21 Outstanding Aboriginal Rappers On Provocalz's New Album Only Built For Koori Linx

Gamilaraay rapper Provocalz's epic new 30-track album Only Built For Koori Linx features no fewer than 20 other Aboriginal emcees. Here they are, in order of appearance.

1. LORNA MUNRO

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From:

Sydney, New South Wales.

Provocalz says:

Lorna is the daughter of Aunty Jenny, who led Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy to victory. A very talented sister. Her poetry's fucking crazy. I didn't want to touch it. I didn't want to turn it into a song or anything. I just thought, “That's a mad intro to the album.”

Lorna Munro's killer lines:

I did not disconnect properly
And so the shadow has cast on sin
My veins pump through blood, rocks and dirt
The same dirt land we are walking in

Track:

Wanhundurinya Bala Du (Disconnected Be I).

2. DARAH

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From:

Shepparton, Victoria.

Provocalz says:

Darah's a deadly brother. He had a whole bunch of shit that he was bringing out a while ago. I think I was friends with him for a while on Fedbook [Facebook] and then I just hit him up and asked him to jump up on the track. That one came out mad.

Darah's killer lines:

Since a young 'un my elders told me
Don't let your history be defined by your enemies
And that's what it is my people, let it be clear
The elevation of the black people is what they fear

Track:

Stand Strong.

3. BO SPEARIM

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From:

Brisbane, Queensland.

Provocalz says:

I'd been trying to get the brother Bo to jump on the album for a while, so I told him just to write something for it and send it to me and I'll turn it into a track. He recorded that and I just chopped it up a bit and made it fit for the chorus. I think that's a real powerful track.

Bo Spearim's killer lines:

Why should we support a system that promotes assimilation?
That takes part in the genocide of First Nations?
Our clans, our nations
Have seen and overcome those acts and the legislations

Track:

Stand Strong.

4. LADY LASH

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From:

Ceduna, South Australia.

Provocalz says:

Lady Lash - she's a deadly sister – mad talented, mad emcee, mad singer. I wanted to include as many sisters as possible on the album. “Dominoes” is pretty much just talking about the Oz Hip-Hop crowd, we just line them up like dominoes and watch them fall, like they can't fuck with us.

Lady Lash's killer lines:

Live it up, all we got is one shot
We knock 'em down, down to the ground
Gotta make a move
Then we play them like dominoes, dominoes

Track:

Dominoes.

5. TERA

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From:

Perth, Western Australia.

Provocalz says:

He's a good bloke, Tera. I just thought his shit was dope. I wanted to involve as many artists from around the country as possible, so I just hit him up, sent him that track and yeah, everything came out dope, I mastered it all and everything. He's got some very dope shit.

Tera's killer lines:

Check it out, yo, it ain't easy being me
I stay up in the struggle, I fight to be free
'Cause all I fucking see is my enemies and they surround me
Claiming my land, oppressing everything around me

Track:

Ain't Easy.

6. NATIVE MC

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From:

Adelaide, South Australia.

Provocalz says:

Native MC's just a fucking full hip-hop head, graff writer, mad emcee. He's got that crazy flow, just mad flows, and I just had to hit him up for a track. But that whole song's basically just fuck Aussie hip-hop, fuck all these rappers - and I thought his verses fit perfect with that.

Native MC's killer lines:

Your style is weak and impotent, chop em up like my scissors
Then smoke 'em up and take 'em where the fucking space ships is
Black, yellow, red fanatical lunatics, reside in the basement kid
Your shit is fake like baking soda trying to be fucking passed as whizz

Track:

Get Fucked.

7. TASK

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From:

Alice Springs, Northern Territory.

Provocalz says:

Task is pretty much a vet when it comes to Koori hip-hop. He's been doing it for a long time. I remember seeing him doing it before I was really taking it serious. He hits the beat fucking hard, he always punches in with good rhymes, good word play, mad voice. He's just a dope emcee.

Task's killer lines:

It's like an everyday struggle, fighting with myself
It's like my head is all muddled, time to get some help
Will I stay out of trouble? Only time will tell
The missing piece of the puzzle, locked inside a cell

Track:

Hidden Chains.

8. DCUZ

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From:

Sydney, New South Wales.

