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"In this current egomaniacal era of hip-hop, when Kendrick Lamar and Drake are
stamping their feet over who the better rapper is and when Jay-Z compares being
called a “capitalist” to the N-word, it is almost reassuring to have a potent
reminder of the incendiary power of rap for a greater good – from a furious
little Australian album.
Dobby, the Murrawarri-Filipino drummer and rapper (he calls himself a
“drapper”), has put out what might be the most genuinely radical hip-hop album
of the year, titled
Warrangu: River Story, which is about the degradation of
the Murray-Darling Basin. But the 30-year-old – real name Rhyan Clapham –
doesn’t view his strangely brilliant, pedagogic album as a step that far from
the millionaire rappers in their mansions, high on their own supply.
“There are four elements of hip-hop music: graffiti, breakdancing, DJ and rap.
We have the same things in Aboriginal cultures. Ochre is our graffiti. Our DJ
is didge player, our yidaki. Our dancing is our corroboree. And our song lines
are our rap music,” he says."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
