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BACK TO THE CITY 2009
Nowadays, it is not often that you find a hip hop event which truly celebrates the spirit and culture of hip hop as a whole as it was meant to be. The third annual Back to the City hip hop festival takes over the streets of Newtown, Johannesburg again.
The one day festival on Freedom Day, the 27th of April, presents a day of live music, street art, break-dancing, art installation, skateboarding, film, street fashion, gaming, speakers and panel discussions.
This year there will be over 20 live performances and DJ's will entertain throughout the day. Featured artists include Archetypes; Hymphatic Thabs; HHP; Tumi; Zaki Ibrahim Ben Sharpa; ; DJ Kenzhero; Zuluboy; Prokid; Lemonka mix tape featuring Tuks; DJ Medicine, Fifi, the Anvils and many many more.
One of the aims of the Back to the City initiative is to take a neglected part of Newtown and transform the space with and colour and life, creating awareness as well as sustainable revenue to the surrounding companies. Ten graffiti crews will utilise the highway pillars as their canva**es, creating colourful masterpieces in the city. This year also features the Ice Collectivo, a French Graffiti crew from Marseilles. They will team up with Faith 47, Kasi, Rasty and Hac One over a two day workshop taking place at the Alliance Francaise in Diepkloof Soweto as well as take part in the festival.
Skateboarding and BMX ramps will also be constructed to add another element of street culture to this outdoor initiative. Ritual Stores will host a fine and digital arts exhibition as well as film screenings, which will feature a collective of artists from various backgrounds. These art pieces will be up for sale as well as the Ritual Store merchandise.
Back to the City also celebrates the fifth element of hip hop knowledge of self. This manifests in a daytime educational summit. This portion of the programme is made up workshops and panel disucssions. Topics include music business, sponsorship, distribution and retail. Featured speakers and panellists include TS Records, Pioneer Unit, Buttabing and MTN Xploded.
When: Freedom Day (27 April) 2009
Where: Coner Bree and Henry Nxumalo streets, Newtown, Johannesburg
How much: Back to the City has always been a free event however, due to a reduction in sponsorship and the current global economy, a minimal R30 ewill be charged
PROGRAMME
Programme of Events Timeline
Mini Educational Summit Programme/Indoor
10h00 Facilitators open the summit at City Varsity
Introduction to Programme and Participants
10H15 Business of Music workshops featuring:
Pioneer Unit - Damian
Ghetto Ruff - Lance
TS Records - Sbu
Iapetus - Kanife
Buttabing - Sliqour
Hip Hop Scholar - Thabiso
11h00 Distribution/Retail
Independent Distribution
Soul Candy - Heather
KMD Distribution - Shaughn
Samro
X-Ploaded - Adrian
Vinyl 1980 - Azul
11h45 Sponsorship
Red bull - Sbu
IFAS - Ben
Alliance Francaise - Flora
British Council - Nomalanga
Gauteng Youth Commission
Hype Magazine Mizi
12H00 Artists/Deejays/Promoters
HHP
Tumi
Party People Party People
UnLearn - Dominique
Ba**line - Brad
Showlove - Glenn
Music at Last - Romeo
13H00 Closing and thanks to all participants
Outdoor Festival Programme
12h00 DJ Medicine and Emcee introduction
12h15 Archetypes
12h30 Illiterate Skills
12h45 Dj Medicine
13h00 Abdus, Skye Wanda, Black Moss, Zawe, 2da
13h20 Driemanskap & Rattex
13h40 Iapetus (Thabz, Gini, Robo)
14h00 DJ Tha Kutt
14H15 Red Bull b-boy session
15h00 British Council presents WAPI (Zakes, Kinesis, Flow, Mars, Gaga)
15h15 1st Dance session (ID, Eclipse)
15h30 X-Ploaded mixtape series feat:
(Ba4za, Last Days Famz, Smurf, Qba, Imbube, Golden Shovel, Deep Soweto)
16h30 Emcee Battles
(Adamiz, Snazz, Inta, Jazz, Xplicit, Eucalyptus, Magnanimous, Abnormal Ghost)
16h50 Award Ceremony
(Bhoza & Cap 2 present Honour Award)
(Dom & Ozmic present Appreciation Award)
17h00 2nd Dance session (Freeze Frame, Switch)
17h15 Da Lez and Maggz
17h35 Testrogen (Endzi and Ben Sharpa)
17h55 Kenzhero
18h15 Tumi & Papercut
18H35 Lemonka mixtape feat Tuks, Hakeem, Molemi, Notsi
18h55 HHP & Hamma
19H15 2nd X-Ploaded mixtape series feat:
(Take Away, Zubz, Fifi, Mawetu, Morale, The Anvilz)
20h15 Zuluboy
20h35 DJ Dolla
21h00 Prokid
21h20 Sliquor & Suggasamx
21h40 DJ Soosh
22h00 Closing / Event breakdown
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holy shit!
