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Dam Native: Kaupapa Driven Rhymes Uplifted | |
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VERY limited 2025 reissue of landmark 1997 Hip Hop album. As part of an extremely limited (50 copies) green vinyl with obi reissue package,customers received a cd of the album in a fold out digipak.The disc is a CD-R ,but is an official issue as part of the vinyl package. Originally released on (long out of print) cd only in 1997,and reissued on vinyl only in 2024. Dam Native’s seminal 1997 album ‘Kaupapa Driven Rhymes Uplifted’, widely considered to be one of the greatest hip hop albums to come out of Aotearoa. Kaupapa Driven Rhymes Uplifted, as an album, was revolutionary, not just for hip-hop in Aotearoa, but for popular music as a whole, due to its fusion of hip-hop and te reo Māori. The music focused on themes associated with being Māori, the rapping incorporated te reo, and the album’s symbolism had a strong Māori focus as well, including the album’s iconic cover, which featured member Danny Haimona holding a tokotoko - a carved walking stick. Tracklist 4 Realms Intro Behold My Kool Style Extremities No Formal Training Battle Styles Think About It (Interlude) Travelling Rise and Shine (Interlude) The Horrified One (featuring Teremoana Rapley) Revolution 4 Realms of Existence The Son (featuring Che Fu) K.D.R.U. (Interlude) Provoke Reactions 4 Realms Outro |
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