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Hot Traxxx / Drake "Best I Ever Had" Video

« on: July 02, 2009, 08:14:19 PM »

http://videos.onsmash.com/v/F9C1NHjEsgZDWdc3

guess this is yet another reason for you to feel this shit, huh, Threadz?

to the rest of you ladies and gents who find the song as grating as i do, you can always mute the volume, innit?

Kanye's a fool for this!

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Hot Traxxx / Invincible

« on: July 02, 2009, 05:12:22 PM »

yes, she's a white girl with actual lyrics.

what you guys think?

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General Discussion / Michael Jackson is Dead

« on: June 26, 2009, 12:27:40 AM »

shit.

this is terrible. dude's music basically took me through my childhood.

R.I.P to a musical legend.

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General Discussion / salary expectation

« on: June 10, 2009, 05:23:43 PM »

so what do you ask for? if the job is in a new industry, something you've never done before, and your past experience has no bearing on it?

of course you wanna squeeze the shit out of it - but you also don't wanna get them shook.

holla.

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Media / VUZU TV

« on: June 04, 2009, 05:55:41 PM »

so DSTV's launching a new channel aimed at a pretty interesting demographic - young urban and suburban black kids (not sure about this anymore - maybe it applies specifically to the Heard on the Street inserts).

what do you guys think?

here's their site. have a look at the Session videos. interesting viewing...

http://www.vuzu.tv

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Hot Traxxx / RAWEST FEMALE MC IN SA?

« on: May 26, 2009, 11:39:08 AM »

i know this is a bit after the moment but holy shit!

ladies and gents i give you DIEI, and according to her, she can take it up the a**.

take it there:
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reale:
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chopped off The 985 Landline Mixtape. get it while it's good over here:

http://www.sternsmusic.com/disk_info/CDGURB085

or at your local music store.

"this is only my second track - nisezo kunya bomrapper" - JUNYA

big ups to Dome and his peoples.

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General Discussion / Your Ideal Job

« on: May 21, 2009, 09:17:14 AM »

what's your ideal job? the thing you'd rather be doing instead of what you do now. not just an occupation but a vocation.

i'd like to make documentary films across Africa.

you?

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Hot Traxxx / @Rearranged

« on: May 06, 2009, 08:10:20 AM »

how about a review of the new Ill Skillz. you've convinced me that its dope. i just want to know what it is and what it sounds like before i cop.

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Politics / BEE Investment

« on: May 01, 2009, 07:29:28 AM »

those of you who bought black empowerment shares from Sasol Inzalo and Vodacom Yebo Yethu - how has it been now that the June year-end is around the corner?

also, to the highly educated economics mens's and wiminz - was this shit a good look? are we about a number of black people rolling in cake after the 2/3 year restrictions? how much are these shares even worth right now?

speak on it!

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General Discussion / distribution

« on: April 30, 2009, 11:31:08 AM »

before i rant, what do you guys think about the distribution of sa 'underground' hip hop? now, ill admit that im no expert on the ins and outs of this shit (shout outs to Dplanet - where you at homey!), but f*** am i tired of it. i also know this topic has been addressed a number of times, but f*** it.

either non-mainstream sa hip hop goes online or else i might just have to chill on copping this shit. its really a f***ing ha**le.

and just to put things in perspective: im aware of pretty much all the record bars and boutiques that typically stock local underground. and ill say it, that shit isnt enough. moreover, those are the same joints that run out of the 2 or 5 or 10 copies youve given them to stock - as a result annoying and discouraging fans who dont understand why they have to travel to the ends of the earth to find a handful of obscurely placed shops to begin with. i mean - just to hear your favourite joint?

this is the type of shit that quells interest and makes dudes get the shit from a friend when they remember on some "Oh shit, that's the new Thabs. I remember wanting to buy this and couldnt find it anywhere - yo, heres my memory stick."

im also painfully aware of the albums that have been released since winter 2008 that i wanted but didnt buy and have now forgotten about.

this is a cancer people!

ps: no shots taken at anyone working in the industry. im just a disgruntled a**hole who likes what you do but cant get to it.

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Hip Hop Events / thoughts on the jazz fest

« on: April 06, 2009, 10:31:15 AM »

it goes:

Pete Philly & Perquisite > Zaki Ibrahim > Rus Nerwich and the Collective Imagination > Mos Def

those dutch mofos were nothing short of mindblowing. the energy was fierce, intense and they played one of the most rounded innovative, dope and fun sets you could expect from a hip hop group. slaapstaad made for a kak audience though.

Zaki. my god this woman is beautiful. i was jarred and rooted solid to the spot when she came onto the stage dressed in white smiling and you could see that gap she has between her teeth. when she said shed lost her voice i couldnt be mad at her. she was on point too. played with this dope mofo on the wheels of steel. cat was rocking these hella fly gold headphones (we later negotiated a price in the beer tent) spinning out hot shit after hot shit. toronto stand up!

Rus and em. you already know whats its like Under the Poetree. Souljah and Kanyi took it home. Rus kept up. band was proper.

Mos Def. nigga please. awful, horrible singing. contrived existential shit with a heavy tone of Miles Davis fanboyism that bored me halfway to sobriety (and then i refilled!) . artistic and notably pretensious, and so horribly sung it took away from Glasper who werent half bad. but thank you anyway, Mos. by that time i was already 12 deep in double jacks and i had to find Zaki Ibrahim - and failing that that girl i used to go to school with - so we could. . .er, discuss the show. so i lit a jay and went hunting for beezy's and what should i find but a whole army of them! collectively hating on Mos Def as they migrated towards Long street, eager to wash away the bitter taste of disappointment with healthy doses of tequila and sin. yes please!

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General Discussion / Mzantsi Hip Hop 101

« on: April 02, 2009, 12:18:37 PM »

holla if i forgot you.

rules are as following. you vote and then you write up a list of emcees or acts you think are putting in mad work and representing the city you voted for.

and then you can add a list of other emcees and give props to those you think are representing from the cities you didn't vote for.

the point of this poll is to give us all an idea of what's happening where we might not be.

done? good.

as the late, great Cash would say, "let's get it cracking!"

(also, my bad to the peeps who aren't based in SA. you can still vote and list, though).

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Humour / Jokes / PRANK GONE WRONG

« on: April 01, 2009, 04:36:49 PM »

horribly, horribly wrong.

my bad if you already know this. i just had to share the biggest f*** up i've heard in a minute. it's 9 minutes long, but check it out 'til the end.

and it's streamed audio so you can still f*** with it if you're on dial-up. do it for KANYE!

coooold blooded!

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Media / @ Phil O

« on: April 01, 2009, 03:46:14 PM »

checked out streetsheet.co.za

nice work, bruv. how long have you guys been at it? are you South African hip hop's first "offical" blog or are you 100% independent? as in, do you have affiliations with other media outlets or record labels?

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