Nine High (band)
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Nine High is a hip hop
/grime group
consisting of Fraksha (Oliver Tewkesbury), Scotty Hinds and Felony (Byron Chadwick), three MCs
from the United Kingdom
. The group is now based in Melbourne, Australia. Fraksha and Scotty Hinds now live permanently in Australia
, while Felony resides in the UK.
The group's name was taken from a mini cab shopfront in London.
Nine High originally consisted of Fraksha, Brinks, Benny Kid and S.A.
They released mixtape projects named First Take in 2005 and Take Two in 2006. Their self-titled album
was released in June 2009 on TAOS Records and distributed by Amphead Distribution, including the tracks "Fugs Need Hugs" and "What Bothers Me".
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
/grime group
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
consisting of Fraksha (Oliver Tewkesbury), Scotty Hinds and Felony (Byron Chadwick), three MCs
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
from the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. The group is now based in Melbourne, Australia. Fraksha and Scotty Hinds now live permanently in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, while Felony resides in the UK.
The group's name was taken from a mini cab shopfront in London.
Nine High originally consisted of Fraksha, Brinks, Benny Kid and S.A.
They released mixtape projects named First Take in 2005 and Take Two in 2006. Their self-titled album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
was released in June 2009 on TAOS Records and distributed by Amphead Distribution, including the tracks "Fugs Need Hugs" and "What Bothers Me".
External links
- Nine High on MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
- "Fugs Need Hugs" video clip