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Hot Traxxx / SEEKING CREWS

« on: April 09, 2010, 04:36:19 PM »

Wut's good everyone?

Long time since...Hope you're all well

I have a request:

We are looking for crews for a project in the pipelines for 2011.
It's any and every crew with the exception of big, prominent ones that have "been around" so to speak...
This is not in any way to exclude anyone but the nature of the project is such that we'll be trying to create a balance and get some fresh blood out there, especially because at the end of the project we'll be hoping to put together a mixtape which will have crews and solo emcees on it.

I can't really give any specifics as to what kind of Hip Hop since that would be limiting but I'd really appreciate it if you guys can upload some material for me of crews you know that are dope and we'll make the selection from there.

Needless to say I haven't been out in the scene in a minute and I also haven't really had my ear to the ground much and that's why I really need your help with this one.

I'd like to reach out to people in every province. We're particularly interested in places where 'there seems' like not much goes on like Kimberly, G-town and other far sides.

Rap crews are on the priority list but we're also looking for fresh graf artists and b-boy/b-girl crews.

I know you got tings to do, please please help out. If you can't upload, could you at least please send me names and/or contact details.

Thanks in advance...1

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Hip Hop Events / NYMPHONIK BASTARDS PRESENTS

« on: February 27, 2008, 12:10:45 PM »

 



d'Urban headz...please stand UP!!!

THIS SATURDAY

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Politics / BUDGET SPEECH REACTION

« on: February 20, 2008, 03:46:47 PM »

sO, let's ponder that speech then peoples....

THIS IS WHAT HAS SURFACED THUS FAR:

APPARENT PROGRESS IN MACRO-ECONOMICS

SOCIAL SECURITY:

. SOCIAL GRANTS UP BY 10 RAND ?
. GRANTS FOR CHILDREN UP TO 15 YRS OLD IN 2009


238 BILLION RAND FOR HEALTH & EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS

10 PERCENT SALARY INCREASES FOR NURSES

EDUCATION UP BY 30 PER CENT

CRIME - 40 NEW POLICE STATIONS + PLUS 10 BILLION FOR CRIME

INFRASTRUCURE

HOUSING, WATER & TRANSPORT GET 17 BILLION RAND

ESKOM GETS 343 BILLION RANDS

1.3 BILLION RAND TO AID DEVELOPMENT IN THE AFRICAN CONTINENT

FUEL INCREASES 11 CENTS PER LITRE

 

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Hip Hop Events / PARKJAM IN PARKWOOD

« on: February 15, 2008, 02:07:31 PM »

i realise it's a bit late but for those of ya'll who can, cum tru 2 the Parkwood parkjam tomorrow!


On stage:

Silence
The Otherness
Denzel – ACA

PLUS

A Graf workshop hosted by Mak 1

as well as a break dance workshop by Emile

PLUS

live B-Boys

It's FREE peoples!!!

ONE

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Hip Hop Events / CAPE Ma**IVE - COSMIC WARS III

« on: December 11, 2007, 04:01:56 PM »

ulterthought presents



COSMIC WARS III
Seven cosmic acts:

Vernon Visqus (Writers Block),
The Otherness
Maica,
Garlic Brown,
Archetypes
Scalywag
Illiterate Skill.

Three ILL turntablists:

Mingus Fingers
Big Dre
Slewdada

drop zone: MERCURY LIVE - 43 DeVilliers Street, Zonnebloem, Gardens, Cape Town
sign up: R30
s'khathi: 9.00pm





@ Mercury

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Hip Hop Events / CAPE TOWN GOT SOULFUNKSHUN

« on: November 29, 2007, 12:47:24 PM »

 









A SOULFUNKSHUN PRESENTATION
@ ROOTS - OBBZ - Lower Main
TUESDAY DECEMBER O4 @ 9PM
R20 GETS U....

ACTS
WRITERS BLOCK
THE OTHERNESS
ALKA-NEMO
IMPOSTAH

DJ’S
BIG DRE
MINGUS FINGERS
ENDZ

ONE

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Hot Traxxx / CAPE TOWN THIS FRIDAY

« on: August 21, 2007, 05:14:39 PM »

STARTS 9PM SHARP!

ONE

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Hot Traxxx / WIGGA PLEASE!!!!!!!

« on: June 28, 2007, 11:25:12 AM »

Wiggaz: whites with black souls (and style)
August 28, 2004 Edition 1:  "The Star Online"

Dipuo Tshoagong [/u]
In an increasingly cosmopolitan South Africa, the number of young white people influenced by black urban culture is rapidly on the increase - but resistance to their choices is coming from right across the racial spectrum.

