State Of The Art - Hilltop Hoods

State of the Art is the latest album release by the Australian hip hop group Hilltop Hoods and follows their normal playlist style, but with new influences such as guitar. The album starts as all their other albums do - with a song that is high tempo, pumping the album up as the next best thing on the market (which it is I believe). As with most of their other albums, this is one of the best tracks on the album. Most Hilltop Hoods albums are marked by the distinct sound of the flute, which has actually been dropped for this album surprisingly. In its place is distorted guitar and violins. Most of the tracks in fact could be played by a band fronted ...  Read the complete review