The Brown Bag AllStars is an American rap group made up of J57, The Audible Doctor, Soul Khan, DeeJay Element and DJ E Holla. The group's repertoire of East Coast hip hop and underground hip hop blended with hard-core rap lyrics won them a spot in AllHipHop 's 2013 list of "Top 50 In Underground Hip-Hop".
Career
Early beginnings The Brown Bag AllStars was formed in 2007 while its members were working and interning at Fat Beats. Koncept, Soul Khan and Cold Codeine were writing verses and freestyling on beats made by J57 and The Audible Doctor at Jesse Shatkin's studio until they went on to release their debut project titled The Brown Tape.
Later life On 4 August 2009 while at Fat Beats, the Brown Bag AllStars released their debut mixtape titled The Brown Tape, released through Coalmine Records. The Brown Bag AllStars made an applaudable guest performance at the 2009 Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival. In 2010, The Traveller and The Down Under Remixes EPs were released.
In 2011, the first of their annual end-of-the-year A Year In Review compilation serial was released before they went on to release Brown Bag Season Vol. 1 which featured guest and vocal appearances from DJ Brace, Marco Polo. On 5 January 2015, they released the fourth A Year In Review compilation which featured notable acts like 50 Cent, Young Buck, Smoke DZA, Cage, DJ Rhettmatic, Phantogram and Pharoahe Monch.
Discography
Mixtapes + Mixtapes by Brown Bag AllStars Year Title Release details2008 Released: 2008 Label: Brown Bag Records Format: Digital download2009 Released: 2009 Label: Coalmine Records Format: Digital download2012 Released: 1 January 2012 Label: Brown Bag Records Format: Digital download2013 Released: 1 January 2013 Label: Brown Bag Records Format: Digital download2014 Released: 1 January 2014 Label: Brown Bag Records Format: Digital download2015 Released: 1 January 2015 Label: Brown Bag Records Format: Digital download
Singles & EP's +Singles & EP's by Brown Bag AllStarsYearTitleRelease details2011Traveler EPReleased: 20 January 2010 Label: Fat Beats Format: 12" Vinyl201711 StepsReleased: 31 May 2017 Label: Brown Bag Records Format: Digital download2017BeerzReleased: 12 July 2017 Label: Brown Bag Records Format: Digital download
Albums +Albums by Brown Bag AllStarsYearTitleRelease details2014Brown Label Part 1& 2Released: 4 March 2014 Label: Brown Bag Records/Soulspazm Format: CD & Digital download2016BlaQ Coffee (with Q-Unique)Released: 29 November 2016 Label: Capital Q Records Format: CDR & Digital download
Compilations + Compilations by Brown Bag AllStars Year Title Release details2011 Released: 17 May 2011 Label: Nostomania Records Format: CD Released: 17 May 2011 Label: Nostomania Records Format: CD2013 Released: 18 February 2013 Label: Brown Bag Records Format: Digital download
Guest appearances Year Title Chart positions Album US US Hip-Hop2009" NY to JPN" (Prisma featuring Brown Bag AllStars)——Prisma"Men of Respect" (Hannibal King featuring Brown Bag AllStars)——Eating Cornbread on the Millenium Falcon 2010"Everyday" (DJ Brace featuring Brown Bag AllStars)——Non-album single2011"Hung Over" (DJ JS-1 featuring Brown Bag AllStars)—— Ground Original 3: No One Cares2012"What It's All About" (M-Phazes featuring Brown Bag AllStars & DJ Brace)—— Phazed Out"Days Still Turn to Night" (J57 featuring ATR & Brown Bag AllStars)—— The Ports EP2013"Broken 40 Bottles" (Undefined featuring Brown Bag AllStars)—— Certified A-Side
References
External links
Official website