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)

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)

Last night Drake dropped the first taste of Views From The 6. He’s only charging $1.29 for the new single, Apple takes a slice and he’ll no doubt make stacks on stacks. This works for someone with Drizzie’s level of fame, but for artists like Tyrone the system is fucked. The music industry is the most exclusive club in the world right now and with: recording equipment, bass plugins, graphic design, video expenses, website costs and PR to worry about, entry is just too damn expensive. If anyone can find a way tho, it’s Tyrone.

“Money Bags”, a relentless auto-tune anthem, is the Sydney slayer’s latest and greatest stride toward real success. This song is what floats through any given 23 y.o’s head every day. “I need money bags”, ie. I need to prove myself, I need to succeed right now, there’s no time to even think, I’m not getting any younger, what the fuck have I achieved so far?   Tyrone relays this universal struggle with a hook that perfectly mirrors the rapid, unabating nature of these thoughts: “I need money bags, I need money fast, 100 bags, I need money bags”. What I loved most about this track is how seamlessly he moves from this hook to a series of verses where he spits more gold like “Your not big enough, your not rich enough, but at least my girl got the biggest butt, in this city, it’s not big enough” and… “I’m 23, she's 24, but I’m feeling older than Dumbledore”.   

Tyrone and partner-in-arms Big Skeez have been working around-the-clock on new material, I’m hoping their creativity and talent can take them to the next-level, get some major money bags just like Jazz did…

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PREMIERE: "Money Bags" - Tyrone (SYD)

On face value, this track seems like an ode to all those fearless club women who care about drugs more than your dick… but when you actually break it down lyrically, you get another story:

“don’t call me bro, we not fam” - Rich 

“couldn’t give a fuck no more, couldn’t give a fuck even if I tried.” - Zulo

Zulo Bigs, Rich Amevor, Adrenaline & I Digress aren’t your typical “alpha male” born rap moguls. They seem more like the funny guys in your class who always had the craziest ideas. This has it’s disadvantages, but those who overcome them are always stronger for it. I get the feeling that Zulo, Rich & co are in the process of losing their minds in the struggle, transforming into fearless creative forces …  or maybe they’re just really high. Who knows. 

Their tracks are beginning to get looser, more authentic… be it through Zulo’s hilarious intro mutterings: “the cup is always tastier than the noodles” or a ridiculous sample choice by I Digress who flipped a didgeridoo as a joke recently. 

What’s no joke tho, is the improvement in their musical ability. The production on “Coke Hyena” is crisp, full of filtered overdubs and boasting eccentric snare runs for days. It feels less like an “Aussie Rap Beat” and more like some PC Music/UK Grime baby, which is dope.

The raps on this track are spat with an infectious grimy exuberance. Rich Amevor starts things off very smoothly with some natural charm and rap versatility (grime isn’t even his default mode!). Adrenaline takes things up a notch with a rapid-fire flow - would be like dropping something nuclear on a dance-floor if he spat this live. Finally, Zulo Bigs brings the song to it’s natural peak… the very second he jumps in, I guarantee you’ll be smiling. Even if your parents just died in a bus shooting.  

Would love to see these guys make new shit non-stop. Come up with crazy concepts, start a collective and drop everything as free downloads. 

Anyone out there getting laughed at for trying to make dope shit just know, that laughter is your friend. It’s the only thing separating the future Kanye’s from the boring football guys who think they run the world.

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PREMIERE: "Coke Hyena" - Rich Amevor X Adrenaline X Zulo Bigs X I Digress (NSW)

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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)”.

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

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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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