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‘I Got 5 On It’ with Purpose

Pagen Elypsis MC and young go-getter Purpose has got bars to spare. Plenty of them. Like more than Pentridge and Barwon combined. But does he have answers? We decided to throw him our patented ‘I Got 5 On It’ quiz and see what happened.

Frank Ocean or The Weeknd?

Tough one, I’m a Frank fan but I’d have to say The Weeknd. Put a lot of quality music out last year, enjoyed all of it. Dude can sing his ass off.

“Dead Presidents I” or “Dead Presidents II”?

“Dead Presidents II’. Original is good but Pt 2 is just classic. Reasonable Doubt is one of my all time favorite albums and that song is a big part of the reason why.

360 or Kerser?

In the battle? 60. It was a good battle, but 60’s experience just rapping/clarity won it for me.

Deafness or Blindness?

Woooooow another tough one. Damn. Uh…. I think I’d go with Blindness. There’s so much in the world to see, but music can paint a clear picture in the minds eye. Plus then when I bump into people they’ll just feel bad instead of us fighting to the death.

Big L or Big Pun?

Big L. Both were amazing writers but me and my boys probably know all the words to every Big L song.

Purps just dropped the third installment in his If The City Had A Voice mixtape series which you can grab HERE. Be on the look out for his debut LP this year too.

Source: peakstreet.com

11 January

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FBI file of Ol Dirty Bastard makes Wu-Tang look more gully.

So some awesome motherfucking kids over at gun.io have just nabbed Ol Dirty Bastard’s FBI File thanks to the Freedom of Information Act that allows for the release of FBI files if that dude is deceased. And since ODB is as dead as Common’s diss game, they dropped the files.

Skimming through the info, it seems that the Wu-Tang Clan were clearly nothing to fuck with. Hell just check page 5, and I quote;

“The WTC (Wu-Tang Clan) is heavily involved in the sale of drugs, illegal guns, weapons possession, murder, carjacking and other types of violent crime.”

Protect your neck kid!

The document connects the Clan to a couple of murders, a shoot out with the New York Police Department and the Bloods Gang. It also outlines Ol Dirty’s being robbed and shot.

Tell us if you find anything else interesting rap nerds.

Hmmmm… I wonder if I can get criminal histories of Aussie rappers. Any ideas of which local heads would have the best rap sheet?

Source: gun.io

11 January

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‘I Got 5 On It’ with Dialectrix

If I could steal anyone’s flows and cadences in the game, it would most probably be from Dialectrix. Unfortunately I would waste all that amazing talent spittin about Burger Rings, Macgyver re-runs and longnecks. We decided to throw some questions with out ‘I Got 5 On It’ quiz.

Chester P or Jehst?

Damn! Thats hard right off the bat! This to me all comes down to timing. Had I been asked this 3-4 years ago it probably would have been Jehst. Like many younger MC’s in this country High Plains Drifter was one of those seminal records that all those young ‘lyrical rapity rappers’ liked and I was definitely one of those dudes, yet I hated a lot of the dudes who overrated Jehst as they were usually pretentious hippy wankers for some reason.

All that aside I’ve always respected Jehst as a wordsmith. He’s got the ability to make me focus on his imagery rather then get lost in his word flow which is a rare and talented gift I reckon and his influence on Australian rappers is huge. Having said that Chester takes this in my books. He can be equally as convoluted and as esoteric as Jehst yet Chester has been more prolific and is far better at hitting home with conscious subject matter and has more of a sting to his bars when he’s passionate about what he’s talking about. To me Chester P is a mans rapper Jehst is more of a boys rapper and unfortunately I’m turning into an old man.

Streetfighter of Tekken?

KILLER INSTINCT!! CO-CO-CO-COMBO BREAKER!!!!!!!!! Um….. yeah…. Streetfighter hands down. My big bro is a die hard Tekken head and he’s swayed me over the years but Streetfighters unfuckwitable (unless Killer Instinct is involved!)

The Beatminerz or The Beatnuts?

I have more respect for the Beatminerz ‘cause of their crazy catalogue of history yet I’ve got more sentimental attachment to the Beatnuts as they were one of the first groups that got me into rap heavily and I copped their shit when it dropped rather then checkin them retrospectively like a lot of the earlier shit from the 90’s. If I was offered a beat by the two I would pick the Beatminerz though

Stress: The Extinction Agenda or Clear Blue Skies

You’re an arsehole! Shiiiiieeeeeet! Breeze and Pharaohe are both in my top 5. This is bullshit! As albums I would have to go with Stress.. overall but I think there are moments in Clear Blue Skies that I think are better. That “Damn-it-to-hell-again-I-feel-my-brain-swell-like-meningitis…” flow Breeze does is one of my favourite verses of all time and the album as a whole is stoopid! But Stress to me is more consistent with more classic tracks as a whole but… it would depend what mood I’m in I guess.

