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From making front page newspaper headlines, to battling US rappers on their home turf, to guest-starring on one of the most popular commercial radio hits of summer ’08, you could never accuse Melbourne hip-hop artist 360 of being underexposed.
The 22-year-old emcee, a veteran of the local hip-hop scene despite his relative youth, has notoriety in spades. However, it’s his music – culminating in his acclaimed 2008 debut album What You See Is What You Get – that has kept him at the forefront of listeners’ minds from Brooklyn to Brisbane.
After years of making waves via DJ mixtapes and underground club nights, 360’s star really began to ascend in late 2007, when he was chosen as one of only two Aussie emcees to represent his country at the World Rap Championships in New York City. Despite not winning the battle, Sixty cemented himself as an “artist to watch” among discerning hip-hop listeners everywhere.
Not one to rest on his laurels, 360’s next power move was the release of his first single/video, the hilarious Bec Hewitt dedication ‘Mamma Mia’. The clip – featuring Sixty stalking and cavorting with a Bec lookalike, and leaked to the internet on the first day of the Australian Open tennis tournament – sparked a media frenzy, generating a front page story in Melbourne’s mX daily newspaper and even attracting comment from Lleyton Hewitt’s manager. About 30,000 online views later, the clip has gone down as one of the most notorious moments in local hip-hop history.
With momentum continuing to build, Sixty dropped his debut album What You See Is What You Get in March 2008 through rising independent powerhouse Soulmate Records. The album, described as “a slick and serious musical attempt” by The Sydney Morning Herald, is notable for the controversial banger ‘So Fake’ and for introducing the wider world to the unparalleled musical chemistry between 360 and his now-infamous partner-in-rhyme Pez.
This chemistry was to rear its head in the most breathtaking of ways with ‘The Festival Song’, the official first single from Pez’s debut album A Mind Of My Own. The track, released in September 2008 and featuring scene-stealing raps from 360, built up steam on national youth broadcaster Triple J and MySpace before being added to the national Nova radio network and eventually receiving airplay via media juggernaut Austereo.
The national exposure of ‘The Festival Song’ has set the stage for 360’s forthcoming sophomore album, due out in 2009. The album promises to draw on influences as diverse as MGMT, The Presets, Justice and Bloc Party, while featuring Sixty’s ever-strengthening verbal talents and melodic nous.
360 – What You See Is What You Get – out now on Soulmate Records.
FORTHWRITE = 360 & PEZ - prepare for the invasion!
IT’S FINALLY HERE - GROUNDUPHIPHOP.COM PRESENTS THE FORTHWRITE MIXTAPE!
Fresh on the heels of the release of 360’s debut album What You See Is What You Get, the Melbourne duo of 360 & Pez have dropped their long-anticipated full-length mixtape, creatively titled The Forthwrite Mixtape.
24 tracks deep, The Forthwrite Mixtape features Melbourne collaborators GMC, Tys, Seth Sentry, Raymz and vocalist Oso. Combining the group’s hilarious tracks Dry Sex and Special One, now for the first time on CD, plus 60’s confrontational Bring It and a massive selection of all-new never heard before tracks, your life is incomplete without The Forthwrite Mixtape.
Only $5 + $2 shipping for orders shipping to Australia, plus ALL online orders will come with a bonus Groundup Mixtape!
TRACKLIST:
1. Forthwrite - Believe
2. Forthwrite - We Know
3. Forthwrite - Kiss Of Death (ft GMC)
4. Forthwrite - Dry Sex
5. Forthwrite - It Wasnt For This
6. Forthwrite - Smoke Break (skit)
7. Forthwrite - Namedropper 2
8. Forthwrite - Fuck Slow
9. 360 - Addicted
10. Pez - Smile Again (ft Tys)
11. 360 - Bring It
12. 360 - Singing Lessons (skit)
13. Forthwrite - Special One
14. Pez - Lazy (ft Seth Sentry)
15. Forthwrite - Things Work Themselves Out (ft Oso)
16. Forthwrite - Whisper Song (skit)
17. Pez - Addicted
18. Pez - Don’t Look Down (ft Tys)
19. Forthwrite - The Artist
20. Forthwrite - The Game
21. 360 - Star (skit)
22. 360 - Someone Better
23. Pez - Poetry (ft Raymz)
24. Forthwrite - Who Am I
Go here to cop this shit:
http://www.grounduphiphop.com/2008/04/13/shop-forthwrite-mixtape/
360 - http://twitter.com/3ree6ixty NEW SONG UP!!!'s Friend Space (Top 11)
360 - http://twitter.com/3ree6ixty NEW SONG UP!!! has 4414 friends.
brodoggs . you gota call me ! i got trax for you and a dFm spot if your keen? just built my vocal booth so we can do everything here at my place . . hit me back ya dagg
Sorry for another comment, I just wanted to let you know that PART 3 of my New Track Previews has been released, titled: 'Some Days'. If you have a free moment, you can listen to it at the MySpace Page!
The Full Version will be available on my next Mixtape, 'The Intern'.
Also, I have started a FACEBOOK Fan Page, so if Facebook is now more of you're thing, feel free to join up!
Hey 60! I was at the Sydney show last night & coaster the week before and just wanted to say you and pez and freakin amazing! So so good! Was 2 awesome nights man! Thanks heaps!! :) xx. Lauren.
Hey 60! I was at the Sydney gig last night and at coaster last saturday and just wanted to say that you and pez were absolutely bloody amazing!! Was 2 very great nights! Thanks heaps! :) Lauren. xx.
Hey yo man, how's it going? Just thought i'd show you some support. You've got some sick as flow's bro. And some of you rhym's fucken crack me up. You and Pez are the shit. Haha
well bro im off, take care aye, i reckon you should give us some tix if you come aye haha, for me my cousin (jasonb) and my girl :), since were all gonna go grab your album, ill get pez's too haha. off to go beat the shit outta my drums to the festival song :P catcha bro, hell mad talking to yah. have a good one tonight in melbourne kentt
ey hows it going i dont know how many times you been aksed this man, but how did you staart out with everything, i dont know who to give my shit to, or anything, so it would be appreciated.
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