GRHYME Productions

Whether you think hip hop is evolving or falling apart is purely up to individual perception. In the eyes of Melbourne label GRHYME Productions, it isn’t necessary to dig up the soil and rip apart the foundations of the artform that many pioneers toiled over in order to produce something ‘new’. Improving on something organic doesn’t always require synthesizing it.

In almost any culture, hip hop became relevant through lyrics with clever wordplay, metaphorical language and social and political commentary over production that forced your head to nod. This was often pieced together with samples from various genres of music, borrowed from completely different time periods – almost like a musical tour through time. It wasn’t just a shiny object designed to distract the average simpleton.