Under the newly established Born Fresh Records, Crate Creeps (DJ Butcher and Tommy Illfigga) have just released their consistently hot debut release It’s About That Time.

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Crate Cartel are dropping a new release on June 18th via the Obese Distribution line, this time in the form of a Geko production album titled Crate Cartel Radio. Laced with arguably the countries best selection of MC’s and beats from Geko, Crate Cartel Radio is going to be another fine mark on 2010 from Melbourne.

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I’ve got two copies of NJE’s new album From The Outside Looking In to giveaway. You’re looking at 18 tracks of hip hop featuring Unda Dwella, Jennifer De La Cruz, Mind Over Matter, Untaymable, Danny Boy, Phatchance, Torcha & Isabel Cuevas. I’ve been bumping the album on and off and so far so good, but i’m still not completely convinced of the greatness some chaos warriors are slapping it with, however i have only listened twice so far.

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Spit Syndicate prepare to drop their sophomore album Exile on May 14th through Obese Records.  You can preview tracks from Exile on their MySpace and via their Facebook fan page.  Update: 

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Ozi Batla gets ready to drop his debut solo album Wild Colonial on May 14th.  He’s taken part in plenty of other musical projects over his time as an Elefant Traks artist, but never once done a solo album.    Personally i’m really looking forward to this album, this years shaping up with some great releases. You can check out a limited stream of the entire album at the bottom of this post.  Update: now available on iTunes.

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Melbourne MC Maundz kicks into 2010, adding to the releases for the year with his first solo album Mr. Nobody. Mr. Nobody will be pushed out around May 7th by the crew at Obese Distribution and this 17 track CD is set to be another fine release for the year, so make sure you check it out. If you’ve not heard Maundz before, you can check him out on Fluent Form's The Furnace or take a listen to some tracks over at his MySpace or alternatively at triple j unearthed.

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Perth’s MC Hunter joins forces with DJ Vame from NSW to bring you Monster House. Monster House is Hunter’s third release, trailing behind Going Back To Yokine in 2006 and Hunter & Dazastah-Done DL in 2002. You can check out 2 of the new tracks over on Hunter’s MySpace.  Update: Hunter & DJ Vame-Monster House is now available on iTunes

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Brisbane’s The Optimen are dropping another Australia Hip Hop outfit dropping a new album, according to Red Tape Entertainment:

production is NUTS! Raps is CRAZY! Full of more ill joints than Michael J Fox, marfucker!

While they may not have been my exact choice of words, i’m sure this is going to be another fine mark on the Australian Hip Hop release timeline just like Boomtown. The Optimen’s album The Out Of Money Experience is due for release sometime in April 10th on Red Tape Entertainment; it was set to be distributed through Shogun Distribution, but now will be handled by Inertia.

You can catch a sample of the album by checking out the free single Firefighters and also checkout their MySpace for some newer tracks, including one featuring Lazy Grey and now you can pre-order the Out of Money Experience at JB-Hifi.

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