Feature: Miss Kaninna - Blackprint
Sharing her long-awaited mixtape BLACKPRINT: 6 tracks - serving as a vehicle for rage and joy rooted in hip-hop, moving between funk/soul/R&B, rock, punk, garage, club and beyond.
Speaking to the mixtape's concept and title Miss Kaninna says;
"We know we’re the key to start of civilisation, we're literally the blueprint and we don't care if white people agree or not, we aren't gonna wait for you"
"Aussie Aussie Aussie / Oi Oi Oi Fuck you and your Southern Cross / to all you Aussie boys"
Miss Kaninna returns to the anchor of her art with 'MOB TIES', which picks up the bouncing, bass-heavy beat teased in the outro for 'BACKSTREETS' clip.
Miss Kaninna, 18YOMAN (Lil Nas X, Kid Cudi, Sampa The Great, Rico Nasty) & Ethan Parodi, mixed/engineered by UNO Stereo (Busta Rhymes, Kaiit, Khalid, Bliss N Eso, Jada Weazel) with Miss Kaninna's signature playful approach to production weaving in quirks of sizzling pans, car revs, animal sounds and more - confident and resolute as always, as she flips off
"those who seek to water down Blackness and seek to deny us of our power", a message only strengthened by its artwork: a black-and-white photograph from the 1999 handback of Piyura Kitina - a sacred site, and momentous political achievement for the Tasmanian Aboriginal community that Miss Kaninna grew up in.
"I wanted to show the strength of mob and solidarity between all Black people.
I want Blackfullas and immigrants to feel the sense of belonging they deserve and to give a very clear message to racist white supremacist groups, you and your rhetoric are not welcome here.
I’m Black on both my parents sides and growing up we made connections over the whole of the country with different mobs.
I know who I am and know I come from a very proud staunch family line on both my fathers and mothers sides.
My identity is not based on a trend or a “feeling”, my identity is a reflection of my strong bloodline.
MOB TIES' also touches on my perspective of white supremacy in this country...
Not only am I Aboriginal but I also have Mauritian, Scottish heritage on my mothers' side and Chinese on my fathers', which reflects the immigration of the 1800s.
It’s an observation of British colonialism, claiming rights over this land when sovereignty was never ceded.
If you’re not Aboriginal, Torres Strait islander or Micronesian you are an immigrant.
It always was Black land and it’s always going to be Black land."
With a singular reputation for her ability to create space to rouse rage and joy in equal measure, BLACKPRINT the release from Miss Kaninna is available to stream now via Soul Has No Tempo/AWAL Recordings.
