The Freakz of The Nature WA album launch – Friday 20th April 2012 @ The Railway Hotel

After years of having members based on different sides of the country, and a massive album launch in Sydney earlier this year, electro hip hoppers The Freakz of The Nature officially return to WA, and what better way to kick it off than launching their album, ‘2000Zen’. What’s even better than that? You get a copy of the album as part of the entry fee!

The launch goes down Friday 20th of April at The Railway Hotel, 44 Tydeman Rd, North Fremantle. Also performing on the night will be Trooth, Wisdom 2th plus special guest DJ LXD from Melbourne.

Doors open at 8pm, with an open mic session between 8:30pm – 9pm, for any MCs out there who wanna drop a verse, best get down there early. Entry is only $10 which as we mentioned before, includes a copy of The Freakz of The Nature’s album 2000Zen!

It’s been 1 year since The Freakz last rocked the stage in WA, and this will be the first time the 2000Zen album has been performed in full in WA. The Freakz are known for their super energetic live sets, so no matter if you are new to The Freakz, or been there since 1996, this is the show to be at.

You can download the latest Freakz single 'People People' or stream the whole album for free now from the 'music' link at www.thefreakz.com

Trooth on indiehiphop.net

Hey all, Perth Hip Hop legend Trooth has been featured on the international independent Hip Hop website indeihiphop.net. It is his video 'Tender Lovin' from his album 'Reborn' that is available now.

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Trooth on RTR FM (Video)

Hey all, check out this new video from Trooth. It is from when he was on RTR FM.

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Trooth - Reborn [REVIEW]

 Trooth - Reborn review by Styla

Finally, after 9 to 12 months of hard work, hours of producing, recording, studio time, the dedication and support of many, Ryan Samuels, better known as MCee TROOTH in Perth’s Hip Hop community, blessed us with his new album 'REBORN', officially released February 15 2012.

With beats and production from Dean 'Loftee Beats' Lofts, from Perth Underground, as well as Mat Rafle, known for his love of sampling, REBORN is a well received addition to Australian Hip Hop. Before I start to break down certain elements to the album, I feel like giving my overall feeling for REBORN, from a fan’s/listener’s point of view first. Like any album I buy, there are songs which grab me immediately. It may be a certain beat that gets my attention right away, or 4 bars from the first verse of a track, or a hook, or it could be just one sound or harmony that strums the chord within your soul and you don’t know why, but you love it. REBORN is no different. Yes, there are some tracks I find more enjoyable than others, however there isn’t one track I don’t like. The high points to REBORN is definitely TROOTH’s raw and witty lyrics, from silly to serious, to confronting and heartbreaking, as well as his consistent delivery and execution, multi’s, his punch lines, wordplay and content. So, my overall feeling? Well lets just say I repeated many songs over and over again, some made me laugh, some made me angry or hyped up, some I couldn’t help but to sing along. Hell, I even blasted it in my car at the lights with my shitty stock standard stereo system. To me, when and artists can get your feelings to follow along with them, as well as keep your attention, that’s a job well done, and something that all artists who are serious about what they do should try to achieve. So……let’s do it!

When I first listened to the album in whole, letting each track play in the order presented, I immediately thought, “RAW”, Trooth is definitely as raw as they come, with a bachelor degree in Rawness. Each track feels like Trooth is dispersing his lyrics right there next to you, without any magical fancy electronic voice tuning, no auto-tune bullshit, technical voice alterations, just Trooth, spittin raw. I personally think it’s important to mention this because I think it says a lot about Trooth as an artist and as a person. REBORN provides the listener with a path to some dark places, as well as some insight into the direction Trooth is moving in, adamant that he not be deterred in any way.

This leads to the first track off of REBORN, “Love of Hip Hop,” and the title pretty much explains itself, as Trooth explains to us that his love for Hip Hop is his muse, his drive in life, he names some artists he’s been inspired by, and how music feeds his hunger to be a positive addition to the Hip Hop Culture everywhere. The hook cuts in with a fitting sample and definitely contributes to the content of the song. It’s a great intro to the ride Trooth is about to take you on, and importantly, I think the opening track is important on any album from any artists from any gender, and here Trooth reminds the listener that this album is all because of his love for Hip Hop, however the lyrics also indicate his respect on how Hip Hop has been his saviour through life. Props.

