Hilltop Hoods

One of the most critically acclaimed hip-hop successes from Australia, Hilltop Hoods debuted in the late '90s as an independent outfit, issuing A Matter of Time in 1999. Starting in the mid-2000s, they kicked off an impressive run of releases, issuing a string of award-winning, chart-topping albums that were all certified multi-platinum. 2006's The Hard Road was one such effort and it was later reimagined with an orchestra on The Hard Road: Restrung. A pair of hit albums -- Drinking from the Sun (2012) and Walking Under Stars (2014) -- were similarly reworked on 2016's Drinkin...