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'''Brothers Stoney''' is an [[Australian hip hop]] group hailing from [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]]. The crew comprises [[emcee]]s Lazy Grey and Len One. Both Lazy Grey and Len One are members of the Brisbane hip hop crew, 750 Rebels.<ref name=runroyal>{{cite web|title=750 Rebels|url=http://www.runroyal.com/index.php/750rebels|publisher=Run Royal|accessdate=17 April 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420094314/http://www.runroyal.com/index.php/750rebels|archivedate=20 April 2011}}</ref><ref name=ravemag750rebels>{{cite web|last=Stafford|first=James|title=Alkaholiks / 750 Rebels / The Optimen / Terntable Jediz / Nikk C|url=http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/view/1275/82/|publisher=Rave Magazine|accessdate=17 April 2011|date=2006-05-09|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420154627/http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/view/1275/82|archivedate=20 April 2011}}</ref>
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==History==
'''Brothers Stoney''' is an [[Australian hip hop]] group hailing from [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]]. The crew comprises [[emcee]]s Lazy Grey and Len One.


{{anchor|Boney & Stoney}} <!-- this links the redirect from "Boney & Stoney" -->
Brothers Stoney have been in the Australian Hip Hop scene since the late 1990s. The pair, along with Melbourne MC, Bias B<ref name=rhum>{{cite web|title=Bias B - Been There, Done That|url=http://www.rhum.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=137|work=Rabbit Hole Urban Music|publisher=Rabbit Hole Urban Music|accessdate=17 April 2011}}</ref> , were in a crew called Boney & Stoney. The Boney & Stoney self titled EP was released in 1999.


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===Boney & Stoney===
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Both Lazy Grey and Len One are members of the Brisbane hip hop crew, 750 Rebels.<ref name=runroyal>{{cite web|title=750 Rebels|url=http://www.runroyal.com/index.php/750rebels|work=Run Royal|publisher=Run Royal|accessdate=17 April 2011}}</ref><ref name=ravemag750rebels>{{cite web|last=Stafford|first=James|title=Alkaholiks / 750 Rebels / The Optimen / Terntable Jediz / Nikk C|url=http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/view/1275/82/|work=Rave Magazine|publisher=Rave Magazine|accessdate=17 April 2011|date=05/09/2006|month=September|year=2006}}</ref>
Lazy Grey and Len One, along with Melbourne MC [[Bias B]],<ref name=rhum>{{cite web|title=Bias B - Been There, Done That|url=http://www.rhum.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=137|publisher=Rabbit Hole Urban Music|accessdate=17 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315090714/http://www.rhum.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=137|archive-date=15 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> were in a crew called Boney & Stoney. Boney & Stoney released a self-titled EP in 1999,<ref name=beardscratchers /><ref name=discogs-boneystoney /><ref name=imm>{{cite web|last=Eliezer|first=Christie|title=IMM Archive: January&nbsp;18th 2000 - #181 BIAS LAUNCH|work=Music & Media Business News|publisher=IMMEDIA Pty Ltd |url=http://www.immedia.com.au/im_m/archive/000118-191/eliezer.html |archiveurl=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20000502000000/http:/www.immedia.com.au/im_m/archive/000118-191/eliezer.html|archivedate=2000-05-02 |date=2000-01-18 |url-status=dead |accessdate=18 May 2014}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> which has become known as one of the top pioneering releases of Australian hip hop. It was rated as the number 1 Australian hip hop 12" record by Melbourne-based DJ/producer Doc Felix.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://littlewonderproductions.tumblr.com/post/23278869750/my-5-fav-oz-hip-hop-12s-01-brothers-stoney|title=My 5 Fav Oz Hip Hop 12's|publisher=Little Wonder Productions|accessdate=28 October 2012|date=18 May 2012}}</ref>


