HIP HOP RELEASE: Looptroop - The Good Things

Sweden's Looptroop laid their roots when Hip Hop was not yet the global movement it was today. In the mid 1990s, most European Hip Hop was little more than a bleak copy of the American template, but Promoe, Supreme, CosM.I.C and DJ Embee forged a new identity that was international in its scope while simultaneously reflecting their own unique position in the world.

Following numerous cassette and vinyl releases on their own David Vs Goliath imprint, they released a series of seminal albums, expanding their scope from 2000's subway manifesto Modern Day City Symphony to 2005's epic state-of-the-continent address Fort Europa.

Now, Promoe, Supreme and DJ Embee are back as a trio with their definitive artistic statement. The Good Things is as musically diverse an album as Hip Hop has ever produced and is as socially conscious and politically fierce as ever, well maintaining an overwhelming feelgood vibe.

Shogun Distribution (Australia) will also release a special DVD+CD package from Looptroop frontman Promoe. The Standard Bearer DVD includes a full length documentary about the making of his last solo album White Man's Burden, plus a full length live concert film shot In Copenhagen and seven music videos, including the graf anthem These Walls Don't Lie.

The Good Things and Standard Bearer hit stores across Australia on April 26.