Track 2 comes in with a Latino switch up type of vibe, I’m shit with instruments, but know this, it definitely sounds latinoish… Anyways, the track is called “Knocked Out” , where Trooth comes out just as consistent in delivery and execution as the first, giving a taste of wordplay, multi’s – punches and attitude, with lines like “We’ll tea bag an aneroxic / while she’s spittin, bringing a new meaning to skinny dippin…” you can’t help but smile, as it’s full of lines just like this. Basically, you will get knocked the fuck out if you challenge Trooth in this game of lyrical warfare…

So one of my favourite tracks kicks in, “Addict” , this track cracks me up every time I listen to it, however the more I hear the everything Trooth is sayin, it leads me to believe that he’s giving us an insight into a dark world that once was, but is no more, and is able to put a comical twist on something that is very real today in regards to addiction. Whether insight to Trooth himself, or addicts in general, I myself can relate to many of things stated within this track, and it allows the listener to be able to understand yet smile regardless. Filled with outrageous lines like “You see – if there’s wine in the house / there’s a looker like Amy Winehouse on the couch / she’s slouched / Drool from the mouth / the fool hasn’t figured out that she’s got stool on her snout / I can’t talk – the night before / I drank ales like a whale til I couldn’t walk / I went pale my senses set sail…..” and on and on…. The hook is catchy, and after listening to it you will eventually find yourself singing along, in front of you boss, and wonder why the next day you’ve been scheduled in for a “random” piss test…..

“Going Out Like That” opens up with another latinoish sounding track, with a hook influenced and even somewhat interpreted in a similar style as B-Real from Cyprus Hill. Probably one of my least favourite songs on the track, however not horrible to listen to, filled with plenty of clever lines and wordplay, I feel at times some nonsense was thrown in just to fill gaps or rhyme filler, especially after listening to the rest of the album and seeing the creativity and dedication put into other tracks. Overall enjoyable, yet not grasping as others. However as far as the raw delivery, consistent execution, sound quality and overall production there’s no complaints.

“Tender Lovin” – Even at this moment as I’m typing this review, listening to this track – I want to hit repeat just for the opening of this song….oops, did it already… opening with some banging strings and what sounds like harmonised vocals faint but there, and Trooth perfectly coming to the front with “It’s like I gotta pressure / pressure to be fresher / fresher to impress ya to have the highest measure…” This track has so much to say in every verse it would be impossible for me to not write a War and Peace paper on it. Let’s say this – Tender Lovin is needed for everyone, and everyone needs it, they need it in their family, their pressures, their stresses, their forms of expression, their times of loneliness, times of helplessness, times of watchin your homies getting screwed but you can’t do shit about it, the drug addict, in your belief system – or better yet FROM your belief system. Basically, anyone and everyone is able to say “My soul my life aint right but all it needs is ‘Tender Lovin’…” at one point in their life. Dope track, and Mat Rafle provides one hell of a platform for Trooth spill his guts in the most clean and smooth way….DOPE. If you agree, be sure to peep the video too, directed by one of L.A.’s finest, James Wade.

“Bleeding” Trooth portrays a man strung along in a relationship that he eventually realized was poisoned with lies and betrayal. I mean, what else can I write, if you’ve been burnt, you know exactly the pain and anger flowing through his delivery. Loftee provides a sound that immediately sends me into early Slim Shady land, and I think even Trooth felt this as there’s a moment where he viciously spits bars that remind me of an angry early Eminem. Overall this is a dope topical rhyme….

“Mic Check” – Man, this track is just full of some great punches, metaphors, puns….I love the chorus especially, and the beat is great. Just peep this shit for yourself, it’s silly Trooth packin a right hook, and if you duck you’ll get a left handed uppercut….with lines like “Just in case I lose it / I’ll ram ya head my speakers so you pause and I’m forced to face the music…” and it goes on… a diss to wackness, wann be emcees who Trooth questions in his hook “Microphone check one – check two / is there anyone out there man? Microphone check one – check two / am I the only one who gives a damn?? / Microphone check one – check two / Ummm - Hello? Hellooo?”
HELLO?!

