NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Australian hip hop

Australian hip hop music began in the early 1980s, primarily influenced by hip hop music and culture imported via radio and television from the United States of America. Since the late 1990s, a distinctive local style has developed Australian hip hop is a part of the underground music scene with only a few successful commercial hits in the last decade. Albums and singles are released by mostly independent record labels, often owned and run by the artists themselves. Australian hip hop has achieved minimal mainstream success in recent times.^{[citation needed]} Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... Hip hop is a subculture, which is said to have begun with the work of DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, and Afrika Bambaattaa. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956â€“present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic - President George W. Bush (R) - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... An independent record label is variously described as a record label operating without the funding (or outside the organizations) of the major record labels, and/or a label that subscribes to indie philosophies such as DIY and anti-corporate art. ...

History

The first Australian hip hop record released was "16 Tons" / "Humber Mania Time" by Mighty Big Crime released by Virgin Records and Criteria Productions in 1987 (Catalogue number VOZC 026).^[1] The single was a Beastie Boys derivative^[2] and the Melbourne based duo soon disbanded.^{[citation needed]} Although it is claimed by Gerry Bloustein in his book, Musical Visions, that that the first 'true hip hop' release was, "Combined Talent" / "My Destiny" in 1988 by Just Us (consisting of Maltese DJ Case and Mentor). ^[3] Virgin Records was a British recording label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nik Powell in 1972. ... The Beastie Boys are a hip hop musical group from New York City consisting of Michael Mike D Diamond, Adam MCA Yauch, Adam Ad-Rock Horovitz. ...

In 2004, the Australian Record Industry Association introduced a new category in their annual awards, Best Urban Release (Artists working primarily within the urban genre, eg: r’n’b, hip-hop, soul, funk, reggae and dancehall). The inaugural award was won by Koolism for their album, Random Thoughts. In 2006 and 2007 it was won by Hilltop Hoods for their albums The Hard Road and The Hard Road Restrung respectively. The Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry. ... The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known as ARIA Music Awards or ARIA Awards) is an annual awards night celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA). ... The 18th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards) were held on October 17, 2004 . ... Koolism is an Australian hip hop group who originated from Canberra, Australian Capital Territory in 1992. ... The 20th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) will be held on October 29, 2006 at the Acer Arena at the Sydney Olympic Park complex, thus continuing the previous years innovation of televising the awards on Sunday evening. ... The 21st Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) will be held on October 28, 2007 at the Acer Arena at the Sydney Olympic Park complex, thus continuing the previous years innovation of televising the awards on Sunday evening. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Hard Road is a 2006 release by Australian Hip hop group, the Hilltop Hoods from Adelaide, South Australia. ... // A remix of the Hilltop Hoods previous album The Hard Road, featuring the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and Okwerdz. ...

The first female Australian hip hop artist to receive national recognition in Australia was Opi Nelson, her hip hop/raggamuffin rap collaboration effort with Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) awardees Paul Kelly and Christine Anu on the song 'Last Train' saw the song hit the National Top 10 in Australia in 1994. 'Last Train' (Mushroom/EMI) was nominated as one of the best ARIA debut singles before the Australian Record Industry Association in 2004 introduced a new category in their annual awards, Best Urban Release (Artists working primarily within the urban genre, eg: r’n’b, hip-hop, soul, funk, reggae and dancehall.)

Style

Early Australian hip hop is very much product of its roots in the urban African-American styles of the early 1980s, It has been progressively distinguishing itself through its continual quest for identity in post-colonial and post-war Australia.^{[citation needed]} This often takes the form of a lyrical focus on the Aussie battler, the use of the Australian accent, jovial, larrikin lyrics, and heavy use of concrète recordings and sound bites to convey the reality of the situation. There are, however, many artists who focus and contrast the gritty Australian suburbia with this perceived Australian culture.^{[citation needed]} This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... This article should be transwikied to wiktionary The term post-war is generally used for the period after the end of World War II, i. ... The term Aussie Battler is an Australian colloquialism referring to ordinary or working class individuals who persevere at through their commitments despite adversity[1]. Typically, this adversity comprises the challenges of low pay, family commitments, environmental hardships and lack of personal recognition. ... Larrikinism is the name given to the Australian folk tradition of irreverence, mockery of authority and disregard for rigid norms of propriety. ... In film and broadcasting, a soundbite is a very short piece of footage taken from a longer speech or an interview in which someone with authority says something which is considered by those who edit the speech or interview to be a most important point. ... The original culture of Australia can only be surmised: cultural patterns among the remote descendants of the first Australians cannot be assumed to be unchanged after 53,000 years of human habitation of the continent. ...

