''Brothers Grimm'' is the third album from Western Australian hip hop artist,

Drapht Paul Reid, formerly Paul Gary James Ridge, (born 4 September 1982), better known by the stage name Drapht, is an Australian hip hop artist from Perth. Drapht is a member of the Syllabolix (SBX) crew, a collective that includes fellow Perth-base ...

. It was released in May 2008 through Australian hip hop label,

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. The album features contributions by

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(

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), 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 and No. 10 on the ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association) Top 40 Urban Album charts. The first single from the album, "Jimmy Recard" has received airplay on radio stations across Australia. In an interview with

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, 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.

" Jimmy Recard" and "Falling" both appeared in

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for

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at No. 10 and No. 77 respectively. The song "Don't Wanna Work" appeared in the SBS comedy series "

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Track listing

Credits

* M-Phazes — producer (tracks 1, 3 & 10) *

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— producer (track 11) * Simplex — producer (track 13) *

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— producer * Neville Clark — mastering * Dash — artwork * Pull 'M' Hard; pluiffing

Notes

*'Falling' has since been removed from all copies of the album due to a copyright dispute.

Certifications

References

{{Authority control 2008 albums Drapht albums Obese Records albums