Eminem, the award winning rap star, is a good example. He is a white boy that grew up listening to "black music" - hip-hop - and is now an icon for teen angst and the universal nature of music.

He, as the street-smart language goes, is a "wigga" (white nigger) - and he influences many young people and is probably one of the main reasons why so many young whites are turning into hip-hop fanatics. But he has met with some resistance from the industry.

The hip-hop magazine The Source, has been on a vendetta against the star, since it emerged that in his earlier years he recorded a racist, misogynistic song after being dumped by a black former girlfriend. Apart from accusations of racism, he has been called a "wannabe" and a fraud for embracing black culture and profiting from it - a la Elvis Presley.

Click on your television today and you might come across a hilarious Sprite advert featuring Eminem clones - with the sagging pants and bling bling - embarra**ing themselves, much to the amusement of some nearby black brothers. The pay-off line is "see through it", implying the young men's fakeness.

While some white youngsters are following the hip-hop culture, walking around in their over-sized jeans, some are just very stylish dressers, who think their dress sense has nothing to do with race.

SABC1 continuity presenter Rowan Cloete and musicians Danny K and Francois Henning - better known as kwaito artist Lekgoa - are white South Africans who have adopted urban black culture and are comfortable with it, no matter how much criticism they may get.

To make matters worse, Cloete and Lekgoa grew up in Afrikaans communities where following or even a**ociating with black people was totally unacceptable.

"I have followed black music and culture from a very young age. I didn't just wake up one morning and decide to release a kwaito album," said Lekgoa.

Lekgoa said that as a young boy, Mercy Phakela and the late Brenda Fa**ie were just some of his icons. He also said that he learned how to speak Sotho as a result of his interest in black cultures and music.

"When my friends would listen to Duran Duran, I would come with my Brenda Fa**ie tapes and they would say that I had totally lost it. I was an outcast in my school and among my friends," he said.

Lekgoa said that his friends were brainwashed by their parents to only listen to "white music" and he was glad that his family was understanding and open-minded.

"My family was cool and allowed me to live my life and not restrict me. I'm glad that the perception of white people is gradually changing," said Lekgoa.

He still gets curious looks from people who think that he has no right to be a kwaito artist because he is white and doesn't understand black culture, but on the whole, he said, things were getting better as people were beginning to accept him as an artist.

"Their argument was that kwaito was a black music genre that expressed the hardships of being black in South Africa and how could I, a white boy, know anything about that," he said.

Cloete, along with Danny K, is seen as a trendy dresser whose sartorial code is influenced by black urban culture.

Cloete, an Afrikaans boy working on a television station which has a largely black audience, said although some of his friends had issues with his job, he didn't care.

"I don't see this as a black or white thing, not even my style of dressing. It's more of an urban energy and I wear what looks and feels good to me."

He considers himself fortunate and privileged to be working for a channel for black viewers. He sees it as a challenge to teach white people to learn and embrace other cultures because they fear it.

"I got criticised when I started working on the channel but I told those people to either take it or leave it. It doesn't have to be a colour thing and I'm living proof of that," he said.

R&B singer Danny K believes that you are a product of what influences you. And since he is an R&B musician, his dress sense will have to be in line with what he does.

"There is a black influence in the way I dress. I'm also very comfortable with the blings (gold chains) that are hip-hop influenced," he said.

While growing up, his peers found him very strange because he would buy hip-hop CDs and attend Sipho "Hotstix" Mabuse's concerts.

"In the end, I converted all my friend to be hip-hop and R&B fanatics as they weren't exposed to it," said Danny K.

Kara Heritage Institute chairperson Dr Mathole Motshekga said that he saw nothing wrong with white people embracing the black culture. According to him, human spirits are the same and manifests themselves in different forms and they appreciate beauty in whatever sense.

"Being white is only about colour and there's no reason why whites can't embrace and appreciate black culture and African beauty," Dr Motshekga said.

         
HAS SA GONE NUTS TODAY? OR IS IT JUST MY RECURRING SENSE OF HUMOUR? SOMEONE PLEASE SHOOT THE WRITER!!!

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Hot Traxxx / CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP

« on: June 28, 2007, 11:02:04 AM »

SUP PEOPLES?

I came across this here article in imdiversity.com & thought it quite interesting...any thoughts?

