SWIDT ( ); See What I Did There?) are a hip-hop collective from Onehunga, New Zealand. SmokeyGotBeatz debut project SWIDT vs Everybody was listed as No.16 in The New Zealand Herald's 20 Best Albums of 2016. They released their official debut album STONEYHUNGA, dedicated to their home suburb of Onehunga, in July 2017. Members of the collective include SPYCC, SMOKE, INF, Boomer Tha God and JAMAL.
SWIDT were nominated for both the Critics Choice Award, and Best Urban/Hip-Hop Album at the 2016 New Zealand Music Awards. At the Awards, R&B singer Aaradhna Jayantilal Patel refused her award for Best Urban/Hip-Hop Album, claiming that the two disparate categories had been placed together for racial reasons. She gave her award to SWIDT. In her speech refusing the award, Patel described SWIDT as 'the future of hip hop'.
STONEYHUNGA reached number 4 in the New Zealand album charts. SWIDT have been nominated for 6 awards this year leading the nominations list at the 2017 New Zealand Music Awards. The Onehunga group is up for Godfrey Hirst Album of the Year, Vodafone Single of the Year, Best Group, Best Hip Hop Artist, and Vodafone People's Choice – as well as Massey University Best Producer at the Artisan Awards for band member SmokeyGotBeatz.
Discography Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions NZ Stoneyhunga Released: 18 November 2016 Label: SWIDT, Universal Music New Zealand Format: CD, digital download, streaming 4
Extended plays
Title Album details Peak chart positions NZ Stoneyhunga: The Bootleg EP Released: 9 February 2018 Label: SWIDT, Universal Format: Digital download, streaming 31 The Most Electrifying Released: 27 July 2018 Label: SWIDT Format: Digital download, streaming 19 Good Things Come in Threes Released: 22 October 2020 Label: SWIDT Format: Digital download, streaming — 312 Day Released: 2 December 2021 Label: SWIDT Format: Digital download, streaming —
Mixtapes
Title Album details Peak chart positions NZ SmokeyGotBeatz Presents: Swidt vs Everybody Released: 13 May 2016 Label: SWIDT Format: CD, digital download, streaming 11
Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album NZHot NZArtistPeak positions for SWIDT's singles on the NZ artist singles chart: For "Little Did She Know": For "Kelz Garage": "Alfred & Church"2017 — — Stoneyhunga "Little Did She Know" — 20 "Close One" — — "Tonight" — — "Player of the Day" — — "Conquer"2018 — —Stoneyhunga: the Bootleg EP "Who Run It" — —The Most Electrifying "Preacher Man"2019 — — rowspan="2" "Who R U" — — "Wonders" 2020 — — Good Things Come in Threes "Seize the Day"2021 — — rowspan="2" "Bunga" — — "Kelz Garage" — 5 RMNZ: Gold 312 Day "RSVP" 2022 — — rowspan="2" "Youphoria" 2023 18 — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart.
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