The Weathermen (hip hop group)

For other uses, see Weatherman (disambiguation).

The Weathermen
Origin	New York City, New York, United States
Genres	Hip hop
Years active	1999–2010
Labels	Eastern Conference Records
Associated acts	Canibal Ox The High & Mighty MHz S.A. Smash

Members	Aesop Rock Breeze Brewin Cage El-P Tame One Yak Ballz

Past members	Camu Tao (deceased) Copywrite Jakki Tha Motamouth Masai Bey Vast Aire Tage Future (formerly known as Tage Proto)

The Weathermen was an American hip hop group, formed in 1999 in New York City, New York, composed of East Coast rappers and producers Aesop Rock, Tame One, Cage, Yak Ballz, El-P, and Breeze Brewin. The group took its name from the revolutionary organization Weatherman, and sometimes refers to itself as the "New Left". Former members include Jakki Tha Motamouth, Masai Bey, Tage Proto of the MHz, Copywrite (who left due to personal differences with Cage),^[1] Vast Aire (He left due to many different reasons),^[2] and the late Camu Tao (who died of lung cancer). After the death of Tao, Cage revealed The Weathermen would no longer release any material.

History

American rapper Cage formed The Weathermen, a hip hop collective alongside Camu Tao, El-P, Copywrite, Yak Ballz, Tame One, Breeze Brewin, Jakki tha Motamouth and Vast Aire. The Weathermen released a mixtape in 2003 titled The Conspiracy, on Eastern Conference Records.^[3] The Conspiracy was to be the last work Cage would record for Eastern Conference, leaving the label over alleged non-payment. In the summer of 2010, Cage announced on his Facebook page the beginning of a collaboration between himself and Aesop Rock called "Two of Every Animal", along with the news that there would be no new Weathermen without Camu Tao.

Discography

Mixtapes

The Conspiracy (2003)

Singles

5 Left in the Clip (2003)
Reports of a Possible Kidnapping (2009)
The Only Weathermen Song (2012) (Digital Single through El-P's bandcamp, originally recorded between 2001-2002)

Vampires is someone's personal playlist distributed as a bootleg. It is composed mostly of individual WM members' rare or unreleased solo work.

References

External links

Definitive Jux Records

Discography

Founder	Jaime "El-P" Meline

Compilations	Def Jux Presents Farewell Fondle 'Em Def Jux Presents 2 Def Jux Presents 3 Bucket of B-Sides Vol. 1 Def Jux Teaser 2005 Def Jux Presents 4 Definitive Swim

Related articles	Universal Music Group Company Flow The Weathermen

El-P

Discography Production discography

Studio albums	Funcrusher (as Company Flow) (1996) Funcrusher Plus (as Company Flow) (1997) Fantastic Damage (2002) I'll Sleep When You're Dead (2007) Cancer 4 Cure (2012) Run the Jewels (as Run the Jewels) (2013) Run the Jewels 2 (as Run the Jewels) (2014)

Instrumental albums	Little Johnny from the Hospitul: Breaks & Instrumentals Vol.1 (as Company Flow) (1999) El-P Presents Cannibal Oxtrumentals (2002) FanDam Plus (2002) High Water (with Matthew Shipp and The Blue Series Continuum) (2004) Collecting the Kid (2004)

Compilations	Def Jux Presents (with various artists) (2001) Def Jux Presents 2 (with various artists) (2002) Def Jux Presents 3 (with various artists) (2004) Bucket of B-Sides Vol. 1 (with various artists) (2005) Definitive Swim (with various artists) (2007)

EPs	Shards of Pol-Pottery (2001) (with Alec Empire)

Scores	Bomb the System (2002)

Related articles	Company Flow Definitive Jux The Weathermen Run the Jewels

Authority control	MusicBrainz: d7ebc811-e15f-4a61-a4f1-b647c7278f7c

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