Media exposure

Radio

Influential youth radio station Triple J introduced the Hip Hop Show, a weekly program hosted by rapper Maya Jupiter. Double J redirects here. ... Hip Hop Show Triple Js show dedicated to hip hop. ... Categories: People stubs | Hip hop musicians | Triple J announcers ...

The Edge (96.1 FM) in Sydney plays primarily hip hop and R&B, with a segment called "The Tasman Connector" showcasing Australian & New Zealand hip hop. The Edge 96. ...

4ZZZ (102.1 FM) in Brisbane has a weekly program, "The Method", which features Australian Hip Hop. In 2006 the station the first annual 4ZzZ hip hop festival in Fortitude Valley featuring hip hop acts from around Australia.^[4] 4ZZZ (pronounced Four Triple Zed or simply Triple Zed) is an independent community radio station operating in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, at the frequency 102. ... Fortitude Valley, also known simply as the Valley is a suburb of central Brisbane, Australia. ...

RTRFM (92.1FM) in Perth, has a weekly programs featuring Australian Hip Hop, including "Down Underground".^[5] RTRFM is a community radio station based in Perth, Western Australia. ...

90s hip hop artist Opi Nelson was also working in the early to mid 90s as a music journalist and television reporter for the alternative music TV show 'The Noise' on SBS National Television (interviewing the Beastie Boys and other hip hop and reggae artists) as well as a co-producer with Jaslyn Hall on The Australian Broadcasting Corporation/Triple J Radio Documentary 'Women on the Rhyme' 1990 (featuring New Zealand hip hop artists Moana and the Moa Hunters, Charlene from the Def Wish Cast and other female hip hop artists). Opi has also been interviewed on Australian national radio, in music press and other national press on the history of hip hop and ragamuffin in Australia.

Radio Adelaide (101.5FM) in Adelaide, also features a weekly Australian hip hop show, "Hip Hop Mania". Its is hosted by local rapper, MC Frost, who showcases many unsigned local talent on his shows as well as Australian signed talent.^[6] Radio Adelaide is Australias first community radio station; established by Adelaide University in 1972. ...

Television

In August, 2006 the ABC program Compass showed a documentary entitled The Mistery of Hip Hop which explored the cultural movement and popularity of hip hop in Australia. The film followed a week in the life of a local MC called Mistery in Melbourne and looked at the so-called "four elements of hip hop": breakdancing, DJing, rapping, and graffiti. It featured interviews from Mistry's friends, Maya Jupiter, and DJ Kool Herc.^[7] The ABC or Australian Broadcasting Corporation is the national, Australia. ... This article is about the navigational instrument. ... The City of Melbournes coat of arms The central business district of Melbourne, viewed from the north Alternate meanings: Melbourne (disambiguation) Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 52,117 in the Central... A breakdancer performing a one-handed freeze (also known as a pike) in the streets of Paris. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... Rap redirects here. ... For other uses, see Graffiti (disambiguation). ... Categories: People stubs | Hip hop musicians | Triple J announcers ... Categories: People stubs | Hip hop musicians | Hip hop DJs | 1955 births ...

Hip Hop TV was the first independently-produced "free to air TV" program dedicated to representing the strength and diversity of the Australian Hip Hop culture. The program featured international, as well as Australian Hip Hop and R'n'B talent. Formed in 2005, and debuted on Channel 31 in Sydney in Early 2006. It ran successfully showcasing both Australian and international stars, only to later move to Satellite CH4 AMTV, which later went into receivership. Hip Hop TV then went on to broadcast episodes on Youtube.com and Myspace.com/hiphoptv

Going on in 2007, Hip Hop TV set to debut on national TV, on the ABC. This didn't eventuated even after a tireless petitioning campaign, by the original members of Hip Hop TV. Hip Hop TV stars Sharni Pribadi, Jasmine Khan, Hazel Malis, Desiree Hurwood, Ali B and Blake Waterhouse who all played roles to play in the petitioning as well as staring in the show. Executive Producer Fady Atalla is said to have threatened TV executives at one of the major networks. Hip Hop TV is still web casting on a weekly basis and still yet to be syndicated on Australian TV, though international syndication looks more likely at this stage.

