I DEMAND AUSSIE RAP

Why isn't it around so you can hear it? Just try releasing anything in Aust right now that isn't ultra-commercial. It won't get past community radio in the cities. There is an unwritten law about independent music getting no radio play without payola/favours/back scratching. Even highly publicised music struggles to break even. Record co's here are experiencing falling sales etc, same as the rest of the world, but the problem is worse as there's not a big population.

However, if Aussie hip-hop is like Aussie techno, you can probably tap into the Aussie hip-hop network by just exploring/mailing/emailing. I'm sure with a bit of effort you can get hold of all this stuff, 95% of which is on CD-R.

http://hiphop.net.au/main.html

Some of the best stuff I've heard is Aboriginal hip hop, not for its subcultural authenticity but just because the flows are really distinct and occasionally quite wacky-in-a-good-way.

You forgot Germany.

As to Australia, I second The Herd but beware, their quality control with regard what they choose to release is, shall we say, lax.

Also try Resin Dogs, whose last album Grand Theft Audio (yeah I know, bear with them) was pretty fine - proper unreconstructed bogan rhymes too.

Chris, things are not THAT bad.

*shudders*

Phew! I was worried...

BTW - I just got hold of a Melbourne hip-hop demo that actually quite good - MGM & DEZ, all Dre styled sonics, with 'More South than the Word of Mouf' shout-outs

You should check it out.

www.villageidiotrecords.com - go there.

and you know i like that sound minna, but...ptah!

on the other hand nz could never produce something as gonzoid as the avalanches, so.

http://www.ozhiphop.com

I'm not really part of the scene, but Melbourne has a growing hiphop movement with such heads as The Obese Crew (of Obese Records, a central oz hiphop record store), with MCs like Bias B, Pegasus and Soloman Klepto

If your interested in hearing some trip-hop-esque instrumentals from Melbourne, check out the top link - Polemic(me)'s site. Ozhiphop.com is a further look into aspiring producers, djs and Emcees.

Digga shit, like its only slightly more ludicrous trans-Pacific counterpart, Nip Hop, was born to be comical. Exponents are either consciously or unconsciously so.

Unlike Japanese Wa-do-shu-mis-u, however, Diggas have been not been allowed to adopt weighty gold jewellery (unless their family held some interest in a kebab shop) or the bandanna-under-cap affectation. Likewise, film clipz featuring doe-eyed Aussie bitches in fishnets, skirts and Ghetto-Fabulous-Polyester-Flamingo-Feather crop tops riding alongside our Digga heroes in Holden Statesmen are ruefully absent. No sexual braggadoccio, no limber aspiring Roppongi strippers gyrating their arses or tracing O's in the air with their fashionably trimmed centres of gravity...

Jiggas 1, Diggas 0.

But "Bloke" has been used occasionally with relish as a rhyming word, as has "Fuckin' Oath" to great effect. When the US navy comes to town the happy young Yanks tend to get their cliches bashed up in radio freestyle battles, but they're generally otherwise riding in a Holden Statesman knee deep in some girl named Natarsha who herself harbours wistful hopes of a melanoma-less future for her child, whom she just might christen Lonsey, or Desree. Seamen of the States have learned to avoid provoking conflict with Vietnamese ex-pats in nightclubs, especially when a number of said ex-pats sport knives like Mick Dundee to tragic effect. Metal detectors in clubs everywhere now.

FATTY BOOMSTIX (of COOLISM), from Canberra and of unclear racial origin (maybe Samoan), is fluid and witty. Very listenable, very bedroom.

One of the guys in PNEUMONIC ASCENT (Mexicans, I believe) has a voice to which a travel agent I once knew flicked off; she's now in Mongolia, but they're still in Melbourne.

BRAD STRUT (Mexican)has a farkin Aussie twang if you ever heard one, a turn of phrase, and is consciously comical, but unfortunately monotone as fark...(I'm from a place/ where people show no pity/ a straight face/ welcome to Melbourne city/ I'll make ya chicky rub her clitty like her name Was Mimi/ MacPherson in person catch me slurpin' on a tinny).

