More freebies from the Australian hip hop community.  Coming straight out of Hobart (or the Gold Coast now it may seem) is mdusu dropping a free mixtape titled The Excess Baggage Mixtape, who you may know from mdusu&dameza and Heads of State. mdusu explains on his MySpace blog that this mixtape was basically a vehicle to help him get some things off his chest and put them in the past; music, especially hip hop is great for this kind of thing.

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Crate Cartel serve up another fine free EP to the masses.  This time Fatty Phew drops the vocaloid mastery while Alter Ego steps up for production alongside DJ Bogues for the cuts, all under the the guise of the best things in life begin free.   I haven’t had a chance to check all of this out yet, so i’m not really sure what to expect, according to the press you should be expecting pure hip hop.  Snap up a copy of some pure hip hop from Fatty Phew & crew now.

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It seems the hip hop industry in Australia is full of freebies at the moment and the first i’m going to talk about is the offering from Crate Cartel.  Geko drops a free EP titled The Appointment, which is basically the end result of a weekend spent in the studio with Doc Savage in early 2009 and some extra remixes by Jase. 9 tracks (including the remixes) of Crate Cartel hip hop, direct from Melbourne, Australia that you can get free of charge

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Late last year, after a heavy release schedule of great albums, Shogun Distribution quietly disappeared, it seems they declared bankruptcy. Over the past few months, all of their catalogue has disappeared from iTunes and most are unable to be ordered from stores that don’t already have stock; It seems as far as some record stores are concerned, Shogun just doesn’t exist anymore. Some artists have got new distribution deals and their stuff is leaking back through digital distribution channels again, others are left stranded, money blown.

I purchased pretty much EVERY cd from the 2009 Shogun release catalogue and most of 2008, on the faith that by doing so i was supporting the artist and ensuring that things I enjoyed listening to would continue to exist. However it seems that perhaps my support in some cases hasn’t be passed onto the artists and I want to know why, as i’m sure many others do. Yes bankruptcy kind of absolves company owners of having to personally foot the bill for failed ventures, but morally this is off the chart.

As a fan i feel what happened here needs to be opened up and put in public, as a website owner and writer, i feel i’m in a position to help people do this. So i’m putting it out there now, if anyone wants to discuss this with me to set the record to the public, theres a contact link at the top of this page. We don’t have to mention names, let’s just open this thing up, artists got screwed for their hard work and that’s not cool, call it out for what it is, don’t hide behind a false hope of getting your money .

The fans, the people who really support hip hop, are wondering why all that good music just disappeared and no ones saying a thing.

Due to the unfortunate bankruptcy of their distributor, the lads at Nine High are left high and dry with a dead distribution deal and no doubt a whole slew of problems that come with such an issue. But in the face of it all they’re smiling and offering you their entire album online for free.

I’ve embedded it below, so have a listen and then you can head to sendspace and grab it free.

NINE HIGH – ‘Nine High’ by  fraksha

Over at Golden Era Records they’re pushing out some new merchandise for The Funkoars.  It looks like they’ve added 2 new t-shirts and a hat, you can check them out below and order them right now over at Golden Era Records.  There’s also plenty of other merchandise over there for the Hilltop Hoods, so make sure you have a look through the online store.

Elefant Traks frontliner Urthboy seems to be stuck in a minor battle with the Department of Transport in Victoria over the usage of his track We Get Around in advertising campaign.  While the state department did license the track for use and it seems usage terms weren’t possibly part of the contract (maybe next time?), Urthboy is still rightfully annoyed that his music which he believed would be used in a public transport campaign, was also being used to advertise freeway construction in what he sees as a propaganda campaign. Read the rest of this entry…

This post, while not hip hop related is going to be helpful to all those managers and other music industry representitives out there reading this site (i know you’re out there!).  If you’ve got an iPhone and it seems like all you do is try to find contacts for Artists or labels, this is the must have application for you.

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