Shredders is an American hip hop group from

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. It consists of rappers P.O.S and

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and producers Lazerbeak and

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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

decided to take a short break, allowing each member to focus on their own projects. P.O.S,

, Lazerbeak, 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

* * {{AllMusic, class=artist, id=mn0003672765, label=Shredders American hip hop groups Rappers from Minneapolis Musical groups established in 2016 2016 establishments in Minnesota