The group reformed for individual performances in more recent years, including a show in [[Perth]] in December 2010<ref>{{cite web|last=All Aussie Hip Hop|title=boney & stoney – One off show [Perth only]|date=29 November 2010 |url=http://allaussiehiphop.com/2010/11/29/boney-stoney-one-off-show-perth-only/|accessdate=28 October 2012}}</ref> and at a gig forming part of the [[Hunter (rapper)#Robert Hunter Cup|Robert Hunter Cup]] in [[Melbourne]] in October 2012 in memory of MC Hunter.<ref>{{cite web|last=LiveGuide.com.au|title=AUS All Stars|url=http://www.liveguide.com.au/Events/770837/SBX_FUNKOARS_BRAD_STRUT_KOOLISM_BONEY_STONEY_DEDLEE_MASS_MC_plus_DJs_DCE_TREM_HEATA_STEWBAKKA/AUS_All_Stars_feat_SBX_FUNKOARS_BRAD_STRUT_KOOLISM_BONEY_STONEY_DEDLEE_MASS_MC_plus_DJs_DCE_TREM|accessdate=28 October 2012}}</ref>
Lazy Grey was in a Brisbane band called ''Towering Inferno'' with DJ Damage and B-Boy Flex in 1995–1996.<ref name=towering>{{cite web|last=Jee|first=Bevan|title=Towering Inferno|url=http://www.bombhiphop.com/towering.htm|work=Bomb Hip Hop|accessdate=17 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=TASH|title=The Golden Age of Aussie Hip Hop|url=http://www.hellyeahmag.com/blog/?p=6594|work=Hell Yeah Magazine|publisher=Hell Yeah Magazine|accessdate=17 April 2011|date=24/07/2010|month=July|year=2010}}</ref> Towering Inferno performed at the first ''B-Boy Kingdom'' hip hop jam in 1996.<ref name=amo>{{cite web|title=Profile - DJ Sheep|url=http://www.amo.org.au/artistdf1f.html|work=Australian Music Online|publisher=Australian Music Online|accessdate=17 April 2011|archiveurl=http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/44131/20051122-0000/www.amo.org.au/artistdf1f.html|archivedate=22/11/2005}}</ref><ref name=bboykingdom>{{cite web|title=B-Boy Kingdom Hip-Hop Jams|url=http://www.bombhiphop.com/kingdom.htm|work=Bomb Hip Hop Magazine|publisher=Bomb Hip Hop|accessdate=17 April 2011}}</ref>