“Spit Like It This” – “Yeah – Everyone says yeah, I’mma say Nah….” – Another track full of lines packed with punches to another bangin Loftee Beat, basically backing up Mic Check with a challenge, a challenge to “Spit It Like This” – go ahead – do it….with nothing in ya pockets…Great combo with Loftee and Trooth…REPEAT

“Reborn” – Initially I didn’t think I’d like this track, as the beginning beat just didn’t appeal to me, because as soon as it started I thought of Elton John, and no offence, he’s a great artist, pianist, etc, but he creeps me the f*ck out…anyway, this song, sharing the same name as the album itself, is one of the tracks I’ve skipped the most. Now, not because it’s bad, because once I shook off the eerie feeling of Elton John, it kicks in with a tune that strikes an inner chord inside me and then followed up with a powerful story. I skip this song the most mainly due to the impact of it, as I can relate a lot to this song, and it’s one of those tracks that combine a sad tale with a message of hope. The only thing I can say about this track, is that production wise I think Trooth’s vocals felt as if they were behind the beat, in other words I felt Trooth was a bit muffled and his vocals were too much “in” the beat, instead of in front of it. I had to adjust my equalizer a bit on my system in order to get a good quality sound so I could hear what Trooth was saying without concentrating too hard on it.

“Sixteen Bars A Day” – Just what the doctor prescribes to maintain a lyrically healthy diet! Nuff said.

“Washed Hands” – Loftee Beats provides the soundtrack while Trooth provides the storyline for a tale of betrayal from that one person you called a homie until you find out they were scheming and deceiving you behind your back. Dope track….

“Rock You” – My second favourite track on the album. Look, everyone likes a song that brings that “anthem” feel, the track where you wanna bounce along and sing the hook too…This is that track for me on this album. The only thing I can pick out on this track is that I think the hook should of definitely been stronger, whether through mixing or getting more back up vocals cuz that’s the bit I shout along with, and in front of a crowd, the hook would definitely grab the attention of all viewers. I must add, even though this track is one of my favourite, a few of the beats from Loftee up to this point have a noticeable signature, a little high pitched dribble that sneaks in, and I think that it could be left out or even used in moderation, because I after I picked up on this I heard it every time it came out and it’s somewhat distracting.

“Power Of One” has a beat that is smooth as butter, and I honestly don’t know what it is about this track I like or don’t like, I mean, there’s just something about it that I love. There’s a couple of noticeable spots where I feel Trooth may have slipped a tad in his delivery, and initially I thought the hook was too lazy, like there wasn’t a lot of effort put into it, however I can’t NOT sing along with it, and the more I listen to it the more I think it fits, yet a part of me wants more. I’ll leave it that, because I’m unable to really express my thoughts with this one.

Last but not least, Trooth ends the journey with “Drug Related” – a story telling track that tells of what I feel is a tale of an abused boy, and possibly a true story or a story close to the truth, or the mind of the abused…The track itself is 3:20, with Trooth delivering a 3 minute verse of nonstop topical lyricism, however it’s not one I would bump, or listen to repeatedly, but one I payed attention to, because I needed to hear how it ended. And so do you!

Conclusion – Production wise, beat wise, etc…there are moments where I think Trooth is in the beat instead of on it, and I felt that at times where energy was needed for hooks or backing vocals, although present, needed to be stronger. The dribbling sound effect within some of Loftee’s beats can get a bit distracting, taking away a bit of impact to the song. As for Trooth and his presence vocally, I definitely feel his emotion, his desire, his motivation, compassion, and love, yet there lyrically there are times where I felt that filler lines were dropped for the sake of “filling a gap” – and moments of fumbling/pace control within his delivery, but this is just me grasping for straws, as I believe without a doubt this album is worth your money and your time. Trooth has no doubt the ability to comically please you, challenge you, and allow you to see inside his life, whether present, past or future, his love, his heart aches, his failings, his doubts, his compassion, his motivations and inspirations, while producers Loftee Beats and Mat Rafle at most times help to encourage his message by providing sounds, beats and rhythms to compliment REBORN.

It’s raw, it’s real, it’s TROOTH. GET IT HERE 

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Trooth Live On Boostwell Boombox (Denver, CO USA Radio Show)

Hey all, check out this interview with Trooth on a Denver, Colorado radio show. Pretty dope.

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Trooth - Reborn [OUT NOW]

Hey all, check out this new album from Perth Hip Hop veteran TROOTH. I was behind the production on the album so I can't give my opinion but you should definitely buy it. $5 on Bandcamp and available at standard pricing almost everywhere else.

Trooth - Reborn (ON BANDCAMP)

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Trooth - Tender Lovin' (Video)

Hey all, check out this new video from Trooth. It is off his upcoming album 'Reborn' that will be released in Feb this year.

Check out Trooth on Triple J Unearthed (and rate).

Choppin' it up with TROOTH

Hey all, we got a chance to have a quick interview with Perth Hip Hop artist TROOTH. Make sure you check out his videos and tracks because they are DOPE.

TROOTH INTERVIEW

When did you first get into creating hip hop music?

