Look at this shit! The national youth broadcaster - JJJ - one of Australia's only voices for home grown beats has largely dropped the ball this year, with the hottest 100 countdown turning out only 2 aussie hip hop tracks. Four if you count the routine "i fucked your mum", "fuck I'm hilarious", "I jis in your eye" tedium from Butterfingers - which i don't.
With an unusually high representation of musica Australiana in this year's vote tally, there's little by way of rocket science needed to see what's afoot.
COMMERCIALISM!
With Berny fanning taking out the top spot (on his own this year), and the 'Precocious cunt' Ben Lee hot on his heels, one could have been easily mistaken that they were listening to the top 40 on Fox. As for the two hip hop tracks, The Herd who are responsible for both came in at 19 and 87. They themselves seem somewhat ambivalent toward the subject.
Despite being a slow-ish year for Aussie hip hop, it did not go without some major releases from some of the scene's stablemates, such as DownSyde TZU Pegz and of course the Herd, albums which the j's themselves featured throughout the year.
The J team have even admitted to the fact that they wouldn't have voted with such irreverence; but the fact remains. The countdown this year was none other than a disappointment!
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Bah! Rant against commercialism? What are you? A dirty commie?
I never really listen to JJJ - I pirate my music off the Internet, and don't miss the inane chatter that fills up yoof radio when they aren't playing songs.
Personally I think JJJ should be privatised and sold.
Preferably to the Wiggles.
Na, fuck that. privatisation is a whack idea. but like telstra, melbourne's transport, and countless enterprises before it, the ABC - inparticular JJJ will no doubt be thrown to the sharks at some point. Then Aussie hip hop will be pushed even further underground. BLEH!
An interesting Age article, Whits. I don't have nearly enough music knowledge to comment though.
We're witnessing heard mentality yet again. Pehaps, preferential voting is the answer...
true... On that, maybe the Australian public only voted for the Herd, because they couldn't remember the name of any other hip hop group. Personally i think its because one of their entries is a cover as to why it got in such a position. God help me...
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