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1LP Vinyl – BV023V

Although no stranger to Australia's bountiful hip-hop scene, Sydney rapper Rapaport has been flying under the radar for a while now, something he's set out to disrupt with his full, second album Village Idiot – out now. "The songs on Village Idiot were written mostly for me, kind of like a tool to unpack and overcome the issues of stress and anxiety that I was going through," Rapaport explains on the record. "I wrote the songs like positive mantras, so no matter when I'd perform them, even if I was the only one there, they were songs I wanted to play and lyrics I needed to hear." The album, out now, is very much a cathartic release for Rapaport, with instrumental backings by names including Ribongia and Kid Fiction directing Rapaport's smooth vocal flow which is quickly becoming one of New South Wales' most celebrated (he was nominated for an FBi SMAC Award for Best Song in 2016, and has been loved by the community radio station ever since).