Keepin' It Real?: Corporate Sponsorship of Urban Culture
How savvy multicultural marketing can affect a culture traditionally bent on "keepin' it real"By Hector Gonzalez, Pacific News Service

A few years ago, Toyota executives embarked on a marketing scheme that competitors were certain would fail: to create a car based on the aesthetic of underground hip hop culture and market it in unprecedented ways. Today, the Toyota Scion is selling in record numbers and has become a ubiquitous presence within the underground hip hop scene. Youth commentator and hip hop artist Hector Gonzalez explores how Scion succeeded where so many others fell flat.
 

SAN JOSE, Calif. - June 01, 2005 - A while back, I was the opening act at a hip hop show that featured underground MCs from San Jose and Los Angeles. The show took place in a small theater venue in downtown San Jose. As I walked off the stage after performing my set, I kept my head down, thinking that no one had paid to see my performance.

But outside was a group of people playing the role of groupies. They asked me to stand next to a car so they could take my picture. In return, they gave me a magazine and a CD. Suddenly, I felt like a superstar.

Little did I know this was only the beginning of a multimillion dollar campaign Toyota was setting up to sell its new product line, Scion, to younger drivers.

Since then, Scion has been making its presence known in the underground hip hop community. In and around San Jose, Calif., where I live, Scion paraphernalia can be found at most hip hop venues. Toyota's marketing strategy makes it clearer than ever that underground urban culture is a sought-after commodity.

Corporations have long used urban culture to market their products. I remember a McDonald's commercial where a circle of black youth were rapping about a Big Mac. Anyone who knew anything about MCing could tell you that those MCs were pretty whack, and that the idea of rappin' about how McDonald's burgers make you feel better was pretty corny. There's also the commercial that features a guy in K-Swiss tennis shoes break dancing. But in the hip hop scene, K-Swiss is labeled a "preppy" shoe by everyone I know.

But unlike McDonald's or K-Swiss, Scion has been doing a good job in maintaining its street credibility while selling its product. In 2003, Toyota sold about 11,000 of the newly introduced vehicles. In 2004, they sold close to 100,000.

Scion's secret is that they don't use fake gimmicks; they stick with the real deal. They produce a monthly magazine that features some of the hottest underground hip hop heads from the Bay Area to London. Half of the magazine focuses on urban trends in fashion, art, digital media, etc. The other half is nothing but Scion ads.

The magazine can be compared to URB magazine, one of the most dominant urban magazines in the world. This is no accident. The people behind URB -- a marketing firm called Rebel Organization -- are also responsible for Scion's marketing strategy. Rebel Organization has also run successful marketing campaigns for Reebok and T-Mobile.

Apparently, they've learned from the mistakes other corporations have made in trying to tap into urban culture. "Scion doesn't attach itself to big stars," says Josh Levine, president of Rebel Organization and a lead sculptor of Scion's marketing plan. "Instead, it captures the local scenes, because that's where urban culture really takes place."

In the local market of San Jose, Scion sponsors and supports many hip hop functions. In return, the company asks that Scion banners be put up and Scion merchandise -- hats, shirts, CDs and magazines -- handed out.

The latest Scion magazine asks the question, "What is Independent?" and features DJ J Boogie from San Francisco, legendary Graffiti writer Sabe, and rapper Guru from Gang Star, among others. Underground hip hop culture in general is based on "keepin' it real," and hip hoppers have always questioned the integrity of others by asking them if they're "keepin' it real." But what happens when a corporation is the one asking you that question?

Some underground artists say that going corporate means selling out, while others say companies such as Scion could now be contributors to the culture.

Tommy Aguilar -- the events coordinator of the Movemiento Arte Cultural Latino Americana, which hosts regular hip hop events -- is one of the leaders of the San Jose hip hop scene. He can usually be found downtown, wearing a newspaper-boy hat and reporter-style gla**es, promoting the hip hop events he puts together through his independent collective Universal Grammar.

Aguilar is responsible for bringing such acts as Crown City Rockers, Lyrics Born, and DJ Questlove to San Jose -- all with the help of Scion. Aguilar says having Scion sponsorship does not infringe on the authenticity of the functions. "The money they give us doesn't change our program," he says -- "it's simply put to good use."


Of Interest from HAV and the IMDiversity Career Center
QuickSearch: Jobs in Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations
 
 
Five years ago, Aguilar says, he saw the issue of corporate sponsorship in a less positive light. His newer understanding of the business aspect of hip hop is representative of a growing understanding in the underground scene that artists need to be getting paid in order for the culture to maintain itself.

