the now legendary thread http://www.africasgateway.com/forums/index.php?topic=25853.0this shit should be in the guinness book of records for most number of initiation jokes in history
do u guys accept self ethers? i want to put a self ether on the nomination list
Quote from: Dpleezy on April 09, 2009, 09:45:23 AM“Here in SA, a new generation of conceptual hip-hop heads are charting new rhyme territories. Soweto-born underground hero Ben Sharpa’s debut B. Sharpa manages to violate your brain and set your a** boiling. His raps are a whip of agitprop street academia, internet references, science fiction and pop culture, while production combines everything from Sega sound effects to electro-industrialism - a managerie of gritty cop-show out-takes and synth swoops that will evoke the nightmares of b-boys of old.”- GQ Magazine (SA)Miles Keylock is the best music journalist writing in SA - and one of the best doing it internationally. dude has been at it for years and his knowledge of music genres and their fusion; post-modern tamperings, meetings and mashes; and hyper-consumed popular culture dating from the 70s to the present, is nothing short of encyclopaedic. he writes across genres easily and is always, always informed - not so much because of research but because of access .if youre getting these type of reviews why bother yourself with a blurb from hype? (no offence ttp). the thing is to even appreciate this kind of writing (to follow the references) you need to have a cosmopolitan mindset. the quoted magazines set out to demand this from their readers. hype? not so much. its as straight laced as they come. hip hop elementary if anything. so id say factual f*** ups and all ttp held it down for the hype bunch. he spoke their language and their references. again no offence ttp, but i thought it was common sense to know what to expect in terms of quality from a publication. i wouldnt be surprised by mediocre writing in Y mag or the Sun for example.
“Here in SA, a new generation of conceptual hip-hop heads are charting new rhyme territories. Soweto-born underground hero Ben Sharpa’s debut B. Sharpa manages to violate your brain and set your a** boiling. His raps are a whip of agitprop street academia, internet references, science fiction and pop culture, while production combines everything from Sega sound effects to electro-industrialism - a managerie of gritty cop-show out-takes and synth swoops that will evoke the nightmares of b-boys of old.”- GQ Magazine (SA)
