Rappertag 38 Seth Sentry

Well I didn't expect it but 2 rappertaggs in one week! Seth Sentry just dropped his rapper tag go cop that shit!

Arks

Just stumbled upon some of the realist hip hop that I've herd in a long time by a mc by the name of Arks. The track "Don't Cry" is definitely on another level. He instantly connects with his audience throughout his track as we are all reminded about the times that we have gone through similar experiences or people who have been through them. Dibe's track "Help me Levitate" is also along the same lines. "Help me levitate, nar fuck that let's fly" His lyrics inspire you to achieve greatness above and beyond the usual. "Don't Cry" is sure to become a classic when the final mix is released, it reminds me of Phrase's track, "Hold On" which has touched many across the years that have struggled high school and their early adult hood. Arks is defiantly one to keep an eye on.

Big ups man loving your shit.


Don't Cry (SNIPPET) by Arks Emcee

Dibe - Help Me Levitate (Feat. Hugo Race) by Arks Emcee

Illy Cigarettes Film Clip

Illy's latest single Cigarettes has just hit radio, and is quickly becoming a favourite much like his previous singles; Pictures, It Can't Wait (ft Owl Eyes) and The Chase. "The song is about someone who falls from grace, and as crazy and futile as it might be, they can’t let go of their dream whatever the consequence." - Illy


Illy hits the road this October with Spit Syndicate and Sietta for his biggest tour yet so make sure to catch him as it is the perfect follow up to his last  21 date tour which were mostly sold out last March.

Electric Elements Crew - Hand that MC a Mic

This coming Saturday the Electric Elements Crew and a whole range of local supports including Dutch, Last Credit, Madame Wu & Elise Graham, Stories For Nothing and Rabbit Hole DJ's are heading down to the Brighton Up Bar for their Hand that MC a Mic gig. It promises to be nothing less than a spectacular night with MC's from all walks of life. So head down to the show if your interested but make sure that you grab your tickets first cause this is defiantly going to sell out!

Kid Solo Rappertag!

Kid Solo finally drops his rapper tag and was it worth the wait or what! Bigs ups to Solo and the 1 Day crew! Seth Sentry your up next.

Get Ya Clever On!

Im all about being clever,

Its not about the 99's or the PHD's,

Its all about making something out of nothing,

its using what you do have to get something that you don't,

You can be what ever u want to be,

You just gotta be smart about it,

its not about who's the most intelligent or whatever, 

its all about working the system,

so learn the system, 

and get your clever on.

These wise words from Sydney MC Skryptcha have really spoken to me over the past few days as i prepare to sit my HSC and Trial exams so though id just share it with all those who are in the same boat and particular those who are stressing over it as thought the HSC is the end of the world. You have to remember that this is not the end but the beginning. So what ever it is that you want to do in the future don't doubt your self you can do it you just gotta get ya clever on!

07 Clever by bottomoftheatlas

Get set to paint the town red!

Get set to paint the town red as the Thundamentals prepare to drop their second album, Foreverlution. The hype is growing by the day with the release of their first single of the labum, Paint the Town Red added to the Triple J rotation. To be sure that you are amongst the first to unleash your ears on Foreverlution before everyone else head to the new Thundamentals website and join their mailing list for an exclusive privet link, streaming the album in full for 48 hours. The album drops on the 29th of July and you can pre order it online now! but in the mean time enjoy enjoy the single below.




Paint The Town Red by thundamentals

KID BEEN WAITING

After putting out the challange to get 50 more likes on his fan page in return for a new track from his forthcomming ep Kid Been Waiting, Forbes expected to upload the track within the next day or two however with some solid work form dedicated fans ten mineuts later the track was dropped. Check it out below and head to his sound cloud to download his latest tracks!

Forbes X Gotye - Use To Know by Forbesmusic

Fozzy & VanC "Get it Together. featuring RY"

From North Queensland hails Fozzy and VanC two young and up comming hip hop artist who are set for big things in the future if their latest mix tape is anything to go by. With Vanc producing some killer beats and amazing lyrics this mix tape sets the stage for the future of this duo. Teaming up with some big and some not so big names this mix tape shows the wide range of talent the two have with even an acoustic track in there.

One of my personal favourats has to be "Get it Together. featuring RY" who has been on the scene for ages making his music from his home studio in melbourne. The combination of Fozzey VanC and Ry is one that see's some originalty that has been missing from the scene.

Check out  "Get it Together" below and his up the Fozzey and VanC website for your free download of the Fozzey & VanC mix tape, "Under Pressure"

Dutch Mixtape!

Sydney artist Dutch is about to drop his mix tape, "Point of No Return" and to download it all you need to do is like this page on facebook, http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=140516989360699 

Dutch's "Point Of No Return" Mix Tape will be available for FREE download JULY 18TH!

