The Movement is here. Officially.

So, y’all might already know Notion. And y’all probably already know Cee & Bekah. And you may even be familiar with Tommy Gunnz. And it’s possible you’ve heard of Atlanta’s DJ Grain. But it’s definite that you know The Movement Fam – well, now anyway.

The Movement Fam is an independent Hip Hop/Soul collective, based in both Melbourne, Australia and Atlanta, Georgia. A truly international crew, The Fam are officially in the building. Fresh off their North American/NZ radio tour in September/October 2008, Notion and Cee & Bekah are back home in Melbourne with a gang of new connections and a worldwide mindstate, something most of their contemporaries in their homeland are lacking.

To celebrate the official launch of The Movement Fam crew, Cee & Bekah and Notion have gone and done a double release of their latest mixtapes – The Soul Movement Volume 2 and World Domi-NoTiOn. And after showcasing it on mainstream and college radio in the USA, Canada and New Zealand, running it by label reps, promoters, DJ’s, artists, producers and business cats all over the world, it’s pretty damn clear that what The Fam is doing is something special. Loud.com even asked the crew to do a regular blog detailing the struggles of Australian artists trying to break into the North American market. That’s what’s up.

World Domi-NoTiOn is the long awaited follow up to his debut mixtape, It’s My Turn…, back in 2006. Since dropping the latter, Notion has been rockin’ shows all around Melbourne, collaborating with a gang of artists, prolifically writing raps on some Lil’ Wayne shit, all the while working on both his production and engineering chops. Mixing and mastering both World Domi-NoTiOn and The Soul Movement Volume 2 – fifty plus songs in less than two months, all the while working night shift – Notion has more than proven his skills behind the desk.

This mixtape is a culmination of the last two years worth of work, and with such a large pool of songs to select from, Notion selected the 26 tunes that the people felt the most. Known for his tight beat selection, lyrical dexterity and unmistakable swag, Notion has delivered another banger with some of the dopest industry beats from today, and some hella fresh original production. Mixed by DMC finalist DJ Crusador, World Domi-NoTiOn features production from Melbourne representers Da-Phai (Cee & Bekah, Chap 1), NeeQ and Durban Poison (‘The Come Up’, the PlanetUrban.com.au Exclusive that reached #1 on their charts), as well as guest appearances from GMC, Theory, Chapter One, Fluid, Whisper and of course, The Movement Fam.

With all artwork designed by the UK’s KidEight, and production and feature artists coming from all over Australia and the world, it’s clear that The Movement Fam have an international state of mind. Miami, Florida’s Kevin Nottingham (from www.kevinnottingham.com) has even put together a remix competition for both The Soul Movement Volume 2 and World Domi-NoTiOn, and the resulting remix mixtape will be released online in early 2009.

Like we said, The Movement is here. Listen up.