Hype April/May

[cash]

the mag loses credibility everytime there is no Crackboys cover.

Realest shit i ever wrote!

[K9 tha Pedigree]

  hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahhhaahah, Cash pls dont start, lmao dang

[Dpleezy]

You know I hate to be critical, but the review of B. Sharpa is terrible.

The reviewer starts by asking "Was it (the album) worth the wait?". This question is never answered.

You can't review an album by just describing what a few of the tracks are about! Sure, you can pick up on themes that run through an album, but to state that, "Ben Sharpa points out the wrong-doings of the government in most of his tracks", is just factually incorrect. Maybe 3 or 4 out of 21 tracks have anything to do with the government.

The reviewer also states, "Callin' It Quits (We're Here) is on that boom bap tip as it sets a tone for the rest of the album". Again, factually incorrect!! How can anyone call a track by Milanese 'boom bap'!? If you read this review you'll have no idea what the album is actually like. There's only one track on the album that can be called boom bap.

Cats should really start exposing themselves to some international music reviews and up their game!

[the panic!]

You know I hate to be critical, but the review of B. Sharpa is terrible.

The reviewer starts by asking "Was it (the album) worth the wait?". This question is never answered.

You can't review an album by just describing what a few of the tracks are about! Sure, you can pick up on themes that run through an album, but to state that, "Ben Sharpa points out the wrong-doings of the government in most of his tracks", is just factually incorrect. Maybe 3 or 4 out of 21 tracks have anything to do with the government.

The reviewer also states, "Callin' It Quits (We're Here) is on that boom bap tip as it sets a tone for the rest of the album". Again, factually incorrect!! How can anyone call a track by Milanese 'boom bap'!? If you read this review you'll have no idea what the album is actually like. There's only one track on the album that can be called boom bap.

Cats should really start exposing themselves to some international music reviews and up their game!

yo D i'm with you 100 percent. Milanese boom-bap? wow, just wow. (what you think of Switch, by the way - that cat and Sinden are making major moves in the UK and internationally). you should pm me a Sharpa press release to pa** over to a boy of mine - he writes pretty decent criticism and works for a major media outlet. feels the same way you do, in fact. otherwise i'd say throw something at rob_one, but he doesn't come close to local stuff, it seems.

[rob_one]

You know I hate to be critical, but the review of B. Sharpa is terrible.

The reviewer starts by asking "Was it (the album) worth the wait?". This question is never answered.

You can't review an album by just describing what a few of the tracks are about! Sure, you can pick up on themes that run through an album, but to state that, "Ben Sharpa points out the wrong-doings of the government in most of his tracks", is just factually incorrect. Maybe 3 or 4 out of 21 tracks have anything to do with the government.

The reviewer also states, "Callin' It Quits (We're Here) is on that boom bap tip as it sets a tone for the rest of the album". Again, factually incorrect!! How can anyone call a track by Milanese 'boom bap'!? If you read this review you'll have no idea what the album is actually like. There's only one track on the album that can be called boom bap.

Cats should really start exposing themselves to some international music reviews and up their game!

yo D i'm with you 100 percent. Milanese boom-bap? wow, just wow. (what you think of Switch, by the way - that cat and Sinden are making major moves in the UK and internationally). you should pm me a Sharpa press release to pa** over to a boy of mine - he writes pretty decent criticism and works for a major media outlet. feels the same way you do, in fact. otherwise i'd say throw something at rob_one, but he doesn't come close to local stuff, it seems.

Erm, yes I do.

http://robboffard.com/page9.htm

Scroll down a bit. There's a whole bunch more I've yet to up. I've been writing about African hip-hop for quite some time. And that includes Hype, though they've never asked me to write reviews for them.

I haven't read the Sharpa review but it seems a bit bizarre to say the least. Who wrote it?

[Dpleezy]

haven't read the Sharpa review but it seems a bit bizarre to say the least. Who wrote it?

Only listed as 'TTP'.

I think the problem with a lot of SA music critics is that they don't have a very deep knowledge of music. They seem to just give good reviews to what they like rather than be able to step back and critically analyse the music and judge it in context of other music in its specific genre.

Another example of weird journalism: 'HH' comments on Zubz's album, "Cochlear is a compelling body of work that deserves cla**ic status", yet it only gets rated as 3 out of 5 for production and 4 out of 5 for delivery. Not exactly ratings for cla**ic status.

[rob_one]

TTP is Thapelo Raputhi (on here as T2da, and formerly/currently? of The Bridge.) I don't know who HH is.

Didn't you write a review or two for them D?

[Dpleezy]

TTP is Thapelo Raputhi (on here as T2da, and formerly/currently? of The Bridge.) I don't know who HH is.

Didn't you write a review or two for them D?

Hahah,, so he's gonna give me shit for what i said now

[Dpleezy]

Didn't you write a review or two for them D?

I wrote one yes. On Zubz.

[MrC The Rap God Almighty]

Got this yesterday. WOW !!! Wackest Hype CD ever.

[General Ratzinger van Stilzkin]

Got this yesterday. WOW !!! Wackest Hype CD ever.

i wasnt even able to get thru the whole mag...

[Tonnes]

will get the mag...haven't listen to more than 2 tracks since vol.13.

[Alcohol Abuser]

Got this yesterday. WOW !!! Wackest Hype CD ever.

Bought the mag last week and havent listened to the CD for obvious reasons.

[MrC The Rap God Almighty]

That Villa Cannon joints is butter though.

[motho]

You know I hate to be critical,

u dont, really?