BIAS B (Mexican)is more nasal then Dennis from "Meet the Feebles", plus he lisps a bit. Wears the similarly Feeble Hip Hop Traditionalist badge. Skills and respect and all that. Good name, but.

DECIPHER have the distinction of being the only Digga crew with no less than 4 useless Journalism degrees, and 2 members whose lungs have collapsed. They always smoked the best weed, and enjoyed a wholesome reputation as Blokes you wouldn't mind having around even if they were shagging your sista (as long as you got to shag theirs').

2D is the best and most versatile beat producer in 'Stralia.

RAMAN, the offspring of cranky Hippy parents, is hilariously serious yet strings flows together nicely....(Please chill/ and integrate my mental state's perspective/ I'm effective with the breath 'cause I check kids/ who ain't up to scratch and can't match the skills I hatch/ and if ya think ya can let's do this/ I'm servin' balls like Phillopousis/ 'cause suckers saying "yo, who's this?"/ Dude with creative juices/the loosest/mc ta let ya melon elevate/ and if ya can't relate feel free to evacuate the premises/ of the poem when I deliver this I'm flowin' like a lunar eclipse/and leavin' mc's in my shadow 'cause ya had no depth or consciousness/and ya words 're monotonous/synonomous with wackness/the fact is/ that stagnation's separation from the essence of myself/ and wealth is understanding that I have no limits/though i'm explicit with the vivid vocab from the spirit/ya know it when ya hear it/ the lyrics as opposed to the gimmicks/that come and go like periods/I don't take the shit too serious...) I don't really believe that closing line but it sounds good. Ramse sorely lacks the Bitches in Statesmen necessary to spicing up his image.

DNO, one of the RESIN DOGS' longtime rappers, is the 'Strine Eminem.

Another longtime RESIN DOGS' rapper LAZY GREY (w. cohort Len One) is arguably the best 'Strine rapper ever...seems to like Mobb Deep(the hash-pot eaters/gourmet prawns/banana fritters/seafood barbecues and Vic Bitters/it sounda lovely/a dozen gone in a hurry/six-packs get cracked like skulls in rugby).

There's a guy with curly hair from Adelaide who sounds like a cross between Black Thought and Old Dirty Bastard (astonishingly, though, not on hard drugs).

PROWLA sounded good too.

Digga shit may well deserve a look in from overseas punters but that remains incidental to Digga's primary task of convincing their own music buying public their musical endeavours are worth paying money for.

download "Bias B - Hursty"

u can get it off kazaa.

that is good aussie rap

We also have a lot more recent Decipher tracks with Rainman (who's now in Sydney) which we are itchin to release. And I've just finished my solo album (not purely hiphop) and I am producing DNO's atm too. And Raman and myself recently had a track on Hempilation which I like- "In the clutch" :)

If any good rappers want to collaborate (or nick one of my beats) please let me know. I am especially interested in any political "REAL" raps. Expose the truth!

the only and one Two Dee...BOTU....DC...RTV

twodee@mail15.com or two_dee76@yahoo.com.au

http://www.abeltoro.com/audio.htm

Has anyone checked out the Bliss & Eso record? I only have the mixtape and its hit and miss, the two tracks I do like don't seem to be on the album either?

Was that by The Herd, and does anyone have lyrics?

OK got a real good one for ya this time - 'Smash a Kangaroo' by Heaps Decent. This could only come from one country and is kind of really inspiring for me even if it isn't perfect.

http://www.myspace.com/heapsdecent

New website...

http://www.urbanaustralia.com/

Chopper with Brad Strut and Bias B:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv9QXkL4D

Macromantics, anyone?

http://www.myspace.com/macromantics

Fr.esh Recordings:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=397388088

"Centrelink believed in me when no-one else did".

What about rap about Australia? Does that count?