De Niro or Pacino?

Pacino’s done less cheese. He fucked it with the coffee ads but. Taxi Driver is one of my all time favourites and I like it better then Scarface that must make me an emo punk or something I’m just going to say De Niro on that alone fuck it.

Go make sure you vote for Dialectrix in the Triple J Hottest 100. He has his awesome Like a Version of “Buy Me A Pony” and the track “Priceless” with Pegz and Joe New. CLICK CLICK.

Next up is Adelaide’s Purpose.

Source: peakstreet.com

9 January

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Oz Hip Hop’s Sexiest Man of 2011

For hip hop heads in Australia there are some big awards that they can now aspire to win. Whether it is picking up Best Urban Album at the ARIAs, getting into the Triple J Hottest 100 or scoring Best Verse on a Posse Cut that was Produced by a Tasmanian on Fruity Loops at the OzHipHop.com Awards. But now there is THE Award for local hip hop. Australian Hip Hop’s Sexiest Man. Ladies it is time to disregard the intellectual and personal traits of these men in order to focus on them as instruments of pure sexual gratification.

Fill out the survey at the bottom of the page to have your say in these historic awards. Re-tweet THIS or share the survey on Facebook to go in the draw to win an awesome mystery prize! The survey closes on Wednesday 18th of January and we will have an expert panel of judges dissecting the results and announcing the winners.

Objectify ahoy!

Source: peakstreet.com

8 January

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‘I Got 5 On It’ with Vents

So we’ve started this new quiz called ‘I Got 5 On It’ which is basically 5 random questions where we give heads two options to choose from. They can answer any damn well way they please. First up is Golden Era heavy hitter and Stevan Segal of Australian hip hop - Vents.

Hit Squad or Def Squad?

Did Hit Squad even put out an album? I only heard the first Def Squad album and from that I only really played one song a lot (checkin me out?) so they win off that. Plus, Eric.

John Rambo or Rocky Balboa?

Rocky. Did you know Sylvester Stallone wrote and directed all of these? (thanks, Dr Bind)

Coffee or Cigarettes?

Well, I started smoking when I was… what? 10? 11? And I only got addicted to this other wonderful legal and incredibly addictive psychoactive drug CAFFEINE in the last couple of years. So, durrys.

Vin Rock or Phife?

Wow. Phife. Did you know Vin Rock is Mike Tyson’s cousin? And Treach is married to Pepa from the group Salt N Pepa? Or maybe they divorced by now. Is this the kind of ranting you were after, Dave? As long as the conversation stays on Reagan era cinema and 90’s rap, I can keep going like this forever.

Only Built for Cuban Linx or The Infamous?

Fuckkkkkkkkk. Shit; both really original, heavy, classic albums. I love both of these equally and it would be unfair to place them in a competition. But, since we’re doing that… shit… fuck… Infamous. Actually, Cuban Linx. No… Infamous.

Don’t forget to vote for Vents Uno in Triple J’s Hottest 100 by simply clicking HERE.

Source: peakstreet.com

7 January

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I Got 5 On It Vents Australian Hip Hop

Australian Hip Hop Alcoholic Drinks

Australian hip hop has come a long way in the last few years, but in our esteemed opinion it still has a while to go if it wants to catch up with hip hop from the States. Sure we have some successful rappers nowadays, but rappers in the States don’t even rhyme anymore! Sure they may put out an album or a mixtape every now and again, but it is all about producing your own line of beverages these days.

Whether it is Diddy and Ciroc Vodka, 50 Cent and his Street King Energy Shots or Ludacris’ Conjure Cognac - spittin lyrics just gets in the way of poppin bottles and making paper.

Therefore here are a handful of drinks from Aussie rappers which we would like to see on sale at the bottle-o, or perhaps over the counter at Obese, sometime soon.

Kerser wouldn’t be the relentless lyrical beast he is without the Western Suburbs and beer, so his beverage should pay homage to both. Nothing like crackin open a longie of Eshays Lager while hanging with the lads at the park in Punchie, yelling at sluts, rollin cunts with boxcutters with your collar on ya Nautica polo up around your ears.

Source: peakstreet.com

6 January

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Down For The Count Records - “Eddie Holman”

So when I heard that Forkie had formed a record label, I was all like ‘For the love of Zeus, why? There aint no money in rap. Go invest your money in something which will provide reasonable returns in the short-term such as uranium shares or gambling on dogfights’.

Luckily though I’m not a certified Financial Advisor, can never find the dogfights out in Sunshine and Force never listens to a word I say anyway. So old mate dropped Down For The Count Records on an unsuspecting public, assembling some of the finest heads who have all been shovelling shit in the coal mines of the underground for a while.

