Poetic Ammo: Малазийская рэп-группа

Malaysian musical group

Poetic Ammo (previously known as PMO or Poetic Ammunition) was a Malaysian rap/hip hop group. It consisted of Yogeswaran Veerasingam (aka Yogi B), Chandrakumar Balakrishnan (aka Land Slyde), Nicholas Ong (aka Point Blanc), and Sashi Kumar Balakrishnan (aka C. Loco). Although most of the group's songs were written in English, the group also released tracks in Malay, Tamil, and Cantonese.

The group was founded by Yogeswaran Veerasingam (aka Yogi B) in 1990. It was originally known as Poetic Ammunition, aka PMO, with the original members Yogi B and Anand, aka McEna. PMO released a two song single with Kenny Music (Kenny Remy Martin), "Run" and "Only You", released under Positive Tone. Anand later left PMO and Yogi B started a talent search for new members. That is where brothers Landsylde and C Loco together with Point Blanc from Ipoh joined him. They became known as Poetic Ammo.

Their first album, entitled It's a Nice Day to be Alive, was released in 1998, and received positive reviews and several awards. Their second album was entitled The World is Yours (2000). Their third album was entitled Return of Tha' Boombox. The band has won numerous awards including the "Best English Album" award at the Malaysian Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM) Music Awards 1999. They also won the "Best Music Video" awards at the AIM in 2000 and 2001. The music video "Money Money" was accepted very positively nationally, and even crossed over many countries and achieved mainstream success. Their albums were released in Indonesia by EMI Indonesia. Their albums and singles were also released in Europe by OAG.

Yogi B released an album titled Vallavan in 2006, a collaboration with Natchatra. It became a huge hit album in the Malaysian hip hop music industry. It also has become well known in South India with one of their remix tracks, "Madhai Thiranthu". They were invited to sing the song as an opening song "Siva Siva" and "Madhai Thiranthu" in the middle of Star Vijay TV Awards show held at India. They are often referred to as Kavidhai Kundargal. After few years Yogi B was approached by music director G. V. Prakash Kumar, to produce and perform in a song alongside S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, for the movie Polladhavan, starring Dhanush.

Landslyde formed his own rap metal band, Dragon Red. They won the Best New Local English Artist in the 2007 AIM Awards. Landslyde is the only person who has won the award twice.

C Loco, now known as Sashi C Loco, pursued a solo career and released a single, "Legend of Boo". He was also featured in the soundtrack for the movie Sumo Lah with the song "V. V. I. P". He recently released his next single in Malay, titled "Bintang", featuring Moe Nasrul. Reportedly his next English song is titled "Hip Hop", and it features a Hindi chorus sung by a new talent named Rekka. He is also acting as a Magic:the Gathering judge.

There has been talk of the group reuniting since early 2007, although no official confirmations or denials of this have been released by any of the members. In late 2009, Landslyde was interviewed with his band Dragon Red, on the Hitz FM MET 10, during which he explained why the band split. That year, Sashi C Loco was interviewed on the same show, and mentioned that he is keen on the idea of a reunion should matters among the members be resolved. However, the band has been on a permanent hiatus.

Year Movie Songs Co artists Composer Language Notes 2007 Polladhavan Engeyum Eppothum S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sunitha Sarathy Yogi B Tamil Also co lyricist 2008 Kuruvi Happy New Year Dr. Burn, Emcee Jesz, Sunidhi Chauhan Vidyasagar Ghajini BGM Rap Verse (Run Run) A. R. Rahman Hindi 2010 Enthiran Boom Boom Robo Da Keerthi Sagathia, Shweta Mohan, Tanvi Shah Tamil 2011 Aadukalam Porkkalam (Tamil Rap) Alwa Vasu G. V. Prakash Kumar Warriors (English Rap) Also lyricist2017 Velaiilla Pattadhari 2 Life of Raghuvaran — Nada Da Raja Dhanush Sean Roldan VIP 2 (D) Rahul Nambiar Telugu VIP 2 (D) Life of Raghuvaran — Chal Re Raja Hindi Vivegam Surviva Anirudh Ravichander, Mali Manoj Anirudh Ravichander Tamil Also co lyricist Vivekam (D) Anirudh Ravichander, Ranjith, Mali Telugu Also co lyricist2018 Kaala Katravai Patravai Arunraja Kamaraj, Roshan Jamrock Santhosh Narayanan Tamil Tik Tik Tik Tik Tik Tik (Title Track) Yuvan Shankar Raja, Sunitha Sarathy D. Imman Ezhumin Poraadu Da Anand Aravindakshan Ganesh Chandrasekaran 2020 Darbar Thani Vazhi Anirudh Ravichander, Shakthisree Gopalan Anirudh Ravichander Also co lyricist 2023 Tamilarasan Thamilarasan (Title Track) Suzanne D'Mello, Nakash Aziz Ilaiyaraaja