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holy shit!
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Big Up fam...
Definately checking this out!!!
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One correction to be made on the press release! Is that Xplicit is not battling! but most def you going to see me there! cant miss this one!
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I hope weed smoking is permitted this time around
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*Mzu is reading through the post searching for the cover charge*..........
.........................Still searching................
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R30.00 only...
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yp does this "true hip hop" hit 021 anytime soon or is it exclusive?
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All up in that muhf***er too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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anyone else notice how many props Crooks got? dang. . .he's like mad's opposite.
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One correction to be made on the press release! Is that Xplicit is not battling! but most def you going to see me there! cant miss this one!
Damnn! Back to the city was Crazy this year X u missed out......hmmmmm.....Killer killer killer
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One correction to be made on the press release! Is that Xplicit is not battling! but most def you going to see me there! cant miss this one!
Damnn! Back to the city was Crazy this year X u missed out......hmmmmm.....Killer killer killer
Does anyone have any idea what Deep Soweto is or have some of their music.... Anything really.
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Does anyone have any idea what Deep Soweto is or have some of their music.... Anything really.
Deep Soweto is a crew from what is called the "deep" part of soweto. LOL !!!! They were selling their music yesterday. Me, i copped myself 4 local discs, Smerf, Liquid KZN, Illeterate Skill and Ras. Can't wait to dig in to them. Was a nice day overall. Met RR again,what up homie, and Baldi, hehe. The sound starting f***ing up through the course of the day, but then they kinda recovered it later. For me Driemanskaap and Golden Shovel/Optical Illusion killed it. Got to hang out with Thirteen, OG, Ba4ZA, Mpho, Nombongo,was too nice. Left when Reason and Nthabi where doing Breathe.
Go to chill with Dplanet as well @ Capello's over some drinks. Truly enjoyed the day.
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cosign mr C
nice day, the sound irritated me with driemaskap's performance i really wanted to hear them. but i bought their disc so am kinda cool.
overall it was cool, always good to see peeps u dont see on a regular. props to the organisers ;)
i just did not understand the purpose of the street bash outside the gig though, i thought it was wack for some peeps to leave their cribs to go chill and play house music outside a hip hop gig ???
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One thing i was disappointed in though was none of the Artists mentioned anything about "Freedom Day".That's sad. I get a feeling that 5 years down the line, we would have totally forgotten about April 27, 1994.
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The show was dope indeed
KZN held it down strongly...Abdus :o the boy done grabbed my attention...someone to lookout for...
Reason (Dope Intro) & Nthabi, Shovel & Optical Ill, Archetypes, Smerf, Deep Soweto, Maraza, Notshi, Andrianto, Hakeem, Ba4za, Imbube F-eezy Young Nations & HHP, Flow & Kinesis, Zawe, the dance crews, graffitti, Anvils, Tebz the comedian, Black Moss, Driemanskap,Qba, Testrogen, Robo, Take Away, Shugga & Slikour, Zaki & the Djs.....
I missed the early performances though, got there just after 14hrs....didnt get to see Last Days Fam & Illiterate Skills amongst others...
The Ventilation crew talks too much, i'm gettin tired of their politics, they must just do the music and get off stage...
The performances were dope, although some artists didnt bring it all out...
