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Australian hip hop - Wikipedia. Australian hip hop.
Stylistic origins. Hip hop, dancehall, house, funk, R& B, soul, dub, jungle, toasting, rap rock, post- punk. Cultural origins. Early 1. 98. 0s Australia. Typical instruments. Keyboards, synthesizer, samplers, turntables.
Australian hip hop traces its origins to the early 1. African- American musical genres from the United States.[1][2][3] As the form matured, Australian hip hop has become a commercially viable style of music that is no longer restricted to the creative underground, with artists such as Hilltop Hoods and Bliss n Eso achieving notable fame.
Australian hip- hop is still primarily released through independent record labels, which are often owned and operated by the artists themselves. Despite its genesis as an offshoot of American hip hop, Australian hip hop has developed a distinct regional personality that reflects its evolution as an Australian musical style.[4]History[edit]Early years (1. In 1. 98. 2, the music video for Malcolm Mc. Laren's track, "Buffalo Gals", was shown on the Australian television music show Sound Unlimited. The music show was broadcast on Network Seven. The clip was staged in a Manhattan basketball court and featured images of graffiti and break dancers. The video left an impression on Australian teenagers, who began to copy the dancers' moves.[5]The first Australian hip hop record released was "1.
Tons" / "Humber Mania Time" by Mighty Big Crime[6] via Virgin Records and Criteria Productions in 1. Catalogue number VOZC 0. The Melbourne- based duo (Gumpy Phillips and Tricky J a. Justin Lodge) soon disbanded, in 1.
Freaked Out Flower Children.[8]Gerry Bloustein wrote in the book, Musical Visions, that Blaze claimed the first "true hip hop" release was, "Combined Talent" / "My Destiny" in 1. Just Us (consisting of Maltese DJ Case and Mentor).[9]In 1. Australian rap, Down Under by Law (Virgin), was released. It included tracks by Westside Posse, Mighty Big Crime, Swoop, Sharline and Fly Girl 3.[9][1. Two Western Australian hip hop bands, Def Threat and Gangstarr, both released recordings in 1.
The Def Threat EP, Girls Never learn, reached #4 in the WA Independent music charts. Def Threat played a number of gigs over the next 1.
Gangstarr survived for a few more years. Major label releases (1. In the late 1. 98.
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Sound Unlimited Posse joined Sony BMG, thereby becoming the first Australian hip hop group signed on to a major record label. In 1. 99. 2, they released the first major- label Australian rap album titled, A Postcard from the Edge of the Under- side.[9]In 1. Sydney- based solo artist named KIC was signed to Sony/Columbia Records. His first single, "Bring Me On", was popular in Australia, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Also in 1. 99. 2, independent label company Random Records released Def Wish Cast's album Knights of the Underground Table. After 1. 99. 2, independent CDs and tapes were released by various artists, primarily from the Western Suburbs of Sydney, a largely immigrant- populated area largely known as a working class, underprivileged, and crime- ridden area.[1. MC Opi (a. k. a. Opi Nelson) was an underground hip hop and dancehall artist who rose to national success after her performance on Christine Anu and Paul Kelly's 1.
ARIA- nominated single "Last Train", released by Mushroom/EMI (White Label). Prior to this, MC Opi co- produced Women on the Rhyme, the first national radio documentary about Australian female hip hop artists, created at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).[1. MC Opi contributed to Anu's debut album Stylin' Up, which attained platinum status in Australia and won the ARIA Award for Best Indigenous Album.
Following the winning of the award, Anu invited MC Opi to perform with her on the first 'Australian Jail Tour' as part of NAIDOC (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee) Week in 1. Later years (2. 00.
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The Melbourne hip hop group 1. Techniques was formed in 1. B- boy/aerosol artist DJ Peril (founding member of Melbourne hip hop crew, Island Boys). The group consisted of DJ Peril on production, turntables, and percussion, his brother Kem(Kemstar) on guitar and N'fa on vocals.[1. They released an EP in 2. Infinite Styles with the independent label company Rubber Records.[1. Techniques later released one of the first hip hop crossover hits, a track called "Karma" (from the album Choose One).
The song spawned the first ARIA Award for a hip hop act in Australia even before there was a hip hop category. Additionally "Karma" won Michael Gracey an ARIA in the same year for Best Video.[1. In 2. 00. 3, the band released the first Australian hip hop DVD titled One Time Live, which featured the band's music videos, live footage and two short documentaries.
Their second album, Consistency Theory, was released in 2. By the early 2. 00. Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) began to recognise the growing interest in hip- hop in Australia. In 2. 00. 4, ARIA introduced a new category in their annual awards: Best Urban Album (R& B, hip- hop, soul, funk, reggae and dancehall). The inaugural award was won by Koolism for their album, Random Thoughts.[1.
Koolism DJ Danielsan dedicated the award to the "Australian hip- hop community" and exclaimed: "Be yourselves, keep it real, enough of that American wannabe trash".[1. At the 2. 00. 6 and 2. ARIA Awards, the Urban award was won by Hilltop Hoods for their albums The Hard Road and The Hard Road: Restrung, respectively.[1.
The Hard Road also became the first Australian hip hop album to rank number 1 on the ARIA Charts in 2. Other artists who have won the award include Bliss n Eso, for their album Flying Colours,[2. Melbourne artist Illy, for his album Bring it Back, released on the Obese Records label.[2. Australian hip- hop artists have also received international recognition. Australians have been featured on albums by artists from the US and Europe.
In October 2. 01. Australian artist K2.
Pas rentable", by French hip hop artist Link. Rust.[2. 3]Style and influences[edit]Australian hip hop artists are strongly influenced by African American and Latino rappers from the US, and continue to incorporate such influences into their music.[2. Australian artists, however, still utilise an authentic and unique style in their own music.[2. Like many hip hop scenes outside the US, some Australian hip hop artists have also been influenced by funk and dancehall.[2.
Indigenous Australian culture is also a strong influence for many hip hop artists.[5][2. While hip hop artists in the US are predominantly African American, many Australian hip hop artists are of Anglo heritage.
Numerous Australian hip hop artists, including Diafrix, Tkay Maidza, Miracle, Vida Sunshyne, Killa. Queenz, Remi and N'fa, are of African descent, which has influenced their music.[2. Bliss n Eso consists of an American and two Australians. According to Bliss, "When I [moved] to Australia [in 1. I met Eso and he was the only guy at my school into hip- hop. It was so scarce you'd be lucky to find a hip- hop record in a store let alone a whole section."[2.
Eso is seen here performing in 2. American influence[edit]U. S. artists cited as key inspirations of Australian hip- hop artists include Public Enemy,[3][3. A Tribe Called Quest,[3. Watch The Departed Online Forbes.
Nas.[3. 1][3. 3] Following the release of Drinking From The Sun in 2. Hilltop Hoods included Organized Confusion, Kraz and De La Soul in their "ideal festival line up".[3. In Australia, dance moves associated with hip hop, like krumping, footworking, locking and popping, have drawn public interest to hip hop, and contributed to its dynamic popularity.[3. However, these dance moves have been criticized as not being original and a sign that Australia suffers from a lack of its own hip- hop identity.[3.
Australian identity[edit]Although hip hop originated in the US, some Australian rappers see their hip hop scene as having its own unique character.