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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.
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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Jonafunnn wrote:
I love it. I love it.
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J2326 wrote:
@wyjebanenall Haha, absolutely man!. //New one drops March 9th. In the mean time they've released another new track - Rattling the Keys to the Kingdom http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/musicnews/s3415144.htm
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vince_1523 wrote:
I love "I Love It'".
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harryyea wrote:
not long untill the new album now
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Qwertus wrote:
I Love It.
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wyjebanenall wrote:
@J2326 that's gonna be fire!
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Forsaken_Freak wrote:
@ all of you who don't want to wait wait any longer: Search Youtube for "I LOVE IT feat. SIA" THEN YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE NEW AWESOME SINGLE!!! it's so god-damn-great :)
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J2326 wrote:
Oh yes indeed sir. there's a new one on the way :). The new one is titled - Drinking From the Sun. Currently scheduled for a February release
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wyjebanenall wrote:
New LP soon?
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harryyea wrote:
the calling sure is best album
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realRemox wrote:
this is really good hip hop!
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Hoffy17 wrote:
Suffa's basically my hero.
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pre-s-ton wrote:
The Return <3
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bassie54 wrote:
The hard road restrung :)
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wanaryytel wrote:
@Kanetoad1992 I find that State of the Art may be the best album they've produced yet. The first two records were like ~, they had some good songs on them but I wouldn't listen to that style. The Calling and The Hard Road were like fucking good. I mean it, really fucking good, but State of the Art has all the good sides of all the previous albums, also the sound has improved and they've become even more enrapturing. Just great.
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Kanetoad1992 wrote:
I still find State Of The Art to be terribly unimpressive in comparison to their other albums. The Calling was amazing.
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StarDusT1992 wrote:
Need more songs of them. Really an impressive and underrated hip hop band! <3
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KaliYall wrote:
Easily one of the best hip hop groups in the world and definitely the most underrated. [2]
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deepchow wrote:
Easily one of the best hip hop groups in the world and definitely the most underrated. The restrung version of Recapturing the Vibe is one of the best songs I've ever heard!
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ejmyto wrote:
this & do some crazy shits with your friends
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Mar
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Breath of Life Festival
Inveresk, Launceston, Australia
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Groovin' The Moo 2012
Prince of Wales Showgrounds, Bendigo, Australia
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May
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Groovin' The Moo
Murray Sports Complex, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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News
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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