Provocalz says:

Dcuz is another Gamilaraay brother, a fucking mad emcee. He's been doing it for a long time, he was in Tribal Ashes. I just had to get him on some shit because he doesn't really do too much any more. I just had to gee him up to come back on that.

Dcuz's killer lines:

My lyrics are sent like a spear to kill - are youse for real?
You don't know how the fuck how we feel
I'm from the south-west, best believe we'll bring the best
Wanna talk shit in our city? We'll put a hole in your chest

Track:

Raise Ya Fist

9. JPOINT

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From:

Innisfail, Queensland.

Provocalz says:

I met Jpoint at Yabun Festival on Invasion Day in the the city a few years back. He performed and I just said “what's up” to him afterwards and we swapped CDs. I reached out to him with that track, sent it to him, he jumped on it and it came out fucking dope. He's got some dope shit.

Jpoint's killer lines:

In my ventricles, never forget these atrocities
Here on my sacred ground, so come follow me
And I will lead and resist their advances
Life is a gift believe, no second chances

Track:

Iron Barz.

10. DJARMBI SUPREME

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From:

Melbourne, Victoria.

Provocalz says:

He's fucking mad, brother Djarmbi. Out of all the cunts I've met, Djarmbi's one of those cunts that I consider a proper fucking friend – and I've only met him in person once. He's a sick cunt and we're both fucked up in the head. “Shotgun Music” was pretty much just an anti-police track. Just a reaction to how they treat us, you know?

Djarmbi Supreme's killer lines:

You started this fight, you dog
Now you're chopped up on a tarp, let me find some rocks
Roll it up, tie it in knots, get the boat, find a spot
Yeah, I'll be home by nine o'clock, ma, fry some chops

Track:

Shotgun Music.

11. DEEKAY

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From:

Terry Hie Hie, New South Wales.

Provocalz says:

DeeKay's one of my Gamilaraay brothers and he's part of Native Ryme, proper vets in Aboriginal hip-hop. He's a dope rapper, dope beat-maker and just a straight up fucking good brother. I ended up writing that one specifically to get him on. It's my second or third favourite track on the album.

DeeKay's killer lines:

Get up, stand up, brothers in arms the tightest
With my frontline sisters here, time to rise up
All our mob the people, we're freedom fighters
Provocalz and DeeKay still standing, survivors

Track:

Fire Lighters.

12. GEKKZ

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From:

Cairns, Queensland.

Provocalz says:

I like GekkZ's stuff, it's a bit more on a positive sort of angle. I was trying to be positive with that track, because I'm usually such an angry cunt - and even my flow on that one's a bit more laid back. GekkZ has got good positive music, he's got good word play. He's a good emcee. I got that beat and just thought, yeah, this would suit his style.

GekkZ's killer lines:

Meet G.E. the black trump picks the slack up, now back up
Third vision, we see the true
Dreamtime, deep inside I believe in youth
But do you believe in you? Doesn't seem that it's true

Track:

Dreamtime Till Infinity.

13. ANCESTRESS

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From:

Melbourne, Victoria.

Provocalz says:

I've got a lot of love and respect for Ancestress. Everything she does, very talented, singer, emceeing. I think she's even writing a play at the moment. She does a whole lot of things. I had to get her on the album. We've all got to support each other, it's the only way we're going to come together and rise up out of this, you know?

Ancestress's killer lines:

Our ability to find is in our bloodline
Running through our veins like the water through the scrub during flood times
Wiping the weak, stripping leaves, leaving mud lines
Like the lessons that we keep, creased in our minds

Track:

Rize Up.

14. BUNZ

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From:

Sydney, New South Wales.

Provocalz says:

MC Bunz is a dope lyricist, dope emcee, dope flows, everything. We fucked with each other on a few tracks before and as soon as I started Koori Linx, I just had to throw him on. I think that was one of the first tracks. Got the old Wu [Wu Tang Clan], got the old Killarmy beat and just fucking let him go sick on it.

Bunz's killer lines:

When you're lost, then your life stays minimal
'I bet he breaks laws, that guy's an Aboriginal'
It's straight pitiful
When our country's first police force was made up of the best-behaved criminals

Track:

Terror Life.

15. BRUCE BRAZEN

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From:

Brisbane, Queensland.

