Latest Release
- JUN 15, 2023
- 1 Song
- The Nosebleed Section - Single · 1975
- Walking Under Stars · 2014
- Drinking from the Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung · 2016
- Drinking from the Sun (Deluxe Version) · 2011
- The Great Expanse · 2019
- The Great Expanse · 2019
- Still Standing - EP · 2009
- Chase That Feeling - EP · 2009
- I'm Good? - Single · 2020
- Laced Up - Single · 2023
Essential Albums
- Hilltop Hoods’ fifth album opens with a record-scratching bang, ushering in Suffa's and Pressure’s commanding, impactful trade-offs. The group's first LP on their own Golden Era label, State of the Art taps a cast of session musicians to give the songs a more spontaneous, in-the-room snap. Pairing members of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra with a lush Mad Lads sample, the lead single “Chase That Feeling” became the group’s first Top 10 hit in Australia. Their trademark pop culture fandom burns brightly on “Chris Farley,” an ode to hard-living talents who died before their time—from Elvis and Biggie to the titular comic legend. On a layered and empowering album, Hilltop Hoods cover an ambitious swath of human emotions while asserting themselves as a positive force in hip-hop.
Artist Playlists
- Sit back, enjoy the sunshine, and dive into the hip-hop trio’s weekend playlist.
Compilations
- 2023
- 2009
About Hilltop Hoods
Formed in suburban Adelaide in the early '90s while its members were still in high school, Hilltop Hoods went on to become one of the most successful rap groups in Australia, bringing hip-hop to a country where rock still reigned. Influenced by the reflective, jazz-oriented sound of mid-’90s New York boom bap, the group—Suffa, Pressure, and DJ Debris—quickly grew into its own, breaking out with 2003’s The Calling, which vaulted them from underground curiosity to national renown. Standard MC-boasting aside, the trio’s sound—friendly, lived-in—tends to eschew the high life for the simple one: Take early hit “The Nosebleed Section,” which describes success with uncommon gratitude, or 2016’s “1955,” which conjures the quiet life of a bygone era. Reflecting in 2012 on the world the group tries to capture and create, MC Suffa said, “The sort of music we write isn’t about material things—what car we drive, who we sleep with, things we own. It’s more about how we live, what we love, and the culture.”
- ORIGIN
- Adelaide, Australia
- FORMED
- 1991
- GENRE
- Hip-Hop/Rap