Brothers Grimm (album)

Brothers Grimm
Studio album by
Drapht
ReleasedMay 18, 2008
GenreHip hop
Length58:30
LabelObese
ProducerTrials, Plutonic Lab, Simplex, and M-Phazes
Drapht chronology
Who Am I
(2005) 		Brothers Grimm
(2008) 		The Life of Riley
(2011)
Singles from Brothers Grimm
  1. "Jimmy Recard"
    Released: April 2008
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Brothers Grimm is the third album from Western Australian hip hop artist, Drapht. It was released in May 2008 through Australian hip hop label, Obese Records.[1] The album features contributions by Dazastah (Downsyde), Ciecmate (Hospice Crew), Trials & Porsah Laine.

The album debuted at No. 64 on the ARIA Album charts, reached No. 9 on the V Energy AIR (Association of Independent Record Labels) Charts[2] and No. 10 on the ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association) Top 40 Urban Album charts.[3]

"Originally when I started thinking about putting a new record out, I felt like I wanted to start from scratch again and not put anything else out under the name Drapht. So from the beginning it was the crew name - myself and Trials were the Brothers Grimm. The name itself has no bearing on the actual album's content; it's just the two people involved with it."

— Drapht (2008)[4]

The first single from the album, "Jimmy Recard" has received airplay on radio stations across Australia.[5][6][7][8] In an interview with Triple J, Drapht explained how he came up with the name.

I was thinking of successful names so I jumped on the net and actually googled successful names and came up with James and Recard. So I changed James to Jimmy and used Recard as the last name. I think a name does a lot for a character and where you go in life. And it was a positive track on the record because a lot of my stuff kind of feeds from negative ideas.[9]

"Jimmy Recard" and "Falling" both appeared in Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2008 at No. 10 and No. 77 respectively. The song "Don't Wanna Work" appeared in the SBS comedy series "Swift and Shift Couriers".

  1. ^ "New Australian releases (May 2008)". ARIA. Archived from the original on July 19, 2008. Retrieved July 11, 2008.
  2. ^ "V Energy AIR Charts". Association of Independent Record Labels. Archived from the original on July 20, 2008. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  3. ^ "Top 40 Urban Albums & Singles charts". ARIA. Archived from the original on July 11, 2008. Retrieved July 11, 2008.
  4. ^ Schlechte, Ted (August 21, 2008). "Third Time's The Charma". Drum Media. Archived from the original on August 29, 2008. Retrieved August 31, 2008.
  5. ^ "Jimmy Recrad by Drapht". J Play. Archived from the original on July 28, 2008. Retrieved July 11, 2008.
  6. ^ "Triple R FM playlist". Triple R FM. Archived from the original on July 21, 2008. Retrieved July 11, 2008.
  7. ^ "KissFM playlist". KissFm. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved July 11, 2008.
  8. ^ "PBS playlist". PBS. Archived from the original on July 22, 2008. Retrieved October 1, 2008.
  9. ^ "Drapht on finding Jimmy Recard". Triple J. June 3, 2008. Retrieved July 11, 2008.