What's Happening (album)

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What's Happening
What's Happening cover
Studio album by Katalyst
Released August25, 2007
Recorded 2006
Genre Australian Hip-Hop
Label Invada Records
Producer Katalyst
Katalyst chronology
Manipulating Agent
(2002)		 What's Happening
(2007)

What's Happening is the second album from the Australian hip hop artist, Katalyst (aka Sydney based producer Ashley Anderson). It is a follow up to Katalyst's award-winning debut album, Manipulating Agent. What's Happening was released by Invada Records on August 25, 2007[1]. The album features guest vocalists from the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia - including Stephanie McKay, J-Live, Steve Spacek, Katie Noonan, Magic Dirt's Adalita and Beautiful Girls's Mat McHugh.

The album was selected as Triple J's featured album of the week in August, 2007[2] and was nominated for the 2007 J Award [3].

The first single lifted from the album was "All You've Got" which enjoyed rotation nationally as well as receiving rave reviews from overseas. The video clip features some of Australia's top skaters and was on rotation on Channel V, MTV Australia and in the top 20 on J-TV. The second single "Say What You Feel" features New York soul artist Stephanie McKay. This is not their first collaboration, Katalyst and McKay have worked together in the past collaborating on "Rising Tide" on her first album entitled McKay which was released by Polydor/Universal in 2003. The film clip for "Say What You Feel" features protest footage from the 60's, 70's and current day.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "How Bout Us" (featuring Steve Spacek) - 3:43
  2. "All You've Got" (featuring Ru C.L, Hau (Koolism), and Yungun) - 3:54
  3. "I Know A Place" - 4:57
  4. "Say What You Feel" (featuring Stephanie McKay) - 3:27
  5. "Over And Over" (featuring Mat McHugh)) - 3:55
  6. "May Have Been James Brown" - 4:26
  7. "Loaded Gun" (featuring Joe Volk) - 3:37
  8. "Dedicated" (featuring Diverse) - 3:22
  9. "What Are We Talking About" - 4:17
  10. "Step Up" (featuring Ru C.L) - 3:34
  11. "War" - 1:00
  12. "To Dust" (featuring Katie Noonan) - 3:17
  13. "Killing Ya Self" (featuring J-Live) - 3:57
  14. "He Is Society" - 3:55
  15. "Bladewalker" (featuring Adalita) - 3:41

[edit] References

  1. ^ Inavada Records new releases
  2. ^ Triple J Album Review
  3. ^ 2007 J Award nominations
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