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Artist
Jordan Oliver
12+ albums
netherlands
about
There are more than one artist with this name: 1) Out of Cairns bustling hip hop scene comes 21-year old Jordan Oliver. His new single All I Need abounds with radio-friendly hooks but lyrically is badass. “They ain’t never gonna break me down, they ain’t never gonna take what’s mine…I keep my pride, I keep my heart, I keep my soul, ‘cause it’s all I need,” he sings.The line, he explains, came “because in my career as a music artist I was getting knocked down in life, friends, relationships. I wanted to be signed but every label I approached turned me down and told me I had to perfect my craft before they considered my music to be worth listening to. The song is basically about pushing through struggles no matter how down or low you may be feeling.” The song called out for a female voice, so his label head Ray Daniel of Sydney’s Rayzor Records suggested label mate Libby Morell, At 11, he atteded the local community centre Grafton Arts’ youth workshops for beatboxers, djs, breakers and rappers. “I gave it a try and knew from then on out this is what I enjoyed.” Within a year he was performing in local clubs and at 18 signed to Rayzor. The video for All I Need has a strong indigenous aesthetic. Oliver, the son of two painters says, “In the past I haven't focused much on the indigenous art sense purely because I believe music to me was a way to express your thoughts. Yes, I am indigenous and yes I am proud to be indigenous. But I didn't rap about indigenous issues because the m
