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General Discussion / KRS One: Hip-Hop is Alive
« on: January 05, 2007, 09:49:52 AM »
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=15116190&blogID=211443768&MyToken=cd1eecc4-5cbf-4290-81cf-64eabb987f8d
The religious parallels he draws are a bit disturbing but otherwise a good read.
The religious parallels he draws are a bit disturbing but otherwise a good read.
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General Discussion / Punk rock group releases song: 50 Cent is a pussy
« on: December 07, 2006, 08:53:17 AM »55
General Discussion / Mentorship in Hip-Hop
« on: December 04, 2006, 11:53:24 PM »
I've just been thru a sticky music biz situation.
By pure chance someone who I consider a senior and respectable member of the SA Hip-Hop community was involved and they helped to facilitate communication and an ultimate resolution to the situation.
Now that it's all blown over its had me thinking about the mentorship role more established artists can play to the younger upcoming artists in terms of schooling us on the game.
I know as new artists the "get mine" mentality is always invariably a factor and as a result people might not be predisposed to accepting advice.
However, I think established artists have a major role to play in the growth of new artists and the culture in general.
For instance they could mediate where there is a business dispute and they could also cool people down when "beef" threatens to explode bcoz their maturity and experience will always help maintain perspective.
Perhaps we could create some sort of guild of members that serves as our forum for dealing with any problems or disputes before we adopt more drastic and costly measures like going to Court.
By pure chance someone who I consider a senior and respectable member of the SA Hip-Hop community was involved and they helped to facilitate communication and an ultimate resolution to the situation.
Now that it's all blown over its had me thinking about the mentorship role more established artists can play to the younger upcoming artists in terms of schooling us on the game.
I know as new artists the "get mine" mentality is always invariably a factor and as a result people might not be predisposed to accepting advice.
However, I think established artists have a major role to play in the growth of new artists and the culture in general.
For instance they could mediate where there is a business dispute and they could also cool people down when "beef" threatens to explode bcoz their maturity and experience will always help maintain perspective.
Perhaps we could create some sort of guild of members that serves as our forum for dealing with any problems or disputes before we adopt more drastic and costly measures like going to Court.
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Producers - Discussion / Difference between making beats and making songs
« on: November 29, 2006, 08:48:28 AM »
Just something I was thinking about.It seems like there's a big difference between the two.
A hot beat does not equal a great song it seems. Its like its only a foundation that needs the proper bricks and design laid on it.
Is song making the greatest skill required in the industry since ultimately people buy albums consisting of songs not just beats?
Is song-making really where the art of being a producer lies? To the point where someone who can't make beats but can still get a great performance out of an artist and make a hit record can be called a music producer.
Obviously making beats is a progression towards making records but is there an additional skill required i.e. actual song creation in the studio to make records/songs that would render a person suitably qualified for the title "producer".
It looks like a person can make songs/records without actually knowing how to make a beat.
Is the distinction between "beatmaking" and "producing" a legitimate or necessary one?
A hot beat does not equal a great song it seems. Its like its only a foundation that needs the proper bricks and design laid on it.
Is song making the greatest skill required in the industry since ultimately people buy albums consisting of songs not just beats?
Is song-making really where the art of being a producer lies? To the point where someone who can't make beats but can still get a great performance out of an artist and make a hit record can be called a music producer.
Obviously making beats is a progression towards making records but is there an additional skill required i.e. actual song creation in the studio to make records/songs that would render a person suitably qualified for the title "producer".
It looks like a person can make songs/records without actually knowing how to make a beat.
Is the distinction between "beatmaking" and "producing" a legitimate or necessary one?
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General Discussion / How do I put an image under my signature
« on: November 28, 2006, 11:29:19 AM »
Pliz help.I'm desperate.Thanks.
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General Discussion / Cape Town vs Jozi
« on: November 15, 2006, 06:39:22 PM »
Couldn't help noticing when I posted my opinion on Morale being picked as the number one MC in HYPE magazine, a couple of exchanges were made about the differences between Jozi and Cape Town catz.
One person said "Cape Town has its own Hip-Hop awards to which Joburg MCs are not invited.We are not going to run Hip-Hop on your 1994 criteria even if it means going to war with Cape Town".
T, also made an argument about Jozi being all about the hustle and how my failure to understand Morale was coz I basically didn't understand the Joburg state of mind.
Do Jozi and Cape Town really represent different schools and approaches to Hip-Hop?
Are there underlying unventilated issues between Jozi and Cape Town headz just waiting to be ignited.Is everyone just being politically correct and acting like its all good meanwhile shit's brewing in the background.
I've had good dealings with artists and record labels in Joburg.I would like to think the reason they haven't used my beats is coz they just didn't like 'em or feel them rather than coz they didn't "understand" my Cape Town beats or worse still they just dissed it as some wack Cape shit.
I don't have any reason to have animosity towardz Joburg headz and I think "animosity" towards Jozi as an entire spot would be ludicrous coz it would amount to beefing with people u don't even know.
However, maybe since I'm a producer, I'm in the background anyway and perhaps I don't really feel the competition and hate on the frontlines like an artist would.
Are there any Cape Town MCs who feel disrespected by Jozi cats just coz they're from Cape Town and vice versa.
I would really hate for there to be some bullshit Jozi/Cape Town feud like there was with the whole East/West thing in the States.
The thing is our piece of the pie is still so small fighting over it will just destroy what the forerunners both in Cape Town and Joburg have built to get local Hip-Hop to where its at today.
Just a thought.
One person said "Cape Town has its own Hip-Hop awards to which Joburg MCs are not invited.We are not going to run Hip-Hop on your 1994 criteria even if it means going to war with Cape Town".
