Hilltop Hoods Through The Dark Reaction: One of the most moving and powerful songs I've ever heard.
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- Опубликовано: 3 авг 2021
- I went into this one blind, so the reaction while authentic, is bereft of any useful info. I did some quick digging and here's what I learned.
Hilltop Hoods is a South Australian hip hop act (not UK, sorry!). The vocalist, Pressure (aka Dan Smith) wrote this song for his young son Liam, who was battling leukemia and was receiving chemotherapy for 6 months.
Although this story has a happy ending (supposedly Liam is healthy now and living a completely normal life), I challenge anyone to get through this song without a single tear. 
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Respect from down under. Love is simple thanks
They are a trio from the Adelaide hills in South Australia. They are Aussie hip hop royalty.. 🇦🇺👑🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👍
Masterful songwriting and production
He sung this song in front of his son in Adelaide while on tour has the pleasure of being there and the crowd went nuts when the lights went to his son in the stands
Not just musicians or rappers.
Elite level poets also.
They are full of soul straight from the heart .. Adelaide lads from down south way.. only getting better as time goes on .. hi matt
They have so many great songs. I second the suggestion of "Fifty in Five".
Poets, composers, lyricists. HTH are Aussie music royals.
I still remember hearing this for the first time and actually cried!! And every time I hear it now it still sends shivers up my spine..
Pressures son had cancer at age 8, but has over come it.. He wrote this song while his son waa in hospital, his son is fine now.. He actually never wanted to release the song, but suffer (the other mc in Hiltop) said he needed to release it.
His Son lives. He had cancer, but so far has been it.
They’re from my town, Adelaide, South Australia ✊🏻
Australian Hip Hop at it Finest. Also check out Fifty in Five by these guys
thanks, will do
"State of the Art" has at least 5 of my favorites by them. "Fifty in Five" is the pinnacle, with "Last Confession" coming close. "She's So Ugly" gets better and better the more other hip-hop I try to listen to. Just ugly.
DJ Debris' knowledge of how to perfectly use a sample (like Tinkerbells Fairydust's "Twenty Ten", turning into "Fifty in Five") to build on a story, that you don't even realize is being told, is so under the radar. Low-key genius. I love Debris just as much as Pressure or Suffa. Every time I track a sample down it adds a whole new layer to the song. Last time I watched "Death to Smoochy" I KNEW that I knew that one song... then I realized it was used in one of the Golden Era cyphers.
How many artists can you listen to their Spotify Playlist and get past song 40 and not find a single dud? These guys are genius, genuine and give back so much to the Aussie Hip Hop scene!
Beautiful reaction to an incredible song. I’m an Aussie, I’m a dad, I love this song. Took my son to see these guys recently. You just gained a sub.
They are from Australia, they have been around for years. Listen to Exit sign, great song. Give it a go.
I'm an Aussie, my daughter is trying for a doctorate in astrophysics.
But i haven't had any input since she was twelve.
Pride and shame make strange bedfellows.
Thanks for making me aware of this song.
Probably not my place to say but kick pride and shame the fuck out of that bed man
@@TheVolginator That's okay man, they are a part of me and i will never stop being proud of her, just wish i was there more than her mum allowed.
The song also hit's me because my niece was born with a dodgy heart valve , had it repaired at 3 day's, 5 yrs and 17 yrs, as she grew. All she ever wanted was a normal life, now she has it(mostly). There is always light at the end of a tunnel.
Hilltop hoods are amazing! Awesome reaction
Thanks 🙏 bro ❤️
Respect for the real reaction. I think these tracks hit parents harder because we straight away can relate to how hard it would be seeing our little ones go through that kind of thing.
And, on that note. Here's a suggestion: Chino XL "Father's Day".
I saw them perform this live recently, the whole stadium with their phone lights on, singing along with tears streaming down their faces. It's a powerful and brave song to write, never mind record and then perform live. HTH are incredible live.
Audience with the Devil or I Can't Take It are bangers
“Won’t let you down” is one that gets me. One of my favourites
from south australia and it's about a dying child
The re-strung verison hits in a whole different way
Hilltop hoods are Australian hip hop mc pressure’s son got cancer at 8 years old he wrote half of while him son was in hospital and the other half while he was in remission his son is fine now
His son has been in remission for several years now.
Nosebleed section is another awesome song
He lived and his cancer is in remission!
Gotta say, I went to a uni sports event and these guys were on a preshow/launch show for the event.
After going through alot of their catelogue in the recent month or two I'm pretty regretful I didn't take the chance on what was a unkown for me at the time
Exactly the reaction a song of that meaning should give you.
