Gifted Life

"Gifted Life" is the first single from Australian hip hop group Downsyde's second album Land of the Giants. It was released on 23 September 2002[1] on the independent label, Hydrofunk (established by Resin Dogs) and distributed nationally by Virgin.

"Gifted Life"
Single by Downsyde
from the album Land of the Giants
B-side"Reap What We Sow"
ReleasedSeptember 2002
GenreAustralian Hip-Hop
LabelHydrofunk/Virgin
Songwriter(s)Downsyde
Producer(s)Dazastah
Downsyde singles chronology
"Gifted Life"
(2002)		 "El Questro"
(2004)

The song basically revolves around the concept that some people have a blessed (or gifted) life, while others are not so fortunate. Three other songs are also included on the retail single: "Reap What We Sow", "Dee Dah Dah" (an interlude type track), and "Raiders of the Lost Art", all from the group's debut album Epinonimous and all produced or co-produced by Dazastah.

"Gifted Life" was nominated as 'Best Single' at the 2003 Australian Dance Music Awards,[2] which was eventually won by Infusion's "Dead Souls". The song featured on the 2003 DMA compilation album,[3] it received airplay around on Triple J,[4] RTRFM, 3RRR, 4ZZZ[5] and PBS.

Track listing
  1. "Gifted Life" – 3:38
  2. "Reap What We Sow" – 4:52
  3. "Dee Dah Dah" –
  4. "Raiders of the Lost Art" – 4:49

References
  1. ARIA September 2002 releases
  2. 2003 DMA nominations Archived 18 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Discogs track listing
  4. "J Play – Triple J play listing". Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2007.
  5. 4ZZZ playlist
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