The download is a very easy process through MediaFire and you will receive all nine tracks in a zip file.

Cheers everyone, Hope you all enjoy it! 

D x

Track Listing:

1.Intro
2.Point Of No Return Ft, Alisa Fedele
3.Welcome To The beginning 
4.What They Play'n 
5.Addicted To The Night Life Ft, Elle Harris, Freeds
6.Go With The Flow Ft, Alisa Fedele
7.Everything You Wanted
8.Live It up
9.Higher Than The King

Forbes - Closer

Forbes has been breaking grounds this year in the scene dropping, mix tape tracks that could easily be club bangers and even a track with hip hop legend Pez. Lately we have seen a series of tracks aimed at the haters with an upbeat fuck you feel to them. But we see in his latest track, Closer that he has taken some time to sit back and reflect on life and love in general. Throughout previous songs we have seen Forbes describe his love for hip hop and how throughout his teenage years its got in the way ofther relationships. "Girls don't want a bar of me, and guys all think that im a tool, this aint cool but i aint got time to be remorceful .... It's Hip Hop and i'm so in love with her." (25 to life - Forbes Remix). The layed back pace of the track we see a deeper inner side of Forbes that we havn't seen in a while.

                  

Jump on his page and keep a close eye on it for his new ep dropping soon. But for now enjoy!


Forbes - Closer by Forbesmusic

Inkstain Remixes

Ok so about a week ago Phatchance posted a link for a selected group of fans to download the accapellas to his latest album, Inkstains Acoustic. I downloaded this just to give it a listen but there were many others who had other ideas. Within hours people were posting on his wall their remixes of various tracks from the album. Many of which were very impressive. Below are a few, feel free to listen and comment back on Phatchances, or the producers wall.
Mountain Of Glass (Kodz Remix) by Kodz

Phatchance - Leaving The Nest (MistaLopez with Benefits Remix) by MistaLopez

Phatchance - Mountain Of Glass (Nikko Cereza Remix) by Nikko Cereza

Closing Event Friday July 8

All good things come to an end and if you haven’t been to see The Everfresh Crew at the NGV Studio, this friday will be your last chance. In the gallery section the guys exhibited a lot of their older artworks from the early days of the studio and lots of photos that shed light on the studios history. Not to mention the Graff Mobile Van did-up as part of the installation component of the exhibition.

This Friday will be your last chance to get down and check out this amazing exhibition. Come and see what some of Melbourne’s finest street artist created during their residency at NGV Studio.

Source - http://allaussiehiphop.com/

Rappertag!

Back in early October 2010 Uncle 60 started a little thing on the internet called rapptertag. It has since seen the likes of some of the industries biggest names from; Urthboy, Suffa, Drapht, Bias B, Hunter, Pez and Vents to name a few. Check out the lastest tag from Eso.

Check out the previous rappertags at http://www.rappertag.com/ 

Voyager Tour

JOELISTICS - Glorious Feeling by Elefant Traks

After dropping his debut solo album the Voyager Joelistics has announced the Voyager Tour. After supporting the likes of The Herd and Lowrider there is no questions asked when we say that Joelistics has been on a role since the release of the Voyager. His heading to a town near you, check dates below.

he Voyager Tour Dates: Joelistics with special guests Ishu. Presented by Elefant Traks, SHM & Premier Artists
Friday 22 July The Bended Elbow Geelong VIC / with Ishu + Polo Club
Saturday 23 July Northcote Social Club, Melbourne VIC / with Ishu + Polo Club
Friday 30 July Republic Bar, Hobart TAS / with Ishu + Polo Club
Thursday 4 August Great Northern Hotel, Newcastle NSW / with Ishu + Sietta
Friday 5 August Waves, Wollongong NSW / with Ishu + Sietta
Saturday 6 August Sandringham Hotel, Sydney NSW / with Ishu + Daily Meds
Thursday 11 August Sol Bar, Maroochydore QLD / with Ishu + Polo Club
Friday 12 August The Spotted Cow, Toowoomba, QLD / with Ishu + Polo Club
Saturday 13 August Step Inn, Brisbane QLD / with Ishu + Sietta + Polo Club
Thursday 18 August Transit Bar, Canberra ACT / with Ishu + Polo Club
Saturday 20 August The Man, Falls Creek VIC / with Polo Club

Tickets available NOW!! – See www.elefantraks.com for ticket outlets.

You Cant Stop My Go!

YOU CANT STOP MY GO

Forbes Heaton on Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 9:25pm

The last two years of my life have (without a doubt) been the hardest and most difficult...

