Spit Syndicate
| Spit Syndicate | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sydney, Australia |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | One Day |
| Website | http://spitsyndicate.com |
| Members | Nick Lupi Jimmy Nice/Just Enuf |
Spit Syndicate are an ARIA Award-nominatedAustralian hip hop duo based in Sydney, Australia. Alongside other Australian hip hop artists Horrorshow, Joyride and Jackie Onassis, the duo is part of the "One Day" crew.
The group was founded in Sydney’s Inner West by rappers Nick Lupi and Jimmy Nice, Nick Lupi attended Fort Street High School whilst Jimmy Nice attended Leichhardt High School. In 2006, Spit Syndicate's debut release was a mixtape CD called The Future's Bright, which was followed by an appearance on MTV Australia’s The Lair in July 2007, alongside other musical acts such as Sparta and The Hot Lies.
In February 2008 the duo signed with Obese Records, when Nice was 21 years of age and Lupi 19, to release their debut album Towards the Light:
We actually signed on the dotted line in February of this year, but we started talking to them in about November of last year. We were both overseas during the summer and we had this album ready and we were gonna put it out when we got back, it was just a matter of who we did it with.
Towards the Light was released in October 2008 and features vocal contributions from Rowan Dix, Sarah Corry, Ron-E, Fame, Miriam Waks and Solo (Horrorshow). In 2013, Nice reflected on their experience of releasing a debut album: "We were so young when we started, we were just little sponges ... We just wanted to know what it was all about, we wanted to be around it, we wanted to be at every gig, we wanted to record at every chance that we got". The album was nominated for "Best Urban Release" at the 2008 ARIA Music Awards.
In May 2010, they released their second studio album, Exile, which featured production contributions from Adit (Horrorshow), M-Phazes, JSquared and Cam Bluff, and guest vocals from Solo, Joyride (Spit Syndicate’s DJ) and Corry. In the official Exile press release, the album was "inspired by the clarity of mind borne out of travel, the feeling of suffocation by one's everyday surroundings and the displacement sometimes required to get right".Exile's lead single was called "Starry-Eyed" and received prominent airplay on Australia's triple j radio station. Also in 2010, the duo appeared on the song "Long Winding Road" for M-Phazes' debut album, Good Gracious.
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