Mountain Brothers

Mountain Brothers
Clockwise from Top Left: Styles, Peril-L, CHOPS
Background information
Origin	Philadelphia, PA, United States
Genres	Hip-Hop
Years active	1991–2003
Labels	Ruffhouse Records (U.S.) Pimpstrut Records (U.S.) Babygrande Records (U.S.)
Members
CHOPS Peril-L Styles

Mountain Brothers was an American hip hop group originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Named after the legend of 108 mountain bandits depicted in the Chinese novel Water Margin, the group formed in 1994 after all attended the Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania.

The group is considered cultural pioneers, being one of the first Asian American hip-hop groups, and also for the lack of sampling of other music in construction of their own. Mountain Brothers released two critically acclaimed albums, Self Vol 1 and Triple Crown. Some of their more notable songs included "Paperchase," "Galaxies (The Next Level)," and "Thoroughbred." The last of the three is featured in remixed form on CHOPS' album Virtuosity. They produced national radio and TV commercials for Sprite on the ad "Rhymes from The Mind" and Nike on the ad "Players Delight". They also produced a music video for "Galaxies (The Next Level)."

The group disbanded in 2003, shortly after the release of the album Triple Crown. CHOPS is the only member still active in hip-hop, working with artists such as Kanye West, Chamillionaire, Bahamadia, Planet Asia, and Paul Wall. He also provided music for the MTV reality television show Rob and Big, the soundtrack for the independent film Dark, and contributed music to the soundtracks for the films Brown Sugar and House of Wax. Peril-L is currently a medical researcher and collector of vintage furniture and Styles Infinite is a doctor.

Band members

• CHOPS (Scott Jung)
• Peril-L (Christopher Wang)
• Styles (later known as Styles Infinite) (Stephen Wei)

Additional band members performed with Mountain Brothers during certain live performances, including

• DJ Roli Rho from 5th Platoon
• DJ Kuttin' Kandi from 5th Platoon
• The Black Republicans

Discography

Albums

• Self: Vol 1 (1999) (self-released)
• Microphone Phenomenal(2002) (Babygrande)
• Triple Crown (2003) (Babygrande)

External links

• CHOPS official site
• CHOPS MySpace page
• Music video for "Galaxies (The Next Level)
• Article about Mountain Brothers
• [1] Interview with Mountain Brothers]