All City is the fourth studio album from Western Australian hip hop group, Downsyde

Downsyde

Downsyde are an Australian hip hop group from Perth, Western Australia. The group is composed of six members, Optamus, Dazastah, Dyna-Mikes, DJ Armee, Cheeky, and Hi-Hat.- History :...

. It was released in October 2008 through their new label, Illusive Sounds

Illusive Sounds

Illusive Group is an independent Australian record label & touring company that represents a number of acts including Bliss n Eso, Lowrider, Paris Wells, Downsyde, Metals, True Live, Diafrix and X&Hell.-History:...

.

This album differs from the group's previous efforts in that it doesn't focus on Australian guest MCs, other than the appearance of Porsah Laine.

"With this album we wanted to feature vocalists of a different sort, and we felt that with certain tracks we wanted a chorus or a hook that could mould quite easily into our vocals. We didn't want obvious choices, we wanted vocalists that engage you straight away. We wanted things to smack the listener in the head, like being hit by a baseball bat." - Optamus

"I said in passing to Armee, 'Dude let's try to get him (Guru

Guru (rapper)

Keith Edward Elam , better known by his stage name Guru, was an American emcee and member of the hip-hop duo Gang Starr, along with DJ Premier. He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts...

) on a track.' So I said 'Let's just get in contact with his tour manager and send him When the Dust Settles and see what he has to say.' I though that there was no harm in trying. Sure enough, the tour manager contacted us, and Daz ran off something like 30 beats onto a CD and we express posted it over to him as soon as we could. There was one beat on there that he was really feeling (which eventually transformed into "Watucamehere 4") and before going back to the States he had one layover day. The heavens opened up and on that Sunday we went 'bang let's book a studio and knock it out.' On that Sunday I was hungover, but there - we were in the studio with Mr. Guru, slash Jazzmatazz, himself." - Optamus

The album reached #26 on the ARIA Urban Albums charts. On 17 November 2008 Triple J

Triple J

triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...

 announced that All City was their feature album for that week.

Track listing

All songs written by Shahbaz Rind, D. Reutens, Scott Griffiths, Mat Cheetham and Damien Allia, unless otherwise noted.

1. "All City"
2. "Fortune & Fame" (featuring Howling John Stone)
3. "Watucamehere 4" (featuring Guru
   Guru (rapper)
   Keith Edward Elam , better known by his stage name Guru, was an American emcee and member of the hip-hop duo Gang Starr, along with DJ Premier. He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts...
   
   )
4. "Every City"
5. "Master MC"
6. "Hot Town"
7. "Life Speed" (featuring Stamina MC
   Stamina MC
   Stamina MC is a stage name of drum & bass MC and vocalist Linden Reeves. Stamina MC used both rapping and vocalizing.-Biography:His earliest experiences of MCing were on pirate radio in 1996; first Pressure FM , then on to currently active, once-pirate-but-no-longer station Rinse FM...
   
   )
8. "Calm Before The Storm"
9. "Takin' It Over"
10. "Some How"
11. "Super Heroes"
12. "Soulfiend"(featuring Howling John Stone)
13. "Unstoppable"

Downsyde

• Optamus (Scott Griffiths)
• Dazastah (D. Reutens)
• Cheeky (Mathew Cheetham)
• Armee (Damien Allia)
• Dyna Mikes aka Shahbaz (Shahbaz Rind)