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Ravenous – 20Ten

Jim Steps

To Melbourne’s hip hop community, Raven started with regular visits to Melbourne’s 106.7 PBS FM back in the prime of The Formula, dropping rhymes on Australia’s most respected and long running hip hop radio show. Raven was the producer and one of two MCs from Lost Soulz, a group he founded with Budsa and DJ Perplex. After honing their stage craft and lyricism in Victoria’s backyards and house parties, Lost Soulz released their highly regarded 2004 debut, Conveyor Belt, and contributed the anthemic Sacrilege to the Nuffsaid Records compilation In Case You Didn’t Know. The group have since made guest … Continue reading Ravenous – 20Ten

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Geko – Detonate Feat. Fluent Form & Raven (Film Clip)

Jim Steps

Produced by Geko, featuring Fluent Form & Raven, cuts By DJ Bogues. Flim clip directed by Geko, shot by Sideshow, cut by Discourse & Sideshow, compositing and effects by Discourse. The Crate Cartel have continued to grow from strength to strength, solidifying their spot as one of Australia’s most exciting and talented groups to emerge in recent times. Equipped with an array of diverse talents, The Cartel recently took out best group/crew and best record label for ozhiphop.com awards 2009. This year marks another exciting chapter for the crew with the release of Crate Cartel Radio, which once again showcases … Continue reading Geko – Detonate Feat. Fluent Form & Raven (Film Clip)

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Triple Album Launch – Crate Creeps – Crate Cartel – Jake Biz

Jim Steps

Off the back of the success of Geko’s Crate Cartel Radio (in stores now) which features the likes of Maundz, Fluent Form, Raven, Jake Biz & Bigfoot, Bias B, Fatty Phew & Luke Mac, Kings Konekted, Ciecmate and Aectix, Geko will make his travels up to Brisbane to release the album along side fellow Crate Cartalians Maundz, Raven and Fluent Form. Alongside the already massive line-up, the production duo The Crate Creeps (DJ Butcher & Tommy Illfigga), off the back of there eagerly awaited album release – July 9th, will be releasing there album with an EXTREMELY live show incorporating … Continue reading Triple Album Launch – Crate Creeps – Crate Cartel – Jake Biz

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Maundz – White Shirts Film Clip

Jim Steps

The above film clip is brand new from Maundz, released today. The track White Shirts is taken from the album Mr Nobody. Doc Savage remix of Maundz’s ‘Agent 99’, Melbourne, Australia, June 2010 Both tracks have been taken from the Mr Nobody LP released recently this year. You can pick up Maundz – Mr Nobody at all good hip hop stores. You can also check out a few other remixes from the album right here. Continue reading Maundz – White Shirts Film Clip

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Maundz – Mr Nobody (Remixes)

Jim Steps

Maundz has slammed the Australian scene with his debut LP Mr Nobody and the onslaught is set to continue as he becomes the latest addition to the Crate Cartel fam. In the next week or so we should see the new film clip for Maundz – White Shirts (check screen grab above). We also hear that an East Coast tour is on its way featuring Crate Cartel (Fluent Form, Geko,Maundz, Raven & Discourse) with Brisbane’s Crate Creeps, plus special guests. Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane. Keep an ear out for that one. Below we have a couple of bangin remix’s … Continue reading Maundz – Mr Nobody (Remixes)

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Crate Cartel Radio – Geko (June 18)

Jim Steps

The Crate Cartel have continued to grow from strength to strength, solidifying their spot as one of Australia’s most exciting and talented groups to emerge in recent times. Equipped with an array of diverse talents, The Cartel recently took out best group/crew and best record label for ozhiphop.com awards 2009. This year marks another exciting chapter for the crew with the release of Crate Cartel Radio, which once again showcases their range of abilities. The Cartel pride themselves on bringing the highest level of quality and professionalism, as evidenced in their recent spate of releases, always backed up by their … Continue reading Crate Cartel Radio – Geko (June 18)

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Dwizofoz – Baked Not Fried EP

Jim Steps

  Dwizofoz has indeed been building quite a name for himself starting way back in 2003 when he first met Ghosty and started working on tracks with him. In 2004 the duo created the group Ozalians and almost immediately began performing on stages all around Brisbane. After nearly 5 years of performing and having supported and worked with such artists as Muph n Plutonic, Hyjak n Torcha, Bias B, Optimen and Tommy Illfigga, Justice n Kaos (to name a few), Ozalians decided to part ways to work on different projects. The end of 2007 saw Dwizofoz begin to really focus on his music as a solo … Continue reading Dwizofoz – Baked Not Fried EP

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Crate Cartel Showcase + Fraksha & Scotty Hinds dual mixtape launch

Jim Steps

Melbourne will see a massive show hit on May 1st with Fraksha launching his It’s Just Bars mixtape, Scotty Hinds launching his P.O.V mixtape, and a massive Crate Cartel showcase featuring Fluent Form, Geko, Raven, Maundz, and Discourse and if that’s not enough Mata & Must and DJ Affiks will also be crashing the night. $10 entry (crazy) – Doors open at 9pm Mercat Cross Hotel 456 Queen Street, Melbourne Get down! A Scotty Hinds track from 2004 called Who Am I Feat. Felony, it was produced by Vocal Point Production. This track never made it on to any release. Continue reading Crate Cartel Showcase + Fraksha & Scotty Hinds dual mixtape launch

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Fluent Form – The Furnace Review

Jim Steps

We take a look at one of the top releases from 2009, Fluent Form’s – The  Furnace. Released mid to late last year under Obese Distro, The Furnace caught a few people sleeping, including us. After selling out his independently released debut album, Chapters Of Substance, Fluent Form wasted no time in returning to the front lines with his sophomore LP. Across 14 tracks, Fluent continues to demonstrate his ability as a lyricist to combine concepts with complexity. To add to this release, Fluent has recruited a stellar line-up of guests including veterans Brad Strut and Ciecmate alongside Melbourne’s Mata … Continue reading Fluent Form – The Furnace Review

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Fluent Form Interview

Jim Steps

So man last year we seen you drop the album the Furnace, and it’s had a massive reception. Fans have been going nuts for it, with it selling out in a lot of places over the country. Did you expect this much of a response? I definitely didn’t expect this kind of response at all. I knew I had a bit of a fan base and people checking for my shit, But I definitely didn’t expect this. Goes to show that with some hard work and a lot of patience, you can be rewarded. It’s really helped keep me hungry … Continue reading Fluent Form Interview

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Geko – The Appointment EP – Free Download

Jim Steps

The Appointment is the result of a weekend spent in the lab with producer Doc Savage in early 2009. Geko throws his train of thought freewheeling rhyme patterns over some deep production making for an interesting combination. Featuring bonus track/remixes by Jase (Beathedz). Limited run of hardcopies coming soon. Tracklisting 1. Lights Out 2. Kill 3. Day After Day 4. Living Proof 5. Twenty Dollers. Ft 1/6 6. Talk 7. Bring The Noise (Prod by Jase Beathedz) 8. Kill (Jase Beathedz Remix) 9. Day After Day (Jase Beathedz Remix) All tracks Produced by Rhett “Doc Savage” Parkinson except where indicated. … Continue reading Geko – The Appointment EP – Free Download