Counterattack productions presents BHIPMA 2004 on Saturday August 21 at the GICC Grand Palm hotel in Gabarone. The first local Hip Hop awards, featuring Cashless Society, Stagga, Scar, T and more of your favourite tswana Emcee’s and Dj’s. Read on for a full list of nominees and details…

Nomadic Wax recently announced the release of “African Underground Vol 1 – Hip Hop Senegal“. This 14 track African Underground Classic will soon be available online and in stores across the globe! We have received a message that it’s just been pressed so keep checking this site for the latest news!  Read on for song snippets and track listing….

www.HipHopKulture.net in collaboration with DJ Bev (USA, www.djbev.com) and Kaboodlz Entertainment (www.kaboodlzent.net) will produce and distribute in USA the mixtape called World Wide HipHop KOnexxtionz – Vol. 2, after the first volume which was a real big success. Read on for details on how to send your demo!

Stagga and Scar from Botswana had a Thursday date with the Cypha. The brothers didn’t pitch because they left Gabs City late. They arrived in Windhoek after 12am and by that time the Cypha freestyle session had come and gone, and Eraze was safely counting sheep in lala land…

The First Case Alliance was established in 1998 with an astonishing membership of eight(8) soldiers. These youths have risen from the dusty and sandy streets of the infamous Khayelistha Township (Cape Town, South Africa). They have collaborated and engaged through Poetry and the Visual Arts to depict and tell stories of their immediate environments. These stories are told through rhymes and music which has inspired many. Gradually the members have drastically decreased to four(4) because most of the soldiers took different paths in life as they grew older but the legacy of the First Case Dynasty still remains. They have been blessing audiences with vibrant appearances in both the townships and the suburbs and still continue to do so with extreme consistency.

“I think that the one big problem with Perfect Times is that it sounds too similar to Error Era, which was a deliberate decision, but soon seemed like a bad decision to mirror my first album. Instead of it being a progressive move I found it a bit regressive. I felt there was something strange about the whole thing like trying to read writing being reflected off a mirror.”

MethodsNYC is yet another unique company putting heart in what they do. In fact, they are more than a clothing label. As they represent more than just an image and a mission statement. Check out the interview with Dave GEE of MethodsNYC to find out what I mean.

ReaHop Music is a new introduction among the countless list of Hip Hop derived music across the Globe. From Ghana, West Africa and residing in the U.S. Kwasi Tay has decided to create his own style of Music. The result is ReaHop Music. Currently the first album can be heard on www.cdbaby.com/tay. The second album entitled “Prelude” will be available world wide soon over the internet. Check out the article from GhanaMusic.com.

Chucknosis is a Ghanian rapper living in Zimbabwe. He has dropped a wicked album featuring dope mc’s like P.O.Y, Nemo, Chichi and Kli. The album is called “Listen” and is produced by Chucknosis and Itai Majaji. The album was recorded in the city of Bulawayo and contains 10 tracks. The album contains all sorts of languages found in Zimbabwe and Zambia, Ndebele and Nyanja. It is available in the Movement Shop in Harare. Chucknosis says he is working on his second and last album and this one is going to be for the streets.

Hear the single “Sorrow Deep Inside” (produced by Platinum Tips) from Malawi by clicking on the links below:
http://www.soundclick.com/util/streamM3U.m3u?ID=1402854&q=Hi
http://www.soundclick.com/phits

The battle was amazing. An entire event done for the love of what we all love. The battles got intense, the finals were hectic, the results are in…

I’m backpacking through Australia and I’m on a search for hip hop and all I encounter are rugby crazy fans who want to witness the demise of the Springboks. But as my journey progressed I discovered an emcee who goes by the name of Delta. check the interview.

Afrikaans Hip Hop group Kallitz have hit Number One on the South African Top 30 Album charts with their hot debut album ‘Die Ding Ruk Mal‘. The weekly charts, compiled by www.sarockdigest.com, amply reflect the incredible public- and media hype, which surrounds Kallitz and their first album, ever since it hit music stores in mid-June 2004…

Another South African on the come up. Primal Productions is on it’s way and The Blood is right under it’s cover. You Can listen to the Darkblood tracks at the Players Paradise link. Other links to DarkBlood’s work can be found at his Freewebs page or at his Mp3.com page.

“Actually, “85 Decibels” refers to the starting point to the amount of noise it takes to loose your hearing over a long period of time…” And so says Tack-Fu, producer from the state of Iowa. Rush got in touch with him to find out what makes this producer tick.