As a white guy, with no Aboriginal blood in me, this album was not written for me, but at the same time its sure as hell directed at me. It may not be what I “Wanted” to hear, but its what Australia needs to hear.

As much as I could talk about every song on this album and discuss the political side at great length, For the sake of readability and because this is a music review, ill keep it short, sweet and too the point and ill focus on what I believe are two of the highlights of the album. The rest is for you to hear for yourself.

My first pick from Reclaim Australia is: “Dead In a Minute” Featuring Caiti Baker of Sietta fame. Caiti’s silky voice contrasts against the strong powerful voices of Briggs and Trials beautifully which helps give this song a “Radio Rap” feel, but its unlike anything you have heard on Australian radio before. Its a song about the average life expectancy of Aboriginal people being much less then their white counterparts and it really hits home this point. Strong lyrics, A catchy hook and a banging beat? This song is probably my favorite on the entire album.

My second favorite is: “Take Me Home” Featuring Gurrumul, a famous Aboriginal musician himself helps bring this enormous album to a close. Traditional Aboriginal vocals supporting the venom being spat from the A.B. Originals helps this album drive the point home with all the subtlety of a nuclear blast. “Take the Head, The body follows” is exactly what they are doing. Gurrumul is always fascinating to listen too and this is no exception. A fantastic track.

Briggs and Trails set out to do a few things with this album, Giving those kids who are struggling in their skin because of the colour of it something to listen to, something they can relate too. They also aimed this album squarely at people like me, people who have never know oppression because of skin colour, People who have never known hatred just for existing. They throw things at us that they take on a regular basis and laugh when we get offended. To my fellow white people reading this, please don’t dismiss this album as “Reverse Racism” or jump on the “But what about white chicks” bullshit that we see far too often on social media.

Listen to the message within these words. You cant choose how someone feels. If it offends someone, you cant tell them it doesn’t. Just because you don’t see why it offends them. You don’t have to agree with Briggs and Trials point of view here. You might even disagree entirely, We are only human, viewpoints differ and that’s fine but the main point of this album is to get people listening to something that would otherwise be dismissed, swept under the rug. Please listen and learn. If what you are hearing upsets you or makes you uncomfortable, That means the A.B. Originals are doing their job. That is what this album is all about hitting touchy subjects and making you think about them instead of dismissing them.

But im getting off track and going too far into the politics of this album because thats just how much of an impact this album has had on me. My point of view has changed for the better I’d like to think and I’d like to thank the A.B. Original lads for helping me to do so.

Getting back to the music: I know i said two highlights but I cant help myself. A third Highlight for me and one of the most important tracks on the album is “January 26” and while that day is currently Australia day, These guys bring up plenty of valid reasons why it shouldn’t be. “Celebrating days built on misery” is something we should avoid because lets face it, Australia is an awesome place 99% of the time. Its the 1% of the time when racism goes and ruins it. Who cares what day Australia day is as long as every Australian can celebrate it. Check the vid below to see what i mean.

Now comes the hard part. The rating of such an important album as this to Australia’s musical history? That is bigger then one man can do alone on his laptop, but ill try my best to do it. Firstly I rate on a few things: Listenability, Flow, Beat and Replayability.

Listenability: Its a hard message, but one we need to hear. That said its not hard on the ears. It’s also delivered expertly by some of the best in the Australian Hiphop Scene. with hooks that I not only expect to hear on local radios but on national radios too. 10/10

Flow: Briggs has always been a wordsmith, and this album shows him putting in work at his best. Trials is a mastermind when it comes to hiphop and rap and this album is no different. 10/10

Beat: The beat work on this album is exceptional. a huge range of different beats and all of them are sublime. For an album with multiple amazing producers it still has a distinct feeling of being one unified group. Very hard to accomplish. 10/10

Replayability: Hell i replayed it 10x or more just writing this review. That should tell you all you need to know. 10/10

I cant give this album anything less then 10/10. Mark my words, this album will be looked at in 10-50 years time as a classic of Australian music and in my opinion it should be taught in schools. Now get out there pick it up and Reclaim Australia.