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Years active
  
1990–1993, 2011

Origin
  
Ottawa, Canada (1990)

Labels
  
A&M Records


Past members
  
Tom Green (a.k.a. MC Bones) Greg Campbell (a.k.a. DJ Pin or Pin The Chameleon) Geordie Ferguson (a.k.a. DJ Signal)

Albums
  
Check the O.R., Huh? Stiffenin' Against the Wall

Members
  
Tom Green, Geordie Ferguson, Greg Campbell

Genres
  
Hip hop music, Comedy hip hop

Awards
  
MuchMusic Video Award for Best Hip Hop Video

Similar
  
Michie Mee, Dream Warriors, Maestro, Edgar Allen Floe, Shabazz the Disciple

Organized Rhyme was a Canadian hip hop group based in Ottawa, Ontario.

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The group became one of the first Canadian rap acts to sign a record deal with a major label (A&M Records) and the video for their debut single "Check the O.R." won the MuchMusic Video Award for Best Rap Video in 1992. Comedian Tom Green was one of the group's founding members.

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History

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Organized Rhyme was formed in 1990 by Tom Green (a.k.a. MC Bones), Greg Campbell (a.k.a. DJ Pin or Pin The Chameleon) and Geordie Ferguson (a.k.a. DJ Signal). The group signed with A&M Records in 1991. The group released their debut album "Huh!? Stiffenin Against the Wall" in 1992. That same year the video for their first single "Check the O.R.", won the MuchMusic Video Award for Best Rap Video. In 1993 "Check the O.R." was also nominated for a Juno Award in the category of Best Rap Recording, but the song lost to "Keep It Slammin'" by Devon.

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The group toured with such artists as The Barenaked Ladies, Dream Warriors and Maestro Fresh Wes. They disbanded shortly after the release of their first album.

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In 2000 a remix of "Check the O.R." was released by Universal Records on a dance-music compilation album entitled "Pure Dance 5". Green's 2005 rap album Prepare for Impact included a bonus DVD that contained both a live solo-performance of "Check the O.R." as well as a recording of the original music video.

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Organized Rhyme reunited and recorded a new video for "Check the O.R." for the 2011 Just For Laughs festival in Montreal, Quebec.

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Songs

Check the ORHuh? Stiffenin' Against the Wall · 1992
The Cutting SongHuh? Stiffenin' Against the Wall · 1992
Bring the HornsHuh? Stiffenin' Against the Wall · 1992

References

Organized Rhyme Wikipedia
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