We’ve already had two samples of 360’s forthcoming album Utopia in the dubstep-and-Daniel Johns of fiery lead single ‘Impossible’ then ‘On A Planet No One Knows’, an anti-racism anthem beautifully timed in the lead-up to Australia Day.
Now arrives the third taster of the Melbourne rapper’s Falling & Flying follow-up, in the form of ‘Sixavelli’. Unleashed into the online wilderness yesterday with a brand new music video (watch/listen below), the daring track features a guest spot from British rapper Lunar C and finds 360 spitting some uncompromising sex, drugs, and rap n roll rhymes designed to provoke.
Lyrically, things start innocently enough, with a pop culture nod to The Simpsons over a brooding bed of restrained but deeply impacting beats. But the trap lite score soon complements 360’s rolling flow of incendiary lines and sneering wordplay as he boasts about an intense carnal appetite and insatiable drug habits.
The tone is meant as playful, but delivered with a cutting, sinister edge while the cartoonish high-pitched hook (think Cypress Hill’s B-Real on helium) makes the brat manifesto clear, “I’m the kid that your parents like to hate…”
The MC also takes some taboo-busting pops at religion (“I’ll take a photo of how Jesus died and I’ll text it to God/message across); another particularly cheeky highlight: “Yo from this day I never will flop/ you want proof I’ll stab the end of my cock with this adrenaline shot.”
That’s nothing compared to Lunar C’s late entry though. One-upping 360 in the hedonism stakes, the 21-year-old Brit’s firebrand verse pokes holes with both his sharp accent and sharper jibes.
All in all it’s the strongest of the three tracks already heard from Utopia, and on this sonic evidence, it’s shaping up to be a very interesting listen. ‘Sixavelli’ is also another example of how working collaboratively has stoked 360’s creative fires and Utopia features a huge roster of guest stars, including aforementioned Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns, The Presets’ Julian Hamilton, The Living End’s Chris Cheney, Pez, Lifted, Styalz Feugo, and another turn with ‘Boys Like You’ singer Gossling.
