The Fab 5

Infobox musical artist
Name = The Fab 5


Img_capt = (left to right) Rock, Top Dog, Louieville, Starang, Ruck
Background = group_or_band
Origin = Brooklyn, New York
Genre = Hip Hop
Years_active = 1995 – 1999
Label = Duck Down Records
Associated_acts = Boot Camp Clik
Buckshot
Smif-N-Wessun
Current_members = Rock
Ruck
Starang Wondah
Louieville Sluggah
Top Dog
Past_members =

The Fab 5 is a Hip Hop group, consisting of Heltah Skeltah (Rock and Ruck) and O.G.C. (Starang Wondah, Louieville Sluggah and Top Dog). The group joined the Boot Camp Clik and signed a record deal with Duck Down Records in 1995. They released their debut single "Blah" b/w "Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka" later that year, with the B-Side "Leflah" becoming a surprise Billboard Hot 100 hit in 1995. The two groups split up to release separate debut albums in 1996, with Heltah Skeltah dropping "Nocturnal" in June (including "Leflah"), and O.G.C. dropping "Da Storm" in October. "Da Storm" did not feature a Fab 5 track, and neither did Heltah Skeltah's 1998 second album "Magnum Force". The next "Fab 5" track came on O.G.C.'s 1999 second effort "The M-Pire Shrikez Back", on the song "Dirtiest Players in the Game", which was supposed to serve as a prelude to a full-length Fab 5 album. Multiple Duck Down Records releases noted plans for a Fab 5 album in the liner notes, with the album being named either "Simply Fabulous" or "Without the Freddy". The album was never released, due to Rock leaving Duck Down Records in 1999 in pursuit of a solo career. All five took part in the latest Boot Camp Clik album "The Last Stand", released July 18, 2006.

Discography

* "Nocturnal" Heltah Skeltah (1996)
* "Da Storm" O.G.C. (1996)
* "Magnum Force" Heltah Skeltah (1998)
* "The M-Pire Shrikez Back" O.G.C. (1999)

External links

* [http://www.duckdown.com Duck Down Records]
* [http://www.bootcampclik.net/boot-camp/ Boot Camp Clik] Official Fan Forums