Standing on the Corner is an American

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collective led by Gio Escobar. Emerging from the

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underground art and music scene, they have been referred to as a

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-genre

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and praised for their use and blends of different sounds.

History

In 2014, Gio Escobar formed a guitar-based live group called Children of the Corner; the name was an homage to

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rap collective

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. This project later evolved into Standing on the Corner. Escobar wrote several tape machine-recorded songs that were not initially intended for release. Later Escobar brought some of those same demos he was working on to producer Jasper Marsalis, better known as Slauson Malone, who helped refine them. Work on those songs resulted in the band's 2016 self-titled debut. In 2017, Standing on the Corner released their second album ''

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''. Soon after the release of ''Red Burns'', Slauson Malone quietly left the group due to ideological differences and in order to work on solo material. In 2019, they contributed to Solange's album ''When I Get Home'', with production and writing credits on the songs "S McGregor (interlude)", "Can I Hold the Mic (interlude)", "Down With the Clique", "Nothing Without Intention (interlude)", and "Exit Scott (interlude)". After their contributions to Solange's project, multi-instrumentalist Caleb Giles announced he was leaving the group on good terms to focus on his solo rap career. Standing on the Corner earned production credits on Danny Brown's 2019 album '' uknowhatimsayin¿'' for the track "Shine", on which Slauson Malone was also credited; however this is mostly as a result of reusing old material rather than a new collaboration. On May 11, 2020, they released the video for their single "Angel", starring

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. Peebles is a major influence for their catalog, with the group having sampled him multiple times, implementing

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passages into their record in a similar vein to Peebles' own albums. In 2023, Standing on the Corner debuted the Taino Needle Science Drone Acupuncture Program, at

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. The program ran from February 1 to June 30.

Members

Current members

* Gio Escobar (born Giovanni Cortez) - vocals, production, guitar, bass (2014–present) ;Standing on the Corner Art Ensemble (2019–present) * Jack Nolan * Lila Ramani * Nate Cox * Oluwaseun Odubiro * Syl Dubenion * Savannah Harris * Tomin Perea Chamblee * Buz

Past members

* Slauson Malone (born Jasper Armstrong Marsalis) - vocals, production, guitar (2015–2017) * Caleb Giles - vocals, production, saxophone (2015–2019)

Discography

Studio albums

*''Standing on the Corner'' (2016) *''

'' (2017)

Extended plays

*''G-E-T-O-U-T!! The Ghetto'' (2020)

Livestreamed albums

*''Afroprojection #1: The Atmosphere Phased at 120º and Went Blank When the Universe Collapsed: A Piece on Black Psychiatry and Alternate Dimensions'' (2018)

Live recordings

*''SOTC Double Bass Ensemble 4/24/19'' (2019) *''SOTC Art Ensemble 4/27/19'' (2019)

for Taino Needle Science

* Feel No Pain: Taino Needle Science (2023) * Health Is NOT Mysterious: Sounds from the Taino Needle Science (2023) * Music 4 Drone Acupuncture (2023)

Other credits

Medslaus - ''Poorboy'' (2017)

* Guest vocals, production and songwriting on "Wontbleedme!" with Slauson Malone

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- ''May God Bless Your Hustle'' (2017)

* Production on "Greed"

Caleb Giles - ''There Will Be Rain'' (2018)

* Guest vocals, production and songwriting on "The Flood" and "Wondering" with Slauson Malone

MIKE - ''Black Soap'' (2018)

* Instrumentation on all tracks

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* Mixing and engineering on all tracks with Earl Sweatshirt * Guest vocals and songwriting on "Ontheway!" * Bass guitar on "Ontheway!" and "Riot!"

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'' (2019)

* Production and songwriting on "S McGregor (Interlude)", "Down With the Clique", "Nothing Without Intention (Interlude)", "Exit Scott (Interlude)", and "Not Screwed! (Interlude)" with various others * Guest vocals on "Not Screwed! (Interlude)"

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* Production and songwriting on "Shine" with Paul White and Slauson Malone

References

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