Aotearoa hiphop classic album from Dam Native finally gets a reissue

This is how you do a reissue properly. Release the whole album. Don't do what Sony did with the first two Che Fu albums and leave off tracks to fit it on a vinyl LP. - go look at the tracklisting for the LP of 2B s.Pacific, it's missing the hit single 'Without a doubt'.   

They did the same with the reissue of the first Dimmer album, that's missing a track. And Nathan Haines left off the most well known track Lady J (Video Mix feat Dei Hamo) for his 2019 reissue of Shift Left so it's a partial reissue. The liner notes also suggest its the 25th anniversary edition, except the album came out in April 1995 (although the original CD had 1994 as date).

"Iconic Aotearoa hip-hop pioneers Dam Native have just announced a long-long-long-awaited reissue of their 1997 album Kaupapa Driven Rhymes Uplifted. Unavailable for an eternity, we can finally spin tunes like Behold My Kool Style, The Son with Che Fu, and The Horrified One featuring the boss Teremoana Rapley. Politically charged with rhymes that haven't aged a day, this is the stuff. Don't sleep on this!" Preorders up now at Flying Out. Out Sept 20, 2024 on Tangata.

Flying Out are holding a release day celebration too: "We’re very excited to share that to celebrate the re-release of Kaupapa Driven Rhymes Uplifted, we're hosting a launch event with the one-and-only Hypethenative making a rare appearance to sign some records! Kicks off, with MC Slave on the decks, from 4pm on Friday September 20."

Remastered by Chris Chetland at Kog. Apparently Danny had lost the master tapes so Sony pulled out a mint cd copy from their archives as source material.


Tracklist:
4 Realms Intro
Behold My Kool Style
Extremities
No Formal Training
Battle Styles
Think About It (Interlude)
Travelling
Rise and Shine (Interlude)
The Horrified One (featuring Teremoana Rapley)
Revolution
4 Realms of Existence
The Son (featuring Che Fu)
K.D.R.U. (Interlude)
Provoke Reactions
4 Realms Outro