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Contents 1 ignore this 2 Sound unlimited 3 Reverted material 4 External links 4.1 External links 5 Butterfingers 6 Fags from Ozhiphop.com 7 Reworked the Article 8 Re: Little Nobody reference 9 Katalyst 10 South West Syndicate 11 Phinesse 12 who wrote the 'Style' section?

[edit] ignore this

this section was deleted due to vandalism

[edit] Sound unlimited

Surely Sound Unlimited deserve a mention here? They had an album release and a couple of hit singles back in the early 1990's. --Robert Merkel 02:13, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

Well just add it they do deserve a mention.

"The biggest hip hop group in Australia is the Hilltop Hoods" - the term "biggest" seems a little vauge, I'm suggesting "commercially successful". Just seems clearer. And the sentence needed a slight cleanup to make it flow better. --Original Digga

What do you mean they aren't the biggest, we all know they are the most successful so therefore they are the biggest so there! Reddevilbatcave 08:37, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Pardon my ignorace but who are Natural Causes? The group that the writer belongs to? If you're going to mention random up-n-coming artists, surely there'd be some more deserving that they are? Engorge W 23:31, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

Contradiction: The sentence "The most commercially successful hip hop group in Australia is the Hilltop Hoods. They have reached Gold status for their album "The Calling" - a feat that no other Australian hip hop group has achieved. " is then contradicted by the sentence "This success was mirrored by 1200 Techniques, who achieved gold status with their debut album Choose One". Manning 06:28, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

I just fixed it. When I did the edit, the line about 1200 Techniques was for some reason at the end of the article, so I just moved it to the right spot. I presume at the time the HH line was written it was true, so I've now just changed it to saying that they were the first, instead of the only. pfctdayelise 01:45, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Can someone be bothered so as to put in other people worth mentioning such as Bliss N Eso, Hyjak N Torcha, Art Of War, Downsyde, Drapht, Lyrical Commission etc? Its nice to have Hilltop Hoods mentioned and all but theres alot more to Australian Hip Hop than just that. And when I mean mention, I mean a decent paragraphs worth of info on each artist.

Why don't you be bothered? It's a wiki, anyone can edit it. You make up this decent info and put it in. And by decent I presume you mean verifiable factual content, not stuff that sounds like it came from a press-release. pfctdayelise (translate?) 13:06, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reverted material

• User:203.82.183.147: I will continue to remove the claim that most tracks continue to be downloaded and distributed as MP3's until a source is provided for it. How do you know this? Claims should be verifiable.
• From User:141.168.55.124's edit, I removed this:

Australian hip hop as a musical genre has had slow-forming roots over the past few decades. As early as the 1970's, Australian artists were beginning to experiment with more lyrically-driven musical forms, though still markably different from our contemporary understanding of hip hop. Nigel Butterley's First Day Covers (1972) is an early example of intergrated spoken word with musical forms and popular themes, though often overlooked for its satirical edge (due mainly to the influence of Barry Humphries). A decade later, Fabian Cool's solo release Not Without My Microphone (1982), despite being classified as Gospel Music, was and is still widely regarded as a critical step in the domestic evolution of hip hop. Fabian Cool's later work with Frangipani And The Floating Circus of Lights would also craft the Australian hip hop scene further.

as well as the other references to Frangipani And The Floating Circus Of Lights, which is currently at AfD.

• User:203.94.130.237 made a useful formatting edit, which I put back in.

Anonymous users, please consider using a Wikipedia account. It makes life a lot easier, both for you and for us. There are lots of benefits. pfctdayelise 01:02, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] External links

I've moved the following here from the main page. I first looked at Wikipedia:External links. If there is a compelling reason not to follow this guideline, we can discuss it here. Then if we reach some accord on it, we can add these links back in.
brenneman^(t)(c) 07:00, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] External links

• HipHop.net.au
• OzHipHop.com
• Stealth Magazine
• HipHopAustralia.com

I think you might be, well, over-applying policy. Especially as this article is not particularly well developed, external links can provide a jumping-off point for readers. With a topic like this, they can also provide more recent up-to-date information (like what's popular in 2005) than would be appropriate for us. And frankly, it just looks odd with no ELs. From WP:EL, "what should be linked to":

• Sites with other meaningful, relevant content that is not suitable for inclusion in an article, such as textbooks or reviews

I don't think any of the links constituted removal under "What should not be linked to".

Anyway, short of going through each website, I really think the Stealth Magazine link should go back. I did some research/editing for this article a while back and Stealth magazine kept coming up again and again. It's been around since 1999, I think it's a credible source within the Australian hip-hop community. (Although I have never seen a physical copy, and indeed don't even know if they exist.)

