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Selwyn interview

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A pimp named Sarkozy:
VL: Its been a while you back with a new album whats the name of the project and who did you work with?

SELWYN: The name of the album is Zone 5, I worked with Omen,Amu,Beatmaker, Dome and Semitone.

VL: If I gave you the opportunity to go back to the days of recording the Formula your previous album what would you have not done?

SELWYN: I wouldn’t of changed anything on that album cause I think it was moving away from the typical way of making an album.I was taking a soulful and mature approach and I wouldn’t change anything in it.

VL: Is TownshipFrequency still family apparently you guys aren’t as tight as you were?

SELWYN: We still family and that’s it.

VL: If you guys are still cool can we ever expect a Township Frequency video?

SELWYN: Everybody is focusing on their solo projects cause we tryiong to build our brands as solos so when everybody is ready we could do one.

VL: I was listening to the Wikid’s “The Man” the other day did you expect that sort of backfire when you were in the studio?

SELWYN: Yeah we did we knew we’d have to apologise somewhere along the line but everyone is cool now.

VL: You have regrets?

SELWYN: No, something good has come out of it we like friend with some of the guys and we achieved what we wanted but if we still had beef with some of the guys I’d have regrets

VL: Your beef is settled with the Kwaito fraternity?

SELWYN: Yeah man

VL: I’ve heard about the three kings concept what is that?

SELWYN: Its designed to put Gallo hip hop on the map with me Pro kid, and Proverb. . The proverb speciality is more your punchline rapid fire and very urban, Pro Kid specializes in the Kasie rap vibe and I’m more storytelling.

VL: If Selwyn was a product well in a record store how do explain to the consumer what they should expect?

SELWYN: They should expect creative storyuelling no compromising my style of rap, I still have that souldful mature sound and my topics are real everything is a true story, the lyrics will speak to your soul

VL: Selwyn’s performance is a dvd how do you sell your show?

SELWYN: The show will have a theme on stage derived on how everything happens , there’s a Panyaza story which will be the nucleus of the whole performance and high energy levels it will be based on a movie the songs will put you in a certain mood

VL: • I haven’t heard the new album yet but you highlight a lot of kasie life hardcore is Selwyn really that does voice what he sees around his environement or Selwyn got scars?

SELWYN: You always a product of your environment and I’m pro kasie rap.

VL: • You were an intergral part of the Le Club era what do you missed most about the J section era that you think could make local hip hop today better and bigger.?

SELWYN: You’ll have Amu doing histhing and everyone will bethere to see him and everybody had their fans supporting them today you need a line up to have a show I miss that individualism.

VL: • You were an intergral part of the Le Club era what do you missed most about the J section era that you think could make local hip hop today better and bigger.?

SELWYN: You’ll have Amu doing histhing and everyone will bethere to see him and everybody had their fans supporting them today you need a line up to have a show I miss that individualism.

VL: Have you got a part on the Hip Hopera the stage show about Le Club written by Bionic?

SELWYN: No.

VL: So we getting another SAMA next year?

SELWYN: Hell Yeah!

VL: You want to vent out about anything?

SELWYN: Rappers are too divided and we need to do things at the same time and the same pace so promoters can also know these are standards requirements for the hip hop community we still not doing tours together I got beef with that we really need to congregate as a movement

cash:
i cant relate much to joburg kasi life, but its always fascinating to hear about different hoods. i was born in soweto but spent my life in the eastern cape so hood life is definitely somrthin i know about, but i dont think hiphop needs to go in the kwaito theme of glorifying kasi and glamorising that aspect of SA life! hiphop is for the streets,not only kasi streets, but city streets, suburb streets, dusty streets, coastal streets!

so selwyn sayin that he's pro kasi is to me, saying that he's now doing kwaito/hiphop. and he confirms this by saying he dont have beef with kwaito no more!

in conclusion, i love hiphop, and i love kwaito! id rather buy Kabelo or Bricks than Selwyn's album! cos they do better kwaito/hiphop albums than he does! he sounds like he's trying too hard!!! and about that SAMA award, i dont think so! hahahaha, that shit is mine!!!!!!!

good luck tho! i hope he does some decent numbers this time cos after getting bitchslapped by mandoza he kinda went wood instead of gold. oops!

briCK:
I can never get why people don't feel Selwyn..On this I know I am the only one who Formula was the best relase the year it was released...the Pro's got nothing on Dude The beats are dope the concept are well executed...maybe Shake was a stupid track to make as the single but cummon that shit was dope I am still bump that shit till today.

Taste is a bitch! i'll check out the new album anyway

Tonnes:
@ Cash

ur problem brothaman is if some is representing kasi...u say that shit is kwaito, I've bought the Formula and even today I'm still bumping Hijack and others.

GudEar:
I also bought Formula 2 years ago...and its nyc CD...but they were dum to choose Shake it.. as single....but other tracks are nyc like People, Hi-Jack, Soweto Spanish , Remember, Debate.......

I was a nyc album...   :wink:  :wink:

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