===Brothers Stoney===
Brothers Stoney have played at Livid Festival (2001)<ref name=ausmscrapbook>{{cite web|title=Music News - 23rd September, 2001|url=http://www.scrapbook.melb.net/musicnews.html|work=Aus Music Scrapbook|accessdate=17 April 2011|archiveurl=http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/15176/20020306-0000/www.scrapbook.melb.net/musicnews.html|archivedate=06/03/2002|date=23/09/2001|month=September|year=2001}}</ref>, Good Vibrations Festival (2004)<ref name=4zzz>{{cite web|title=Event Archive - 26 JAN 2004|url=http://www.4zzzfm.org.au/events/indexfb5a.html|work=4ZzZ Radio|publisher=4ZzZ Radio|accessdate=17 April 2011|archiveurl=http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/34380/20040611-0000/www.4zzzfm.org.au/events/indexfb5a.html|archivedate=11/06/2004|date=26/01/2004|month=January|year=2004}}</ref> and performed alongside artists such as [[Native Ryme Syndicate]] (2001). <ref name=brispop>{{cite web|last=King|first=Mark|title=Trinkets, Brothers Stoney, Native Ryme Syndicate, Gota Cola @ The Zoo October 19 2001|url=http://www.brispop.com/articles/indexead5.html|work=Bris Pop|publisher=brispop.com|accessdate=17 April 2011|archiveurl=http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23625/20040721-0000/www.brispop.com/articles/indexead5.html|archivedate=21/07/2004|date=15/11/2001|month=November|year=2001}}</ref>
Brothers Stoney have played at Livid Festival (2001),<ref name=ausmscrapbook>{{cite web|title=Music News - 23rd&nbsp;September 2001|url=http://www.scrapbook.melb.net/musicnews.html|work=Aus Music Scrapbook|accessdate=17 April 2011|archiveurl=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020305130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/15176/20020306-0000/www.scrapbook.melb.net/musicnews.html|archivedate=2002-03-05|date=2001-09-23}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name=undercover>{{cite web|last=Cashmere|first=Paul|title=Wednesday, September&nbsp;19, 2001|url=http://www.radioundercover.com/20010919_rumba.html|work=Radio Undercover|accessdate=17 April 2011|archiveurl=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20010920140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/11299/20010921-0000/www.radioundercover.com/20010919_rumba.html |archivedate=2001-09-20|date=2001-09-19}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Good Vibrations Festival (2004)<ref name=4zzz>{{cite web|title=Event Archive - 26&nbsp;JAN 2004|url=http://www.4zzzfm.org.au/events/indexfb5a.html|publisher=4ZzZ Radio|accessdate=17 April 2011|archiveurl=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040610140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/34380/20040611-0000/www.4zzzfm.org.au/events/indexfb5a.html|archivedate=2004-06-10|date=2004-01-26}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and performed alongside artists such as [[Native Ryme Syndicate]] (2001).<ref name=brispop>{{cite web|last=King|first=Mark|title=Trinkets, Brothers Stoney, Native Ryme Syndicate, Gota Cola @ The Zoo October&nbsp;19, 2001|url=http://www.brispop.com/articles/indexead5.html|work=Bris Pop|publisher=brispop.com|accessdate=17 April 2011|archiveurl=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040720140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23625/20040721-0000/www.brispop.com/articles/indexead5.html|archivedate=2004-07-20|date=2001-11-15}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Brothers Stoney have had airplay on Australian radio programs and stations such as national broadcaster [[Triple J]],<ref name=triplej-muph>{{cite web |title=Music Specials - GUEST HOST: Muph & Plutonic |url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/music_specials/s1501020.htm |work=Triple J |accessdate=17 April 2011 |date=2005-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420160201/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/music_specials/s1501020.htm |archive-date=20 April 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Melbourne station [[3RRR]],<ref name=topbillin2009>{{cite web|title=Feat. Bias B & Fluent Form|url=http://www.rrr.org.au/playlist/6884/|work=Triple R - Melbourne Independent Radio - Top Billin'|accessdate=17 April 2011|date=2009-09-10|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420132315/http://www.rrr.org.au/playlist/6884|archivedate=20 April 2011}}</ref><ref name=rrr-2010>{{cite web|title=Feat. Slap618 with special guest appearance by Bias B|url=http://www.rrr.org.au/playlist/9653/|work=Triple R - Melbourne Independent Radio - Top Billin'|accessdate=17 April 2011|date=2010-11-11|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420132330/http://www.rrr.org.au/playlist/9653|archivedate=20 April 2011}}</ref> and Brisbane station [[4ZZZ]].<ref name=phattape-2011>{{cite web|title=PHAT TAPE - PLAYLIST FOR 01&nbsp;APRIL 2011|url=http://www.4zzzfm.org.au/nowplaying/index.cfm?action=dsp_playlist&showID=50&day=6&playlistID=11555|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005203749/http://www.4zzzfm.org.au/nowplaying/index.cfm?action=dsp_playlist&showID=50&day=6&playlistID=11555|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-10-05|work=PHAT TAPE|accessdate=17 April 2011|date=2011-01-04}}</ref>


