Articles Archive for July 2005
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Reborn Radio is taking African Hip Hop and R&B to a new height. So if you have an avid interest, love, and passion for African entertainment and/or being wondering when African are ever going to launch a radio station that play real hot African hip hop and R&B music then Reborn Radio is the place to be. Reborn Radio is a community radio station for the Pan African Diaspora community. The station will be launched next month and will serve as the most comprehensive African Entertainment station in the World providing the best music, news, interviews, and reviews on everything from African Hip Hop, R&B and Competition for artists. Still want to know more then check out the site www.rebornradio.com.
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After generating success with ZAY’s debut album, Who Dat Is?, Hard Lyfe Records and Bombshell Management are set to re-release the re-mastered and reinforced Who Dat Is? – 2 Sides 2 Every Hustle as a Limited Edition Double CD on September 20, 2005. This move is seen as a way to freshen an already electrifying project, satisfying current fans and attracting new ones…
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This incredible event will feature the talents of African MCs: TY (UK/Nigeria), The Ambassadoz (Ghana) and Oke (Nigeria) along with DJ Fumni and DJ Tefsa on the tables spinning African Hip-Hop Classics, Afro-beat and Afro-pop. Plus this ground breaking event will be hosted by legendary spoken word artists/hip-hop activist Toni Blackman! Plus an exclusive item raffle to benefit World Up!
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80 minutes, chock full of almost completely exclusive material. featuring verses from over 25 MCs across Canada, an incredible unreleased Birdapres and Moves song, a premier of a song from Joe Dub’s upcoming album ‘Pooretry’ , an exclusive new track from Governor Bolts (finally!) and of course dope verses from Josh Martinez, Governor Bolts, Manik, Cee, Fatt Matt, D-vice, Yy and Gumshoe Strut, Jaykin and Werd, John Smith and many many more…
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Hip Hop kwa Langa has died, it’s so underground people don’t know who, what or where the art is happening, it is as underground as the word underground can ever mean. Contrary to this fact some individuals (hip hop heads) pledge that the genre is still alive and happening. Back in 1998 – in the good old days when hip hop heads where called my man – Langa (Cape Town) was one of the first locations to be up in your face in hip hop…
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The UK decides to convert to the Euro in seven days. It’s the biggest opportunity the criminal world has ever had. When a railway heist goes wrong and an enormous bag of money falls from the sky into the hands of Damian and Anthony, there’s only one thing to do spend it like there’s no tomorrow. Then one of the robbers comes looking for his money.
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It all begins in a small Oregon town, when shy Sam (RORY CULKIN) confesses to his protective older brother Rocky that he is getting pummeled daily by the towering school bully, George. Rocky then puts a plan in motion to get revenge by inviting George along for a boat trip in the woods. However as the day progresses Sam gets to know George and feels sorry for him. He tries to call the plan off but things have spiraled out of control already.
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What goes better with hip-hop than weed smoke? Not much. A drink, possibly. International travel, explosive live shows, candid interviews? All the above actually, which seminal Brooklyn-based label Nature Sounds has compiled here. In globe trotting escapades with some of contemporary indie-hip-hop’s brightest stars, the camera literally goes where the blunt goes…
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"Once the underground sound of New York City, hip hop has become the pop music of the world. Fans from Germany to Japan are listening to the likes of Nelly and 50 Cent, as well as their own home-grown artists who rap in the local vernacular. In South Africa, for instance, the big hip hop name is "Pitch Black Afro," a man with an enormous presence and a hairdo to match." Listen to this feature at the following url (Real Audio Format) which was conducted at a Johannesburg Nightclub. This feature comes from Here and Now and was aired on the 19th July 2005.