Since the age of 15, I had always been into Hip Hop culture, but I started taking rapping seriously as a career in 2003 after I met Trumpnotics.

What are some producers that you have worked with?

Bruno Favoury, Ta-ku, Mat Rafle and Loftee Beats.

What projects have you worked on?

Gettin U Junkdafied, Too High, United We Stand and Reborn.

I hear you are working on an album, when can we expect to hear anything from that?

Probably early to mid 2012.

What can we expect to hear from your upcoming album?

It's a mixture of grimey tracks and emotionally driven tracks. I worked with Loftee Beats and Mat Rafle for this so it will be diverse.

Check out the official TROOTH website Trooth Music.

JR - Tha Sun Setz In Tha West [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Hey all, check out this new mixtape from JR. It features a HEAP of Perth Hip Hop artists and is a pretty dope overall project. Hopefully we will see a review of this one soon.

JR - Tha Sun Setz In Tha West

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Trooth - Spittin' Some Bars (promo for REBORN 2012)

Hey all, a promo video for Trooth's upcoming album "REBORN" coming 2012. Video by Shroomz. Check it below.

Check out the new Trooth official website Trooth Music.

Happy Birthday Launch!

Hey all, to celebrate 1 year since the start of Launch they are having a huge lineup tonight at The Rocket Room. Featuring performances from Optamus, LSD, Soma, Defyre, Paulie P, Emcee Red, Cortext, Trooth and Tektonik it is set to be a HUGE night.

Mark yourself as attending on the Facebook page.

Perth City Battles 7: Azmatik VS Trooth

Hey all, got the latest video from Perth City Battles featuring Azmatik and Trooth. This is the craziest battle I have seen yet out of PCB.

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Coffee Conversations: Trooth

Hey all, got a video here from Trooth about the Perth Hip Hop scene. Check it out below.

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Trooth - United We Stand

Hey all, got a new mixtape from Trooth called "United We Stand". It features JR, Porsah Laine, Chekid MC, DT, Shroomz, BYP, Slackjaw, Dialekt, Green Gross, Ta-Ku, Lady Loca, Tektonik, Mamma Teesh and Loftee Beats. Quite a few decent tracks on here so make sure you download a copy.

Trooth - United We Stand

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Trooth - Got It Like That

Hey all, got a new track from Trooth on YouTube. Check it below.

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Mixtape Thursdays

Hey all, this month marks the beginning of Mixtape Thursdays @ The Newport Hotel Fremantle. This is a HUGE occasion for Perth Hip Hop so make sure you get down and support a massive line up. March features performances from Tektonik, Trooth, Black Poet, DT & Soma. Not one to miss guys to add it to the calender.

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Loftee Beats - The Origin Of... Charlie Mitchel

Hey all, I released my first EP today called "The Origin Of... Charlie Mitchel". It is available for FREE below so make sure you grab a copy. I will be making a small amount of Hard Copies so make sure you hit me up if you want one (you will have to cover postage or pick-up). Today also marks the 1st Birthday of Perth Underground. It was exactly one year ago since I woke up and decided that this is what Perth Hip Hop was missing. Thanks to everybody that has supported what I have been doing since the start and I will try to keep this going strong in the future.

Loftee Beats - The Origin Of... Charlie Mitchel

I have also opened up the "Perth Underground Store" so make sure you check it out. The design up there at the moment is just temporary while I get something a little more solid sorted. If you have any ideas for designs that you would like to see or if you would like one of the current designs on a different type of product you can contact shop@perthunderground.com.au or myself. Anyway, hope you enjoy the EP and I'll hopefully have more out shortly.

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Trooth - Down The Road (Featuring Mamma Teesh, Loftee Beats)

Hey all, make sure you check out this new track from Trooth. It features Mamma Teesh and myself and is available for download below. 69 Records in this muthaf....

 

Trooth - Down The Road (Featuring Mamma Teesh, Loftee Beats)

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Mixtape Tuesdays - December 2010

Hey all, make sure you get to The Newport Hotel on December 21st. Huge lineup this month with BYP, Broken English, Trooth, JR, Black Poet and D-Toure. Definitely worth checking out.

 

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Mixtape Tuesdays - December

Hey all, one of the biggest Mixtape Tuesdays of the year is coming up this month with performances from BYP, Black Poet, Trooth, JR, Broken English and D-Toure. There is also battles so make sure you hit up Rico to secure your place. It starts at 7:00PM at The Newport Hotel in Fremantle. FREE ENTRY.

Make sure you let everybody know you are attending on the Facebook.