Artist:The Outhere Brothers
Song:Boom Boom Boom
Album:1 Polish 2 Biscuits and a Fish Sandwich
The hip hop duo The Outhere Brothers had very brief success when two singles topped the British charts in 1995. Boom Boom Boom was the second single. I'll warn you right now their music is explicit. I guess that's why they were called The Outhere Brothers. They are from Chicago. Keith "Malik" Mayberry writes the lyrics. Lamar "Hula" Malone produces the music. As you can see in the video, they both rap. When Malone was one half of the duo Hula & K. Fingers with Craig Simpkins, they wrote the 1991 DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince top five hit Summertime. So Mayberry and Malone were writing and producing for others and they figured they could do their own thing and do just as well. Their decision to use explicit lyrics was a big mistake because it limits radio airplay and MTV won't play the video. There were clean edits that were picked up by WEA in Europe and those are the versions of Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle) and Boom Boom Boom that topped the British Singles chart. They did make the dance charts in the US. But if the songs had been clean in the first place, they could have been big hits as other similar records were hits. Both songs are on the 1994 album 1 Polish 2 Biscuits & a Fish Sandwich is available as a budget CD. The Outhere Brothers released three albums. Their albums are now owned by the dance music reissue label Unidisc. After they split up, it doesn't look like either Mayberry or Malone had any more hits either individually or producing for others. So I guess The Outhere Brothers should be viewed as a wasted opportunity. Here's the video for Boom Boom Boom by The Outhere Brothers.
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