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[30 Nov 2003 | No Comment | ]

Macho Ortega and Elsie Van Clief are siblings, but you won’t find any rivalry between these Puerto Rican-American hip-hoppers. Raised in Boston and now located in L.A. as members of the Tunnel Rat family, New Breed is a brother and sister duo with a heart to make energetic music containing a solid message that will impact heads internationally.

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[30 Nov 2003 | No Comment | ]

Never satisfied with preaching to the converted, Jurny Big has spent the past 20 years preaching the gospel and discipling many of underground hip-hop’s up and coming superstars. On this, his long awaited solo project, Jurny Big opens up to reveal two decades of passion, struggle, triumph, and enviable mic skills.

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[28 Nov 2003 | No Comment | ]

On the 13th December 2003 this will be the first event put on by HHH Music, a young and independent hip-hop/house/kwaito label. This event will showcase many mc’s including the African FellaZ which is a hip-hop group comprising of 2 mc’s, 1 white & 1 black, they mix Mzansti hip-hop with good old English freestyle brag rap. There will also be many b-boys performing and a couple of DJ’s showing there stuff.

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[24 Nov 2003 | No Comment | ]

27th November 2003 at 9pm. Where? Club Vogue, cnr 9th Street and Wessels Road, Rivonia. Featuring Cashless Society, DJ Seb, Naked DJ, DJ Bionic and hosted by Bad Boy T, Lee & Sanza. R50 before midnight. For more info 084-707-3991 or 082-462-3063. Don’t miss this one!

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[24 Nov 2003 | No Comment | ]

Who is Lodeck? Dream Dentistry is the name of the album (with the EP “Bash It” being released before that) and our man Rush, after having listened to the album quickly got in touch with him to find out exactly who this Brooklynite is.  Check it out.

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[24 Nov 2003 | No Comment | ]

Performances by Emile YX (Black Noise), Mr Devious and Freestyle Battles. Also includes a South African Hip Hop set, Bboy 2 on 2 battle and Capeoira. Prizes are contributed by the hip hop community. Read more for details.

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[24 Nov 2003 | No Comment | ]

After more than 15 years of creating a diverse and innovative collection of spiritual hip-hop tracks, Rene Vasquez (Peace 586) is literally a living legend on the Southern California indie scene.

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[20 Nov 2003 | No Comment | ]

‘Africa On Your Street’ is a new, soon-to-be-launched BBC web site which will celebrate the diversity of African music and create a community of African music-lovers. Get all the details here to get your music on this very high profile website.

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[18 Nov 2003 | No Comment | ]

It all began in 1999 when fate brought together two like-minded lyricists – Kwezi Ngcakani (X Amount) and Julian Du Plessis (Snazz D) – whose mutual relationships with other MC’s Alfred Chirwa (Criminal), Salim Mosidinyane (Fat free), Dave Balsher (Draztik), Jerry Kai Lewis (Black Intellect) and Thabiso Mofokeng (Gemini, a most recent addition who is also affiliated with the Groundwerks crew), amalgamated into the group the streets know well as Cashless Society.

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[17 Nov 2003 | No Comment | ]

The line up has finally been confirmed and is one of the most exciting to date. Bands, artists and performers will be spread over 4 stages, with some carnival type performances taking place around the festival market area. Tons of Hip Hop acts on the list!.

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[17 Nov 2003 | No Comment | ]

AfricasGateway is giving away 2 tickets for one lucky winner to the Oppikoppi festival this weekend.  Click here to enter.

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[17 Nov 2003 | No Comment | ]

BaseMental Platform, one of Joburg’s hottest underground crews have recently released an EP, Experimental Plateaux/Extended Playback. Available at CD Warehouse Rosebank and Sandton and other good music stores. Get yourself a copy!

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[15 Nov 2003 | No Comment | ]

Playdough – known for his contributions in the ill harmonics, Deepspace 5 and Phonetic Composition crews — is a lonely superstar. He has put years of work into refining his techniques of rockin’ microphones and cranking out phenomenal beats. He is considered by many to have one of the smoothest flows in hip-hop today.

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[14 Nov 2003 | No Comment | ]

From Africa to the World, Yaya Diallo Unleashes His Music
By MuzikMan, MusicDish.com Yaya Diallo is a master drummer. A native of Mali, West Africa, he is the personification of a country celebrated for its rich musical culture and diversity. Motivated by his personal experiences in traditional village life, Yaya expresses his profound knowledge of West African healing arts in his instrumental album Nangapè, a recording that focuses on West African drumming, balafon and flute music. I particularly enjoyed the flute segments, which provided an alluring and rich atmosphere for the entire session.

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[13 Nov 2003 | No Comment | ]

2003 has been a great year for hip-hop duo H20. After topping local radio charts and MTV Europe’s World Chart Express with their jazz-influenced hit, ‘It’s Wonderful?, they finally have a place among the top of the game. And now they bring you even more hotness in their debut album for Outrageous Records ‘Amanzi ‘Mtoti’, which means pure water in Zulu.