Spillage Village

Spillage Village is an American musical collective from Atlanta, Georgia. The group is composed of rappers, singers and producers, and was founded by the members of EarthGang. Spillage Village was primarily made up of five initial members with a split-base in both Atlanta and Baltimore.[1]

Spillage Village
Origin	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Genres	Southern hip hop, soul
Years active	2010–present
Labels	Dreamville SinceThe80s Interscope Spillage Village
Associated acts	J. Cole
Website	spilligion.com
Members	EarthGang JID Hollywood JB Jurdan Bryant Mereba 6LACK Deante' Hitchcock Benji.

History

2010–2015: Formation and early beginnings

The group was originally founded by Olu (aka Johnny Venus) and WowGr8 (aka Doctur Dot) of EarthGang, who recruited rapper JID to the group during their time at Hampton University. Brothers Hollywood JB and Jurdan Bryant joined the Spillage Village soon after. Doctur Dot and Johnny Venus approached JID after hearing his first mixtape around campus in 2010. The rest of the group also came into Spillage Village through connections including producer Hollywood JB, who met Doctur Dot at a block party and joined soon afterward.[1][2] Their first compilation as a collective, Bears Like This, was released independently on February 2, 2014. The album was an exclusive project between the initial five members of Spillage Village, with no features by outside artists. Later in 2014, they announced that singer Mereba had joined the collective, along with 6LACK who used to live at EarthGang’s house.[3][4] A year later, Spillage Village followed up with their second compilation, Bears Like This Too on July 6, 2015, including 6LACK and OG Maco.[5]

2016–2019: Rise in popularity and Dreamville affiliation

On July 29, 2016, DJ Khaled’s ninth studio album, Major Key, included a track produced by Hollywood JB titled ”Jermaine's Interlude" featuring J. Cole and EarthGang. The track originally came into fruition after Cole invited EarthGang and JID to his studio, and Hollywood JB played him the beat.[2] The song was later released in full as a Spillage Village single called “Can’t Call It” on November 8, 2016.[6] Spillage Village released their third compilation Bears Like This Too Much on December 2, 2016. It soon proved to be their breakout project as a collective. Outside of the Spillage Village initial five, the album featured only three outside artists: J. Cole, Bas, and Quentin Miller. Production was from a variety of contributors, including Mac Miller, Childish Major, J. Cole, and Hollywood JB.[1] When describing the collective albums, EarthGang said: "It's the third part to the saga. We use these "Bears" projects like checkpoints, markers in time. The first one came out when we first started fucking around with these sounds. The second one came as niggas had toured a little bit, learned a little bit. At this point now, we've been on tours, we've got a lot of other things we've been working on."[7]

In 2017, it was announced that JID and EarthGang signed to Dreamville Records.[8][9] JID, EarthGang, Mereba, 6lack and Hollywood JB all made an appearance on the Dreamville compilation album Revenge of the Dreamers III.[10]

2020–present: Breakthrough and Spilligion

In 2020, Spillage Village announced their fourth collective album Spilligion.[11] On June 11, they released the single "End of Daze".[12] The group expanded with the additions of Atlanta rapper Deante' Hitchcock and Pittsburgh rapper Benji.[13]

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details
Bears Like This	Released: February 2, 2014[14] Label: Spillage Village Format: Digital download
Bears Like This Too	Released: July 6, 2015[15] Label: Spillage Village Format: Digital download
Bears Like This Too Much	Released: December 2, 2016[16] Label: Spillage Village Format: Digital download
Spilligion	Released: TBA 2020 Label: Dreamville, Interscope, SinceThe80s Format: Digital download

Singles

Title	Year	Album
"Can't Call It" (featuring EarthGang, JID, J. Cole & Bas)[17]	2016	Bears Like This Too Much
"M.O.M" (featuring JID & Quentin Miller)	2017
"Voodoo" (featuring EarthGang)
"End of Daze"[18] (with EarthGang & JID, featuring Jurdan Bryant, Mereba & Hollywood JB)	2020	Spilligion

References

1. Scott, Carter. "Welcome to Spillage Village: Members, Origins, & Music". Central Sauce.
2. "Hollywood JB Interview With Independent Grind". YouTube.
3. "KINDA NEAT EPISODE 123: EARTHGANG". YouTube.
4. ""Did I mention 6lack joined Spillage Village?"". Twitter.
5. Kramer, Kyle. "This New Spillage Village EP Is About to Trigger a Worldwide Weed Shortage". Noisey Vice.
6. Schwartz, Danny (July 28, 2016). "DJ Khaled - Jermaine's Interlude Feat. J. Cole & EarthGang [New Song]". hotnewhiphop. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
7. Starling, Lakin. "Atlanta-Based Collective Spillage Village Releases Bears Like This Too Much". The Fader.
8. Weinstein, Max (February 20, 2017). "JID Signs to J. Cole's Dreamville Label". XXL. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
9. Findlay, Mitch (August 31, 2017). "J. Cole Signs EarthGang To Dreamville Records". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
10. Joyner, Alfred. "Who Features on Dreamville's 'Revenge of the Dreamers 3'? A Track-by-track Breakdown". NewsWeek.
11. "EarthGang & JID. Dropping "Spillage Village" Album Soon". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
12. "Spillage Village Dropping New Single "End Of Days" This Week". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
13. Rose, Jordan. "Spillage Village Drop Video for New Song "End of Daze"". Complex. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
14. "Bears Like This". iTunes.
15. "Bears Like This Too [Explicit] Spillage Village". Amazon.
16. "Bears Like This Too Much". iTunes.
17. "Can't Call It (feat. J. Cole, Bas, EARTHGANG & JID) - Single". iTunes.
18. "End of Daze - Single". Apple Music. Retrieved June 11, 2020.