This is MC Shamrock (Mark Earngey) busting some rhymes with his former hip-hop crew 206collab. Mark is a good fella – he’s into old skool (liturgy and prayer books) and he’s into nu skool (hip-hop and synchronised swimming). He’s got some skillz.
Shammers has agreed to give me some hip-hop lessons – so look out!
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Bring it baby. Bring it.
Moore College’s stock just went up.
That was… awful!
Maybe I have bad taste…
Lecrae rips all overt that! (He’s giving *me* hip-hop lessons)
@stan – you can do just as good
@ben – good call!!
@hayesy – i don’t mind some american hip hop (regular readers will know this). but there’s something cool about australian hip-hop. i hated it when i first heard it on the j’s as a 19year old – but after hearing it a bit – i like it. give it a try!
How’d you pull it off whilst holding on to your Aussie accent?
Ha! Thanks boys – good times eh :)…. Anton, I’m not sure – I’ve listened to a whole bunch of ozhiphop for a while and it kind of rubbed off!! … and Haysey, now, now – don’t be a hater! I’m just trying to ‘keep it real, yo’. Seriously, though – all good bro. Can’t please all the masses right!?
PS – Lecrae is kinda cool. Though if you’re into Christians doing hiphop, there’s a strong scene in Australia. Check these out:
The Brethren (one of the oldest crews in Oz):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_rqZlxqXl8
Check out the Krosswerdz crew (a whole bunch of Christian emcees in Sydney) even getting down with Public Enemy last year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPZ2W7rYskQ
** ACTUALLY, CHECK THIS OUT **
I pointed you to my mates – the mighty Brethren crew. But, you’ve got to see this. It’s a videoclip they did from their last album (Beyond Underground). It’s a concept album, and this is a concept track based around the Mad Max theme. It’s truly, flippin’ dope:
http://www.vimeo.com/424055
Check the other vids on there too… awesome.
Earnge, you sound a bit like Del Larkin from Skunkhour. Hope that’s not an insult – I don’t think it is.
Not all all bro, not at all! :)
hey shamrock – thanks for the links to some suggested gear.
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i love the aussie story telling on lots of oz hip-hop
here’s one i heard on triple j this morning
it’s from the unearthed website:
http://www.triplejunearthed.com/Artists/View.aspx?artistid=21093
“the waitress song”
listen!!
I with you Dave, couldn’t stand Oz hip hop the first time I heard it on the J’s, but there is something unique about it that has grown on me.
My best mate in high school I found out is getting into hip-hop. Seems to be going for a more US style – http://www.smoothoperatorrecords.com.au/