Shoreline Mafia
Shoreline Mafia is an American musical group based in Los Angeles and currently signed to Atlantic Records. The group released their first full-length mixtape, ShoreLineDoThatShit, in November 2017. That album was re-released by Atlantic in May 2018. In August 2018, they also released an EP titled Party Pack through Atlantic. In September 2019, they released “Party Pack Vol. 2” through Atlantic Records as well. In July 2020, they released their debut album, Mafia Bidness.[1]
Shoreline Mafia | |
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Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Genres | Hip hop | West Coast hip hop |
Years active | 2016–present |
Labels | Atlantic Records |
Associated acts | |
Website | hellawave |
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Past members |
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History
Shoreline Mafia was composed of 5 members: Spence OG (real name, Cameron Spence), Ohgeesy (real name, Alejandro Carranza), Rob Vicious (Robert Magee), Fenix Flexin (Fenix Rypinski), Master Kato (Malik Carson).[2] Ohgeesy and Fenix met in 2012 while doing graffiti in Los Angeles. The pair began making music soon after, and, sometime later, Rob Vicious and Master Kato joined them. Although they produced music for several years, they did not become a rap group until 2016. They chose the name Shoreline Mafia at some point after their formation.[3]
In November 2017, they independently released their first full-length mixtape, ShoreLineDoThatShit. The album featured songs such as "Nun Major," "Musty," and "Bottle Service." Most of the songs on the album were produced by Ron-Ron including "Musty" and "Bottle Service," the beats for which the group was not initially authorized to use. Despite this, the two parties eventually formed a partnership that continues to exist.[3][4][5] In December of that year, the group performed at the Rolling Loud Festival in San Bernardino, California.[6] In the spring of 2018, the group headlined their "Only The Xclusives” (OTX) tour.[3]
In May 2018, Atlantic Records announced that it had signed Shoreline Mafia. At that time, the label also re-released ShoreLineDoThatShit and debuted a new music video for the song, "Musty."[7][8] Later that month, the group embarked on the "Still OTX" tour, which included stops at the Rolling Loud Festival in Miami[7][9] and, later, at the Billboard Hot 100 Music Festival in New York.[10] In June 2018, Shoreline Mafia was featured on songs on the Ron-Ron and Friends compilation mixtape alongside 03 Greedo, Drakeo the Ruler, and others.[11]
The following month, Rob Vicious released a solo mixtape titled Traplantic. The songs on the album also featured members of Shoreline Mafia, including "Bands" which had verses from everyone.[12][13] In August 2018, the group released a 4-track EP called Party Pack via Atlantic Records.[14] In the fall of 2018, the band went on their "Only The Xclusives" tour throughout the United States.[13][15] The group also performed at the Los Angeles iteration of the Rolling Loud Festival in December 2018.[16] In early April 2020, Fenix Flexin announced that he would be leaving Shoreline Mafia after the release of their new album, Mafia Bidness. The album followed on July 31, 2020.[17]
Discography
Studio Albums
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Mafia Bidness[18] |
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Mixtapes
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ShorelineDoThatShit |
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Traplantic (with Rob Vicious) |
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OTXmas |
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EPs
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |
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CAN [20] | ||
Party Pack |
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Party Pack, Vol. 2 |
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61 | 87 |
Singles
Title | Year | Certifications | Album |
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"Musty" | 2017 | ShorelineDoThatShit | |
"Bottle Service" | |||
"Nun Major" | |||
"Whuss Da Deal" | |||
"Bands" (with Rob Vicious)[24] | 2018 | Traplantic | |
"Foreign" | Party Pack | ||
"Pressure"[26] | 2019 | OTXmas | |
"Break Down"[27] |
References
- Woods, Aleia. "Shoreline Mafia, Benny The Butcher, Sleepy Hallow and More: New Projects This Week". XXL Mag. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
- Williams, Aaron (8 May 2018). "Shoreline Mafia Gets A Big Budget Update For Their Raucous 'Musty' Video After Signing To Atlantic". Uproxx. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- Seabrook III, Robby (26 January 2018). "The Break Presents: Shoreline Mafia". XXL. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- Thompson, Paul (29 May 2018). "Shoreline Mafia is leading L.A.'s unruly rap renaissance". The Fader. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- Richards, Chris (31 August 2018). "Listening to Los Angeles rap music feels like eavesdropping on the future". The Washington Post. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- Medranda, Julian (8 January 2018). "Rolling Loud: The world's biggest hip-hop festival takes on SoCal". The Highlander. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- Lamarre, Carl (4 May 2018). "Shoreline Mafia on Signing to Atlantic Records: 'Look at Their Roster; Everybody Is Winning'". Billboard. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- Parizot, Matthew (7 May 2018). "Shoreline Mafia Drops Updated Visuals For "Musty"". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- Ju, Shirley (18 May 2018). "Shoreline Mafia Are Ready to Annihilate at Hometown Show". LA Weekly. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- Mele, Sofia (20 August 2018). "Shoreline Mafia Share Their Definition of 'Trap' at Hot 100 Fest: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- Berry, Peter A. (14 June 2018). "03 Greedo, Drakeo The Ruler and More Appear on 'Ron-Ron & Friends' Mixtape". XXL. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- Ch, Devin (15 July 2018). "Shoreline Mafia's Rob Vicious Plays Rope-a-dope On "Traplantic"". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- Richards, Chris (30 September 2018). "For Shoreline Mafia, the only thing better than sex and drugs is rapping about sex and drugs". The Washington Post. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- A., Aron (31 August 2018). "Shoreline Mafia Drop New 4-Track EP "Party Pack"". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- Dandridge-Lemco, Ben (2 August 2018). "Shoreline Mafia's Ohgeesy flexes effortlessly in the "Nun Major" video". The Fader. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- Berry, Peter A. (12 October 2018). "Lil Wayne, Cardi B, Lil Uzi Vert and More to Perform at 2018 Rolling Loud Los Angeles". XXL. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- FENIXVerified account (2020-04-06). "FENIX on Twitter: "Got nun but love for my niggas Nd what we’ve accomplished but this new album will be my last with shoreline as a group . Moving foward w my individual career Nd visions for myself Nd where I wanna be ‟ď¸?✌đ&#x;?˝đ&#x;–¤"". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
- "Listen to Shoreline Mafia's Album 'Mafia Bidness' f/ Future, Lil Yachty, YG, and More". Complex. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
- @billboardcharts (September 16, 2019). "Debuts on this week's #Billboard200 (2/2)" (Tweet). Retrieved September 17, 2019 – via Twitter.
- "Billboard Canadian Albums: September 21, 2019". Billboard. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
- "Party Pack, Vol. 2 by Shoreline". Apple Music. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
- https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Shoreline+mafia&ti=&lab=&genre=&format=Single&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=P&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section
- https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Shoreline+mafia&ti=&lab=&genre=&format=Single&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=P&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section
- "Shoreline Mafia Throw an Over-the-Top Party for New "Bands" Video". HYPEBEAST. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
- https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Shoreline+mafia&ti=&lab=&genre=&format=Single&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=P&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section
- "Shoreline Mafia Revisit Their 'OTXmas' EP for New "Pressure" Video". HYPEBEAST. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
- "Hear Shoreline Mafia's Latest Single 'Breakdown'". Complex. Retrieved 2019-05-21.