Bustacap:

http://soundcloud.com/bustacap/no-entry-bustacap-vs-andy

better than most

PK Crew. Stick with it past the slow intro, these guys are awesome once they get rolling:

http://www.youtube.com/porkhuntproductions

KillaQueenz & South Rakkas Crew Feat. Lady Chann - Double Up (Full length version)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUrqxf2Hq_I&feature=share&list=PL88DE1DCBBE7899DE

speaking of Killaqueenz:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9T-TNymeRk

amazing that this thread never became an R.A.E.D. dump

Indig Hip Hop show, Xmas edition, available as a free d/l on Mediafire. The show presents a good cross section of what's happening in Indigenous Australian hip hop at the moment.

http://www.mediafire.com/?wg0d7qm75mtb5y7

Track listing and links (courtesy of the show)

01. Yung Warriors - Just A Thought (read what they have to say in the new free ebook 'Real Talk' http://goo.gl/YkAAE)
02. Wire MC - Bring It On (more info at: http://au.myspace.com/wiremc)
03. The Swanz - Brown Skin, Black Woman (buy the album at: http://www.wowhd.com.au/CD/various-culture-music-from-black-australia/dp/171901)
04. Native Ryme - Together (read what they have to say in the new free ebook 'Real Talk' http://goo.gl/YkAAE)
05. Sneake1 - Looking For A Change (read what he has to say in the new free ebook 'Real Talk' http://goo.gl/YkAAE)
06. Yung Nooky - Clouds (read what he has to say in the new free ebook 'Real Talk' http://goo.gl/YkAAE)
07. Tribal S.U.N.S (feat Murri Boy aka Tommy Weatherill, DeeKay from Native Ryme & Fred Leone from Impossible Odds) - All My People (more info at: http://www.vibe.com.au/component/content/article/34-about-deadly-sounds/1729-February.html)
08. The Last Kinection - Burning Bridges ft. Briggs (read what they have to say in the new free ebook 'Real Talk' http://goo.gl/YkAAE)
09. Street Warriors - Novocastrians (buy their album at: http://streetwarriors.com.au/)
10. Sky'high - Look At Me Now (read what she has to say in the new free ebook 'Real Talk' http://goo.gl/YkAAE)
11. WZA - Mission Breed (buy his album 'Dreamtime' at: http://www.gadigal.org.au/kooriradio/SongList.aspx?aId=24)
12. Thumbs Up Mob - Thumbs Up From Alice Springs (more info at: http://www.jlf.org.au/alice-springs-gives-its-thumbs-up-to-healthy-tucker/)
13. Dreamtime Brothaz - Aboriginal Sound (buy the EP at: http://www.aedmusic.com.au/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=26)
14. South West Syndicate - Are You With Me Out There (more info at: http://www.vibe.com.au/conditions-of-use/item/3203-south-west-syndicate.html)
15. Impossible Odds - Look in my eyes (buy it at: https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/impossible-odds-ep/id285407613)

Curse Ov Dialect

i remember attending a rehearsal of some group that r4c3less of CoD was one of the rappers... would have been 95 or so.. it was eye opening..

straight outta canberra

An Australian rapper called 2pec racked up a large bill in a seafood restaurant, before running into the sea to avoid paying, a Queensland court has heard.

Police set off in hot pursuit on jetskis for the man, who later claimed he ran to help a friend give birth on the beach, according to local media.

His bill was over A$600 (£360, $450).

Terry Peck, who has been charged with theft and assault, later said the lobsters were overcooked.

The 33-year-old appeared in court on Monday morning after the incident at Omeros Bros restaurant in Surfers Paradise on the east coast.
He allegedly consumed two lobsters, a baby octopus, 21 vodka oyster shots and "a number of Coronas".

"Oh God! By himself?" said magistrate Joan White when she granted bail, according to ABC News.

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A restaurant representative, Mark Hunnybun, rejected the criticism of the standard of cooking, telling the network: "We pride ourselves on cooking our lobsters perfectly."

Australian media have uncovered some of Mr Peck's self-produced music, including one track entitled Ozi Ozi Ozi Oy Oy Oy.

brb gotta help a friend give birth on the beach

this is more "lol gold coast" than "lol aussie rap"

A restaurant representative, Mark Hunnybun

Mark what?

kbp otm