I bought this album and first time listening was drunk and balled my eyes out
So the song was written by pressure MC(Daniel smith) about his kid that had cancer( leukaemia) they live in south Australia Adelaide his team mates had to talk him into singing it him self because it would of hit harder then if someone else did it iv seen them live and he did it live tears so powerful the lyrics and song his son did make it though and it is hope and perseverance
Hi I absolutely loved this and appreciate your perspective and deep analysis. I think you would really like a lot of Australian artists, in general our accents even in normal conversation get progressively higher in pitch and pretty much by the end of most sentences we’ve gone up half an octave and don’t drop off in pitch unless we continue speaking right after and happen to start off again in a lower pitch. Musically, this to different extents naturally gives us amazing flow and dynamic vocal ability. I’m sorry to be so brief and ‘prideful’ about it but it is really quite hard to word. For example almost always in American rap songs you can hear them going down in the pitch at the end of lines even if they don’t really want to, due to their vocal chord layout and how they’re used to using their voice; whereas almost always with Australian rappers, they (I personally as well, relative to my skill/talent level atm) can keep escalating pitch/style smoothly and effortlessly and drop down low and back up high again in a more fluid manner. The unchallenged legend of Australian hip hop is ‘Alex Jones’, he is a different breed man, absolutely insane wordplay, a broken but beautifully strong spirit, flow schemes that are reminiscent of classical music, and that Holy X factor that no one, including him can explain. This may just be because of how relatable he is to my situation but I am often left in tears during and after listening to his music, in sometimes a sadder way but usually more out of just the utter universal perfection and beauty. It kills me to narrow down to a few songs because each and every one, if I listened at different times could each be the best, fullest thing to happen that day, but here goes (I’ll add in a few other really great people with rich depth)
Alex Jones - Angels, All I know
Scotty Hinds (real as hell UK fella living in aus) x Alex Jones - that’s life [if you like Scotty, scotty hinds x huskii-keep grinding {deep}]
Dr Flea (his stage name before he switched to his real name)- Believe
Dr flea x Diem - land mine
Lgeez (each song by lgeez is Alex and /or his good friend ‘son of Sam’) - wish away + goonbag radio #19 and #27
Artist / bio / ‘top’ song
Flowz Dillione - born into a horrible life situation and was addicted to heavy drugs and into a criminal lifestyle since before he was even a teenager but he is the most gentle giant, and perfectly embodies both yin and yang. I judged him a lot at first and didn’t like him but then I really listened one day and he shattered my heart and built back up even stronger. ‘The price of life’ ‘couldn’t stop feat. Alex Jones’ ‘family over fame’
Huskii - very similar but nuancely very different upbringing to Flowz, I could say the same about his music but that would fail to mention his unique ‘husky’ yet mellow voice, experimental styles, extremely hard hitting flows and like Flowz, he can say the most with the least amount of words, heartbreaking and exciting poetry on some cold ass chords. ‘ Ruin my life’, ‘toothache’ ‘Gravy Baby ft. Huskii(verse 1) - 10 toes on the road ‘
Other honourable mentions:
Indigomerkaba - born a crack baby, addicted to meth from early on, he has really found himself in recent years and has already released 8 quality albums + 50 or so seperate tracks in just his first 2 years. Very spiritual and emotionally intelligent. A lot of artist are the same, but he very rarely will write anything at all down, he is just present and what needs to come comes to him.
Spanian - his life story is crazy and well documented, interesting apart from music too. Despite what he may seem like at first, he is a real cutie inside and his actions and RUclips videos/podcast help bring that to light. His music is like a horror movie in musical form, his poetry is honestly fucking insane, he’s by far in the 0.0001% percent of musical artists when it comes to intelligence and I can’t word it at all but let’s say I would not at all be surprised if he was like Moses Ganghis khan
Hilltops hoods obviously, suffa Mc is the best in the group in my opinion, I’m not sure who it is in through the dark however I am quite sure that it is only one of them and is very different from the other sides of their music. Suffa actually has a song with logic and gin w... someone, called willing to die and it is very good, as well as their features with vents(Aboriginal I believe)/the funkoars
In order, the uk artists that live here and are apart of the scene:
Scotty hinds
Motley
Fraksha
Bigredcap
Byron
(Diem - sounds and kinda looks British but hard to tell, great and eye opening either way)
This accent ‘theory’ I have is also quite well highlighted, perhaps even More so, by our singers, you have probably heard the voices of sia and Delta Goodrem, but also dean Lewis and Xavier Rudd, it may even be more of a clear distinction with the males.
Wow I’ve written a lot I’m sorry, I got a lil carries away but this sort of music and music general of course means a lot to me and it very underrated and stigmatised but it is truely a melting pot for some of the realest people in the world to make music for the love of it (not many make any real money from it) and if you like Alex Jones or the anyone else in the scene or whatever in general lmk and I have and am more than happy to share, any information you’d like to know, thank you so much for your time 😌🤍🤍
bam! right in the feels
Sorry man, I really wasn't trying to be mean. You'd replied, but I didn't think you'd recorded your reactions to this and "Little Man", so thanks and thanks again for posting them.
His son's doing fine now. Gives you perspective on how lucky you are. Most of their music is pretty upbeat and humorous, but when they get real, they can get really real. They ran their own record label called Golden Era Records - all of their cyphers and mixtapes are amazing, and free. So much good Aussie hip-hop, that nobody ever hears.
The hard road album phenomenonal
Big ups to Aussie hiphop legends 👏
They are Australian mate.
Great reaction, HTH have so many great songs. But if you only do one more I’m another vote for Fifty in Five.
theyre australian
Adelaide South Australia as is sia the world has such talent music should stop war
Don’t worry mate, the song made me cry the first time I heard it
Another Aussie heart breaker is Tiny angle by 360 . It has many a man cry.
I've only just found your channel. I usually avoid this song because it hits too hard.
This is my fav hth song by fay but nothing they write is bad, I might not personally enjoy some of the songs but that doesn't mean they aren't quality.
So many great hilltop tracks! “Ghost” is another death related track but then you’ve got some really up beat fun stuff! I love “the calling” album…The certificate👏👏 gotta listen.I’m pretty sure there’s not a bad album from these guys.Just as good live too.
Wanna know what happened to the son, check out "the thirst 1-5"
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