Album of the week: September 11 – JK-47

September 11th 2020

From being whispered about as one of the country’s best lyricists to Australian hip hop’s breakout star of 2020, Tweed Heads rapper JK-47 solidifies his meteoric year with the release of his debut project, Made For This. Surrounded by a community of close-knit collaborators, JK delineates himself throughout his debut by resisting the contemporary lures of drill and trap production, instead chasing a more solemn and reflective tone of conscious rap informed by 90s Golden Era and Boom Bap, coloured by an atmosphere of searing vulnerability and his self-assured lyrical delivery. Speaking truth to his own experience, Made For This touches on JK’s recent fatherhood, generational trauma, deaths in custody, the larger purpose of his art and the ongoing injustices faced by Indigenous peoples. Healing, learning, being understood and finding identity as a First Nations man in Australia in 2020 are at the heart of JK-47’s debut full-length, a project that affirms his exponential promise and heralds the arrival of an enduring, dynamic artist.


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