Poetic Ammo
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Poetic Ammo (also known as PMO) is a Malaysian rap/hip-hop group. The group consists of Yogeswaran Veerasingam a.k.a Yogi B, Chandrakumar Balakrishnan a.k.a Land Slyde, Nicholas Ong a.k.a Point Blanc and Sashi Kumar Balakrishnan a.k.a C.Loco. Most of their songs are in English but they have also released tracks in Bahasa Melayu, Tamil, and Cantonese.
[edit] Beginning
The group was founded by Yogi B in 1990. The original members of Poetic Ammo were Yogi B and Anand and they were formerly known as DEFX. They become popular amongst local clubs and pubs such as Piccadilly, Canton City, Party Box and many more in Petaling Jaya. The first single they released with Kenny Music (Kenny Remy Martin) was "Run" and "Only You", released under Positive Tone.
Anand later left DEFX and set up another underground rap group with Pac Amoo Tha (also known as Jason), and they called themselves THA 2.O with a music style of hardcore rap with g-funk style. Anand was the rapper and Jason the turntablist in the band. Their shows were arranged by Siva Saga Entertainment. Anand left the group after he married Sherina. Jason continued solo. More collabrations with MC XL (Mara) on Unwanted FBI and Da effect g's squad with Jerald came later. A collaboration with Wreck Law was never released due to censorship issues.
[edit] Height and Achievements
Their first album entitled "It's a nice day to be alive" beat the highest sales in the Malaysian hip-hop chart at that time. This was followed by their second album entitled "The World is Yours". Yogi B gave the main ideas in composing music, lyrics and videoclips for their album. Their third album was entitled "Return of Tha' Boombox". The band has won numerous awards including the "Best English Album" award in the Malaysian Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM)(Music Awards) 1999, and the "Best Music Video" awards in the AIM 2000.
[edit] Current
Recently Yogi B released an album titled "Vallavan" in collaboration with Natchatra. There has been not much activity coming from Poetic Ammo in the past few years.
