22 posts tagged “spaza”
I have to say, Back to the City was AMAZING! I can't big up Domz, Osmic and the whole crew enough for the work they put into making the event the massive success it was. It really made me feel proud to be part of the SA hip hop movement!
We arrived straight from the airport and joined a panel discussion about the state of South African hip hop. The panel included Mizi from Hype Magazine, and Slikour and Sugasmaxx from Ventilation Productions. Everything from local music quotas, the quality of production, being self-motivated, unity in SA hip hop, making it overseas and wearing South African designer clothes was discussed. Hopefully everyone went away feeling more positive about SA hip hop.
When the show started there were too many dope performances to mention, but my personal highlights were HHP, F-Eezy, Young Nations and El Nino performing ama Vuvuzela (El Nino's verse brought the house down) and of course, Driemanskap.
Drie were performing new material from their soon to be released album, Igqabhukil’ Inyongo for the first time in J-Section. Judging by the crowd's reaction, the boys are going to take the country by storm. All I can say is that I was grinning like a fool for the whole performance and the boys made me proud!
I'm already looking forward to Back to the City 2010!
Check out some photos by Anne-Sophie Leens...
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Check out the full set of photos (18) on Flickr
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Last weekend in Cape Town, cellular service provider, MTN, officially launched their mobile digital music download platform MTN Xploaded. The launch was a 3 day event that started with a press preview at the Radisson hotel on Friday. On Saturday and Sunday there were live performances at the Waterfront Amphitheater. Needless to say, Rah, Kritsi and Vux rocked the spot on all three days.
Tracks from Rattex's debut album Bread and Butter are currently available for download either online or directly from your cellphone via MTN Xploaded. Check it out!
Rah and Kritsi rock the press (click for larger image).
The Scooter Dance (click for larger image).
Get down (click for larger image).
Rockin' the Waterfront (click for larger image).
Hold up (click for larger image).
Rah and Kritsi (click for larger image).
Throw your hands in the air (click for larger image).
Crowd getting down (click for larger image).
Kritsi and Rah having fun (click for larger image).
Spaza rock star (click for larger image).
Check out the full set of photos (29) on Flickr
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Driemanskap have been working around the clock on their debut album, Igqabhukil' Inyongo. I can say without any hype, it's going to take SA by storm - there hasn't been anything this powerful since POC.
We know you're hungry for the album to drop but hold tight fam - soon come! In the mean time, Ma-B and El Nino blessed a killer Hipe production yesterday. Check out eKapa Silapha (Cape Town, We're here)...
eKapa Silapha - Driemanskap - MP3 - (7.29 MB)
eKapa Silapha - Driemanskap - ZIP - (6.15 MB)
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Check out the brand new video for Snakes and Fakes by Driemanskap. The beat is by El Nino who will be handling quite a bit of the production on their forthcoming album, Igqabhukil' Inyongo. Expect the album in stores in May this year.
You can also download Snakes and Fakes here...
Snakes and Fakes - Driemanskap - MP3 - (12.59 MB)
Snakes and Fakes - Driemanskap - ZIP - (11.5 MB)
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Check out some video footage of Driemanskap in studio working on their new album, Igqabhukil' Inyongo, which we will be releasing in May this year. Beat by Planet Earth.
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Rattex is kicking off 2009 with a brand new banger called, Ndiselapha. For those of you who don't speak isiXhosa that means, 'I'm still here'. More FIRE!! Check it out...
Ndiselapha - Rattex - MP3 - (7.22 MB)
Ndiselapha - Rattex - ZIP - (6.58 MB)
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Your boy Rah is getting his shine on in Hype Magazine this month. Go straight to page 31 for a bit of background on Spaza, how Ratteezy started out and what's it's like being signed to an indy label.
If you can't afford to buy the magazine, click on the photo above (you'll be taken to Flickr.com), then click on 'all sizes' and read the interview online.
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Check out this Planet Earth remix of Da Real Shit by Rattex from his album, Bread and Butter.
Da Real Shit (Planet Earth Remix) - Rattex - MP3 - (5 MB)
Da Real Shit (Planet Earth Remix) - Rattex - ZIP - (4.97 MB)
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We had a great day shooting the video for Welcome to Khaltsha in Khayelitsha yesterday. For those who don't know, 'Khaltsha' is the local slang for 'Khayelitsha'. After a bit of a late start we managed to complete our shot list by 6.30pm, just in time to catch the second half of Arsenal beating Chelsea!
We started the day at the Khayelitsha sign near Lookout Hill before moving to a variety of locations including Lookout Hill itself, Vuyani's meat spot, the Site C taxi rank, the barber's shop in Mandela Park and various spaza shops. We ended up at Solly's Tavern in Mandela Park where Rattex and Kritsi got on stage and broke up the DJ's house set to perform Welcome to Khaltsha. Initially people seemed a bit skeptical as the house beats gave way to Hipe's banging hip hop anthem, but as soon as people heard the first chorus where Rah proudly proclaims, "Khayelitsha made me", everyone went crazy.
Everywhere we went, Rah got nothing but love and good vibes. While we were shooting people constantly jumped in to the shots to dance and hype up the hooks. The enthusiasm and pride people expressed that one of their own sons was making moves was amazing.
With mass media constantly brainwashing us with foreign product, one of our missions at Pioneer Unit is to make South Africans proud of where they come from. We want to do this by creating our own iconography and showing the world how we live down here. We hope we've captured a slice of life in Khayelitsha to show South Africa and the rest of the world.
Check out some photos of the day...
Rah chillin' in front of a shack (click for larger image).
Rah performing a verse (click for larger image).
Khaltsha kids (click for larger image).
Discussing the next location to shoot (click for larger image).
Bling ring (click for larger image).
Barber shop scene (click for larger image).
Kritsi shaves Rah's head while Anne-Sophie shoots (click for larger image).
Kritsi gets old skool with the boom box at the taxi rank (click for larger image).
Anne-Sophie filming at Solly's Tavern (click for larger image).
Rah and Kritsi on stage at Solly's (click for larger image).
Crowd at Solly's Tavern goes wild (click for larger image).
Showing love (click for larger image).
A well-earned beer at the end of the shoot! (click for larger image).
Check out the full set of photos on Flickr
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Check out the brand new video for Get Down by Rattex, featuring Kritsi Ye'Spaza.
Artist: Rattex feat. Kritsi Ye'Spaza
Track: Get Down
Producer: Dplanet
Album: Bread and Butter
Release year: 2008
Record label: Pioneer Unit
Director: Anne-Sophie Leens / Nick Potgieter
Editor, Post & Grading: Apartment Studios
Producer: Apartment Studios
Hair & Make Up: Claudia De Gouveia
Stylist - Girls: Lisa De Klerk
Stylist - Boys: Apartment Studios
Clothing: Butan Wear & FOC
Thanks to Kopano and Zinzi (dancers), Brad at Propaganda Studios, Sean at Cinegate and Emma Carpenter.
©2008. Pioneer Unit Records.
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