The Brotherhood were a London hip-hop band that started as a collective of rappers, graffiti artists, dancers and DJ's. Known as the Brotherhood VIP when they got together in the 80's and by 1990 they became The Brotherhood. They released EP's, 12" singles etc. until they peaked in 1996 with the 'Elementalz' album. It was their magnum opus and without a doubt, one of my all-time favourite hip-hop albums. I still go back to it regularly now and have playlisted all the tracks on Bitter FM. It was from the 'House of Pain' and 'Cypress Hill' era and that can be heard. The album contains some interesting samples, which include Iron Butterfly, Soft Machine and Black Moon. "Nothing In Particular" features a sample from Gravediggaz.
Elementalz was possibly when British hip-hop came of age.
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