Provocalz says:

I'd done a couple of collabs before with Bruce Brazen, so I definitely had to throw him on. Just the whole concept of the track, “Know The Ledge” is fucking dope. It's just “get your knowledge up”, read a book, learn your history, know what's going on. He's a producer as well. He did the beat for the “Prime Example” song I did.

Bruce Brazen's killer lines:

They should know better than to put a starving-as lion with sheep
Hungry for knowledge, Bruce Brazen is a lion dying to eat
And both shepherd and sheep
In the eyes of the lion is meat

Track:

Know The Ledge.

16. DSYPL

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From:

Sydney, New South Wales.

Provocalz says:

Dsypl ended up passing away a bit over a year ago, now. He's on just that one track, “Power”. He sent it to me a long time ago, before Koori Linx, to do a verse on. But I just wanted to leave it with him to show people how talented he was and how much of a loss it was to the hip-hop scene. Rest in power Dsypl. Much love to his family.

Dsypl's killer lines:

Ship hit the shore
Then shortly after that they hit the floor
Said they shook their hand, befriended the clan
Gathered information it was all a part of the plan

Track:

Power.

17. SCAREKROW

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From:

Darwin, Northern Territory.

Provocalz says:

Scarekrow does more like sort of horrorcore. I just wanted to get him to come with another angle of it, but I made that track specifically for him. It's got a little bit of a heavy metal sort of vibe to it. I just wanted some fucking hardcore shit – I think that's in the chorus isn't it? “Hardcore, start a war.” It came out dope.

Scarekrow's killer lines:

I'm hell-born, but Darwin city-sworn
Witness the dawn of the north's first child of the corn
From NT to Sydney, we're deadly, it's simply
The best wanna test Koori Linx? You're fucking kidding me

Track:

Stand Overs.

18. TRIKS

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From:

Logan, Queensland.

Provocalz says:

Triks is another brother who I met through Bo [Spearim] and all that mob. He's been beatboxing, breakdancing, graffitiing, emceeing - you don't get more hip-hop than fucking Triks, you know what I mean? He's a good brother, too. I've met him a few times in person.

Triks's killer lines:

If I threw this at myself I wouldn't know what hit me
It's like the boomerang effect except I be kicking it quickly
Ugarapul ways be keeping it real with culture strictly
Rather go make spear than drink a bottle of whisky

Track:

Unbreakable.

19. KNOWLEDGE BONES

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From:

Perth, Western Australia.

Provocalz says:

Knowledge Bones has got a pretty big name, a lot of people know him. He did a track with Dead Prez when they were here. He's done a few decent things. I haven't done much stuff with him. I just reached out for him to jump on Koori Linx, sent him that track through and he didn't take long. I just thought it'd be dope to have him on the album.

Knowledge Bones's killer lines:

They're locking bikies up all because of a patch
And drinking with their mates - how you justifying that?
And blackfellas portrayed in such a negative way
That I need a couple more pages and a couple more days

Track:

Things Will Get Easier.

20. FELON

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From:

Sydney, New South Wales.

Provocalz says:

Felon's my brother right there. We've been doing shows. He masters all my albums. He's from towards the city there. We met probably only like three years ago or something, so not too long ago. Then we just fucking became friends and fucking started working together a lot and that and just kicked it off, you know?

Felon's killer lines:

Get those fuckin' animals off those muthafuckin' horses
Coz they protect these racist cunts as it be backing their current discourses
Load 'em up 'n' cock 'em up, we pulling the trigger 'n' fuckin' 'em up
They killin' our people we sick of it, all of us just about had enough

Track:

Warfare.

21. PROVOCALZ

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From:

Sydney, New South Wales.

Provocalz is on nearly all the album tracks, so his killer lines are too numerous to list, but here's a taste:

Let's all have a barbie and celebrate the genocide
Of the First Nations that the crown never recognised
Now they want to recognise us in their constitution
Empty words on paper, helping hands an illusion
While the other hand locks us up in their institutions
Higher rates than apartheid we're getting prosecuted
Excluded from society, question our sobriety
Taking our children for those prisons owned privately
Spitefully treated, no wonder why I've got anxiety
'Cause every new face, I wonder will they liken me
To drunks who don't work and bludge, racism hurts
Couldn't be the furthest from the truth, we're the first
The oldest surviving culture on this earth

Track:

Invasion Day.

You can hear the whole album on Bandcamp.

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