BASED ON A TRUE STORY - 21ST ANNIVERSARY EDITION 2LP

The Drop presents Based On A True Story - 21st Anniversary Edition. Honouring Chris (MU) Faiumu, aka Dj Fitchie. Manuia Lou Malaga. This special OBI strip edition is numbered and includes an artprint photo featuring Freddy's x Lisa Reihana's Te Wheke o Muturangi as seen on our BOATS tour posters. Local as, numbered edition pressed at Holiday Records.

Tracklisting : 
01. Ernie / 02. Cay's Cray / 03. This Room / 04. Ray Ray / 05. Flashback / 06. Dark Days / 07. Del Feugo / 08. Hope / 09. Roady / 10. Wandering Eye

Mystic soul supernova, 'Based On A True Story' aka BOATS is the debut studio album Fat Freddy's Drop unleashed in May 2005. The album features 10 fresh slices of future funk, with surprises, fakes & freaky sidesteps throughout.

BOATS is Aotearoa’s longest-charting album with 111 weeks in the Top 40, won eight NZ Music Awards and took out Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Music Awards in the UK. 

On debut in Aotearoa, the independent release debuted at #1 and went Gold on its first release day. The tracklist featured six completely new tracks, as well as reworked versions of previously released singles like 'This Room', 'Hope' & 'Ernie' [also known as 'Willow Tree'], alongside 'Flashback'.