...and Tumi dissapointed me again by not performing.... :(
Yeah MrC the sound was kinda dissapointing at times, but twas too nyc overall....
As for the Battle, eish wat the hell was Snazz doing...? Jazz got murdered in the final by Adamiz...oooh weee...Inta was not bad at all, but it seems like the battle emcees aint bringin thru any new shit, Inta knew every line that Adamiz was throwing at him in the semis...Adamiz shud hav lost that battle....
ayo t2da, why dont u guys hook up a Back2daCity 3 Soundtrack...a track from each artist that performed on the day, hype can even hook dat up as the mixtape for the august issue... :)
Dope Event....Enjoyed meself....
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@MrC i kinda feel like that @times aswell. This white guy @work comes to me and ask what holiday is it on the 27 so i tell him that its freedom day, so he says "freedom day?" with this look in his that got me annoyed so i say "yes, today in 1994, black people were allowed to vote" and so he walked away. Then 5minutes later he says "ha! freedom day, are we free when we have bars on our doors and windows" so i just shook my head giving him a look that said please, dont get me started!!!
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One thing i was disappointed in though was none of the Artists mentioned anything about "Freedom Day".That's sad. I get a feeling that 5 years down the line, we would have totally forgotten about April 27, 1994.
Ben Sharpa did mention something about it, even mentioned workers day aswell and did a track about freeing the workers and all that....
i just did not understand the purpose of the street bash outside the gig though, i thought it was wack for some peeps to leave their cribs to go chill and play house music outside a hip hop gig ???
That also pissed me off a bit, dont undastand why ppl wud drive from their homes just to park outside the gig and do like that...
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Ben Sharpa did mention something about it, even mentioned workers day aswell and did a track about freeing the workers and all that....
Didnt get to see Sharpa. But still 1 outta what 30 cats ? That's wack. The organizers should have emphasized this with the performers. We tend to get lost in the fun sometimes.
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Ben Sharpa did mention something about it, even mentioned workers day aswell and did a track about freeing the workers and all that....
Didnt get to see Sharpa. But still 1 outta what 30 cats ? That's wack. The organizers should have emphasized this with the performers. We tend to get lost in the fun sometimes.
It was my first tym at back2dacity and hearin of it this year, so i dont know the history of it, is it a Freedom Day Celebration...?
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the walls/pillars and the breakers were dope---- didnt see any performance
it was cool---just lacking fire water/beer
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some sabc crew was there asking peeps about the importance of heritage. that caught me off guard really coz i was not sure what that had to do with the day... so i guess i answered with good enough xhonglish :P
its true we all get lost in the fun, cant remember if they made a noise about freedom day in the first back to the city. maybe the event is not built around that ( i stand corrected). I would be good tough to just highlight that!
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I thot I wuld make it but I only came back to Jozi in the aftanun and I thot it wuld be a waste as I planed to leave early.
But next year I'll do my best to be there,maybe I'll get inspired to rhyme myself, who knows.
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I had a great day. It's a beautiful thing to see so many heads coming together. For once, I've got no complaints about anything :)
BIG UPS to Domz, Osmic and everyone involved in organising. I'm sure Back to the City is going to go from strength to strength.
Was cool chillin' with Mr. C and Neon,,, and nice to meet a whole bunch of artists; Morale, Sliqour, Sugasmaxx, HHP, Hymphatic, Draztik, Robo (copped his album but haven't had a chance to listen to it yet), Damola, Arche,... too many to mention.
Sadly I had to leave before Sharpa performed but Driemanskap made me proud.
Looking forward to next year.
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Zaki Ibrahim, bishes! what can i say? - the woman shakes my center every time. in fact - and this could just be the beer talking - but i think shorty winked at me before traipsing off stage in that adorable flutter of angel wings which, if you ask this poster, wouldn't shock too much if they turned out to be an affliction from birth instead of a mess of synthetic plastic.
but enough of that.
i dug the Ben Sharpa. i dug it deep. but no, far be it for anyone to expect you conservative hip hop mofos to even think about moving a limb - let alone dancing - at a music festival. that's too commercial, innit? sheeit, you were probably sneering at Lee and booing Shugasmakcx with the rest of those hooligans you underground head, you.