===Lazy Grey===
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OzHipHop.com's hip hop music reviewer, gerling noted that, <blockquote>Lazy Grey has lost none of his frustrated verbal elegance, and with 'The Soundtrack' he proves that he is one of Oz hip hop's pre-eminent MCs. His diction is crisp, his flow is effortless and he can still write intricate, clever rhymes.</blockquote><ref name=ohh-soundtrack>{{cite web|last=gerling|title=[OZ CD] Lazy Grey - The Soundtrack (review by gerling)|url=http://ozhiphop.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=104127|work=OzHipHop.com|publisher=OzHipHop.com|accessdate=17 April 2011|date=19/07/2009|month=July|year=2009}}</ref>
Lazy Grey was in a Brisbane band called ''Towering Inferno'' with [[DJ Damage]] and B-Boy Flex in 1994–1997.<ref name=towering>{{cite web|last=Jee|first=Bevan|title=Towering Inferno|url=http://www.bombhiphop.com/towering.htm|work=Bomb Hip Hop|accessdate=17 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=TASH|title=The Golden Age of Aussie Hip Hop|url=http://www.hellyeahmag.com/blog/?p=6594|publisher=Hell Yeah Magazine|accessdate=17 April 2011|date=2010-07-24}}</ref><ref name=ohh-oldschool>{{cite web|title=old school Bris releases|url=http://www.ozhiphop.com/forum/viewthread.php?fid=1&tid=25364&action=printable|publisher=OzHipHop|accessdate=17 April 2011|date=2004-06-22}}</ref> The group performed at the first ''B-Boy Kingdom'' hip hop jam in 1996.<ref name=amo>{{cite web|title=Profile - DJ Sheep|url=http://www.amo.org.au/artistdf1f.html|publisher=Australian Music Online|accessdate=17 April 2011|archiveurl=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20051121130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/44131/20051122-0000/www.amo.org.au/artistdf1f.html|archivedate=2005-11-21}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name=bboykingdom>{{cite web|title=B-Boy Kingdom Hip-Hop Jams|url=http://www.bombhiphop.com/kingdom.htm|work=Bomb Hip Hop Magazine|publisher=Bomb Hip Hop|accessdate=17 April 2011}}</ref> Lazy Grey has collaborated with artists such as Brisbane band, [[Resin Dogs]] (Hi Fidelity Dirt album, 2003),<ref name=vibewire-katch>{{cite web|last=Staples|first=Natalie|title=Interview with DJ Katch of the Resin Dogs|url=http://www.vibewire.net/2/indexd136.html|publisher=Vibewire|accessdate=17 April 2011|archiveurl=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20051129130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/30336/20051130-0000/www.vibewire.net/2/indexd136.html|archivedate=2005-11-29|date=2003-10-29}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Bias B, [[Brad Strut]], [[Pegz]], Tornts. Lazy Grey's musical style has been described as ''Ocker hip hop'' by Tony Mitchell in his paper "The Reography of Reason: Australian Hip Hop as Experimental History and Pedagogy":<ref name=altitude>{{cite web|last=Mitchell|first=Tony|title=The Reography of Reason: Australian Hip Hop as Experimental History and Pedagogy|url=http://thealtitudejournal.org/2007/12/03/volume-8-popular-music-practices-formations-and-change-australian-perspectives-2007/|work=Altitude Journal - Issue 8|publisher=API Network at Curtin University|accessdate=17 April 2011|archiveurl=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070926141400/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/13197/20070927-0014/www.api-network.com/altitude/article7539.html|archivedate=2007-09-26|year=2007}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
<blockquote>"'Ocker' hip hop is mainly Anglo-Australian, insists on using a broad Australian accent, with frequent swearing and recourse to Australian slang, decries MCs who rap with an American accent as 'wack' (ridiculous) and often celebrates aspects of Anglo-Australian [[working class culture]] like barbecues, sport and pubs. Prominent exponents include [[Hilltop Hoods]], Brisbane’s Lazy Grey and Perth-based [[MC Layla]]."<ref name="localnoise">{{cite web|last=Mitchell|first=Tony|title=Lazy Grey|url=http://www.localnoise.net.au/site-directory/interviews/lazy-grey/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121231071109/http://www.localnoise.net.au/site-directory/interviews/lazy-grey/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-12-31|work=Local Noise|publisher=University of Technology, Sydney|accessdate=17 April 2011|date=2005-03-05}}</ref> </blockquote>

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OzHipHop.com's hip hop music reviewer, gerling in her review of Lazy Grey's ''The Soundtrack'' album, noted that, <blockquote>"Lazy Grey has lost none of his frustrated verbal elegance, and with 'The Soundtrack' he proves that he is one of Oz hip hop's pre-eminent MCs. His diction is crisp, his flow is effortless and he can still write intricate, clever rhymes".<ref name=ohh-soundtrack>{{cite web|last=gerling|title=(OZ CD) Lazy Grey - The Soundtrack (review by gerling)|url=http://ozhiphop.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=104127|publisher=OzHipHop.com|accessdate=17 April 2011|date=2009-07-19}}</ref></blockquote>


==Discography==
==Discography==

===Albums===
===Albums===
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====As Boney & Stoney====
Boney & Stoney (1999)<ref name=beardscratchers>{{cite web|title=Boney & Stoney by Boney & Stoney|url=http://beardscratchers.com/artist/boney-&-stoney/release/boney-&-stoney?m=9ae802b0-0453-4524-918c-f22d5b27818d|work=The Beardscratchers Compendium of Music|accessdate=17 April 2011}}</ref>


