Rugged Man – PE Hip Hop Activist

This week Da Rugged Man gives us a look behind a scenes (again!) of the Port Elizabeth Hip Hop Community. Peep the pictoral essay. What more can I say?

We regret to inform you that the legendary DJ Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell) of Run DMC, was killed in Jamaica, Queens, tonight at a recording studio. The news anchor reported that he appears to have died from a single shot to the head. The anchor also said that the police investigation to find out what really happened could go well into the morning. A 25 yr. old man was shot in the leg. Jam Master Jay was only 37. He will be sorely missed by the Hip Hop community. We would like to express our condolences to his family, friends, affiliates and fans. He won’t be forgotten. -Thanks to Tools Of War for this info.

Gallo Record Company is proud to announce that the soundtrack to the SABC 1 show Gaz’lam will be available throughout the country on 11 November on CD and cassette.

They just released the ultra dope Swordsports album with 33 The Great now check out the interview.

Ghetto Metal. Peep it!

Friday night the 12th October 2002 ! As usual it was one of those
Friday Knights!
Friday nite fo Shiggadizzle!

Rugged Man – PE Hip Hop Activist

This week Da Rugged Man gives us a look behind a scenes of the Port Elizabeth Hip Hop Community. Peep the pictoral essay. What more can I say?

Skratch The Movie (Palm Pictures) has got to be one of the most important Hip Hop orientated movies of this decade. There is absolutely no question about it. Peep the review.

Independent underground hip-hop artist Timid’s anticipated first solo CD has been released.

This release consists of twelve (12) hip-hop tracks that span a range of influences and styles. “inTimidation” displays Timid’s lyrical, production and potential abilities helped out with a few sparse appearances by other underground artists as well as an introduction shout out by Tash of Tha Liks. This is hip hop with a mental edge, speaking on various society issues, personal insight, flavored with some spiritual seasoning and a added helping of raw raps. The first review has “inTimidation” labeled as Altrap.com’s “MUST BUY” pick and receiving a 4 out of 5 rating. (http://www.altrap.com/reviews/history/timid/timid.html) “a little different from what you’re looking for perhaps, but this is the best Hiphop I’ve heard this year….” – AttL – owner altrap.com

Timid has been slowly making an appearance on the underground hip hop scene receiving praise from his track “All About The Rhyme” that appeared on the “Battle Mode” compilation in summer of 2001; “I could imagine an underground following of fans ‘cause Timid has the whole package that seems to define today’s underground MC’s.”

For further information visit:
http://www.timid.tk

3RD Visional Records and La Scala Entertainment release the third Alt.Rap compilation cd. If you are unfamiliar with Alt Rap, it is a newsgroup (and in the last few years has become a hip hop e-zine with interviews, reviews, articles, etc – altrap.com) that has been running since at least 1993 when the first compilation was released by the die-hards that are alt rap contributors by mailing around a 4 track tape and recording their individual pieces. Last year, one of our contributors (Pizon – Lascalaentertainment.com) announced a compilation cd and put his time and money into making it a reality. This year I teamed up with Pizon and we organized a substantially better compilation that is entitled Alt Rap Presents – Alt Rap XIV:XIX (14 Emcees:19 Tracks). These are all underground emcees that contribute to the alt.rap online hip hop community.

Please help support the Alt Rap XIV:XIX release; the compilation where underground and online hip hop merges.

DJ @ Work will feature non other than Ready D at LIFE, now his monthly residency.

Ready is arguably South Africa’s number 1 Hip Hop DJ. For those of you who don’t know whom Ready is, here a brief bio of a local living legend.

Quality Muzik Selekta: RealROZZANO aka uncleZANO (Q.M.S. the 1st) plays “geto-gangsta-b-boy-funk” @ Java Cafe in Observatory

cnr Trill and Lower Main road….this Saturday nite from 9pm…….R30…kak cheap………….wat se julle?……