Frontline
A Windy City consortium with a backpacker sensibility, this umbrella crew is actually a record label disguised as a group. Consisting centrally of four MCs/producers -- jDoubleu, Atlas, Banner, and Chauncie Gardner (whose moniker is taken from the Adamic Peter Sellers character in the movie Being There) -- Frontline's goal was to challenge the status quo of the rap game. Their music sounds like the end result of living, breathing, and sleeping hip-hop for weeks on end in a basement studio. Psychological catharsis bleeds from their edgy tracks, concepts, and lyrics; their music is experimental with an emphasis on the mental. While the Detroit sound of Eminem/D12 is darkly humorous, clever, and over the top, Frontline's sound is emblematic of Chicago's deep underground: starkly serious (with some hints at humor) and primal without sacrificing complexity. Frontline seems to be more concerned with moving hip-hop back toward its essence than going platinum. The debut project from the Frontline camp, Overlooked, found an audience mostly in the Midwest in early 2001 and served as a precursor for solo albums from each of its members à la the Wu-Tang Clan.
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Lamb of God
Miscellaneous - Released by Frontline on Apr 24, 2015
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Scream All You Want
Hard Rock - Released by Frontline on Oct 1, 2022
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Who You Are
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by Frontline on Apr 29, 2016
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Halfway Home
Trance - Released by Flux Delux Records on Jan 1, 2008
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Follow (Remix)
Metal - Released by Vanity Music Group on May 26, 2017
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Out of the Dust
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by Frontline on May 9, 2017
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Accidental Gathering
Hard Rock - Released by Frontline on Dec 27, 2020
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With Every Heartbeat
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by Frontline on Apr 24, 2018
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Be Like You
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by Frontline on Oct 18, 2018
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trapped
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by frontline musik on Mar 21, 2022
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Keep It a Secret
Hard Rock - Released by Frontline Delft on Dec 19, 2020
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Speaking For Myself
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Unsigned on Oct 24, 2010
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Star System
House - Released by Duty Free Recordings on Aug 23, 2002
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Hashtag (Original Mix)
Miscellaneous - Released by Complex Drop Records on Jan 28, 2014
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lost in our ways
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by frontline musik on Apr 20, 2022
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