2000s sounds from Coco Solid, Emcee Lucia...

From the archives... early 2000s AK rap from Coco Solid, Emcee Lucia and others... hat tip to Martyn P for the link

"WWC was a short-lived collaboration between two musicians with experience in New Zealand’s alternative rock scene, Robert Lundon (guitarist, songwriter with Celine, Pit Viper), and Dale Cotton (drummer, producer for Dimmer, HDU and The Bats, among many others), and equally experimental visual artist Daniel Malone. In the early 2000’s they built a studio, wrote some music, and recorded a handful of tracks apiece with rappers Coco Solid and Emcee Lucia, and a couple with singers Hayley Hansell and Morgan. 

A few singles put out on their own label "Aoatearoa Records" got some radio airplay, and an album was anticipated but didn’t eventuate before WWC dissolved. Lundon went on to work with the legendary Dam Native and gangster rapper Erhmen, Cotton was part of the phenomenal success of Beastwars, and the two emcees went on to record great albums of their own (Coco Solid: Denim & Leather; Emcee Lucia: On The Cusp…).

Thanks to Covid-19-induced introspection and Cotton’s careful archiving, these early WWC tracks have recently re-surfaced, revealing an uncompromising and still remarkably fresh approach. Here collected together and available with some of the vintage artwork for the first time—Unreleased!"