Always late but right on time, today we kick off Dog Scraps' Best Australian Rap Songs of 2022.
Best Australian Rap 2022
Tag: music journalism
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.
Huskii – Recalled EP Review
Against great odds, the best rapper in the country has delivered perhaps his finest collection yet.
Ize
UPDATE: Turns out this guy is a rapist. This is crazy. Unlike anything I’ve heard. It’s like hardcore-rap meets jungle with a phat ass beat that almost ends up sounding like The Prodigy. The punk aesthetic has been co-opted a lot by rappers in recent years - usually in a completely shallow way e.g. Carti … Continue reading Ize
Best Scraps 2018. Declaring my favourite song of the year isn't usually this easy but what Saba did on 'PROM / KING' is some of the best song-writing I've ever heard. On an album shrouded in grief, this is the climax where Saba tells the story of how a particular prom night brought him and … Continue reading