I graduated high school in 2007 with little to no respect or belief in myself. Despite being raised in a safe nurchuring home by my loving parents and given nothing but complete and utter support in my endevours, I have allways been afraid.

Its been difficult for me to pin-point exactly what I am afraid of? However, from what I can tell its a fear that is present in all human experience.

For me, I struggle with being self-aware. Being absolutely concious of the moment at hand and being able to analyse every situation. More importantly, the ability to measure success, recognise my "faults" and compare myself to others.

This (to me) feels like such a burden in this material world. Whereby success and worth is measured by a thing or object. In latent terms: "The more you have, the "better" you are. I use these "Quotation" marks to make it clear that these are subjectable words and phrases. Meaning, they are arguable and not absolute.

Western society has established a system that is functional but far from ideal and in this society we are raised (from birth) to believe: "This is what it means to be successful" There is allways a person or a thing that represents "Success" and so we idolize and worship these people and things. For a young girl it could be a supermodel or a youngman a sports star?

For me, it was musicians, actors and movie stars. This, natuarlly was the case because I have over my years developed a love for creativity and self expression. However, the important thing to remember is that these "people" are no different to you or me. They are exactly the same, HUMAN and the most severe problem we have in the world today is the fact that we are measuring ourselves (through our self-awareness) to the achievements and attributes of others.

I for one, am incredibly guilty of this. I have for so long, compared myself to others, measured my "worth" againts them and have lived a life of complete and utter insecurity because of it. The strength of this fear is so resiliant that even as I write this, totally aware of the problem I am addressing, I still cant entirely releave myself of it.

My twenty years on this Earth have presented me with so many obstacles. The reality of life and that I am mortal. The realization that everything comes to an end, even the Universe and life itself.

How can I maintain my sanity when iv built my life upon trying to achieve imortality but at the same time, be completly aware that nothing will last forever?

Its believed that in billions and billions of years from now that the Universe as we know it will die and everything we have come to know in this life will be gone. If this is true, then no song, no poem, no movie, no book, no medal, award, prize or MONEY will survive and therfore nothing we do in this life can trully be imortal.

So what do we have?

The answer to this question is that we have this moment. This oppurtunity, this ability to live and just BE. Some people (in my opinon) go about this the wrong way. They adopt a sort of "Me againts the world" mentality. Whereby nothing really matters so "Im" just going to do what I want, regardless of the consequences.

This sort of mentality and way of life is damaging, for, it has no regard for the people that have to live on this Earth after us. There are still generations and generations of lives to be lived and we cannot throw away their future so easily. I believe that we have an obligation to each other as people and we have an obligation to protect this precious world we live in.

To think, the possibility of other life in the Universe is astronical, though the possibility of intellegent life evolving to the incredible heights we have are grim in comparison. This alone makes us unique and fills me with a sense of pride, accomplishment and more importantly hope as a human being.

You cant stop the rain from falling. You cant stop the sun from rising and you most certainly cant stop my GO!

Urthboy's open letter to Bias B

Urthboy

I remember the exact moment I came into contact with Bias B’s Beezwax record – though I’m not sure of the year, most probably 1999. A few mates, some that I grew up with (sup Nug and Shwza!), and some that I met through hip hop (Nick, Loko One was probably there), had hooked up for one of our weekly ciphers in St Peters, inner west of Sydney.

We’d hungrily devour instrumental albums and rap all night – or Shwza would play his beats directly off the MPC. Bongs were smoked, beers were drunk, freestyles would steadily deteriorate as the night wore on. It was sick. There were no ambitions for radio play, nor live shows booked: it began and ended each night in one of our loungerooms. Usually Shwza’s cos he had the MPC and a champion bong. And he was lazier than us.

Most of the music we heard was played off CDs or 12” vinyl, and an Australian release was always prioritised. I can’t remember who brought it that night, but everyone was taken aback by the Beezwax artwork. An out of focus Bias B stood in the background with his hand gripping the mic in the foreground. It was all made to look like a still in a film reel. It could have passed for an international album as far as we knew. But truthfully, all I saw was a mad shot of a mic by a rapper from Melbourne. Shit was dope!

From the mellow straight talking of Let It Flow to the descending bassline (a staple ingredient in local hip hop for the last decade – ahead of its time) of The Rippa, it blew our fucking minds. It sounded like the most pro shit we’d heard. Then Gaseous Forms sealed the deal, it was exactly what we were doing: rowdy ciphers, only better and looking a million bucks on a professionally packaged album. I strongly believe this record and the late 90s era were the reawakening of local hip hop and getting things moving. Beezwax felt like progress. It was.

