Its the first Wobble boat party this coming Sunday. EVERY Wobble is a sell out so i’m sure the boat party will be no exception so make sure you get ya tickets in ASAP. I think theres some sort of cheap deal on Moshtix if needed.
The promo video looks a little fruity, but with the mainstream nature of dubstep nowadays I suppose its expected. Anyway, me and Scotty will be spraying bars while A13 + AC23 drop only the biggest riddims so you can sure it’ll be a gooned out affair. Dissenters get thrown overboard
Dark E Freaker seemed to come out of nowhere when he dropped ‘Next Hype’ with Tempz and he’s been a bit quiet for a while since then until now. Forthcoming on Oil Gang is the ‘Cherryade’ release out on vinyl in April and digital in May. I first heard ‘Cherryade’ on the New Years Butterz mix and it was definitely one of the standouts with a slight nod back to ‘Next Hype’.
My joint though and one which is sure to be a staple of sets in 2011 is ‘Queen of Hoxton’, I can hear Blacks + P all over this one!
Back from New Zealand which was liiiive, bare jokes and mad shows. Big up Funtcase, Bare Noize, Eddie K, Chasing Shadows, Gemini, Distorted Minds and everyone involved in the shows.
Been mad ill since i got back so been away from this for a bit, but should be up on the posts from here on in…anyways here’s a new new Chronik interview
This is one a lot of people will be pretty familiar with, Mmtune – Juicy Fruit. This one was probably the reason why I started doing this section of the blog, after overhearing someone complaining about people re-using samples. Said person holds Biggie’s Juicy as the greatest track of all time. Admittedly a lot of these tracks don’t do much to change the beat. Mitchy Slick’s is probably the exception. I skipped a lot that all sound the same.
The original
And some uses of it, in chronological order.
1988 – stetasonic
1989 – Wrecks n effect
1992 – Common
1993 – Andre Nickatina (Biggies one was later this same year. Dre Dog’s was the first one I heard)
1994 – Warren G
1995 – Krucked M-Age (Sample is in the second song/last half)
Just listening through now. Ominous, heavy Mobb Muzik.
Bit weird how he references that it’s mob muzik so often but pretty good that he’s ventured towards a more conventional flow. I’ll leave you with this, everyone else will be blogging about this in the coming/past day or two so no point going in depth about it.
Whether it’s witch-house, a lex luger beat, something out of the Hypnotize Minds camp or just random stuff showing up in my feed, I’m getting a lot of ominous sounding music coming my way. Stuff with the aesthetic of a horror movie score.
Here Nettsmoney goes the Slowed and Thowed route to add some menace to a Jay Roacher track
If you haven’t heard these guys you missed out. Download Ruthless By Law Here
Also, Black C, the only member not to get shot and killed has a new album out called 70’s Baby. It’s nice, pretty “classic” sounding but that’s fine.
For those that don’t know of him, 360 is an Australian rapper who had a certain degree of success with a track called “The Festival Song”. Probably the largest mainstream following/radio play since the Hilltop Hoods were big.
If the festival song was 360’s child prodigy moment then currently he’s going through his teenage experimental years. And he is. In the last year I’ve heard him go over all different styles of beats from dubstep to southern stuff, finding what works for him. and it has been interesting & rewarding following that.
Last year he kept a small buzz going via the release of a mixtape – “please be seated” – and starting “Rappertag”.
I’ve already posted his most recent video – Just Got Started, which copped criticism for the sample not being old enough (seriously…) and on the weekend he upped these two of his new album
I think I told him on saturday that Miracle In a Costume only got interesting around 1:34.
the online response was pretty much the direct opposite of my opinion though;
Its are well and good to make tracks designed to get heaps of airplay on NOVA & JJJ… But are you at all worried about your musics longevity?? My point is heaps of Kunts will bang out Classic Lazy, Bias, Hoods, Bunks etc. albums Forever whereas noone would ever give the Festival Album a run again…
I enjoy it but yeah it is fashion music, it will be gone as quick as it came.
followed by much praise for miracle in a costume.
And that seems to the dominant opinion (or at least the most vocal one) here in australia. If a track doesn’t have a soul sample and a boom bap formulaic beat then it’s “trash/not real hiphop”. Which is kinda pointless, ’cause as important as the hoods and lazy grey et al are/were to the domestic scene there’s no point trying to sound like them, 10 years after the fact.
It’d be a shame if ’60 took heed of these opinions and missed a chance to put something out there, on commercial radio, that doesn’t fit in the narrow defines of “real” hiphop.
The thing is, talking to local rappers and producers it’s not a sentiment shared by any of them. Just about everyone I’ve encountered is constantly looking to new scenes and sounds for ideas and inspiration. If in the near future Australia developed it’s own sound (not just the accent) the way other geographic regions have it’d hardly be surprising.
Acts to look out for locally that I’d recommend are what’s coming out of Fraksha’s camp at the moment fraksha/Diem/smashbrovas etc particularly the stuff with Kurk Kokane.
And I copped these two yester, Haven’t given a proper listen to them yet though. Download Zarkov – Are We Having Fun Yet Download Megatroid_ Battery Brain
Also check out my last post. Louie Knuxx has been based in Melb for the last few years and producing his own beats now too.
Ungh, this is badly worded/constructed, I’ll prolly come back and delete this. Going to put the finishing touches on a beat tonight then send it off to 360 and it’ll be available for free download soon.
there's a bluebird on my shoulder 