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Hot Traxxx / TTP Presents Hip Hop Sessions

« on: September 30, 2010, 03:22:17 PM »

TTP Presents Hip Hop Sessions Out in October...AS REQUESTED BY MR C

1.Mothipa –Ode to Mary Jane
2.Ifani –Ewe
3.Pro-I need ur loving
4.Abdus-Some of This
5.Mawe2-Say Something
6.MB- Get Down
7.Blaque Print- Drummer Boy
8.Substance-Keep Smiling
9.Khuli Chana-Nwanyan Kwens
10.Take Away–Banyana
11.Tuks -Tswanelo
12.HHP ft Nathi,Khuli Chana-La Ritsi
13.Thir (13) Teen –Just Me
14.Spaceman ft AKA-Golden Money Clips (GMC)
15.Mhlathi-Krump vs House
16.Last Days Fam- What You Doing It For
17.The Federation ft Dimphoza-Black Music
18.Ill Skillz –Baby Baby

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General Discussion / TTP Presents Hip Hop Session

« on: September 09, 2010, 10:28:10 AM »

TTP Presents Hip Hop Sessions Vol 1 it’s a hip-hop compilation dedicated to uplifting communities through music. It will feature the best of what South Africa can offer with different messages to the youth.


featuring HHP,Khuli,Spaceman,Ill Skillz,Tuks,Mothipa,Take Away and many more


Out end of October 2010........

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Hip Hop Events / SOLO PROS 2010

« on: August 17, 2010, 09:08:22 AM »

Wow! its that time of the year again were the best of the best B-Boys are given the platform to battle it out for the the number one spot. Yep just like last year 16 boys will compete for a grand price of R15000.

With 2 international B boys (Lilou-France----Roxrite-U.S.A) as the chosen judges of the day we bound to experience breath taking performances.

The perfect line up with

Grandmaster Ready D--Azhul--E-20--Dimplez--Naves--Niffty on the decks

Khuli Chana--Kwesta--A.K.A--Black Gold

Hosted by C-LIVE(5FM) and Eric


There will also be free workshops at the baseline at 11am..So be sure to come early.
                               
Solo Pro Battle(Are you the one)

16 world cla** B-Boys battling for R15000

2 International Judges

Dj Ready D.....Dimplez....Naves....Switch....Niffty....Azhul...E-20

Khuli Chana..AKA..Black Gold..Kwesta

Hosted By: C-LIve and Eric

@ Baseline Newtown

Sat 21 August 2010

8pm

R70

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Hip Hop Events / SOLO PROS 09

« on: July 14, 2009, 11:43:52 AM »

Wreckage Productions presents the Solo Pro Battles

Date: 1 August 2009
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Ba**line
Damage: R60, pre sold tickets R80 inlc VIP (email theorem@mweb.co.za)

Artist Line Up: Hakeem (Flex Boogie), TearGas, Morgan da Beatboxer, 37 mph, DJ Azhul, Dj Ready D, Scoop (Yfm)

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Media / Back 2 the City 2009

« on: April 24, 2009, 10:13:27 AM »

BACK TO THE CITY 2009
 
Nowadays, it is not often that you find a hip hop event which truly celebrates the spirit and culture of hip hop as a whole – as it was meant to be. The third annual ‘Back to the City’ hip hop festival takes over the streets of Newtown, Johannesburg again.
 
The one day festival on Freedom Day, the 27th of April, presents a day of live music, street art, break-dancing, art installation, skateboarding, film, street fashion, gaming, speakers and panel discussions.

This year there will be over 20 live performances and DJ's will entertain throughout the day. Featured artists include Archetypes; Hymphatic Thabs; HHP; Tumi; Zaki Ibrahim Ben Sharpa; ; DJ Kenzhero; Zuluboy; Prokid; Lemonka mix tape featuring Tuks; DJ Medicine, Fifi, the Anvils and many many more.

