Matty B

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the American children's rapper, see MattyB .

Matty B (born Matthew Barrett ) is a former Australian rapper who now works as a miner in the Western Australia mining industry .

biography

Matthew Barrett grew up in Western Australia and was a member of the hip-hop crew Syllaboliks from Perth. He released his songs first on the record label Obese Records and later on his own record label B-Style Entertainment .

As a former pro surfing professional, Barrett only rapped when he met with the Syllaboliks, which first happened in 1999.

Barrett's first release was "Courageous," which appeared in 2000 on the Culture of Kings compilation . After that, his debut album, The Courageous LP , came out in 2002 . A song of the album, "Fridays", was also on the 2005 album Super request Dog's Breakfast of Triple J published. It was a compilation of often requested songs from Triple J's Super Request program.

In 2001 Matty B performed at the Margaret River Masters Concert and in 2002 at the Big Day Out concerts.

Barrett moved to the Gold Coast and released the EP Simple but Effective in 2006 on his own label, B-Style Entertainment.

Discography

album

• The Courageous LP - Obese Records (2002)

EPs

• Simple but Effective - B-Style Entertainment / Shogun Distribution (2006)

Compilations

• Culture of Kings - Volume 1 - Obese Records (2000) (song: "Courageous")
• Mamma's Kitchen - Obese Records (2005) (song: "Courageous")
• Super Request — Dog's Breakfast - ABC Records (2005) (song: "Fridays")

Guest appearances

• "3 Demon MC's" by Clandestein ( Clandestein 2001, Syllaboliks Records)
• "Matty B's Insight" by Downsyde ( Epinonimous 2001, Syllaboliks Records)
• "Esposing EM" by Hunter and Dazastah ( Done DL 2002, Syllaboliks / Obese Records)
• "Raw Cause" by DJ Ransom ( 15.OZ Vinyl 2004, Crookneck Records)
• "Nothin to Us" by Chopper Read ( Chopper Read - Interview with a Madman 2006, Rott'n Records)

Web links

• Album review by - Simple But Courageous in Beat Magazine (English)
• Matty B at MusicBrainz (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ OzHipHop.Com Forum - Where is Matty B? (Interview) - Powered by XMB 1.9.11 (Debug Mode) . In: ozhiphop.com .
2. ^ Interview with Matty B (December 4, 2002) . Australia Music Online. Retrieved on January 2, 2008.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
3. ^ ^{A b c} Carlisle Rogers: Matty B Article (May 10, 2006) . Beat Magazine. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 3, 2008. 
4. ↑ ^{a b} The Gold Coast Bulletin, June 1, 2006, "Effective Aussie voice" by Jodi Hammond
5. ↑ Discogs entry - Matty B . Retrieved January 3, 2008.
6. ↑ The Courageous - track listing ( Memento of the original dated February 14, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ Byron Shire Echo - November 11, 2003 ( Memento of the original from July 17, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
8. ↑ Simple But Effective - track listing ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.