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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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1		The Nosebleed Section			594
2		I Love It			469
3		I Love It (Feat. Sia)			355
4		Chase That Feeling			334
5		Still Standing			284
6		Drinking From The Sun			218
7		Lights Out			198
8		Rattling The Keys To The Kingdom			192
9		Shredding The Balloon			189
10		Good For Nothing			176
10		Now You're Gone			176
12		The Hard Road			172
13		Speaking in Tongues (feat. Chali 2na)			169
14		Super Official			163
15		Recapturing The Vibe			141

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