Shredders is an American hip hop group from
Minneapolis
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,
Minnesota
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. It consists of rappers
P.O.S and
Sims
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Games
* ''The Sims'', a life simulation video game series
** ''The Sims'' (video game), the first installment, released in 2000
** ''The Sims 2'', the second installment, released in 2004
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and producers
Lazerbeak and
Paper Tiger
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. The four are part of the
Doomtree
Doomtree is an American hip hop collective and record label based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The collective has seven members: Dessa, Cecil Otter, P.O.S, Sims, Mike Mictlan, Paper Tiger, and Lazerbeak. The collective is known for incorporatin ...
collective. The group's debut studio album, ''Dangerous Jumps'', peaked at number 43 on ''
Billboard''s
Independent Albums chart.
[
]
History
At the end of the tour for '' All Hands'' in 2015, Minneapolis hip hop collective Doomtree
Doomtree is an American hip hop collective and record label based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The collective has seven members: Dessa, Cecil Otter, P.O.S, Sims, Mike Mictlan, Paper Tiger, and Lazerbeak. The collective is known for incorporatin ...
decided to take a short break, allowing each member to focus on their own projects. P.O.S, Sims
Sims, sims or SIMS may refer to:
Games
* ''The Sims'', a life simulation video game series
** ''The Sims'' (video game), the first installment, released in 2000
** ''The Sims 2'', the second installment, released in 2004
** '' The Sims 3'', th ...
, Lazerbeak, and Paper Tiger
"Paper tiger" is a literal English translation of the Chinese phrase ''zhǐlǎohǔ'' ( zh, s=纸老虎, t=紙老虎). The term refers to something or someone that claims or appears to be powerful or threatening, but is actually ineffectual and ...
, who are four-sevenths of the collective, formed the group Shredders in 2016. Producers Lazerbeak and Paper Tiger started trading tracks between New York and Minneapolis.[ Around tour dates for their respective solo albums, rappers P.O.S and Sims took hold of those beats and started trading verses over them.]
In 2017, Shredders released a self-titled debut EP. It was followed by the singles "Xanthrax" and "Flipping Cars". In that year, the group released the debut studio album, ''Dangerous Jumps''. It peaked at number 43 on '' Billboard''s Independent Albums chart.
In 2019, the group released the singles "Ayeyayaya", "Suburban Base", and "Vanilla ISIS". In that year, the group also released a studio album, ''Great Hits''.
Discography
Studio albums
* ''Dangerous Jumps'' (2017)[
* ''Great Hits'' (2019)][
]
EPs
* ''Shredders'' (2017)[
]
Singles
* "Xanthrax" (2017)[
* "Flipping Cars" (2017)][
* "Ayeyayaya" (2019)][
* "Suburban Base" (2019)][
* "Vanilla ISIS" (2019)][
]
References
External links
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* {{AllMusic, class=artist, id=mn0003672765, label=Shredders
American hip hop groups
Rappers from Minneapolis
Musical groups established in 2016
2016 establishments in Minnesota