State of the Art is the fifth studio album by Australian hip hop trio Hilltop Hoods, released on 12 June 2009, by Golden Era Records.

[4] Other acts that also appear on the album are Briggs, Funkoars and Vents, who are also signed to Golden Era Records and appear on the iTunes bonus track 'Rent Week'.

As in previous albums, Suffa’s eclectic sampling pulls from various genres, including rock, jazz, soul, funk, and psychedelic pop, while blending a broad range of hip-hop subgenres like New York Boom Bap, Mafioso, and Horrorcore.

[12][4] Associated Photography release with the album was created by Mathematics & Conan Whitehouse, and image post production services were provided by Ben Funnel.

(2005) J.Beez Comin' Through- Jungle Brothers (1989) Come on Down- Big Daddy Kane ft. Q-Tip and Busta Rhymes (1991) Sound of Da Police- KRS-One (1993) Success- Fat Joe (1995) Ugly Broad- The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (Film, 1974) I'm Still Standing- Elton John (1983) Mama Said Knock You Out- LL Cool J (1990) The Infamous Date Rape- A Tribe Called Quest (1991) Thin Line- Jurassic 5 ft. Nelly Furtado (2002) Hate Me Now- Nas ft.

Puff Daddy (1999) Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide- Gravediggaz ft. Kurious (1994) Singing in the Morning- Ohio Players (1971) Show Money- Funkoars (2008) 'She's So Ugly' was sampled in Briggs' 2011 track 'Let it Burn'.

[13] After dropping from the number one spot, State of the Art spent a total of 28 weeks within the ARIA top 50 albums Charts.

[22] All tracks are written by Hilltop HoodsHilltop Hoods promoted their album with their 'State of the Art' tour, with support act Canadian hip hop artist Classified, and Australian rapper Briggs.

[26] This was the 'Still Standing' tour supported by fellow Golden Era Records artist Vents and their mixer Dj ADFU.