One of the aims of the “Back to the City” initiative is to take a neglected part of Newtown and transform the space with and colour and life, creating awareness as well as sustainable revenue to the surrounding companies. Ten graffiti crews will utilise the highway pillars as their canva**es, creating colourful masterpieces in the city. This year also features the Ice Collectivo, a French Graffiti crew from Marseilles. They will team up with Faith 47, Kasi, Rasty and Hac One over a two day workshop taking place at the Alliance Francaise in Diepkloof Soweto as well as take part in the festival.

Skateboarding and BMX ramps will also be constructed to add another element of street culture to this outdoor initiative. Ritual Stores will host a fine and digital arts exhibition as well as film screenings, which will feature a collective of artists from various backgrounds. These art pieces will be up for sale as well as the Ritual Store merchandise.

 ‘Back to the City’ also celebrates the fifth element of hip hop – knowledge of self. This manifests in a daytime educational summit. This portion of the programme is made up workshops and panel disucssions. Topics include music business, sponsorship, distribution and retail. Featured speakers and panellists include TS Records, Pioneer Unit,  Buttabing and MTN Xploded.

When:  Freedom Day (27 April) 2009

Where:   Coner Bree and Henry Nxumalo streets, Newtown, Johannesburg

How much:   ‘Back to the City’ has always been a free event however, due to a reduction in sponsorship and the current global economy, a minimal R30 ewill be charged

PROGRAMME

Programme of Events – Timeline
Mini Educational Summit Programme/Indoor

10h00  Facilitators open the summit at City Varsity
         Introduction to Programme and Participants

10H15  Business of Music workshops featuring:

• Pioneer Unit - Damian
• Ghetto Ruff - Lance
• TS Records - Sbu
• Iapetus - Kanife
• Buttabing - Sliqour
• Hip Hop Scholar - Thabiso

11h00  Distribution/Retail
• Independent Distribution
• Soul Candy - Heather
• KMD Distribution - Shaughn
• Samro
• X-Ploaded - Adrian
• Vinyl 1980 - Azul

11h45  Sponsorship
• Red bull - Sbu
• IFAS - Ben
• Alliance Francaise - Flora
• British Council - Nomalanga
• Gauteng Youth Commission
• Hype Magazine – Mizi

12H00  Artists/Deejays/Promoters
• HHP
• Tumi
• Party People – Party People
• UnLearn - Dominique
• Ba**line - Brad
• Showlove - Glenn
• Music at Last - Romeo

13H00  Closing and thanks to all participants

Outdoor Festival Programme

12h00  DJ Medicine and Emcee introduction
12h15  Archetypes
12h30  Illiterate Skills
12h45  Dj Medicine
13h00  Abdus, Skye Wanda, Black Moss, Zawe, 2da
13h20  Driemanskap & Rattex
13h40  Iapetus (Thabz, Gini, Robo)
14h00  DJ Tha Kutt
14H15  Red Bull b-boy session
15h00  British Council presents WAPI  (Zakes, Kinesis, Flow, Mars, Gaga)
15h15  1st Dance session (ID, Eclipse)
15h30  X-Ploaded mixtape series feat:
(Ba4za, Last Days Famz, Smurf, Qba, Imbube, Golden Shovel, Deep Soweto)
16h30  Emcee Battles
(Adamiz, Snazz, Inta, Jazz, Xplicit, Eucalyptus, Magnanimous, Abnormal Ghost)
16h50  Award Ceremony 
  (Bhoza & Cap 2 present Honour Award)
  (Dom & Ozmic present Appreciation Award)
17h00  2nd Dance session (Freeze Frame, Switch)   
17h15  Da Lez and Maggz
17h35  Testrogen (Endzi and Ben Sharpa)
17h55  Kenzhero
18h15  Tumi & Papercut
18H35  Lemonka mixtape feat Tuks, Hakeem, Molemi, Notsi
18h55  HHP & Hamma
19H15  2nd X-Ploaded mixtape series feat:
  (Take Away, Zubz, Fifi, Mawetu, Morale, The Anvilz)

20h15  Zuluboy
20h35   DJ Dolla
21h00  Prokid
21h20  Sliquor & Suggasamx
21h40  DJ Soosh
22h00  Closing / Event breakdown
 

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Media / DA BRIDGE BACK

« on: March 10, 2009, 07:23:04 PM »

DA BRIDGE WILL BE BACK BUT MOST DEF NOT ON YFM...WE BE EVERYWHERE...TAKING HIP-HOP BACK TO THE COMMUNITY....

