Chiddy Bang

==Career==

===''The Swelly Express''===

[[The Swelly Express]] was the debut mixtape from hip-hop duo Chiddy Bang and Andrew Chidwick. The mixtape quickly gained a music following from its online hit "[[Opposite of Adults]]" (which features a sample from [[MGMT]]'s song "Kids"). The Swelly Express tells the story of Chiddy Bang's rise in the music business and their experiences with record labels, it was first released and promoted through the music blog Pretty Much Amazing. The mixtape was praised by fans for the production style, including samples from [[Passion Pit]] (Truth), [[Tinie Tempah]] and [[Pogo (electronic musician)|Pogo]] (Expialidocious). It also contains a guest appearance from [[Black Thought]] of [[The Roots]]. The songs "Truth", "Opposite of Adults", "Fresh Like Us", "All Things Go" (featuring a sample from Sufjan Steven's "Chicago"), and "Dream Chasin'" have been re-released for download via [[iTunes]] since the release of the mixtape     .<ref name="Pretty Much Amazing"/>

===''Air Swell''===

On 8 April 2010, Chiddy Bang followed up The Swelly Express with the mini-mixtape Air Swell. As the hip-hop duo had a strong following in the UK, many popular UK artists were featured on the mixtape including [[La Roux]], [[Kate Nash]], [[Ellie Goulding]], [[Tinie Tempah]] and [[Gorillaz]].

===Sign to EMI/Parlophone===

[[File:Chiddy Bang @ RPI.jpg|thumb|Chiddy Bang performing at [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]] on December 4, 2010]]

===Sign to NUE Agency===

===''Peanut Butter and Swelly'' (2011)===

Peanut Butter and Swelly is a mixtape by the Philadelphia hip hop music duo Chiddy Bang. It was released in May 2011 as a prequel to their upcoming debut album Breakfast. The third mixtape released by the group, it consists of 15 tracks featuring several other rappers including Trae. The mixtape contains many references to the Guinness World Record for longest freestyle rap set by the group's rapper Chidera Anamege.

===''Breakfast'' (2012)===

Chiddy Bang initially planned a late summer release for their debut studio album ''[[Breakfast (Chiddy Bang album)|Breakfast]]'' in 2011. This was later changed to November 2011 and again to the following year in February 2012 when they opted to release a single from the album, "Ray Charles," instead. The album was released ahead of schedule on February 22, 2012 at midnight via iTunes and is available in the Google Play Music Store, iTunes, and Walmart. The first single "Mind Your Manners" premiered on June 29, 2011 and features samples from Swedish pop band [[Icona Pop]]. The single is also featured in the soundtrack for the [[EA Sports]] video game ''[[Madden NFL 12]]''. It was also included on ''[[Now That's What I Call Music! 39 (U.S. series)|Now That's What I Call Music! 39]]'', a collection of popular music with periodic releases.  On February 8, Chiddy Bang released a snippet of the song "Breakfast" as a teaser for the album.

===''Baggage Claim'' (2015)===

On June 18, 2014 it was announced that Xaphoon Jones would be stepping back as an artist and focus on his love of producing.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/chiddybang/posts/10151645529187182</ref> Chiddy announced that he would be releasing a mixtape in late September called Baggage Claim, and released the first single, ''Breathe'', Monday August 19, 2013. Chiddy released a second single on September 12, 2013 titled HeartBeat (feat. Two Guyz). On October 9 Chiddy announced via Twitter that Baggage Claim would be released October the 11th, "Dropping baggage claim on friday!".<ref>https://twitter.com/chiddybang</ref> It was subsequently pushed back to October 16, 2013,<ref>https://www.facebook.com/chiddybang?hc\_location=timeline</ref> and the release date is now September 2014, he announced this via SKEE radio on the show Anoother Dirty Night Radio, and also via Twitter saying a mixtape would drop late summer. Chiddy ended up delaying the track again, and on 2/22/2015 he confirmed on instagram that the "album" Baggage Claim will come in Spring of 2015. Also on 2/22/2015, Chiddy posted on Facebook to say that he was "90 percent done with my album!". He also said that he "Even managed to put together a few surprises ; ) !".<ref>https://www.facebook.com/chiddybang/photos/pb.43182697181.-2207520000.1424652347./10152882752582182/?type=3&theater</ref>

==World Freestyle Record==

On April 29, 2011, after rapping for nine hours, 18 minutes, and 22 seconds at MTV’s inaugural O Music Awards in Las Vegas, Chidera “Chiddy” Anamege earned himself a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for Longest Freestyle and Longest Continuous Rap, a title previously held by Canadian Rapper, D.O, in August 2003 at 8hrs and 45 minutes and 23 seconds. He told XXLmag.com that it was “definitely a surreal experience.” He also mentioned that to earn the record he had to keep rapping even during the two bathroom breaks he took.

==Discography==

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Studio Albums

\* 2012: [[Breakfast (Chiddy Bang album)|''Breakfast'']]

\* 2015: Baggage Claim

EPs

\* 2010: The Opposite of Adults EP

\* 2010: [[The Preview (EP)|''The Preview'']]

\* 2012: Mind Your Manners EP

Mixtapes

\* 2009: ''[[The Swelly Express]]''

\* 2010: ''Air Swell''

\* 2011: ''[[Peanut Butter and Swelly]]''