There are a long list of significant moments in local hip hop, ranging from the pioneering (Knights of the Underground Table) to the pivotal (The Calling) but truth be told, Beezwax was a little bit of both. It wasn’t the only one, but it saw in the new era that truly took off a few years later.

While it may not be a record I revisit often – it’ll will forever be one of the most important records in hip hop when people look back on the rise and rise of the genre in Australia. Just recently, Bias announced he was quitting after his latest record and his current tour will be his last. Well… damned if I’m going to wait for a better time to say it. Thanks Bias, for who you are and what you’ve done. You’ll forever hold a spot in our scene’s heart – in my eyes and in the context of hip hop in Australia, you’re a giant mate. And in language we can all understand: you’re a sick cunt.

_________
Bias B’s new album ‘Biaslife’ has just dropped through Obese. All his albums Beezwax, Been There Done That, Aerosol Era and In Bed With Bias are all available on CD and iTunes. Obese:http://www.obeserecords.com/store/cds.php?page=3

His Melbourne launch is also his final Melbourne show and it’s this Saturday July 2 at The Corner Hotel. He’s also in Adelaide July 29 at HQ. You should get there.

Follow Bias on twitter, he's quality: http://twitter.com/bias_b

Hey! Where's ur DJ?

I Forget, Sorry!, 3D World & Big Tree Artists Present
Phatchance & Coptic Soldier
‘Hey, where’s your DJ?’ The first ever acoustic Australian hip-hop tour.

TICKETS - http://www.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx?id=46799&ref=moshtix&skin

Solo indie hip-hop artists Phatchance and Coptic Soldier have forged a large cult following through their tireless touring schedule and high energy stage show. After a year packed with a massive touring schedule, including two national headline tours and supports for heavyweight acts like Method Man & Redman, DJ Premier and The Beatnuts, the artists flipped the table completely in February 2011 with the release of a unique dual-disc acoustic hip hop EP and subsequent capacity acoustic residency at Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory. As a result of the success of the residency and overwhelming response to the releases the artists are once again hitting the road for an extended east coast tour, and this time they’re leaving the DJ at home.

Crowned a Triple J Unearthed, MYSPACE.COM and SBA Music Featured Artist, as well as packing out venues nationally on his ‘Inkstains’ and ‘I Forget, Sorry!’ 2010 Tours, Phatchance has quickly become Sydney’s biggest unsigned hip-hop artist. With his lead acoustic single ‘Build It Up’ currently receiving regular rotation on Triple J and Inkstains (Acoustic) garnering rave reviews in street press and throughout the blogosphere, it’s clear to listeners exactly why he’s earned labels such as “a masterful story teller” (The Australian) and “wisdom beyond his years” (Onion Mag).

Since releasing his debut solo EP ‘The Sound Of Wings 2’ in February this year, Coptic Soldier has been deemed “one of the most promising acts in Australian hip-hop” (The AU Review) and has quickly turned heads both on the ground and in the upper echelons of the Australian music industry. After being branded a Music NSW featured artist and AMRAP AirIT featured artist and beating out highly acclaimed pop acts such as Sparkadia and Cloud Control as well as genre giants The Herd and Urthboy in the AMRAP AirIT charts, Coptic’s acoustic single “I Hate Sleep” is proving itself a massive hit in the independent radio circuit.

Both artists will be joined by their full live band in a series of intimate, acoustic performances, showcasing their musicianship, endearing stage presence and acclaimed writing styles. With tour support by close collaborator and multi-instrumentalist Jon Reichardt, as well as a series of special guests in each state, these shows will probably be the only opportunities to catch this unique acoustic material live before the artists go into lock down to work on their respective albums.

Yall Know The Name!

After 3 years of touring, appearing on radio and even TV, it appears the name 'SKRYPTCHA' & more importantly the spelling, has many cats stumped haha.. & I can't blame em.. It's me that made the name! Haha. I'm not Scribe, Scorcher or Skepta, just Skryptcha ha.. So I thought it was about time I recorded a lil' mixtape track to help people out.


Today's misspelling lesson is brought to you by SKRYPTCHA. Enjoy homies! :D Download and share amongst the World! DJ Premier beat, Vocals mixed by Mdusu. Happy Friday :D.

Skryptcha - Get It by Skryptcha

Forbes MC - Headlock

Local Queensland artist Forbes recently dropped a track titled Headlock which has defiantly turned heads in the scene. He has just dropped the film clip for Headlock, filmed throught America while on hoildays. If you like his stuff check out his face book page at, Forbes.

From The Bottom Of The Atlas

Welcome to The Bottom Of The Atlas!

the aim of this blog is to keep you informed and up to date with all thing Australian hip hop. So weather your just passing through or a hip hop head from way back check out new tracks reviews and so forth.


Enjoy