Robo The Motherf***ing Technician was excellent. way better than back when he was guest rapping for Thabs' dense, conceptual albums. he delivered a commanding performance and had me chanting something important (drinking apparantly affects my memory) and freedom day related. i listened - got ready for revolution - and then drank some more.
the breakers - what the f***? can you believe those kids? 8 years old and windmilling like you run this bitch. dope! my future bride, aka the girl who took me home and had her way with me last night, said we should have kids just like that. i didn't say no!
there's so much i could say about this gig but my beer's getting warm and wifey will be disappointed to come back from cla** and find me sober. so i must leave you good people.
back to the city is the shit!
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T'was a truly great and awe-inspiring day.
The event is really taking shape, maybe next year we will have alcohol inside, (a matter of getting a licence surely.)
Today I woke up with graffiti in front of my building (opp Shivava) and I shit you not some kids were still battling at 2 am this morning in front of my building, I was woken up by some rapper screaming "Dog you're a FAGGIT! A FAGGIT"
Got to love it.
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Does anyone have any idea what Deep Soweto is or have some of their music.... Anything really.
Deep Soweto is a crew from what is called the "deep" part of soweto. LOL !!!! They were selling their music yesterday. Me, i copped myself 4 local discs, Smerf, Liquid KZN, Illeterate Skill and Ras. Can't wait to dig in to them. Was a nice day overall. Met RR again,what up homie, and Baldi, hehe. The sound starting f***ing up through the course of the day, but then they kinda recovered it later. For me Driemanskaap and Golden Shovel/Optical Illusion killed it. Got to hang out with Thirteen, OG, Ba4ZA, Mpho, Nombongo,was too nice. Left when Reason and Nthabi where doing Breathe.
Thanks, damn these boys hara**ed us and they were everywhere... Anyways does anyone have anything by them? Was not willing to buy it but I'm really interested.
And what's the hehe for? :D Loved the look o your face when the panny finally dropped.. Cla**ic...
@ Enis, the craziest thing, no alcohol at a festival. Had to go to Capello's and I must admit that place is shitty with shitty service.
Oh and I'd really love to see more security around the area. Just for a girls peace of mind.
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the sad thing about this thread is that its for a select few peeps....i cant agree or disagree with any of you posting about back to city...if it were here youd be writing the sam eish ...anyway seems like it was dope....panic you a wierd cat you know tha...
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And what's the hehe for? :D Loved the look o your face when the panny finally dropped.. Cla**ic...
nah man,was just that i didn't immediately recognize you even though i think we've met b4.next time i'll know. panny dropped ? someone please translate for me.i went to a loxion school.
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And what's the hehe for? :D Loved the look o your face when the panny finally dropped.. Cla**ic...
nah man,was just that i didn't immediately recognize you even though i think we've met b4.next time i'll know. panny dropped ? someone please translate for me.i went to a loxion school.
That's what it meant...
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And what's the hehe for? :D Loved the look o your face when the panny finally dropped.. Cla**ic...
nah man,was just that i didn't immediately recognize you even though i think we've met b4.next time i'll know. panny dropped ? someone please translate for me.i went to a loxion school.
It's "penny" dropped white-talk for moment of realisation.
Orlando High represent.
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@ Enis, the craziest thing, no alcohol at a festival. Had to go to Capello's and I must admit that place is shitty with shitty service.
Oh and I'd really love to see more security around the area. Just for a girls peace of mind.
You could hav brought a cooler box with and drank at the gate like all them peeps....
I was a bit worried bout the security too, there wasnt enough of them around....at least it was a peaceful gig, no rowdy rowdy business (except for fool who was throwing bottles on stage) but they shud organise more personnel...
...didnt get to move around alot as i was capturing the moments in the front....i might hav clip of Deep Soweto, they were sounding gud though...
@ Dpleezy: I hope you guys left some copies of Driemanskap at Ritual....