Kenny May is on the opposite end of the spectrum. May is the founder of Funk Lab Productions, a promoting collective that has dominated the break dancing scene in San Jose for the past decade. May has never received sponsorship from Scion. Even when the corporation offers the hip hop community financial support, he says, "they are still taking advantage of us, because the corporations will always get the upper hand."

When I ask Josh Levine what he thinks about people saying that Scion is just another corporation trying to take advantage of artists, he uses hip hop to frame his response.

"It's no different than an MC. Although some people would like to see the MC come up, you'll always have tons who want to see that MC fail."

Gonzalez, 21, writes for Silicon Valley De-Bug, a PNS publication by young workers, writers and artists in Silicon Valley.
 
 

 
In SA, we can a name a few of these corporations, the ads are usually quiet shocking though

. the latest KFC burger one is just too sad to be funny...no really, it's hilarious.

. then there was the VW with Eavesdrop(mad luv-she came off nice)

. MTN's been doing really dull competitions throughout the country for years now... i don't know

. the SABC flew their banner at the Tri-Continental Festival with Wordsworth, Ben Sharpa & Jonzi last year, which was mad surprising 4 me; i didn't think they had it in dem

i'm sure there's a lot more to mention, any adds? thoughts?

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Chief Rocka - Open Mic / COSMIC WARS - CAPE TOWN

« on: June 01, 2007, 01:42:24 PM »

IN SUPPORT OF CHILD PROTECTION WEEK, WE PRESENT TO YOU – COSMIC WARS WITH CELESTIAL EMCEEZ:





WRITERS BLOCK
MFANEKISO NGQONDWENI
SCHOOL OF THOUGHT
LEAGUE OF SHADOWS


& DJ’S:

ENDZ
BIG DRE
BUTTAFINGAZ

PLUS 2 FREE FILM SCREENINGS -

HOSTED BY THE OTHERNESS

@ ARMCHAIR THEATRE, TUESDAY JUNE 5
R30 @ THE DOOR

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Hot Traxxx / CAPE TOWN DIGGIN DEEP

« on: March 12, 2007, 12:46:09 PM »

Cape Town ma**ive, this one's for u

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General Discussion / CAPE TOWN Ma**IVE

« on: January 29, 2007, 02:22:03 PM »

Wuddup ya'll?!




Ben Sharpa as Critical Ma**; Endz as The Otherness.
Together they are TESTROGEN: an experimental mental experience where 2 underground minds of different sex copulate thought, rhyme pattern and skills to provide the perfect environment for uplifting any audience!


This event will be the first of many to come

CD's will be available for sale & there will be Butanwear gear giveaways.

For further details visit the artists webpage on :

www.myspace.com/endztheotherness
www.myspace.com/bensharpa

DON'T SLEEP!!!

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Politics / TESTROGEN LIVE

« on: January 29, 2007, 01:05:31 PM »

Ben Sharpa as Critical Ma**; Endz as The Otherness.
Together they are TESTROGEN: an experimental mental experience where 2 underground minds of different sex copulate thought, rhyme pattern and skills to provide the perfect environment for uplifting any audience!


This event will be the first of many to come – Featuring Ben Sharpa as 'Critical Ma**', and Endz aka 'Othaness'.

CD's will be available for sale & there will be Butanwear gear giveaways.

For further details visit the artists webpage on :

www.myspace.com/endztheotherness
www.myspace.com/bensharpa

don't sleep!!!!

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The Office / CREWS COMPETE

« on: October 06, 2006, 02:38:08 PM »

ON TONIGHT @ LEPHT

8 crews...live wires...pressure...lung fire...
mad highs...attitude...sik raps & DENMARK...

Just what you've been waiting for! This is an invitation to all South African Hip Hop Crews to register with Bradlox- bradlox@gmail.com to take part in a competition, whereby a crew will be picked by judges to represent the S.A. Independent Hip Hop Movement in Copenhagen, Denmark. Crews have till the end of September to register and can e-mail their bio's. The Event will subsequently take place at Lepht on the 6th of October. Crews will be given 15 minutes performance time and the Winning Crew will be announced that night and will be leaving South Africa on the 6th of November. Don't sleep on this.

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one!

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General Discussion / @ DPLANET

« on: August 30, 2006, 11:10:44 AM »

Hola D!

Please, drop me yo cell number on my pm.

Sum shyt we need to speak about...

Clue: beats & spittens...

mOJA