Australian DJ / Producer / Party Starter Kronic is currently taking America and much of the world by storm. With his track ‘Push’ with Savage and the Far East Movement in the new Fast & Furious 8 movie and being featured during the halftime broadcast in this year’s Super Bowl, 2017 promises to be yet […]
Few people in Hip Hop in Australia command such respect off name alone as emcee / producer Prowla. His name represents quality over everything else and is a testament to itself that he is still being talked about until today. Not only one of Australia’s first great solo emcees out of Melbourne, Prowla has over […]
Hau lives and breathes Hip Hop throughout Australia, with his ongoing legacy and passion to today fuelling the next generation of hip hop lovers in Australia while giving shine to the originators. With 20 years of writing and performing under his belt (best known as the front man for ARIA award-winning duo, Koolism), Hau has ventured […]
DJ Samrai has achieved more then almost any other Hip Hop DJ in Australia, as the only Australian Turntablist to have won National Titles in DMC, ITF/IDA and Redbull Thre3style competitions. DJ Samrai’s journey really took off in the year 2000, taking out first place in the NSW DMC/NSW ITF Championships and second place in […]
Slingshot Touring & Events is the longest running Hip Hop concert promoter in Australia, starting events in 1993 and then going national in 1995. Slingshot has been responsible for over 100 international tours and shows across Australia, and started off in the 1990s primarily bringing down US DJ’s, before expanding heavily throughout the 2000s and […]
When it comes to legendary status and skills in hip hop from Australia, few can come close to Melbourne emcee Bias B. Originally a Bboy, then a graffiti artist, Bias B began writing lyrics since the late 1980’s, performing since the early 1990’s and was ever present and highly influential in the formative years of […]
Australia’s Highest Viewed YouTube Rapper Kerser is independent. With over 55 million views and over 100k subscribers, he is a unique force to be reckoned with. Coming up to such national prominence with little-to-no mainstream radio play, Kerser is the most successful rapper in Australia that has built a legion of fans primarily throughout social […]
Here is a brief recap Hip Hop releases from America which dropped in October 2016 to be in the know about, in no particular order. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The Game dropped his eighth studio album “1992” on 14 October, 13 tracks deep and clocking in at just short of an hour long. Features guest […]
The Greatest X (pronounced “The Greatest Unknown”) is the ninth studio album by Reks, released early September on Brick Records. The Greatest X features extensive appearances from N.B.S. King Magnetic, Rasco, Termanology, Edo G, R.A The Rugged Man, Planet Asia and Guilty Simpson among others. The album’s star-studded production credits, almost a who’s who of your favorite […]
Decades on in Australia, numerous classic hip hop / R&B singles are still selling well on the Google Play Charts AU despite some being released almost 30 years ago. Of the top dozen released from 2002 or before, Eminem has five in the top eight alone. Ice Cube retains legacy with two in the top […]
Australian music sensation Tkay Maidza released her self-titled debut album ’Tkay’ on 28 October. The 14-track album ‘Tkay’ is unsurprisingly exceptional from front to back, featuring polished production from the likes of Salva (E-40, DJ Shadow, Problem) and Dre Skull (Pusha T, Snoop Dogg, Beenie Man) amongst others. The highlight and lead single off the […]
The debut album ‘Reclaim Australia’ by Indigenous Australia duo Briggs and Trials as A.B. Original is to be released on 25 November through Golden Era Records and Bad Apples Music, Australia’s first Indigenous Hip Hop label. No strangers to music fans in Australia and beyond, Trials has been releasing music for years with his other […]
JUICE aka J.U.I.C.E. is widely know as one of, if not the best, freestyle battle emcees of all time. Born in the Southside of Chicago, growing up in L.A., before returning to Chicago when aged 20 JUICE has been performing live since 5-years-old and rapping since he was 10. JUICE is no stranger to the stage […]
Many classic Hip Hop albums released in America decades ago continue to sell well in Australia today. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The top selling classic Hip Hop albums as per the Google Play Australia Overall Album Chart (the most expansive album chart in Australia) currently are: 32 – N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton (1988) […]
Australian Hip Hop producer Discourse has recently released his highly anticipated debut album Megalomaniac featuring a mixture of American emcees (A.G. of D.I.T.C., Tragedy Khadafi, Starvin B, Agallah), UK emcees (Cappo, Ramson Badbonez) and Australians (Geko, Maundz, Raven, Tornts, Lazy Grey, Flu). Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The production album follows in a similar vein […]
Last month saw a number of excellent Hip Hop releases from Australia. From heavyweight group the Hilltop Hoods Remix EP, to renowned beatboxer Tom Thum, American-Australian collaborations, One Sixth‘s chilling take on racism in Australia, heavy hitting tracks from REMI and Must Volkoff + Dialect as well as more commercially popular tracks such as Illy‘s current Australian […]
Aaradhna is a soulful R&B singer from Wellington, New Zealand, who has just released her fourth album Brown Girl through Frequency Media Group / Golden Era Records / Dawn Raid Entertainment. After a four year break between releases, Brown Girl is currently the #1 Pop Album and #1 NZ Album, as well as having the […]
The Avalanches have released their long-awaited sophomore album Wildflowers, after a 16-year hiatus since their debut album Since I Left You dropped all the way back in 2000. Their new album has been in the works for over a decade and features Hip Hop artists including Danny Brown, DOOM, Camp Lo and Biz Markie among others. […]
This week’s “Urban” Album and Single ARIA Charts in Australia show that Drake and Beyoncé continue to sell heavily across both charts, while an interesting album trend in Australia is that there are three relatively old R&B compilation albums in the Top 8 Urban Album Charts again. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information ScHoolboy Q’s new […]
Hip Hop collaborations between Australia and America have a long history going back into the 1990s, and below is a selection of the top collabs across the North Pacific Ocean between the two countries released in 2015. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Guilty Simpson prod. Katalyst (0f Quakers) – ‘The D’ The partnership of Detroit’s […]
