Here are my favourite Australian rap songs of the year.
Vahsoong
Today, an interview with one of the best doing it: Vahsoong. When you hear his wisdom, charm and rich, deep voice, it's hard to believe he's only seventeen. Way back last year, we hopped on a zoom to chat about growing up in Perth and Armidale, how he got into music, his VAH EP, what it's like being a rapper in Perth, the unwanted and attention that comes with alopecia and the wisdom that comes from doing dumb shit in the streets.
The Sidney Phillips Interview
An interview with the trans adlay of North Brisbane, Sidney Phillips.
Best Australian Rap 2022
Always late but right on time, today we kick off Dog Scraps' Best Australian Rap Songs of 2022.
LILPIXIE
With a dry tone like Daria and the general vibe of the girls from The Craft, when LILPIXIE (fka Pixie) raps “Baby, I’ll take you to wonderland”, it sounds like they're luring you into a trap.
Ides
As the 'Oz Boy' cover art suggests, Ides makes music about selling drugs in Australia. After a few years bubbling below the surface, he's finally dropped his first project, and it displays a fully-formed style and unique musical identity, packaging witty and vivid street bars in a flamboyant, expressive vocal delivery.
Interview with Hamza
I met up with Hamza earlier in the year, on his birthday, to talk about his new project, his first exposure to hip-hop through a D12 CD, balancing his Western and Pakistani identities in his music, Islam in hip-hop, shuffling at lunchtime, his unorthodox creative process, working with SOLLYY and Murli, what needs to be change in the Australian rap scene and more.
Baby Face Mal & Brickbaby
Rap music is in the era of the Baby.
Best Australian Rap 2020
If you can cast your mind back, you might recall that 2020 was a bit of a shit year. Thankfully, 2021 is here and everything is better now, so we can reflect fondly on the best Australian rap songs to drop during that god-forsaken 365-day period.
Huskii – Recalled EP Review
Against great odds, the best rapper in the country has delivered perhaps his finest collection yet.
Isaac Puerile
Isaac Puerile might just be The One.
ECB
If this doesn’t get you nodding your head within the first ten seconds, turn it off. You don’t deserve it.
BbyMutha
After a relatively quiet 2019, the dark queen of the rap netherworld Bbymutha has blessed us with a dark and commanding EP of bangers, Muthaleficent.
Best Rap 2024 (US)
Here are my favourite international rap songs of 2024.
Best Australian Rap 2023
Our groundbreaking study on the almighty power of hindsight.
DoloRRes
Our first guest contributor Ben Madden caught up with DoloRRes to talk about his time abroad, making the switch from English to Italian, making music videos on shoestring budgets and cracked Adobe software, his liberating new creative process and more.
2023
Some'n light. Links within.