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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (1991 – present)

Hilltop Hoods is a hip hop group, formed in 1991, from Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Their name refers to Hilltop Road In Blackwood, an Adelaide suburb in which they lived as children, and a part of Adelaide known by all the local B-Boys as The Hilltop. One day, another local rapper, Flak from the Cross Bred Mongrels, said that’s what they should call themselves, and the name stuck.

The group formed when MCs Suffa and Pressure met at high school. When they later hooked up with DJ Debris through a mutual friend, the trio was complete.

They were inspired by American hip hop artists such as KRS-One, Gang Starr and Pete Rock, who encouraged them to spread this style of music in Australia.

The Hilltop Hoods have released seven successful recordings - Back Once Again (EP - 1997), A Matter of Time (LP - 1999), Left Foot, Right Foot (LP - 2001), The Calling (LP - 2003), The Hard Road (LP - 2006), The Hard Road: Restrung (LP-2007) and State Of The Art (LP - 2009). The Calling achieved gold status in Australia (35,000+ copies sold), the first hip-hop album to do so. Two tracks (The Nosebleed Section and Dumb Enough) received places in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2003, at 9th and 44th respectively. The Nosebleed Section also came in at number 17 in the Triple J Hottest Hundred Of All Time, making it the highest ranked Australian song on the list, and the only hip-hop track to make the cut. LP The Hard Road also topped the Australian charts, another first for Australian Hip-Hop.
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  • Zesby

    Recently heard of them for the first time. Awesome.

    yesterday morning
  • MatAtDeskThree

    Hilltop Hoods – The Thirst Pt.3 (Interlude) (1:37) "It was from day one they were making two albums"......? does no one else wonder about this sample they used?

    16 days ago
  • UrHomie

    such a sweet album

    20 days ago
  • erickamil

    Eu sou o unico brasileiro q curte Hilltop ? haha

    21 days ago
  • Pato_PoppleR

    Fifa Street!

    last month
  • tomuusz

    I LOVE IT :D

    last month
  • Mr_Naxay

    bomb

    last month
  • simply_fro

    Drinking from the Sun is a BOMB!!!

    March 2012
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PHAROAHE MONCH TOURING AUSTRALIA!

30 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/hilltophoods

Our friend Pharoahe Monch (featured on 'State of the Art') is hitting Oz this month...http://www.youtube.com/watch?..v=ZnqcoT46DA0 Don't miss the chance to see one of Hip Hop's most respected …

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