The result is an LP that is fucking tight from front to back both lyrically and, even though there is a slew of producers, sonically too. By now you should all know that Sparts and Force together are like goddam relentless rhyme steamrollers crushing anything in their path, especially if you caught their Powerlines EP. Well you also get Sin Synik (who you may remember as Sinks) and his implausibly elastic flow, Dazed’s emphatic MPC bangers and thoughtful mic steeze and this Mol One kid (who I only remember from some Blazin Marty collabo) who is going to be a beast if somebody keeps feeding him.

Seriously it’s one of my favourite releases of the year. And I hate a lot of shit. Actually probably most shit. Especially yours.

I was gonna post ‘King Killaz Part 2’, cause the strings that Dazed laced that number with are what you would normally hear upon waking up and finding Freddie Kreuger standing over your bed and cause Sparts says Trotskyite. But Dazed already threw that beat at Grand Arkiteks for his 7. Also nearly threw out ‘The Ones’ cause Force’s words over Shroomz’s stuttering headnodder feels like my own personal anthem.

But what you’re getting above is the opener ‘Eddie Holman’. Describing it pointless when you can just click the cover and listen, but what you’re getting is the whole crew straight ripping a B Wiv heater with horns that Pete Rock couldn’t have placed more perfectly. It’s the shit.

Oh and Bunks didn’t do the tag.

Source: dftc.com.au

25 November

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Goat Mob (Geko and Aetcix) - “Code Green”

If the Goat Mob promo video is anything to go by then this new Crate Cartel project will basically be Aetcix talking so much shit that Chunk from the Goonies wouldn’t be able to get a motherfucking word in and Geks sitting silently at the back tweeting people that he is unimpressed with their utilisation of Americanised spelling. Kind of like a stoned version of Penn and Teller, only with less weird goatee’s.

Thankfully though you can’t trust everything you watch.

Goat Mob is the sound of ditching that Espy gig, punching the last billy, standing up and tripping over a coffee table full of empties and smashing your face into a milk crate full of grimy boom bap records from the 90’s. In other words, my kind of shit. No really - that is a typical weekend for me.

This particular track by the 2 producers/MC’s “Code Green” is about the current financial situation in Greece and the effects which the current round of austerity measures is having upon the psyche of the younger generations of disenfranchised youth.

Or it might just be about weed. Click the cover to listen and cop the LP from Crate Cartel

And if you want to know where these 2 are coming from check out their respective Doomed to Repeat columns, where they break down 10 of their most influential LP’s here.

Source: cratecartel.com

22 November

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Madlib & Freddie Gibbs are MADGIB

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib (MADGIB) - “Thuggin”

Mr Otis Jackson is always at his best when getting his collab on. Teaming up tends to filter out the crazy Lib type shit that can sometimes do my fucking head in, so I love it when he gets in the studio with heads like MF DOOM, Dilla, Guilty Simpson, Talib Kweli or Strong Arm Steady (not Percee P though, that album was worse than Donkey AIDS in your ears). Can’t say I saw this hook up with Indiana’s Freddie Gibbs and his straight G shit coming round the corner though.

Supposedly the Cali beat wizard and Indiana G are working on a full-length album which they are looking at dropping early next year. And if this little EP is anything to go by, I aint mad at em.

Freddie’s flow rides shotgun effortlessly spitting definitions of his street life that could sit comfortably next to a Death Row-era Tupac verse while Madlib’s beat cruises past slowly, slouched in the drivers seat giving you the finger.

It’s kind of like bacon and maple syrup. Sound like a fucking ridiculous combination, but the shit is tasty as fuck.

22 November

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Ciecmate and Brad Strut - “I Need Change”

Newsense knows how to run a record label. He puts out slick media kits, calls out slack media outlets (even mouths off at them when necessary) and probably shakes down retailers who don’t pay their invoices on-time. He’s basically the Australian Suge Knight, only with more manners and less jail time.

Well Mr Sense shook us out of our self-imposed hip hop exile this week to let us know that Ciecmate is about to drop a production LP entitled ‘Chess Sounds’. Everybody’s favourite social-media Luddite has obviously pitched a fucking tent in his new studio considering this is his second full length drop this year.

I want to say that the MC’s look like a ‘Dream Team’, but that inevitably poses the question ‘Well, which one is Christian Laettner?’ and more importantly sounds really gay. And since I aint heard the whole thing yet, it is probably best just to leave the basketball metaphors on the bench.

What we do have here is the track “I Need Change” with the always on point Brad Strut ripping his patented lyrical jabs straight at your dome. Ciecmate comes correct with some booming drums that Buckwild would be pissed he never found and some frantic quitar riff that makes me think that Macgyver only has 10 seconds to diffuse a bomb with a stapler and chewing gum. It’s tight shit. Can’t say I’m completely sold on that chorus though… I reckon Ciecmate should have got Briggs to warble it.

Click the cover and tell us what you think.

Source: brokentoothentertainment.bigcartel.com

14 October

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