South African Hip Hop is Hip Hop that you can tell is from South Africa, either through the cultural references in the lyrics, the language, the slang, the accent, or a musical style.
I agree with D.Its all about the frame of reference.
As far as what Cash says I disagree bcoz all those things he's talking about as repping Hip-Hop evolved out of an American context and they portray an American frame of reference.
The question is what is our frame of reference and how do we portray that to everyone else?
My view is that our frame of reference can be found in the everyday experiences we have from our own language, slang, accents, dress sense and musical composition style.
Hip-Hop is just music and what's the point of doing music when ur own people can't relate.
In the States their own people relate to what's being put out but why not here?
The reason I think is bcoz artists here adopt a frame of reference that the people can't relate to.
This debate is a very relevant debate bcoz it goes to the issue of the perspective adopted by SA and African Hip-Hop in general and how relevant and effective that perspective is at reaching the African people.