Hail Mary Mallon was an American hip-hop group consisting of

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Rob Sonic Robert Smith, better known by his stage name Rob Sonic, is an American rapper and record producer from the Bronx, New York. He has been a member of the groups Sonic Sum and Hail Mary Mallon. He is a founder of the record label Skypimps Music. ...

, and DJ Big Wiz. The group's name is a reference to Typhoid Mary. Their first release was the song "D-Up", featured on the compilation album, ''Definitive Jux Presents 4''.

History

Aesop Rock and Rob Sonic first heard of each other in the mid to late 1990s through the New York City hip hop scene. Soon after, the two would become label mates on

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's independent hip hop label

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, with DJ Big Wiz contributing to Aesop Rock and Rob Sonic's earlier albums. On April 20, 2011, it was announced that

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would release Hail Mary Mallon's debut album '' Are You Gonna Eat That?'' A music video for the album's first single, "Smock", was also announced that same day. ''Are You Gonna Eat That?'' was released digitally on May 3, 2011, and on CD and double vinyl on June 7, 2011 by Rhymesayers. On May 13, 2014, Aesop Rock announced via his

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page that Hail Mary Mallon had finished mixing a new album with an undisclosed release date. On September 9, 2014, the first single, "Jonathan", was released on the Rhymesayers website, as well as the release date for their second album, ''

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'', which was released on November 11, 2014. On November 11, 2018, Rob Sonic announced via his Twitter account that there would not be another Hail Mary Mallon album. The tweet has since been deleted.

Discography

Albums

* '' Are You Gonna Eat That?'' (2011) * ''

'' (2014)

Singles

* "Smock" (2011) * "Grubstake" (2011) * "Garfield" (2011) * "Breakdance Beach" (2011) * "Jonathan" (2014)

References

{{Aesop Rock American musical trios Hip hop groups from New York City Rhymesayers Entertainment artists