Tag: Cape Town Hip Hop
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YoungstaCPT…
One day I’ll write about how inspiring it’s been to watch Youngsta’s journey from the sideline. This image, taken during a rehearsal break in 2014, will have to suffice while I think up the one thousand words. *You can click here for all Youngsta-related news.
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Possible Hipe x Saturn Project
I thought it was a hoax when I stumbled upon this link on my facebook timeline. Two heavyweight producers Hipe and Saturn, both based in Cape Town at different points in their lives. Saturn lives in Finland now, and Hipe is still producing classic hip-hop music in his chambers for the likes of Cream, Jaak,…
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Dookoom EP
“Fresh for 1652. You suckerrrs!” hollers Cape Town emcee Isaac Mutant in a revisionist nod to the KRS-One of yester-year – staring out of his window like Malcolm X, with an Uzi in his right hand and a heavy dose of paranoia hidden behind his sunglasses. Yet unlike that depiction – somewhat staged – Mutant’s…
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Ill Skillz – To The Beat Y’all
I met these guys in 2008 during my first year in Cape Town. I saw them give their first performance with a live band, the Ill Skillz Playaz, at Zula Sound Bar in front of roughly fifty people. I’ve also seen them rock a 5, 000-strong crowd of university students. I wrote about them in…
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