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what happened to the after party at Shivava? anyone attend?
by the way i've decided to move to Newtown and work at Xara books - how are the rates for rent, Cpt Schti?
i love Newtown! - the place would be excellent if not for the dearth of drinking holes. unlike Baldi, i dont have the patience to deal with Capellos' ineffectual staff and overpriced beer. at one point i had to go all the way to Kiss Kiss in Hillbrow!
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by the way i've decided to move to Newtown and work at Xara books - how are the rates for rent, Cpt Schti?
My man Neon used to work @ Xara. Are June and Kays still the owners ? That June lady is a dime for real. I used to work with Kays back in the day, was funny meeting him there. That's a dope store.
There's this girl @ Xara now, i think her name's Simphiwe ? OMG !!!!
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what happened to the after party at Shivava? anyone attend?
I was there. I was mad dope thoIt looked like there was around 20 people there. the DJ's (High-Hats and Medicine plus another whose name i dont know) held it down, had mad fun. we actually didnt wanna leave but Beaker had to catch some sleep to get ready for work.
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Yeah the show was dope, like to see this festival continue on every year. ill bring extra batteries for the cordless mics, LOL nah fosho Osmic and crew ,well done on putting together a dope event. Shout outs to El Nino, Dplanet, HHP... my peoples, Imbube, F-eezy and Nations.
easy.
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shit, shiit, shiiit, shyt! i cant believe i missed this! f***! i was in fordsburg on 27th and streets were empty before 9 when I went to cresta. n the followin day I past Newtown from Randburg no1 was around... wtf? but stil tho, i wonda if i was there, wud i made it on time 4 my interview the followin day cos eish partyin n drinkin ol nite n havin 2 get up early for an interview with heavy head is sumthin else... nex tym
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This shit sounds crazy dope! Anyone got pics? or Film footage for youtube? Who won the freestyle battle?
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This shit sounds crazy dope! Anyone got pics? or Film footage for youtube? Who won the freestyle battle?
Adamiz won and got himself R10 000 worth of studio time....will upload the vids of the battles soon, just hav to chop em up 1st...
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yeah the show was nice, bought the Driemanskaap, been banging it ever since.
Big Up P-Unit!!!!!!!
@ D Planet, Ma-B promised me a free vid, still waiting for it!
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Was this the official South African leg of Emcee Africa this year? Or is that yet to come?
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nah it wasnt, the Emcee Africa went down on saturday at party people, dont know who won it though...
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nah it wasnt, the Emcee Africa went down on saturday at party people, dont know who won it though...
a dude named Maraza from Durban. He beat Adamus. Maraza was funny as hell man that why he won. i thought he was really wack at first and i laughed because i thought he was wack in a funny way. he got really funny punchlines on his freestyles. he kept the crowd laughing and made a fool of his opponents. nigga is a quick thinker.
Adamus on the other hand was dope too but he was wack at Back To The City and sometimes reused some of the lines he used at Rocka but just switched them up a bit.
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Oh, thats why he was saying that he's leaving us with his Jam Alley V/S title cos he now got the Channel O title...
Yeah Adamiz/Adamus was weak at back2dacity (I could hav battled him and won ;D) , for me Inta won that battle but becos they wer afraid of makin that call, they had to hav another round which was Inta's downfall as he didnt bring it at all in that round...
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Yeah Adamiz/Adamus was weak at back2dacity (I could hav battled him and won ;D) , for me Inta won that battle but becos they wer afraid of makin that call, they had to hav another round which was Inta's downfall as he didnt bring it at all in that round...
true bra
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is Maraza the dude from a duo called 'Jus Dat'..?He got a small voice..
Most of they songs iv heard are in vernac..They nice wit theirs..
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The best performance for me was Ill Skillz. the sound was still crisp at that stage its a pitty most people missed it cause they performed a bit early.
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is Maraza the dude from a duo called 'Jus Dat'..?He got a small voice..
Most of they songs iv heard are in vernac..They nice wit theirs..
yep that him but i dont know what crew he's with though.
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Saw Deep Soweto at the Spash Jam yesterday. these boys are dope!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVojinJ7PUg