years_active label article_title past_members background genre image origin name
1992 -- 1994 ruffhouse/columbia the goats
 madd oatie kato swayzack group_or_band hip hop , rap rock the goats.jpg philadelphia , pennsylvania , united states the goats
the goats

the goats were an american alternative hip hop trio from philadelphia .
its members were rappers oatie kato -lrb- the frontman -rrb- , madd -lrb- a.k.a. `` the m-a-the-double-d '' , a.k.a. maxx -rrb- , and swayzack .
the group recorded on columbia records / ruffhouse records .
they released albums `` tricks of the shade '' -lrb- 1992 -rrb- -lrb- produced by producer joe `` the butcher '' nicolo -rrb- and `` no goats , no glory '' -lrb- 1994 -rrb- , on ruffhouse records and columbia records respectively .
both albums have since gone out of print .
`` no goats , no glory '' peaked at no. 58 in the uk albums chart in august 1994 .
the goats toured with dog eat dog , cypress hill , public enemy , beastie boys and luscious jackson , before disbanding in 1994 .