--pfctdayelise 14:17, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

Sorry to take so long to discuss this. How about we start by putting Steath back on the main page then talk about the others? - brenneman^(t)(c) 08:22, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

I put it back. As for Hiphop.net.au, I can't even get it to load. Ozhiphop.com seems to mostly centre around forums, so I don't think it's necessary unless someone can say it's the largest forum in Aus, and well known and regarded, etc. Hiphopaustralia.com doesn't seem to be anything more than a front page. So I'm not going to agitate for any of the others to go back. Probably there are good internet resources on Australian hiphop, but none of these (bar Stealth mag) are it. Thanks for your willingness to discuss. pfctdayelise 14:42, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

• Thanks for doing all the work! As to any other sources you find, I'm happy with anything that cites relaible sources, but might drop by once in a while and have a browse of what's here. Wikilove, man!
  brenneman^(t)(c) 12:47, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
• I think ozhiphop.com is notable. I haven't read the guidelines, and I agree that ozhiphop.com is largely forum based but it is I would suggest the #1 independent online resource. I know quite a few upcoming artists frequent the site and solicit feedback on their music. Many new albums are announced directly on the site by the artists themselves. I've also heard a couple of tracks that mention ozhiphop.com in the lyrics. FiveNines (talk) 01:07, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

I removed hiphop.net.au, as it doesn't exist (try it, it just claims that the domain is for sale), and Hiphopaustralia.com, which also no longer exists.

[edit] Butterfingers

Where should Butterfingers go in the article? They have had lots of exposure on Triple J. there does not appear to be an associated list of artists. Paul foord 11:15, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

not entirely sure Butterfingers can be classified as aussie hip-hop these days, they seem to have branched out into a different style. Thoughts? Chillicane 05:09, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fags from Ozhiphop.com

Stop editing your crap drama into this article. It isnt funny.

This article is rubbish, what is with the continued reference to race? Surely this is not like the formation of North American hip hop, as some of you like to think.--58.173.0.224 (talk) 13:28, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reworked the Article

I completely reworked the article adding a lot of headings, section breaks, and a small amount of new content mainly on the most commercially successful band (which has nothign to do with the size of it, unlike User: Redevilbatcave seems to beleive) the Hilltop Hoods - as they are prominent in the genre and were lacking a mention. However much of the article (including what I added) still lacks verifiablility, sources for opinions expressed, or is original research, such as my contributions. I'm going to flag thi article as lacking in sources in references, and perhaps someone else can help find some. I prefer to attempt to find sources for insourced information before making mass removals - but at the moment i'm much too tired to do so, especially after spending an hour working on the article. I put this comment at both ends of the talk page as i'm not sure whether up or down is firsat or last :/ Revoranii 15:01, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

To Revorani

MC Opi is a UK born West African/Irish dance hall artist and was not a hip hop artist. She was around in the late 80s and early 90s, she has worked and/or performed with alternative rock musicians, vocalists and reggae artists internationally eg. Massive Attack, Christine Anu, Wicked Beats Sound System, The Grid, DJ Joe 90, Emphat Majuru, Lucky Dube and others. She should be included in the wiki for dance hall in Australia or the UK, although she was a prominent figure in the early 90s Australian hip hop scene as she produced the ABC radio national documentary 'Women on the Rhyme' which presented female hip hop and dance hall artists in Australia and internationally, this documentary featured Australian hip hop artist Charlene from Def Wish Cast. She was also a reporter and music journalist for SBS TV's music shows 'The Noise' and 'MCTVEE',she interviewed the Beastie Boys, Lucky Dube, Dr Alban and others. MC Opi has both an English and African name, Opi is an abbreviation of her African name Oparabea, but in respect MC's should be known as their MC name not by their full names, unless they themselves use it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.229.69.14 (talk) 07:26, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Little Nobody reference

This was deleted from the page, tho no notes as to why - which is weird since Little Nobody was an early Melbourne artist working with hip hop beats and grooves from 1997, and The Age review from 2000 specifically refers to this. Have reintroduced the artist, but please let me know if any reason why he should be removed. Cheers muchly.(Nina phunsta 14:37, 4 August 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Katalyst

I can't believe that there isn't an article on Katalyst on wikipedia - any body want to give it a shot?09:48, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] South West Syndicate

South West Syndicate (formed 1992) should be mentioned. Badagnani (talk) 23:42, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Don't believe that South West Syndicate should be included/mentioned - needs to be notable (there should at least be an article created on the band first). Actually there are a number of groups that have been included on the list that should be removed until they have their own separate article (justifying their notability) Dan arndt (talk) 08:15, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

This is one of the longest running, most notable and respected hip hop crews in the entire country. Badagnani (talk) 16:58, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Phinesse

I can't believe that Phinesse isn't listed, they have toured with 50 Cent, Omarion, Fat Man Scoop, Naught by nature. They are also touring with Akon and T-Pain on the Konvict Tour in October 2009. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.4.69.180 (talk) 00:32, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] who wrote the 'Style' section?

"As a result, it is hard to pinpoint what in Australian hip hop makes the hip hop Australian."

Honestly, this has to be one of the worst sentences I've ever seen on wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by U4418327 (talk • contribs) 01:10, 30 October 2009 (UTC)