this is actually really good

i'm not the biggest 50 cent fan, but holy shit, this is pretty insane.

my brother bruce dancing at laura festival

Laura Aboriginal Dance Festival 2009, Aurukun Tribe from Seiji Armstrong on Vimeo.

laura festival

was an amazing aboriginal dance festival in cape york where all these different communities came together to share their stories and dances. it was truly amazing, especially being there with my closest friends, and a memory i think ill cherish forever. my two friends bruce and john danced with the aurukun dancers, and i think this is a mad photo of them. i was going to dance with aurukun, but felt a bit scared haha. next time, next time.

BRAD STRUT

brothers and sisters, i'm back from aurukun, cape york. we caught many barramundis, sharks, shot many pigs and ducks and saw heaps of local dancing. my home away from home.

SO. i met the legendary brad strut in london when i was living over there. he was a very intelligent guy who seemed to be sizing me up most of the time. i truly think that he is the best australian rapper and i can't wait til the day that i can pit my skills up against his on a track. that would be some crazy pyrotechnics right there.

many of my friends would testify that i have been going through some dark times lately, and really questioning whether i am cut out for this music biz. it is a harsh game that sometimes feels like a trapdoor to a well of shadows, and i am trying to figure out if i should make my full length album my debut and finale at the same time and then end there. in times like this what you often need is a ray of light into the gloom and that ray for me right now is brad strut's song "believe". this is the realest, most inspiring piece of hip-hop that i have come across this year, and i want to share it with you. love the bit where he plugs the headphones into the earth. amazing.

live from my new home sydney, omar bin musa

AURUKUN!

party people. you won't hear from me for a little while. i'm off to the laura dance festival and then aurukun, in cape york. can't wait. it is one of my favourite places in the world. hopefully we can get up to/see a little more of this:

2 x Lil Wayne Songs

this song proves that lil wayne can shred a beat like very few other rappers. i think people have somehow forgotten that he can actually rap. mental flow and too many notable quotables!



this song is one where he uses the dreaded autotune, but to great effect. it has this rad woozy feel and perfectly captures the feel of a one night stand.

new hot shit

so i saw that there were all sorts of fuckers kicking about at the bliss n eso concert the other night, something like 1500 people, all of whom, no doubt, were saying that they are massive oz hip-hop fans. don't get me wrong, i think B n E are rad, but it made me think, where the fuck are all these supposed oz hip-hop lovers at the local canberra hip-hop gigs?
sooooo, i'm gonna continue to bring you the hottest up and coming hip-hop australia has to offer. and today it's DAZED N FLAWLEZZ. coming with sick beats and thoughtful lyrics, dazed is a lad i went to school with (and is half-malaysian, yehhhhh boi!) and flawlezz is from my beloved hometown QBN. they are bringing the heat right now, and if my sources are informing me correctly are working on an LP. check them out here:

http://www.myspace.com/dazedflawlezz

make sure you also download their EP while you're there. "daydreams" and "all things good" are my favourites. oh yeah, the EP is 100% free- yessss.

-obm