In December, 2007 ABC Television aired the documentary Words from the City, which included interviews with a number of high profile Australian hip hop artists from around the country including: Hilltop Hoods, Koolism, Downsyde, TZU, MC Layla, Bliss n Eso, MC Trey, Wire MC and Maya Jupiter.^[8] ABC Television is a service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation which began in 1956. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Koolism is an Australian hip hop group who originated from Canberra, Australian Capital Territory in 1992. ... Downsyde are an Australian hip hop group from Perth, Western Australia. ... TZU performing at the Melbourne Big Day Out in 2006. ... // Layla Layla is a female, Australian based MC from Perth. ... Bliss N Eso are an Australian hip-hop crew (along with DJ Izm) based in Sydney. ... Categories: People stubs | Hip hop musicians | Triple J announcers ...

Film

In 2005, independent film-maker Oriel Guthrie debuted her documentary Skip Hop at the Melbourne International Film Festival. The film includes live footage of freestyle battles and prominent gigs around Australia, as well as interviews with Def Wish Cast, DJ Peril, Hilltop Hoods, Koolism, Maya Jupiter, The Herd and Wicked Force Breakers.^[9] The Melbourne International Film Festival, or MIFF, has been running since 1951. ... Def Wish Cast are a Sydney hip hop group who released their first and only LP, Knights of the Underground Table in 1992. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Koolism is an Australian hip hop group who originated from Canberra, Australian Capital Territory in 1992. ... Categories: People stubs | Hip hop musicians | Triple J announcers ...

Notable Artists

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Record labels

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References

Hip hop is a cultural movement that began amongst urban African American youth in New York and has since spread around the world. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... Rap redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... putang ina. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... DJ Mixer. ... Hip hop is a subculture, which is said to have begun with the work of DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, and Afrika Bambaattaa. ... A boy hitting (holding) a pike Breakdance (media coined phrase), also known as breaking, b-girling or b-boying, is a street dance style that evolved as part of the hip hop movement that originated among African American youths in the South Bronx of New York City during the early... For other uses, see Graffiti (disambiguation). ... Faada Freddy of the Senegalese rap crew Daara J in Germany, 2005. ... Breakdance, the first hip hop dance style, performed at MTV Street Festival, Thailand. ... Magazines have played a major part in the success of hip-hop music. ... Hip Hop Theatre is a sub-genre of Hip-Hopera that came to the American stage in the late 20th century. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The roots of hip hop can be found in 1970s block parties in New York City, specifically The Bronx[1]. Hip hop culture, including rapping, scratching, graffiti, and breakdancing. ... Old school hip hop is a term used to describe the very earliest hip hop music to come out of the block parties of New York City in the 1970s and 1980s. ... New school hip hop is a rarely-heard term referring to hip hop created later in the forms development, contrasted with old school hip hop. ... The golden age of hip hop, derivative of old school hip hop, was probably introduced with the popularity of Run-DMCs 1986 album Raising Hell. ... See also: Category:Hip hop genres Hip hop music can be subdivided into subgenres, fusions with other genres and regional hip hop scenes. ... This is a list of influential albums in the history of hip hop music. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Hip hop music has been popular in Africa since the early 1980s due to widespread American influence. ... Cover of sampler CD (2003) This article is about hip hop music and culture originating in the Arabic-speaking world. ... Asian Hip Hop is a heterogeneous musical genre that covers all hip hop music as recorded and produced by artists of Asian origin. ... European hip hop is hip hop music created by European musicians. ... Latin rap is not a homogeneous musical style but rather a term that covers all Hip-Hop music recorded by artists of Latino origin. ... This article is about hip hop music and culture originating in the Middle East. ... Hip hop is quite a new style of music for Bosnia and Herzegovina, but it has nevertheless proven very popular. ... Dominican hip hop has its own style of hip hop music by mixing its native music and rapping to it like in the genres Merenrap or Merenhouse where they just take a blend of their native dance music called Merengue and rap to it. ... Greenlandic hip hop began in 1985 with the formation of the Inuit rap crew Nuuk Posse, though hip hop music first came to Greenland a year earlier. ... Rap marocain Moroccan rap ---- (more info) Stage 2 : In Progress (How-to) Its an interesting translation about Morocco Spy-jones 13:44, 31 May 2007 (UTC) This article didnt exist in English-language Wikipedia Spy-jones 20% 00:16, 1 June 2007 (UTC) Join this translation --- Update this... Native American hip hop is popular among Native Americans in the United States and the First Nations of Canada. ... Nepalese hip hop music, also referred to as NEPHOP, has a slight blend of Nepalese traditional music, western popular music, with lyrics that are usually altruistic and depicting the present Nepalese political and economic situation. ... Serbian hip hop started in the early 80s, with the birth of b-boy crews and their battles which have spread over the country in no time. ... Taiwanese hip hop music started in the early 1990s, popularized by early hip hop trio L.A. Boyz. ...

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