South East Melbourne’s Afro hip hop legends are back featuring guest vocalists Vida Sunshyne and Bilalli.
Direct from Frankston to worldwide, the single is available everywhere on Thursday 25th July through the artist’s own label House Of Beige. The track is led by MC N’fa Jones’s trademark relaxed baritone vocals on the opening verse with guests Bilali and Vida delivering the hook.
Both guests get a verse as the track progresses with Vida’s Jamaican-tinged delivery changing the vibe up and Bilalli’s verse representing the newest generation in Melbourne hip hop.
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In the engine room, beatmakerSensible J’s trademark chunky production features pumping drums punctuated with organ and bass riffs and bubbling percussion by regular Cool Out Sun collaborator Nui Moon. OHellYeh came together from a House Of Beige hang out/jam session with Sensible J, N’fa and rising MC, Bilalli.
Upon hearing this beat, N’fa wrote a verse and then asked Bilalli to hop on the track. Bilalli responded “oh hell yeah” – to which N’fa said, “let’s make a hook out of THAT!” Fast forward to a hip hop jam in Naarm where legendary local MC, and original House of Beige fam Vida Sunshyne joined the crew on stage, after which N’fa invited her to bring her energy to the studio and make the song a family affair.
Bilalli revealed at the recording session that this was the first track he and his sister had been on together. A heartwarming moment in music and beautiful energy on a track.
Cool Out Sun is Nfa Jones and Sensible J, joined by a rotating roster of guests. N’fa Jones is an Australian/Sierra-Leonean artist who played a formative role in the evolution of hip hop in Australia with his band 1200 Techniques, breaking onto the scene in 2000.
The band grew from Melbourne’s underground before finding mainstream success and becoming the first urban group to ever win an ARIA. Since then N’fa has continued recording and touring while working with youth and community groups and in education.
Sensible J is an Australian/South African drummer and producer who’s been in the local music scene since the early 2000s when his crew Run For Your Life won the Hilltop Hoods Initiative Grant. He is best known for his collaborations with Remi, for whom he produced three albums winning an Australian Music Prize and worldwide acclaim, and Sampa The Great for whom he co-produced and mixed the award winning album Birds And The Bee9.
OHellYeh is released on Thursday 25th July via House of Beige.
