7.7
#7-The Roots- …and then you shoot your cousin (Def Jam)
Undun is a masterpiece so it was always going to be tough to follow up. The roots continue the cinematic theme and composition of…
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7.2
OZ #6 Briggs- Sheplife (Golden Era Records)
I saw Briggs this year perform to 30 people in a small Hobart pub and he was as large as a stadium. I dont…
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7.0
Aus #7 Phil Geko Gektor – Real Heads Dont Listen ( Crate Cartel )
The top 7 in Australia this year were hairs apart . Every single release coming from a very different splinter of the industry. RHDL…
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8.0
#8 Thurz – Designer EP (Rebeat)
A late entrant but an important one. I think Funk died through 2008-2012 in modern mainstream hip-hop which didn’t make a whole lot of…
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7.3
#8. R.A the Rugged Man – Legends Never Die (Nature Sounds)
Not too many people want to hear about modern day slavery, catholic genocide or the state of an economic imbalance crippling the dreams of…
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6.8
Oz #9 LGeez : Cloud 9 ( BTE, Obese Records Distro)
No lie Alex Jones is headed for greatness. I expressed how bad Kerser’s release this year was and rest assure in the Top 10…
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6.8
#9 Schoolboy Q – Oxymoron (Top Dawg / Interscope)
Highly anticipated was an understatement, before this released I really hoped Q would to rise to the challenge of his label mate K-Dot and…
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6.0
#10 Mata, Must, Flu & One Sixth – Four Aces EP (Pang Productions &Crate Cartel)
10 years ago Australian Hip Hop was to most people not an art worthy of their ears. It began like most things do –…
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6.8
#10 Pharoahe Monch PTSD (W.A.R)
There aren’t many artists like Pharoahe, wordplay , insight and stage presence make him a pillar of the golden age and as we enter…
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