Australia’s K21 has released his long-awaited and eagerly anticipated debut studio album on Golden Era Records titled Any Given D-Day recently. The album features long-time Kanye West collaborator and Grammy Award-winning Chicago emcee Rhymefest (El Che), Kansas City’s rapid-fire Mac Lethal and Australian kings Hilltop Hoods, Funkoars and Remi amongst others. The 12-track release is a […]
Australia’s leading Hip-Hop trio Hilltop Hoods are heading back to the U.S. and Canada for a string of shows throughout November and December. After their successful European tour in the middle of the year, they are now playing thirteen shows (seven in America and six in Canada) over the busy sixteen-day period. Visit streaming.thesource.com for […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This year has been a big year for Hip Hop in Australia with a stack of quality releases. Here’s a quick Top 5 list from 2016 to familiarize yourself with rap’s leading names Down Under. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Hilltop Hoods The Hilltop Hoods triple LP release Drinking From The Sun, Walking Under Stars […]
Trials is an Australian emcee / producer in the groups Funkoars (w/ Hons, Sesta and New York City’s own DJ Total Eclipse) and A.B. Original with Briggs on Golden Era Records. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Born in Australia, Trials grew up in south Wales from three until 11 as the only Black kid in […]
The Top 10 Selling Urban Albums from last year on the ARIA Charts (Australian Record Industry Association, Billboard-equivalent) were split between Canadian, UK, Australian and American artists. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information America came out on top with five of the top 10, two from Canada, two local Australian releases and one from the UK. […]
Briggs is an Indigenous Australian rapper, record label owner, comedy writer, actor as well as a political and current affairs commentator who’s been breaking new ground in Hip Hop and beyond Down Under through his uniquely conscious, comedic, intelligent style. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information In 2004, Briggs released an album with his hometown Shepparton […]
Last year was a big year for Hip Hop in Australia with a stack of quality releases. Here’s a quick Top 5 list from 2015 to familiarize yourself with rap’s leading names down under. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Golden Era Records Mixtape 2015 Featuring all artists on Australia’s biggest Hip Hop label (A. B. […]
Hilltop Hoods are a Hip Hop group from Australia that formed in Adelaide, South Australia consisting of MC Suffa, MC Pressure and DJ Debris. They released their debut album, A Matter of Time, in 1999 and have since released six studio albums, two “restrung” albums with an orchestra and three DVDs. Five of their albums have reached […]
