It's no secret - Australia's baddest/best/rudest hip hop crew The Funkoars are back with an explosive fourth full length release, The Quickening. With the Adelaide quartet's last project, The Hangover, released in 2008, it's been a while between drinks.
Having loved the oars' work since 2003's Who's Your Stepdaddy?, we hatonrack cats were fiending for a new signature slamming Funkoars drum arrangement, an original cutting-edge sample sequence, and fresh Trials, Sesta and Hons verses rude enough to make the baddest bogan blush.
Thank god they've done it again. Check out the Funkoars' new video, It's All Good (Is Very Good), below - straight classic. Props to the 'oars for another banger, and to our friends from Flagrant Artist Management.
The Funkoars Quickening launch show blew the roof off Sydney's Beresford Hotel a couple of weeks back. There are still some shows happening around Australia. Check out the tour dates and make one if you can - you won't regret it!
On Saturday 23rd October, the UK's hottest rising hip hop and grime artist - Scorcher - hits Sydney for one solo show only, supported by hatonrack's own 206collab and LHA. In Australia touring with iconic rap veteran Ice Cube, Scorcher is tipped to reveal to Australian audiences the reason for all the hype in the UK and European markets since he released his first CD, Simply the best, in 2006.
Read on for a couple of videos and a tip on discount tickets. Don't miss this event!
Last week I got my hands on Good Things, the new album from Californian Stonesthrow soul singer and MC, Aloe Blacc. I've got to say I was struck by the depth and beautiful soul quality of all aspects of the release from the first listen to the first track, I need a dollar.
Breaking news: 1000 fresh copies of Nick Knowledge's new album Soul Sample Side A have just hit the hatonrack office (aka JPlatnum's garage) and are officially on pre-release now!
Buy your copy of Soul Sample Side A at our secure shop now. Just click the Add to Cart button.
Soul Sample Side A is Nick's second album and the first issue in the hatonrack Volume series. It features a battalion of international talent including Brooklyn hip hop originator Masta Ace, Koolism’s MC Hau and 206collab’s Flip+Skip.
Beautiful new music video for Nick Knowledge's new single Stop Look Go just finished and added to the hatonrack Volume series video catalogue. This one was worked on by a bunch of talent including Nick Radford, the guys from Antinutt, and hatonrack's own Terry Newman.
Stop Look Go is the first single from Nick Knowledge's Soul Sample Side A - the premier release in hatonrack's Volume series.
Really loving the tone and quality of this video, not to mention the track. Huge congrats to everyone involved - hope to see this one on Video Hits soon!
The age of the 206collab music video has begun with The Paradoxx. Sure there's loads of video of 206 live performance around the web, but this is the first professionally produced music video for the group that first hit the stage in 2002 (RIP Nufunc!).
The Paradoxx is the first single from 206collab's upcoming album, Watch Kulagina. A top first effort we're all massively proud of. Huge props to Director Oscar Molinari and his crew, Antinutt on production and on building the set, and a begrudging single prop to hatonrack colleague and partner in public exposure, Terry Newman, on post-production and general hustle to make it happen.
Watch Kulagina is the second release in hatonrack's Volume series. Watch this space for more on the Volume series - we hope you'll be hearing it soon on your radios and seeing it on your TVs!
Just been on the Tube and discovered some nice stuff from old and new artists on the Obese roster.
Check out Mantra's video for "I Hereby Stand" from his album Power of the Spoken, dropping in a couple of week's time. Dope. Eno and I have known Mantra since our first visit to Melbourne as 206collab years and years back. Back then he was running with the now defunct Awakenings crew (Aux One, Nick Sweepah, Ivenz, Hykoo, Muph, etc.), long before Equills and Illzilla. I remember seeing him perform at Nufunc in about 2003 and thinking this dude's got as much stage presence as Prozack Turner of Foreign Legion fame, which is alot. Big ups on this shit.
From February to July 2010, the Volume tour will bring hatonrack's renowned style of hip hop to venues throughout NSW and capital cities Australia-wide.
Listen to the Volume tour sampler and find out more.
Breaking news: 1000 fresh copies of Nick Knowledge's new album Soul Sample Side A have just hit the hatonrack office (aka JPlatnum's garage) and are officially on pre-release now!
