Untold

If you're into gritty hip hop that comes from a real place, you'll already be across Rates. Describing his 2013 debut album 'Destroy And Rebuild' as his "ode to hip hop," Rates now brings "something completely different" to its follow-up. 'Untold' sees Rates blending "lyrically sharp" rhymes (think Big Pun and Tech N9ne) with "a big creepy sort of sound" musically (Rates: "Deftones are a big influence for me"). All tracks for this new release, except for "Suicide 2," were written collaboratively with Bennie On The Beat at the producer's Coffs Harbour studio; lyrics written alongside beats during their "creative process." Rates doesn't shy away from rapping about his demons; "Over the years [music has] definitely defined who I am now," he tells. "I mean, since I was a kid I woke up with a song in my head and would go to bed with a song in my head, you know? And I'm still obsessed with music." So can Rates imagine life without music? "I'd go mad. It's all I know. It's everything, music." On his second album Rates tells us how it is, leaving nothing 'Untold.'

Number of Discs: 1

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