Brothers Grimm by Drapht

Brothers Grimm, the third album from Perth hip hop artist Drapht, came out on Obese Records in May 2008, and it almost didn't carry his name at all. He had wanted a clean slate, so the project began as a crew called the Brothers Grimm: Drapht and Trials, the two people making it. The title, he said, says nothing about what's on the record.

What's on the record is sharp, loose-limbed Australian hip hop with friends dropping by: Dazastah of Downsyde, Ciecmate of Hospice Crew, Trials and Porsah Laine. The lead single, "Jimmy Recard", is the sunny exception in a catalogue he admits leans toward darker ideas; he built its title character after searching online for names that sounded like success. "Don't Wanna Work" turned up in the SBS comedy Swift and Shift Couriers. The album reached No. 9 on the independent AIR chart, No. 10 on the ARIA urban albums chart and No. 64 on the main ARIA albums chart.

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