Music: Rainman - Bigger Pictures (2012)

Rainman
Australian Hip Hop

Don't judge the album on the video above; the song is awesome but I found the video clip tedious and boring. This album is not tedious and boring. It's got some fantastically funky beats and the flow from song to song is so good, and you all know how much I love a nice flow!

This 15 track album, despite having an Intro track - which I'm never really a fan of, it's like cheating by adding another track to the album count - the beginning of this album had me hook, line and sinker. Rainman's style reminds me ever so slightly of early Urthboy and I was just a little surprised to see this album was distributed through Obese Records and not Elefant Traks. Then I heard Rainman will be on the decks for the Melbourne, Byron and Brisbane leg of Urthboy's Niave Bravado tour. Nice choice Urthy!

Can't See You has me rocking in my chair and singing the hook aloud. It's such a good song to start the album with; the beat is rocking and the hook is catchy. The last line of the song has been stuck in my head all week, I knew it was from another hip hop song but it just wouldn't come to me. Then the husband came to the rescue; The Herd - We Can't Hear You. That made me giggle, ironic.

Muse Sick; it took me a little while to realize the play on words here. Yes, I know, sometimes I'm a bit slow. Love the smooth guitar riff in this track and I'm a sucker for a wicked womp womp bass line like the one that runs through the middle of this song. Not only that, but it has a killer addictive hook. Man knows how to arrange a song!

I found myself singing along to half the tracks after only hearing the album once. That's a good sign in my book! Features such as Seven, 4th (Vegas Aces), Muph, Tommy Illfigga and Calski rock my socks! Then there's some new names I haven't heard of before; Laneous, Kel On Earth (Bankrupt Billionaires), Yuin Huzami, Leah Carr, Pear and Youka. Ten points for anyone who can give me any info on these artists!

As per usual, this album has been on repeat all week....and it's still rocking! Buy it here!

4 out of 5 glasses...

"Push em both out like you're blowing a kiss, now flatten em out and make it look ridiculous." - Duck Face


[UPDATE]

@geeoh108 ps re more info: pear is from pear & the awkward orchestra, Youka is from Killbot Kindergarten, Yuin is from Coalition Crew...
— Rainman (@rainmantic) August 8, 2012

Music: Mr Hill & Rahjconkas - The Feedback (2012)

Mr Hill & Rahjconkas
Australian Hip Hop

You might have heard these two guys mentioned around the place lately. Though both are relatively established in the industry I'd only heard about them in conjunction with Seven and Born Fresh. It's kind of annoying me that I don't know more about these guys!

Mr. Hill features on Seven's single off the free Floated EP, Good Thing which you can listen to here, plus the two of them have done a series of remix videos including the Kooks' Niave.

Rahjconkas - love that name - makes some killer beats. They're really heavy on the bass which I love! With that and features including The Tongue, Seven, Phatchance (now known as Chance Waters) Joyride (Spit Syndicate), Hau (Koolism), Jeswon (Thundamentals), Trials (Funkoars) and 4th Degree (Vegas Aces). Not only that, but Rahj and Mr Hill opened for Atmosphere and Evidence on their recent Australian tour and have a track on the upcoming Obesecity 2 Mixtape. Exciting things!

Have been playing this album all week, really enjoy it. Nice mix of different styles, love the flow of the album. Buy it here!

4 out of 5 flanno's...

[Side Note] Kind of ironic doing a review for an album called The Feedback.