Earl Sweatshirt - Earl x The Panics - Don't Fight It

Don't Fight Earl (Earl Sweatshirt/The Panics) - THANK GUARD Mashup

Callhimwhatyoulike, 19 y.o vocalist/beat-maker @CALLMEADRIAN (WA) can sing, craft the perfect nu-r&b beat and seamlessly blend these gifts to create one seriously impressive debut upload.   

Sure, his sound/aesthetic has to squeeze into the THANK GUARD mould, but on rare occasions (like this) raw talent/ability can tear down even the most jacked-up cultural-barriers.  

This is love-making music that hits you hard from 0:01 with a huge synth-break. Next, he throws in some finely-tuned trap percussion and a vocal which elicits a myriad of emotional-responses that you forgot existed…

Nostalgia (boring 2005 car-ride with the fam when Usher came on the radio)… Hope (when your bae nudged you back on msn)… Joy (when you took over the iPod at some girls 18th) and… Jealousy (when you realised you’ll never sing half as good as this dude).

All you Perth artists we’ve been rinsing lately should definitely hit-up our new bro for a hook! 

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Premiere: CALLMEADRIAN - GOTTA KNOW (WA)

Wait. Wasn’t it like just last week that we first glimpsed Big Skeez’s verse on Manutee? And already we’re posting him for the third time! Damn. This guy’s a fast-mover. 

His magnum opus: “Can’t Deny It” is the rappers’ second release in two days and the fourth official THANK GUARD Premiere! Fan’s of the Chiraq movement might compare him to Lil Durk, who dropped a pretty sick mixtape this week. It might just be national pride, but we’re definitely going to be rinsing this one more than “My Beyonce”.

We’re praying that our new fam can keep up the hustle and drop some full-length mixtapes/albums in 2016. 

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PREMIERE: Big Skeez - "Can't Deny It" (NSW)

If you straight from the 6, Bro K-ra is straight from the 7. On “No Doubt”, the newest member of the THANK GUARD inner sanctum shows crazy potential with an elaborate auto-trap offering. 

Putting a label on K-ra at this early stage in his career is almost impossible. His hooks take you on an LSD-induced trip to Atlanta where dudes like Mackonnen aren’t afraid to go against the grain and he channels an edgier Post Malone in highly melodic verses… but his intricate songwriting style is unmistakably K-ra.   

With the right production and some big-time collabs the sky is the limit for our new bro.


PREMIERE: Brother K-Ra - "No Doubt" (SYD)

On the most polished THANK GUARD Premiere to-date, a dynamic trio of epileptic acid-rappers exchange contrasting melodic flows - in a bid to win a Spanish bae’s heart.

Song opener Selasie Wussah is Australia’s hope for the future, we have no idea where GEEK and CHARLES (X&Hype?) are from but they dope too. 

No sure how Maria would choose out of these three with each verse outdoing the next… in fact, looking for a ‘Winner’ on “Maria Maria” is pointless. Each verse is so different from the next and all three dudes managed to show their unique rap-visions in no time at-all. 

The beat was ripped straight from a 2000’s rap video then re-configured for the spoilt ears of today. Pretty fun to imagine these guys rapping with this flow on a Nelly beat in 2002 and blowing the game wide open.  Keep an eye out for all three of these fellas, they could be the Australian Rich Gang. We can’t wait to hear more (more collabs!). 

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PREMIERE: "Maria Maria" - Geek X Charles X Selasie - Prod. Chiefs (AUS)

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TRACKLIST:

1. cpu dream
2. trshwang (baccyard flip)
3. moonlite
4. 'til infiniti
5. strngr. - illvibe (baccyard bootleg)
6. blacc cream
7. 8 million stories (bacyard flip)
8. cam'ron - instagram (waved up)

THANK GUARD Mix: 01 - baccyard (NZ)

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We’ve posted a lot of OVO-style auto-tune tracks (from SYD & MELB) lately: because artists repping these styles have had a little avalanche of hustle recently… not because we instantly froth anything with sub-bass and Drake hooks. So it goes without saying that we couldn’t be happier to premiere Cidi’s latest track - a refreshingly dope cut from the other end of the rap-spectrum/country.

Cidi, along with Lord Bravo, Dat Bul & Randolph make up one of Adelaide’s premiere new-wave crews. Those of you that didn’t catch their squad cut “Pull Up”, should definitely peep it asap - it’s one of my 2K16 favs. It sums up these guys perfectly too: low-key confidence, rawness and lyrical styles that haven’t reached their use-by date yet.

Cidi’s “Affirmative Action” is a great step-forward for all of these young rappers. This one has zero gimmicks. That timeless soul/boom-bap beat knows its place: in the background, placing all the pressure on Cidi to make-or-break the track off his lyrical ability alone. I get the feeling that he’s been eager to go all out for some time, show off all those flows he’s been mastering. 

The lyrics on this one are dope… “I keep it so real even Stevie Wonder can see it”. Full of pop-culture references, intelligent perspectives on the industry and Cidi’s unfiltered thoughts/feelings.

Hip-Hop has clearly helped Cidi, a talented young Sudanese-Australian, get through life in the ADL… now he’s returning the favour, making songs that the next generation might soon be bumping in their headphones to get them through the day.   Will def’s enjoy hearing his sound evolve in the coming months.


Almighty ADL

PREMIERE: "Affirmative Action" - CIDI (ADEL)

PREMIERE: "FUCK THA HENNY (Freestyle)" - CHARLES X/GEEK (SYD)

Attack the Block: Part 1

PREMIERE: "True to the Art (Prod. By Waj)" - M8 to the world (MELB)

recorded live on set of Hot Bobby tonight

OFFICIAL THANK GUARD SOUND TAG

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PROD BY DIVEO. 

RAPS: @DARKSKINBRUCEBANNER

ARTICLE: http://bit.ly/2dN8tpO

Premiere: "G-CHICK" - GEEK

Premiere: "KARMA" - Zulo Bigs (NSW)

Exclusive Mix: KUFATALI (Melb) - apathy at 35'000...

After 4 months of hard work, Adelaide rapper LORD BRAVO is finally ready to release his highly anticipated debut mixtape KILBURN tomorrow. We’re proud to premiere a wild first glimpse in “CASH (ft. STEPHEN BONKI & CIDI 5k)”.

FULL ARTICLE AT: THANKGUARD.COM

CASH - LORD BRAVO (ft. STEPHEN BONKI & CIDI 5K)

RIPPED FROM FB LIVE STREAM: http://bit.ly/2t3wQaE

Tracklist soon.

THANK GUARD *RADIO

Melbourne rapper @ecosystem-lazarus is on the brink of adulthood. 

Here’s his latest freestyle/single “TALK”.

FULL ARTICLE: http://bit.ly/2uRFsNq

ECO$YSTEM - "TALK"

At some point in the last year or so it became clear that PERTH boi @LUCHII was one of the best rap producers in the country.

His new EP "BREADTIME" also features BIGBABYGUCCI & $TEVE CANNON. Released via @splashpark / @kudatah

FULL ARTICLE: http://bit.ly/2xpBZLA

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