Scribe (rapper)

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Scribe
Scribe and P-Money at the 2007 Big Day Out
Scribe and P-Money at the 2007 Big Day Out
Background information
Birth name Malo Luafutu
Origin Christchurch, New Zealand
Genre(s) Rap
Years active 2000-present
Label(s) Dirty Records
Website http://www.scribescribe.com/

Scribe is the stage name of New Zealand rapper Malo Luafutu. His debut album, The Crusader, was released in 2003 in New Zealand and has so far gone five times platinum in that country, achieving two number one singles.

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[edit] History

Malo Luafutu was born of Samoan descent in Christchurch. He grew up as a fan of rap music with NWA as his first influence. He spent his youth developing his rapping skills with local rap group Beats n' Peaces and Polynesian theatre company Pacific Underground.

He became more widely known throughout New Zealand with his guest appearance on P-Money's Big Things album. However he was still fairly unknown until the release of the double sided single "Stand Up"/"Not Many" in August 2003.

[edit] New Zealand Hip Hop Stands Up

With the initial focus on the song "Stand Up", director Chris Graham gave the video for the single the energy of a rock video with invited music guests, DJs and even the general public invited to be in the video. The song debuted at #6 on the New Zealand top 40 singles and soon rose to number 1. Amazingly the single spent 12 (non-consecutive) weeks at number one. The song was occasionally taken out for a week but then was back at #1 the following week. Part of its remarkable staying power owed to the fact that when people became sick of airplay of "Stand Up" the other side of the single "Not Many" enabled the song to remain high on the New Zealand charts.

Scribe's debut album The Crusader was released in New Zealand in October 2003 by Dirty Records with distribution through Festival Mushroom Records. The album went gold within hours and platinum within days. It has so far sold 85,000 copies in New Zealand which is five times platinum status in that country.

Scribe followed the success of the album with the limited edition release of "Not Many - The Remix!" featuring guest vocals from MCs Savage and Con Psy which reached a peak of #2 and then another single "Dreaming" in January 2004 and it also went to number one.

Scribe took a break from new singles and toured the country on the Hook It Up tour before he returned in late 2004 with a new single off P-Money's Magic City album called "Stop the Music" which again went to number one.

[edit] Rhyme Book

Scribe's second studio album titled Rhyme Book was released in Australia on 29 September 2007 and in New Zealand on 1 October 2007. Notably Rhyme Book features a collaboration with New York hip hop artist Talib Kweli (of Reflection Eternal and Black Star fame) on the track "Be Alright". The first single off the album (for New Zealand), "My Shit" had its video premiere on Sunday, August 12 on local music channel C4. "F.R.E.S.H." will be released in New Zealand as the second single. The first single in Australia is "F.R.E.S.H." and will be followed by "My Shit". The Third Single is "Say It Again" and features Scribe's Cousin Tyra Hammond.

[edit] Trivia

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  • Rumours of a rift between Scribe and British underground sensation SCRiBE flooded the Hip Hop radio stations during the summer of '05, however talks of a reconciliation are rife, and the two are set to record a duet once they have both finished their respective tours.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Solo albums

  • Crusader (2003)
    #1 NZ, NZ #42 Album for 2003, #12 Australia, NZ Platinum x5, Australia Platinum
  • Rhyme Book (2007)
    #4 New Zealand, #9 Australia

[edit] Major album guest appearances

  • P-Money - Big Things (2002) (Six Songs)
  • Concord Dawn - Uprising (2003) (One Song)
  • P-Money - Magic City (2004) (Three Songs)

[edit] Singles

Year Single Album NZ AUS Certification
2001 "Sunshine" (P-Money feat. Scribe) - - - -
2001 "Connect" (DJ Sir-Vere ft. Mareko & Scribe) Major Flavours 2 - - -
2002 "Scribe 2001" (P-Money feat. Scribe) Big Things - - -
2002 "Synchronize Thoughts" (P-Money feat. 4 Corners & Scribe) Big Things - - -
2002 "Remember?" Big Things - - -
2003 "Stand Up/Not Many" The Crusader #1 - Platinum NZ
2003/04 "Not Many - The Remix!"/"Stand Up" The Crusader #2 #21 Gold AUS
2004 "Dreaming"/"So Nice" The Crusader #1 #23 -
2004/05 "Stop the Music" (P-Money feat. Scribe) Magic City #1 #7 Platinum NZ, Gold AUS
2007 "My Shit" Rhyme Book #4 - -
2007 "F.R.E.S.H." Rhyme Book #24 #30 -
2008 "Say It Again (feat. Tyra Hammond)" Rhyme Book #- - -


End Of Year Charts

  • "Stand Up"/"Not Many" (August 2003)
    12 weeks at #1, NZ #1 Song for 2003,
  • "Not Many - The Remix!"/"Stand Up" (12/03 NZ, 05/04 Australia)
    #77 Song Australia 2004
  • "Dreaming"/"So Nice" (01/04 NZ, 11/04 Australia)
    NZ #14 Song for 2004
  • "Stop the Music" (P-Money feat. Scribe) (11/04 NZ, 04/05 Australia)
    NZ #12 Song for 2004

[edit] Notes

Originally the doubled sided single "Stand Up"/"Not Many" was released with both songs being popular enabling the single to remain on the top of the New Zealand singles charts for ten weeks and be the top "single" of the year. A few months later, after the initial single release, a new limited edition version was released containing a new version of "Not Many" called "Not Many - The Remix!" which also had the song "Stand Up". This second CD was also released in an unlimited version in Australia with the focus being on "Not Many - The Remix!" due to the chorus of "Stand Up" being about "NZ hip hop standing the fuck up."

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