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KillarmyKillarmy, an underground east coast hip hop group located in New York, and one of the many branch-off entities stemming from the better known Wu-Tang Clan. Killarmy consists of emcees Ninth Prince (brother of Wu-Tang emcee/producer, The RZA), Islord, Killa Sin (brother of Wu-Tang affiliate, Power), Dom Pachino AKA PR Terrorist (PR for Puerto Rican), ShoGun Assassin, and Beretta Nine, the former and latter emcees who are originally from Ohio. As do the Wu-Tang Clan and members of affiliate groups, Killarmy's members subscribe to the Five Percent Nation of Islam (or the Nation of Gods and Earths), sprinkling Five Percent theology and teachings into their music. Even member Islord's name is a play on Five Percent "mathematics," a notion opposers to the Nation see as nothing more than word games. Five Percenters use the terms of endearment earth in reference to females and god to males, with the synonym lord sometimes being used in place of god. The first three letters of Islord's name (I, S, L) are also the first three letters in of the religion they claim adherance to, Islam. Therefore, Islord is a sort of fusion between the terms Islam and lord. Their premiere album entitled Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars, (named after an allegedly discovered top-secret government document of the same name) debuted in the summer of 1997. The two singles which led the album were the sparse "Seems it Never Fails" and the eerie classic, "Fair, Love, and War," the latter which catapulted emcee Dom Pachino as one of the group's most lucid lyricists, or at least alongside the lyrically powerful Killa Sin. They returned the next summer in 1998 to release their sophomore follow-up, Dirty Weaponry. Not as well received as their first album (due largely to bad promotion), Dirty Weaponry was an exceptional album, exhibiting strong musicial efforts and two grand guest appearances by Hollacaust AKA Dr. Killgrave (who now goes under the alias, Warcloud) of the now dismantled Wu-Tang affiliate group, Black Knights of the North Star. Dirty Weaponry was largely a departure from the gritty, lo-fi sound of their previous release, opting for a more clean-cut, focused musical style ellicited by Wu producers Allah Mathematics and 4th Disciple. Although having a more precise sound, Dirty Weaponry still captured the essence of underground east coast hip hop from the late '90s, particularly the exiguous and minimalist style of beats The RZA became famous for. With little to no promotion from their parent label, the group returned 3 years later in 2001 with their third effort, Fear, Love, and War,, which largely going unnoticed. After the less-than-lukewarm response of their third album, the members began a campaign to release solo projects. That next year in 2002, Dom Pachino began what would become a steady string of albums beginning with Tera.iz.Him (2002), Unreleased (2004), The Best of Dom Pachino (2004), and Napalm World Compilation (2004), all released under Napalm Recordings. Ninth Prince followed suit with his debut solo, Granddaddy Flow on Arm Yourself Entertainment in 2004. It is rumored that member ShoGun Assassin is next release a debut solo.
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