Old School Prankstas

Old School Prankstas
Old School Prankstas
Studio album by 3 The Hard Way
Released	1995
3 The Hard Way chronology

Old School Prankstas is the debut album by New Zealand hip-hop group, 3 The Hard Way released in 1995.^[1] The success of the number one single "Hip Hop Holiday" led to the release of the album.^[2]

According to author Philip Hayward, the band "maintained a commercial, accessible sound" suggesting they got to the top of the charts "the easy way".^[3]

^ Mitchell, Tony, ed. (2001). Global noise: rap and hip-hop outside the USA. Music, culture. Middletown, Conn: Wesleyan Univ. Press. p. 286. ISBN 978-0-8195-6501-3.
^ Noisey Staff (25 November 2016). "NOISEY's 10 Best New Zealand Hip-Hop Tracks of All Time". Vice. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
^ Hayward, Philip, ed. (2016). Sound alliances: indigenous peoples, cultural politics, and popular music in the Pacific. Bloomsbury academic collections. Cultural studies. London Oxford New York New Delhi Sydney: Bloomsbury. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-4742-8987-0.

[1] Mitchell, Tony, ed. (2001). Global noise: rap and hip-hop outside the USA. Music, culture. Middletown, Conn: Wesleyan Univ. Press. p. 286. ISBN 978-0-8195-6501-3.

[2] Noisey Staff (25 November 2016). "NOISEY's 10 Best New Zealand Hip-Hop Tracks of All Time". Vice. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

[3] Hayward, Philip, ed. (2016). Sound alliances: indigenous peoples, cultural politics, and popular music in the Pacific. Bloomsbury academic collections. Cultural studies. London Oxford New York New Delhi Sydney: Bloomsbury. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-4742-8987-0.

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