Slum brothers

The Slum Brothers is an influential hip hop group that consists of Reggie Regg (rapper) and Kool Joe from Bronx, New York.

Background

Born Reginald (Reggie Regg) Dempsey from The Bronx, New York, signed his first deal with universal recordings and at that time dropped his first singles, including "I'm a Pro" featuring Joseph "Kool Joe" Fryson and "The Party's Jumpin'" featuring lamont "Chubby L" Shephard but due to creative differences was never released. the Slum Brothers soon signed with The New Jersey based label with CEO Kenneth Hughes and dropped several underground classics including "Ghetto Talk" and "I Gotta Be Me". The album recieved Critical Acclaim and started bidding war. Having creative differences with many of the larger labels, Reggie Reg decided his own label, "[...] Records" in 1996. The acclaimed singles include "Sure Shot" and "Six million MC's" distributed by BigDaddy distribution.

These titles became an instant hit, and The Slum Brothers became a household name from the US to UK and Japan. Major labels began to bid again, determined to deal with The Slum Brothers again. After declining many major label deals, The Slum Brothers had dropped "Regular Niggas" and "Stop Frontin", which took off and sold thousands becoming another underground classic. Kool Joe had than dropped "Fool's Paradise" soon after. After becoming established, [...] Records signed SUPER producer Winston (Don Q) Clements, known for producing underground legends such as "Wil Pak", "Scienz of Life", and "Chill Lounge".

The group was founded in 1991 by Reggie Regg and Cool Joe, his best friend, after the original name "Gentlemen Required" which did not make the final cut as the group's name. Although the duo started much earlier than this, this was the actual time the group had an official name and label. With small demo tapes and a couple of unreleased records, The Slum Brothers independently made the label "[...] records" with the hit singles "Sure Shot" and "1 million MC's" in 1994. Surprisingly enough, the independent label was growing successful off of this, with a spark of interest blazing overseas. With its release, there was no doubt that Reggie Regg had to come with more of his comedic punchlines and lyrical skill with the influential and clever rhymes from Cool Joe.

Joseph "Kool Joe" Fryson unexpectably died forcing Reggie Regg to fold his label and to be never heard from again. Fans still question AbOUT the Slum Brothers and their records sell as much as $50 each on eBay.

The Slum Brothers are now releasing a New album scheduled for spring 2008 and is sure to make up for the decades without them. In 1995, the duo released another song titled "stop frontin" aimed at the east-west coast scene and to the other rappers who posed as something they weren't. The 12'' vinyl is extremeley rare among collectors and was one of the original songs that pioneered the east-west coast battles. Later that same year, "regular niggas" was also released and, like all of the other singles was explosive overseas and was influential in the underground hip hop scene. The duo released these singles on Scientific Records.

The last song to be made by the slum brothers was "fool's paradise" on Michu Records before upsettingly leaving hip hop's scene of lyrical skill and influential raps.