David Dallas
David Dallas is the Artist Formerly Known As. Formally known as Con Psy. Formally known as one-half of the award-winning local hip hop group Frontline. Formally known as the next to blow.
Bring these pronouncements forward to the present tense and David Dallas is now known as the most gifted wordsmith New Zealand hip hop has birthed. And the most valued lyricist on Dirty Records' roster is armed with a soon-to-drop solo debut simply titled Something Awesome, an album again set to have other rappers reassess their own rap blueprints.
Early in the piece, label mate P-Money was quick to spot the prodigious talents of the new kid comin' up, recognition that led to Dave's searing verse on "Not Many - The Remix". The song heralded the arrival of an untapped rap talent that New Zealand Hip Hop was quick to make room for.
Four years on from that 16 bar introduction to David Dallas' untapped flow, D.Dot has amassed an impressive history of ticked boxes. Unit-shifting independent album? Check. Tui award for the Best Hip Hop Album? Check. Surgically precise wordplay few can approach? Check.
A freshly minted solo long player can now be added to this list of career achievements. This year, the Artist Formally Known As returns under his government name of David Dallas to deliver Something Awesome, the re-up on a rhyme skill set that hasn�t stopped expanding.
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Releases
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The Rose Tint (Deluxe Edition) | CD NZ $25.95 MP3s NZ $19.95 | Buy |
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I Get the Feelin - Single | MP3s NZ $5.95 | Buy |
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Something Awesome | CD NZ $21.95 MP3s NZ $19.95 | Buy |
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Big Time | MP3s NZ $5.00 | Buy |
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Indulge Me (Single) | MP3s NZ $5.50 | Buy |
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Something Now EP | MP3s NZ $12.95 | Buy |
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Get Out The Way (Remix) feat. Mr Sicc & Tek from R.E.S. | MP3s NZ $8.95 | Buy |
Videos
Location
Auckland
Members
David Dallas
I'll have an "O" for Oarsome thanks! What a wicked track!
Posted by VHNZ 9.00PM, 14 Dec 2009Loving DD's new EP. Can't stop bumpin' Ever Ever and love P-Money's Kanye-esque production. This is the first kiwi hip hop music that I have been genuinely excited about since The Crusader dropped. I love the fact that DD is sticking true to flowing in a NZ accent as a lot of our hip hop artists do not. I know that it's hard not to, as we all grew up listening to Pac, Biggie, Dre and Snooop and adopt their accents when we sing their songs. However, our artists should do their very best to use our kiwi accent when they make theirs. It's the only obstacle in the way of NZ hip hop claiming true authenticity. I am not a big fan of UK hip hop or "Grime", but their idiom and accents are true to where the come from. Keep repping for NZ David Dallas. You are the man and I will have great pleasure in sharing your talents with people over this way who might not otherwise hear your music. Respect.
Posted by mecdumonde 12.07AM, 29 Apr 2009what a sick song...love the punchy beat and the sample used of the man singing is perfect. David D the man! Hope one day i can become half as good as the dirty rec fam is at creating beats. I mess with reason on my pc and midi key in the spare room at my mums in takanini ahah...one day...one day. Peace.
Posted by Mista Brown 5.29PM, 14 Apr 2009