Swollen Members

While Swollen Members may have enjoyed a successful career as one of the premier groups in underground hip-hop, when it came time to record their sixth studio album they were forced to confront the skeletons that had been hiding in their closet. Read More

On the subterranean-rap-hustle manifesto "Get It," from his new Hesitation Wounds, Portland (Oregon) MC Sleep rhymes, "I'll murder a set. . . . I'm kind of a big deal, you just ain't heard of me yet." Read More

For a time, some wondered whether Vancouver hip-hop band Swollen Members would survive. Read More

Everything was larger than life for Swollen Members during the first half of the decade: three consecutive wins at the Juno Awards; arena tours with Nelly Furtado and Black Eyed Peas; videos featuring boats and bikini-clad women; gold and platinum sales certifications. Read More

Swollen Members have released their video for the track "Bollywood Chick" featuring Tech N9ne online at http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=100455459. Read More

Its tempting to focus this brief on the acts opening for Swollen Members tonight at the Domino Room. For rap fans, this is quite the lineup: Common Market is terrific, thoughtful hip-hop from Seattle that features the endlessly entertaining production of DJ Sabzi of Blue Scholars. Read More

Karaoke with Moe V., Wednesdays, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.; Read More

Swollen Members has been a fixture on Canada's underground hip hop scene since the mid-90s. Read More

T he pills took hold some time in the evening, 12 hours after he had swallowed the first. Read More

Well like I said earlier the charts are lacking on the Hip-Hop side. Read More