T, also made an argument about Jozi being all about the hustle and how my failure to understand Morale was coz I basically didn't understand the Joburg state of mind.
Do Jozi and Cape Town really represent different schools and approaches to Hip-Hop?
Are there underlying unventilated issues between Jozi and Cape Town headz just waiting to be ignited.Is everyone just being politically correct and acting like its all good meanwhile shit's brewing in the background.
I've had good dealings with artists and record labels in Joburg.I would like to think the reason they haven't used my beats is coz they just didn't like 'em or feel them rather than coz they didn't "understand" my Cape Town beats or worse still they just dissed it as some wack Cape shit.
I don't have any reason to have animosity towardz Joburg headz and I think "animosity" towards Jozi as an entire spot would be ludicrous coz it would amount to beefing with people u don't even know.
However, maybe since I'm a producer, I'm in the background anyway and perhaps I don't really feel the competition and hate on the frontlines like an artist would.
Are there any Cape Town MCs who feel disrespected by Jozi cats just coz they're from Cape Town and vice versa.
I would really hate for there to be some bullshit Jozi/Cape Town feud like there was with the whole East/West thing in the States.
The thing is our piece of the pie is still so small fighting over it will just destroy what the forerunners both in Cape Town and Joburg have built to get local Hip-Hop to where its at today.
Just a thought.
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General Discussion / Why do we as Africans consider ourselves evil?
« on: October 29, 2006, 11:19:36 AM »
This post has been prompted by my irritation @ the attention all other religions except African religion seem to get right here in Africa.
Right now information and programmes on Ramadan are all over the box, soon after that the Christmas season celebrating the alleged "Son of God" will be slammed in our faces, followed soon after by Easter celebrating the "sacrfice of the son of man".
As if this is not enuff there are programmes on TV throughout the year dedicated specifically to Christian, Islamic, Jewish, Hindu and "alternative/new age" beliefs.
We live in Africa yet at best African religion and belief systems are covered under the "alternative" banner.
This shit pisses me off.Can u imagine Jews in Isreal paying more attention to another religion other than their own.
It seems like our colonial subjugation hasn't really ended.I mean we allow everyone else on the continent who have beliefs not indeginous to the continent to label local beliefs "demonic".
On top of that we believe them and ascribe to whatever alternative they're offering us.
Can u imagine stepping up to Palestine and telling the people there that Islam is "demonic" bcoz they don't believe in Christ as their "personal Lord and saviour".
This is exactly what happened and continues to happen in Africa but we allow this shit.
I mean why belive that some Jewish guy (No offence intended to Jews) who died over 2000 years ago is more capable of looking out for you than your own grandfather who u saw and who only died last week?
I'm an atheist myself who identifies with buddhism bcoz it is also atheistic and it stresses more on individual salvation so I appreciate the importance of diversity and religous freedom.
However, in the African context it seems "religious freedom" means "delegitimize, marginalize and villianize local beliefs".
I'm not advocating for a return to the days of yonder, however, in the spirit of maintaining a flow of ideas and coming to a genuine and unbiased understanding of everyone's beliefs I think the treatment of indeginous beliefs has to change.
Also being that we're in Africa, a more enduring and positive spotlight should be shed on them.Like everyone else does, be it the Arabs with Islam in Arabia and the Indians with Hinduism in India.
At the end of the day this constant uncritical leaning on foreign dogmas and beliefs erodes the African self-concept and we're left with no positive re-inforcement other than to approach life from the position that our essence and what we believe is inherently evil coz everyone else is telling us that and we choose to believe it.
Should we cry when the Pope dies/
My request/
We should cry if they cried when we buried Malcolm X
Tupac : "Blasphemy"
Right now information and programmes on Ramadan are all over the box, soon after that the Christmas season celebrating the alleged "Son of God" will be slammed in our faces, followed soon after by Easter celebrating the "sacrfice of the son of man".
As if this is not enuff there are programmes on TV throughout the year dedicated specifically to Christian, Islamic, Jewish, Hindu and "alternative/new age" beliefs.
We live in Africa yet at best African religion and belief systems are covered under the "alternative" banner.
This shit pisses me off.Can u imagine Jews in Isreal paying more attention to another religion other than their own.
It seems like our colonial subjugation hasn't really ended.I mean we allow everyone else on the continent who have beliefs not indeginous to the continent to label local beliefs "demonic".
On top of that we believe them and ascribe to whatever alternative they're offering us.
Can u imagine stepping up to Palestine and telling the people there that Islam is "demonic" bcoz they don't believe in Christ as their "personal Lord and saviour".
This is exactly what happened and continues to happen in Africa but we allow this shit.
I mean why belive that some Jewish guy (No offence intended to Jews) who died over 2000 years ago is more capable of looking out for you than your own grandfather who u saw and who only died last week?
I'm an atheist myself who identifies with buddhism bcoz it is also atheistic and it stresses more on individual salvation so I appreciate the importance of diversity and religous freedom.
However, in the African context it seems "religious freedom" means "delegitimize, marginalize and villianize local beliefs".
I'm not advocating for a return to the days of yonder, however, in the spirit of maintaining a flow of ideas and coming to a genuine and unbiased understanding of everyone's beliefs I think the treatment of indeginous beliefs has to change.
Also being that we're in Africa, a more enduring and positive spotlight should be shed on them.Like everyone else does, be it the Arabs with Islam in Arabia and the Indians with Hinduism in India.
At the end of the day this constant uncritical leaning on foreign dogmas and beliefs erodes the African self-concept and we're left with no positive re-inforcement other than to approach life from the position that our essence and what we believe is inherently evil coz everyone else is telling us that and we choose to believe it.
Should we cry when the Pope dies/
My request/
We should cry if they cried when we buried Malcolm X
Tupac : "Blasphemy"