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General Discussion / Should our hip-hop sound African

« on: June 17, 2003, 12:51:00 AM »

I have often heard ignorant Americans who have only visited South Africa on a short holiday comment that our music or even that we are not African enough! Firstly, they have no right to tell us what to do and how to live our lives. I have to admit though that I don´t really think about these things that much. I like music if it´s dope. I don´t care what kind of music or where it is from.

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General Discussion / Where is IRA?

« on: June 14, 2003, 02:46:00 AM »

I am missing this cat´s articles. How long do we need to wait for you to hit us up!

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Hot Traxxx / Peace of Ebony

« on: June 10, 2003, 11:39:00 PM »

Anyone remeber Peace of Ebony? This was the first rap crew I saw coming out of the rest of Africa. Metaphysics is now headlining in Germany. See him on http://www.blaz.co.uk/" target="_blank" target="_new">http://www.blaz.co.uk/ and his own label www.pyramid-music.com

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Media / Wiggaz

« on: May 21, 2003, 03:51:00 AM »

Mad funny website.

http://www.wiggaz.com

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General Discussion / White Slave in a township near you

« on: May 21, 2003, 02:47:00 AM »

I just read this story and it is mad crazy. I don´t know what to think about it. This 18 year old kid popped up at a police station in Bronkhorstspruit near Pretoria. Apparently this kid was kidnapped in 1991 by a woman who worked for his parents. He forgot his real name and only remembers his new name: Happy Sidane. Now he only speaks Ndebele. He was apparently treated well by his ´mother´ but after she died, his ´grandfather´ treated him like a slave. Is there anyone who maybe went to school with him?

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[ This message was edited by: oxman on 20-05-2003 20:11 ]

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General Discussion / THE THREE MUSKETEERS

« on: May 19, 2003, 12:41:00 AM »

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WE STILL LOVE YOU THOUGH...

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Graf Heads / BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

« on: May 18, 2003, 11:47:00 PM »

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[ This message was edited by: oxman on 17-07-2003 00:01 ]

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Politics / pay homage to the oldschool hiphop cats

« on: March 12, 2003, 05:35:00 AM »

anyone remember how ill the bra** monkeys were. damn, when i saw those cats for the first time i just wanted to dance. anyone know anything about what has happened to them?

[oxman]

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Media / CNN is sick

« on: March 12, 2003, 04:04:00 AM »

for too long these peole have sat there behind their desks and broadcast lies. the only things they are broadcasting are the things that the people who advertise on their stations want them to broadcast. you are never going to see them come out and show the real shit about what´s happening in the world. it´s always about how many europeans or americans got killed when a plane crashed. about how many people died on  sept 11. meanwhile, people are dying in much greater numbers in africa from hunger/aids. but because it is not a media event, by this i mean, their cameras are not focussed on it, the world ignores it. it is our duty to spark a media revolution in africa. we need to take pictures. make albums. paint pictures. build websites and broadcast our images globally. for too long we have been sittng back and sucking in what they feed us.
the globalisation debate is more about the control of images than anything else. cats can´t read english in senegal but they know what a shell or coca cola logo looks like. on the cape flats and soweto cats have never been to an ice-hockey game but they rock the gear because the media images tell them it´s the thing to do.
holla back at me.
oxman vannie lavis ho

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Graf Heads / nice conceptual graf site

« on: March 09, 2003, 11:14:00 PM »

http://www.banksy.co.uk/1stencil.html

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General Discussion / a white boy stole my ghoema

« on: March 06, 2003, 10:45:00 PM »

i´m not a racist dude. in fact, i´m married to a white woman but...
does´nt it seem as if white people are making more money out of hiphop culture that we who birthed and nurtured it on the flats ?