One of the best Aussie hip-hop releases of 2012 has finally returned to Spotify, with Chance Waters’ Infinity reappearing over the weekend.
Back in 2012, the Australian music scene was witnessing the release of stunning albums almost every single week. However, while the likes of Hilltop Hoods and Seth Sentry undoubtedly took focus as the Aussie hip-hop icons of the year, one severely underrated album found itself gaining quite a dedicated fanbase.
Titled Infinity, it was the second release by Sydney artist Chance Waters (who predated the considerably more famous Chance The Rapper by years), and managed to chart at a respectable #54 on the Aussie charts.
With a confident, fun-loving flow, the record managed to feature guest spots from the likes of Lillian Blue, Bertie Blackman, Paris Wells, Smizzy, and Coptic Soldier, and even saw ‘Maybe Tomorrow’ and ‘Young And Dumb’ chart in the annual Hottest 100 countdown for the year.
Check out Chance Waters’ ‘Young And Dumb’:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XwOYpL074c
Sadly, while the artist formerly known as Phatchance has himself retired from the music business, it seemed that getting ahold of his exceptional final album was looking like an impossible task, with the record label contract having expired in the past.
Now, this weekend has seen Infinity re-uploaded to Spotify, with Chance Waters’ exceptional tunes finally available once again for your listening pleasure. Considering we never received that third album, it’s the closest thing we’re getting to ‘new music’, it seems.
While the album itself might have had only a handful of singles released at the time, now is the perfect chance to hit up Spotify and reacquaint yourself with a stunning, and criminally-overlooked, piece of Aussie hip-hop.
Head over to Spotify now to check out Chance Waters’ Infinity, and start pondering how tracks like ‘Nerverland’ and ‘Infinity’ never made it to the top ten of triple j’s Hottest 100 of 2012.
Check out Chance Waters’ Infinity:
