Boom Bap Project
{{short description|American hip hop group}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Boom Bap Project
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| origin = Portland, Oregon
| genre = Hip hop
| years_active = 2001-present
| label = Stuck Records, Rhymesayers Entertainment
| associated_acts = Oldominion, Jake One, Vitamin D
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| current_members = Karim, DJ Scene, Destro
| past_members = DJ Tre
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Boom Bap Project is an American Northwest hip hop group from Portland, Oregon.{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/review/boom-bap-project-emreprogramem-10052|title=Boom Bap Project: Reprogram|work=The A.V. Club|first=Nathan|last=Rabin|date=August 16, 2005}} It consists of DJ Scene from MADK and 206Zulu tribe, along with Karim and Destro, the latter of whom{{cite web|url=http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2008/04/boom-bap-project-raps-formulas|title=Boom Bap Project on Rap's Formulas|work=XLR8R|first=Scott|last=Thill|date=August 3, 2005|access-date=August 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811130424/http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2008/04/boom-bap-project-raps-formulas|archive-date=August 11, 2014|url-status=dead}} are also part of the Oldominion collective.{{cite web|url=http://www.seattleweekly.com/2005-06-15/music/boom-bap-project/|title=Boom Bap Project|work=Seattle Weekly|first=Michaelangelo|last=Matos|date=October 9, 2006}}
History
Boom Bap Project released the first album, Circumstance Dictates, in 2001.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/boom-bap-project-mn0000100454/biography|title=Boom Bap Project - Biography|work=Allmusic|first=Marisa|last=Brown|accessdate=August 9, 2014}} After the release of the album, DJ Tre was replaced by DJ Scene.
In 2005, Boom Bap Project released the album Reprogram on Rhymesayers Entertainment.{{cite web|url=http://www.mvremix.com/urban/interviews/theboombapproject.shtml|title=Preserving Hip-hop With The Boom Bap Project|work=MVRemix|first=Todd E.|last=Jones|date=July 2005}} Most of the album was produced by Jake One and Vitamin D.{{cite web|url=http://www.rftstl.com/2005-07-20/music/boom-bap-project/|title=Boom Bap Project|work=Riverfront Times|first=Andrew|last=Friedman|date=July 20, 2005}} It featured guest appearances from Gift of Gab and Rakaa, among others.{{cite web|url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/round-2-boom-bap-project-vs-blue-scholars/Content?oid=21832|title=Round 2: Boom Bap Project VS. Blue Scholars|work=The Stranger|first=Charles|last=Mudede|date=June 22, 2005}}
Discography
=Albums=
- Circumstance Dictates EP (2001)
- Reprogram (2005)
- The Shakedown (tour only CD released Fall 2006)
- Return Flight EP (2021)
=Singles=
- "The Trade" b/w "Writers Guild" (2000)
- "The Trade Remix" (2002)
- "Get Up, Get Up!" (2003)
- "Rock the Spot" b/w "Wyle Out" (2005)
=Guest appearances=
- Chazz Rokk - "As Good As Gone" from Landed on Us (2003)
- Static & Nat Ill - "Checkout Time" (2006)
- Snowgoons - "The Storm" from Black Snow (2008)
References
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External links
- {{Discogs artist|Boom Bap Project}}
{{Rhymesayers}}
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Category:Alternative hip-hop groups
Category:West Coast hip-hop groups
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