Da Grassroots

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title: "Da Grassroots" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["black-canadian-musical-groups", "canadian-hip-hop-groups", "juno-award-for-rap-recording-of-the-year-winners", "musical-groups-established-in-1989", "musical-groups-from-toronto", "record-production-teams", "1989-establishments-in-ontario"] description: "Canadian hip hop production team" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Grassroots" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Canadian hip hop production team ::

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Field	Value
name	Da Grassroots
alias	Da Grass Roots Music
origin	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
genre	Canadian hip hop
years_active	1989–present
occupation	Record producers
label	Black Employed Records, Conception Records
instrument	Sampler, keyboard, turntable
associated_acts	Ghetto Concept, Choclair, Saukrates
current_members	Mr. Attic
Mr. Murray
past_members	Swiff (deceased)
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| name = Da Grassroots | alias = Da Grass Roots Music | image = | caption = | origin = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | genre = Canadian hip hop | years_active = 1989–present | occupation = Record producers | label = Black Employed Records, Conception Records | instrument = Sampler, keyboard, turntable | associated_acts = Ghetto Concept, Choclair, Saukrates | current_members = Mr. Attic Mr. Murray | past_members = Swiff (deceased) Da Grassroots is a Canadian hip-hop production team from Toronto, Ontario, composed of Mr. Attic, Mr. Murray, and Swiff. The Juno Award-winning group contributed to the development of Toronto hip-hop throughout the 1990s, highlighted by the release of their debut album Passage Through Time in 1999.

In 1994, they were featured in Andrew Munger's documentary film Make Some Noise.

After the underground success of their album, each member began working on various solo projects. Mr. Attic co-founded Choice Cut Records, Mr. Murray produced for LAL, and Swiff produced for artists on the group's Black Employed Records label.

On July 31, 2018, Swiff died of cancer at the age of 47.

Discography

Albums

• Passage Through Time (1999)

Singles

• "Drama" (featuring Elemental) (1995)
• "Price of Livin'" (featuring Mr. Roam) (1999)
• "Thematics" (featuring Arcee) (1999)
• "Body Language" (featuring Choclair and Saukrates) (2000)

Production credits

(Not including songs from Passage Through Time or Mr. Attic's solo production credits.)

1993

• "Certified", "Certified (Remix)", "Dungeon", "Mista Crack Ed" – Ghetto Concept

1994

• "Deifitrec", "Certified (808)" – Ghetto Concept
• "No Dingbats Allowed" – Dream Warriors

1995

• "E-Z on tha Motion" – Ghetto Concept

1996

• "Ninty Sixness" – Diemen X (produced by Swiff)
• "Who's Talking Weight (Remix)" – Red Life (produced by Swiff)

1998

• "Ya Done Know" – Red Life (produced by Swiff)

1999

• "Ice Cold" – Choclair

2000

• "Ever Since (Da Grassroots Remix)" – Maestro (produced by Swiff)
• "Ripped Mee Off" (produced by Swiff), "Lady Luck (The Darkside)" (produced by Mr. Murray) – Michie Mee
• "Let's Make a Record Deal Episode 1" – Mastermind feat. D-Sisive (produced by Swiff)
• "Bump!" – Mastermind feat. Choclair and Mr. Roam (produced by Swiff)
• "Let's Make a Record Deal Episode 3" – Mastermind feat. Citizen Kane (produced by Mr. Murray)
• "Marvel Interlude", "Arcee Interlude" – Mastermind (produced by Swiff)

Awards and nominations

• 1995 Juno Awards
  • Best Rap Recording for "Certified" (Won)
• 1996 Juno Awards
  • Best Rap Recording for "E-Z on tha Motion" (Won)
  • Best Rap Recording for "Drama" (Nominated)

References

References

1. link. (2012-07-30 ''Exclaim!''. Accessed on December 9, 2008.)
2. Craig MacInnis, "Hip-hop culture makes some noise". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', April 22, 1995.
3. [http://www.choicecutrecords.com/discography/sunnykiss.html Choice Cut Records] {{Webarchive. link. (2008-01-19 ChoiceCutRecords.com. Accessed on December 9, 2008.)
4. Cowie, Del F.. "In memoriam: Swiff LaRoc, 1970-2018". [[Now (newspaper).

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