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Media / Out of Sight out of mind

« on: February 11, 2009, 02:06:23 PM »

Thapelo’s Total Packaged Newsletter No.1

Hi,

For those who don’t know me I have been involved in Hip-hop for quite a while. I help hip-hop artists either get airplay, interviews, a**ist in their marketing etc. In the past few years of my involvement in Hip-hop, I have noticed how a significant number of artists have come up to me to help them with their albums, mixtapes or marketing as a whole. For this reason, I have decided to take out a monthly newsletter dealing with different issues regarding the industry; I hope it will be useful for those who are starting off their hip-hop careers or have being doing it for a minute.

Out of Site Out of Mind

The first newsletter will deal with Out of Site Out of Mind. This is to highlight the important fact that most Hip-hop artists get wrong; the thinking that not being in the people faces means your not irritating them. This is false. People forget very easily about whom you might be, what you have done, or what song of yours was a hit if you as an artist do not remain in the public’s face. Try this with me - which song was a hit in 2008? Keeping in mind that one will always remember a hit song that recently came out or one that they last heard.

So how do you stay current?

I can see artists thinking “is this guy saying I must do crunk or something?” No. It’s quite simple. As an artist you have different tools such as TV, Radio, the Internet and Print media with Magazines like HYPE to get yourself out there. For instance, if you have a single out, make sure you do remixes for it which means it can stay on radio longer and not became stale. I love referencing; remember when Busta Rhymes came out with Touch It, and then had 6 to 7 different remixes for the song - it felt like that song would never go off air. Every two months a new version came out, which meant more air play for one song. Another thing to do is to make sure you inform radio deejays or any other media about your current activities or any interesting information regarding you as artists; whether you’re in studio, performing or if you may be taking a 6 months break. It would also be advisable to inform them about how your break is going and about your future plans as an artist after your break is over.

Make sure you go to, or hustle interviews for yourself, even if you’re CD is releasing within the following year. Be smart and support those who you know are doing interviews or anything regarding media like video shoots, radio interviews and television interviews - it also keeps you in the public eye as well. Puff Daddy, Kanye West, Jay –Z, Common, Ludacris, Nas, Lil Wayne, 50 cents, Snoop Dogg, Pharell, LL Cool J and Eminem to mention a few, have mastered the art of staying current. You might say but they are mainstream - follow their careers and you will see a pattern.

These guys always have news surrounding their music at all times, whether it’s beef or movies, a name change or a comment on politics or the likes; these artists make sure that you don’t forget them. They are on Facebook, Myspace, Downloading sites and the Internet in general; making sure they keep you updated about their music. Take Jay-Z, he left and came back and in the midst of this made sure you knew his every single move. Puff Daddy made the most appearance on TRL MTV show, knowing how looking young and funky will help him be and stay on top of his market.


You might come back to me and say but TTP this aint working, I can’t get an interview or they are not writing enough about me or not enough people visit my website or Facebook page. It’s simple, be creative and think out the box – use other means, as your story at that time might not be relevant for radio or TV or it could just be bad timing. Nevertheless, you could also be on other artists’ songs, show up at other artists’ gigs wearing your Tee, do sessions, run competitions such as looking for singer to feature on your up coming song or a give-away of your last album or mixtape; anything that will get the ma**es to notice you, but most importantly your work.

I don’t want to go on and on like a house track, but I can’t stress how important it is to be, and to stay current. Books like “Who moved my cheese” can help one to understand this notion further, or help one follow successful artists and how they position themselves in the music industry.

