Despite having rapped for a decade by that point, Suffa and Pressure came into Hilltop Hoods’ third album with something to prove. And The Calling did just that, minting the Adelaide trio’s official transition from the underground to the mainstream. Breakthrough single “The Nosebleed Section” (which lifts more than just the flute riff from Melanie Safka's “People in the Front Row”) went triple-platinum in Australia, while “Dumb Enough” cements their seamless bridging of backpack rap and commercial pop. The poignant, refugee-inspired “Walk On” reunites the world-wise MCs with their co-founder, DJ Next, and “Testimonial Year” is a jazz-inflected reintroduction that shows off DJ Debris’ ear for organic samples. This is the level-up album that sealed Hilltop Hoods’ legacy as one of the acts responsible for shifting Australian hip-hop into the mainstream.