Hailing from the hiphop grindstone of Sydney’s Inner West, Ted Addic brings together defiant, rapid-fire word play and seminal, get-the-fuck-up production to create a masterful, defining sound. As a precursor to cutting his teeth, sharpening his weapons and honing his craft with Centa Left, Addic weaves together a kaleidoscope of stories, firmly grounded in the heritage of his hometown. Strewn throughout is Addic’s political stance on the harms of drug criminalisation, and advocacy for weed culture. It takes a village to raise a child and it takes a crew to make a rapper; Ted Addic's music is steeped in the influence of its peers. With production by local and international beat makers it is a reflection of the culture it represents. Addic takes this influence and acknowledges it – and shapes it into something unique. What we are left with is an artist that looks both forwards and backwards, nodding to the past with a strident gaze into the future.