In conclusion, I hope I have could be of some help and hope my newsletters will one day make a super star out of someone. If you have anything to add or even want to comment, contact me. I look forward to next month as I tackle a new topic.

Remember out of sight out of mind.

NB: How can I forget - advertise on HYPE Magazine to get mad exposure

Kind regards,
Thapelo TTP
Facebook: Thapelo TTP
Email:thapelottp@gmail.com

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Media / Lee from The Bridge Press Release

« on: December 09, 2008, 12:27:27 PM »

9 December 2008

Dear Valued Media

It is with a very heavy heart that I, Leslie “Lee” Kasumba, would like to officially announce my departure from regional radio station, YFM. Much has been said and written in the media with regards to the reasons for my departure after 8 years of servitude at the youth station – much of it is unfounded.
Up until this time I have chosen to keep this matter private firstly out of respect for YFM, which was my home for just under a decade and has afforded me the many opportunities that I am grateful for. Working for YFM meant that I had direct contact with the youth of Gauteng (and beyond) and was able to liase and build strong bonds with them through my influence using hip hop.
It is because of my love of this very youth and of hip hop that I can no longer watch from the sidelines as my reputation and hip hop takes the rap for what was clearly a mistake. It is important to note here that I still have this respect for the YFM brand and in no shape or form am attempting to bring disrepute to it. I merely deserve the right to tell the truth in attempts to expose the fabrications that have been doing the rounds, particularly in the Sunday papers.
Late last year YFM management held a meeting with all the DJs to inform them that liquids in a sealed container, like a bottle, would be allowed in the studio.
It is with this information in mind that I took a bottle of water into the studio on the night of 4 November 2008 before my show. I accidentally bumped the bottled water – which was rested on a drawer that has wheels, a fact that I had not noticed before. Some of the water spilled on a technical desk. None of this was intentional.
Once I realized that I could not clean the water up I then immediately informed the technical guy who was on duty that night. My radio team and I then changed studios so we could wrap up the show. Directly after the show I notified the head of YFM, Mr Kanthan Pillay as well as Mr Vukile Zondi of my mistake and apologized for it. It was only on 6 November 2008 that I was told by Mr Zondi that I was suspended and would have to appear in front of a Disciplinary Committee on 10 November 2008.
This hearing only took place two weeks later.
Because of my mistake I was told that I would be charged with gross negligence as the desk would cost a quarter of a million rand to repair. This is the same information that was fed to the media. This is definitely a lie and a spiteful thing to say.

Upon realizing that perhaps it was time for YFM and I to part ways I sent e-mails to the HR department to find out about the resignation process. None of these were replied to. After my enquiries on the resignation process seemed to be ignored I was then called in for the verdict.
It was stated that because of what it would cost the company, I was to be dismissed – even though I’d already expressed my desire to resign. Mr Mike Penny, YFM’s Technical Manager, also informed me that the repair would only amount to R15 000. None of this has been reported to the media as yet.

Keeping in mind that I have served YFM diligently for 8 years and never brought shame to the YFM name, publicly or otherwise, I find it difficult to understand why I would be treated like I was a troublemaker. I recognize that no one is above the law and that I should be punished for my mistake however the reasons for this personal matter turning controversial have left me shocked.
Once again I emphasise that I have no bad blood with YFM. I just wanted to make sure that people have the facts before they start writing or speaking about this on any platform. I am truly humbled by the love that the public has continued to show me through the good and bad times. Thank you for reading through this whole letter, I had really hoped it wouldn’t have to come to this.
Should you require any clarity on anything please do not hesitate to e-mail me on leslie.kasumba@gmail.com. Please bear in mind that I will be on holiday for the rest of the year and will have limited access to the internet.

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Hot Traxxx / A.K.A NEW TRACK (Produced by The I.V. League)

« on: December 03, 2008, 07:56:33 AM »

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