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References

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  2. ↑ Boller, Jay (July 11, 2017). "Hear first-ever songs from Doomtree spinoff group Shredders". City Pages . Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  3. ↑ Johnson, Cecilia (July 11, 2017). "Four-sevenths of Doomtree debut new group, Shredders". The Current. Minnesota Public Radio . Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Independent Albums: The week of November 25, 2017". Billboard . Archived from the original on May 5, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
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