====As Brothers Stoney====
====Boney & Stoney====
Boney & Stoney (1999)<ref name=beardscratchers>{{cite web|title=Boney & Stoney by Boney & Stoney|url=http://beardscratchers.com/artist/boney-&-stoney/release/boney-&-stoney?m=9ae802b0-0453-4524-918c-f22d5b27818d|work=The Beardscratchers Compendium of Music|accessdate=17 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812071430/http://beardscratchers.com/artist/boney-%26-stoney/release/boney-%26-stoney?m=9ae802b0-0453-4524-918c-f22d5b27818d|archive-date=12 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=discogs-boneystoney>{{cite web|title=Boney & Stoney – Bias B/ Len-One /& Lazy Grey Are....|url=http://www.discogs.com/Boney-Stoney-Bias-B-Len-One--Lazy-Grey-Are/release/874703|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=17 April 2011}}</ref><ref name=imm />
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Stone Broke (2003)<ref>{{cite web|title=Release Profile - Stone Broke|url=http://www.therapcella.com/asp/releaseProfile.asp?Id=136|work=The Rap Cella|accessdate=17 April 2011}}</ref>


====Brothers Stoney====
Tappin Buttons (Instrumentals) (2004)
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Stone Broke (2003)<ref>{{cite web|title=Release Profile - Stone Broke|url=http://www.therapcella.com/asp/releaseProfile.asp?Id=136|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928142010/http://www.therapcella.com/asp/releaseProfile.asp?Id=136|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 September 2011|work=The Rap Cella|accessdate=17 April 2011}}</ref>

Tappin Buttons (Instrumentals) (2004)<ref name=ohh-tappinbuttons>{{cite web|last=Shogun|title=New Lazy Grey CD!!! Tappin Buttons - Brothers Stoney Instrumentals 1998-2003|url=http://www.ozhiphop.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=26874&page=1|publisher=OzHipHop.com|accessdate=17 April 2011|date=2004-07-15}}</ref>


====Lazy Grey====
====Lazy Grey====
On Tap (with Len-one) (Cassette only) (1997)<ref name=localnoise>{{cite web|last=Mitchell|first=Tony|title=Lazy Grey|url=http://www.localnoise.net.au/site-directory/interviews/lazy-grey/|work=Local Noise|publisher=University of Technology, Sydney|accessdate=17 April 2011|date=05/03/2005|month=March|year=2005}}</ref>
On Tap (with Len-one) (Cassette only) (1997)<ref name=localnoise />


On or Off Tap (1998)<ref name=localnoise>{{cite web}}</ref>
On or Off Tap (1998)<ref name=localnoise/>


Banned in Queensland (2004)<ref name=localnoise/><ref name=aria-2004>{{cite web|title=Archived Australasian Releases - September 2004|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/ArchivedAustralianReleases-September2004.html|work=ARIA Charts|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|accessdate=17 April 2011|archiveurl=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20090209230300/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/56172/20090210-1003/www.aria.com.au/pages/ArchivedAustralianReleases-September2004.html|archivedate=2009-02-09|date=September 2004}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
Banned in Queensland (2004)<ref name=localnoise>{{cite web}}</ref>


The Soundtrack (2009)<ref name=567king>{{cite web|title=Lazy Grey - The Soundtrack|url=http://www.567king.com/product_info.php?cPath=&products_id=350&osCsid=2c5243b04b0cfbf3050eaa051b484e88|work=567 King|publisher=567 King|accessdate=17 April 2011|date=26/06/2009|month=June|year=2009}}</ref><ref name=rp-soundtrack>{{cite web|title=Lazy Grey – The Soundtrack|url=http://www.rhythmandpoetry.net/2009/05/21/lazy-grey-the-soundtrack/|work=rhythm & poetry|publisher=rhythm & poetry|accessdate=17 April 2011|date=21/05/2009|month=May|year=2009}}</ref>
The Soundtrack (2009)<ref name=567king>{{cite web|title=Lazy Grey - The Soundtrack|url=http://www.567king.com/product_info.php?cPath=&products_id=350&osCsid=2c5243b04b0cfbf3050eaa051b484e88|publisher=567 King|accessdate=17 April 2011|date=2009-06-26|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903000153/http://www.567king.com/product_info.php?cPath=&products_id=350&osCsid=2c5243b04b0cfbf3050eaa051b484e88|archivedate=3 September 2011}}</ref><ref name=rp-soundtrack>{{cite web|title=Lazy Grey – The Soundtrack|url=http://www.rhythmandpoetry.net/2009/05/21/lazy-grey-the-soundtrack/|publisher=rhythm & poetry|accessdate=17 April 2011|date=2009-05-21}}</ref>


