BASED ON A TRUE STORY - 21ST ANNIVERSARY EDITION (LIMITED EDITION 2LP, GATEFOLD, OBI STRIP, 12" INSERT)

The Drop presents Based On A True
Story - 21st Anniversary Edition.
Honouring Chris (MU) Faiumu, aka
Dj Fitchie. Manuia Lou Malaga.
Mystic soul supernova, 'Based On A
True Story' aka BOATS is the debut
studio album from Fat Freddy's Drop
unleashed in May 2005.
The BOATS 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
released BOATS 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'.