Latest Release
- 23 AUG 2023
- 1 Song
- Underground Hip Hop, Vol. 12 · 2011
- The Str8 Drop - Single · 2020
- Money Tree Presents - Campaigning · 2007
- Satukan Hati - Single · 2023
- Trenzinho Da Putaria - Single · 2022
- Changes - Single · 2022
- Lost In Our Ways - EP · 2022
- Lost In Our Ways - EP · 2022
- Lost In Our Ways - EP · 2022
- Lost In Our Ways - EP · 2022
Albums
- 2017
- 2013
- 2010
- 2006
- 2022
- 2022
- 2021
Appears On
- Leps Nimi Java
- KnowShame
About Frontline
A Windy City consortium with a backpacker sensibility, this umbrella crew is actually a record label disguised as a group. Consisting centrally of four MCs/producers -- jDoubleu, Atlas, Banner, and Chauncie Gardner (whose moniker is taken from the Adamic Peter Sellers character in the movie Being There) -- Frontline's goal was to challenge the status quo of the rap game. Their music sounds like the end result of living, breathing, and sleeping hip-hop for weeks on end in a basement studio. Psychological catharsis bleeds from their edgy tracks, concepts, and lyrics; their music is experimental with an emphasis on the mental. While the Detroit sound of Eminem/D12 is darkly humorous, clever, and over the top, Frontline's sound is emblematic of Chicago's deep underground: starkly serious (with some hints at humor) and primal without sacrificing complexity. Frontline seems to be more concerned with moving hip-hop back toward its essence than going platinum. The debut project from the Frontline camp, Overlooked, found an audience mostly in the Midwest in early 2001 and served as a precursor for solo albums from each of its members à la the Wu-Tang Clan. ~ M.F. DiBella
- ORIGIN
- New Zealand
- GENRE
- Hip-Hop/Rap