''Long Story Short'' is the debut studio album by

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. The album was released on 15 April 2009. It includes collaborations with

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, N'Fa,

Pegz Tirren Staaf, otherwise known as Pegz (or MC Pegasus), is an Australian hip hop artist and producer hailing from Melbourne, Victoria. He was the CEO of Obese Records—the record label responsible for artists such as Hilltop Hoods, Downsyde, an ...

and

Spit Syndicate Spit Syndicate are an ARIA Award-nominated Australian hip hop duo, consisting of Nick Lupi and Jimmy Nice based in Sydney, Australia. The duo have opened for international acts such as Cypress Hill, Xzibit, Ice Cube, Lupe Fiasco, Atmosphere, Bro ...

. The bulk of the album was produced by

M-Phazes Mark Landon (born 1 February 1983), better known by his stage name M-Phazes, is an Australian-born producer based in LA. He has produced records for Logic, Demi Lovato, Madonna, Eminem, Kehlani, Zara Larsson, Remi Wolf, Kiiara, Noah Cyrus, a ...

and J-Skub. Both the singles, "Pictures" and "Generation Y" were placed on

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national rotation.

Track listing

# "Generation Y" # "Black Cap Rap" (feat. Pegz) # "Full Tank" # "My Way" # "Rock Star Shit" # "Pictures" # "This Or That" # "Our Country" # "Red Light Green Light" (feat. Spit Syndicate, Solo And Cisco Tavares) # "Brother" # "For You" (feat. Phrase and N'Fa) # "Dumb It Down" # "Long Story Short" (feat. Cisco Tavares) # "All Around the World" (feat. Kulaia)

Production

* M-Phazes - Tracks 1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 11, 14 * J-Skub - Tracks 3, 6, 7, 8 * Jsquared - Tracks 4, 13 * Ta-Ku - Track 12

References

{{Authority control 2009 debut albums Illy (rapper) albums Albums produced by M-Phazes Obese Records albums