What a crazy weekend!Omar Musa performed at the Sydney launch for his new cd the 'Massive EP' and worked the crowd into a frenzy. Supported by DJ Rush on the decks, the Queanbeyan spader hit the crowd with some of the newest and freshest tracks that aussie hip-hop has to offer.
Omar Musa is sharp and poetic. Australian hip-hop has a confident new voice. The Winner of the 2008 Australian Poetry Slam competition unleashed the Massive EP to Sydney in front of a roaring crowd.
From his poignant thoughts on big city life in "Hemingway" to the languid summer jam "Opal", the Massive EP marries hip-hop, rock and funk. After winning the Triple J sponsored Realise Your Dream competition, Omar relocated to London to work in the music industry and collaborated with British rappers such as grime star Akala. It was here that Musa began to pen the beginnings of his debut EP.
"It is a strange animal of an album," says Musa. "Written in London, recorded in the States, rapped by a Malaysian-Australian, I feel like it definitely has an original vibe."
The EP was produced entirely by rock veteran Geoff Stanfield, formerly of well known US alternative bands Sun Kil Moon and Black Lab. Working with Stanfield, Musa says "I finally felt as if I had found the perfect sounds to compliment my lyrics."
With a big voice, big beats and poetic vignettes based on life of a Queanbeyan native abroad, this truly is the Massive EP.
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