KOKY PRIK REKORDZ
“Home Of The Realâ€
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Formed; Officially January 6th 2007.
Unofficially; October 2006.
Koky Prik artists;
Big Dave
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HERE FOR HIS MYSPACE PAGE
DJ PafMack
Shorty CLICK HERE FOR HIS MYSPACE PAGE
The business registration certificate that hangs on the wall of the Koky Prik
office in Wollongong says record label but Koky Prik is a lot more then just a
fiercely independent Australian hip hop label.
There is more to it then that.
There is heart and soul, there is pain and love.
Koky Prik is an organization with a message and an agenda.
Koky Prik is an organization that fights for the rights and welfare of prison
inmates and involves itself with projects to help troubled youth in Canberra.
Koky Prik is a record label that creates original music and follows no trend.
So get with us, get Koky and go against the grain!
THE KOKY PRIK STORY SO FAR
After some minor success in the battle scene and a mixtape hustled to the tune
of 350 copies Aussie rapper David ‘Big Dave’ Parsons was looking for his next
move.
The obvious next move was guest spots at shows and the hope of signing to a
record label but that was not to be.
Stepping back to consider why a rapper that can sell 350 mixtapes single
handedly can only get love from music fans and not the established cats in the
Oz hip hop industry something then dawned on him.
The majority (not all but many) of the established artists in Australian hip hop
had no interest in the growth of the scene in Australia at all they simply
wanted to look for personal glory and money.
If you didn’t have a particular sound or you weren’t ‘in’ with one of the little
groups then you simply got no love or opportunity at all.
He also noticed that even though the quality hip hop coming out of Oz was good
he and many friends and fans alike agreed it was hard for them to really relate
to most of it.
The single mum struggling to pay the rent, the guy waiting to be sentenced in
court but still deals drugs cause he has a family to support or the kid trying
to survive living on the street cause he has no family just can’t relate to most
of the topics these established ‘bbq’ rappers made songs about.
He also felt that even though many of these contemporary rappers screamed till
they were blue in the face about fighting for people’s rights and making a
difference he saw little action at all, especially when it came to issue’s that
were dear to him.
And right there Big Dave made the decision to wash his hands of these types and
build his own label, one that catered to the people that were mostly being
neglected by Aussie rappers and labels.
The street level cats of Australia!
Starting off with a bang the label’s launch party featured performances by Big
Dave, Hyjak n Torcha, Anecdote, Double and Big Lu and a battle comp that ended
with the final being the classic battle between ‘Anecdote’ and ‘The Tongue’ all
hosted by Shrekk from Nurcha records. (another Aussie hip hop label that is
‘really’ down for the people.)
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE BATTLE
Once the hangovers and comedowns from the launch party wore off Big Dave with
the help of mate’s and family unleashed Koky Prik Rekordz on the Australian
music industry..
And it did not go un noticed with Big Dave and Koky Prik Rekordz making noise in
Australia’s largest newspapers, top hip hop websites, on radio, in magazines and
even on tv all in the first year since the label launch and just two years since
Big Dave’s release from prison.
All this noise with no commercial release in stores.(How many labels or artists
can boast that fact?)
CLICK HERE TO VIEW AND LISTEN TO SOME INTERVIEWS
(Appearances by Koky Prik artists on tv, print,radio and online)
With a slogan that says “Home Of The Real†the boys at Koky Prik have a lot to
live up to and true to that slogan the boys have not forgotten there roots in
the slightest using the new found voice to try and help people facing adverse
situations they themselves have faced.
Forming the “Behind The Walls†project in April 2007 Koky Prik has relentlessly
battled to give Australian prison inmates a voice in the community in an effort
to stamp out human rights abuses inside our country’s gaols.
Behind The Walls also aims to reduce the percentage of former inmates re
offending by giving them a sense of community and hope.
The project has even been praised by prominent Australian prisoners rights
organization ‘Justice Action’.
CLICK HERE FOR BEHIND THE WALLS PROJECT
2007 saw Koky Prik sign it’s first official artist, talented local south
Canberra rapper Shorty.
2007 saw Koky Prik drop free tracks, free dvd’s, music video’s and build the
popular website www.kokyprik.com and even smuggle some prisoners letters out of
‘Supermax’ prison in an effort to give those in there a voice.(you may have
heard about this on tv)
2007 saw Koky Prik build a strong network of media and music industry contacts
around the country and even some overseas in the U.S, Europe and the UK.
In a recent online blog Death Row Records(LA) co founder John Payne who was
involved in launching the career’s of some of the rap games biggest ever stars
wrote that there were artists who you should be watching that are not bombarding
you on MTV and Australia’s Big Dave was named specifically.
CLICK HERE TO READ THAT BLOG.
After dropping many free releases Big Dave and new signing Shorty decided to put
out a small scale release in the form of an EP.
Titled ‘5 Star Koky Prik’ and Featuring 6 new songs from Big Dave and Shorty the
EP is a taste of what is to come from one of Aussie hip hop’s fastest growing
record labels!
5 Star is available through all quality digital retailers such as Itunes,
Emusic and Amazon.com Now
CLICK HERE TO PREVIEW OR PURCHASE THE EP
The first full album release will be the debut solo album from Big Dave "Raw Stories" featuring production from EDI Mean of Tupacs Outlawz and Domingo a New York producer known for making beats for hip hop's top names like Eminem, Big Pun and Fat Joe to name a few.
There will also be some local production of course.
EDI will also feature in a collaboration with Big Dave titled "Talk Is Cheap", produced by EDI the song will be available as a single before the release of the full album and will be mastered by sound engineer extraordinaire and co founder of rap super label Death Row Records John Payne.
Talk is Cheap should be in stores in Australia and online worldwide around March/April 2008(ft more Raw Stories songs on the bsides) and the full Raw Stories album should be in stores by mid year.
Other Koky Prik releases will be a mixtape (digital release only) and Shorty's debut release.
Koky Prik artists have been doing the live thing to, in Canberra, Wollongong and Sydney performing at shows with De La Soul, Hyjak n Torcha, A broken Silence, Anecdote, Bukkcity, Brad Strut, 13th Son, Double n Big Lu and many more.
CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT MUSIC VIDEO'S,LIVE VIDEO's AND BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO'S
Koky Prik have also been doing there bit to promote other Australian hip hop artists with there "Unsigned Aussie" monthly profiles. CLICK HERE TO CHECK THAT OUT OR TO APPLY TO BE FEATURED
So whats ahead for Oz Hip Hop's 'Home Of The Real' you ask?
On top of the music releases there is the studio and office opening in Canberra, more live shows, new artist signings, crazier web content, a continued effort in the local community and many more surprises you will hear about in 2008!
So if you have our back we have yours 100% and if you don’t then just stand
aside and watch the show dickhead!
Koky Prik Rekordz
Oz Hip Hop's 'Home Of The Real'Visit the
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