====Len-one (AKA Lenwun)====
====Len-one (AKA Lenwun)====
Begged, Borrowed or Stolen (2006) (with DJ DCE)
Begged, Borrowed or Stolen (2006) (with DJ DCE)

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==References==


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Brothers Stoney is an Australian hip hop group hailing from Brisbane, Queensland. The crew comprises emcees Lazy Grey and Len One. Both Lazy Grey and Len One are members of the Brisbane hip hop crew, 750 Rebels.[1][2]

History

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Boney & Stoney

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Lazy Grey and Len One, along with Melbourne MC Bias B,[3] were in a crew called Boney & Stoney. Boney & Stoney released a self-titled EP in 1999,[4][5][6] which has become known as one of the top pioneering releases of Australian hip hop. It was rated as the number 1 Australian hip hop 12" record by Melbourne-based DJ/producer Doc Felix.[7]

The group reformed for individual performances in more recent years, including a show in Perth in December 2010[8] and at a gig forming part of the Robert Hunter Cup in Melbourne in October 2012 in memory of MC Hunter.[9]

Brothers Stoney

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Brothers Stoney have played at Livid Festival (2001),[10][11] Good Vibrations Festival (2004)[12] and performed alongside artists such as Native Ryme Syndicate (2001).[13] Brothers Stoney have had airplay on Australian radio programs and stations such as national broadcaster Triple J,[14] Melbourne station 3RRR,[15][16] and Brisbane station 4ZZZ.[17]

Lazy Grey

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Lazy Grey was in a Brisbane band called Towering Inferno with DJ Damage and B-Boy Flex in 1994–1997.[18][19][20] The group performed at the first B-Boy Kingdom hip hop jam in 1996.[21][22] Lazy Grey has collaborated with artists such as Brisbane band, Resin Dogs (Hi Fidelity Dirt album, 2003),[23] Bias B, Brad Strut, Pegz, Tornts. Lazy Grey's musical style has been described as Ocker hip hop by Tony Mitchell in his paper "The Reography of Reason: Australian Hip Hop as Experimental History and Pedagogy":[24]

"'Ocker' hip hop is mainly Anglo-Australian, insists on using a broad Australian accent, with frequent swearing and recourse to Australian slang, decries MCs who rap with an American accent as 'wack' (ridiculous) and often celebrates aspects of Anglo-Australian working class culture like barbecues, sport and pubs. Prominent exponents include Hilltop Hoods, Brisbane’s Lazy Grey and Perth-based MC Layla."[25]

OzHipHop.com's hip hop music reviewer, gerling in her review of Lazy Grey's The Soundtrack album, noted that,

"Lazy Grey has lost none of his frustrated verbal elegance, and with 'The Soundtrack' he proves that he is one of Oz hip hop's pre-eminent MCs. His diction is crisp, his flow is effortless and he can still write intricate, clever rhymes".[26]

Discography

[edit]

Albums

[edit]

Boney & Stoney

[edit]

Boney & Stoney (1999)[4][5][6]

Brothers Stoney

[edit]

Stone Broke (2003)[27]

Tappin Buttons (Instrumentals) (2004)[28]

Lazy Grey

[edit]

On Tap (with Len-one) (Cassette only) (1997)[25]

On or Off Tap (1998)[25]

Banned in Queensland (2004)[25][29]

The Soundtrack (2009)[30][31]

Len-one (AKA Lenwun)

[edit]

Begged, Borrowed or Stolen (2006) (with DJ DCE)

References

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  1. ^ "750 Rebels". Run Royal. Archived from the original on 20 April 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
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