Cashless Society - Afrcan Raw Materials Vol.1

a tribute to Snazz D

It was when I was fiddling through my CD collexion that I came across the CD, ‘African Raw Material Vol.1’ by Cashless Society that my younger brother bought back in 2003, I decided to write a piece on it. What a classic. On top of that, I felt it’s appropriate to do a tribute to one of the members, Snazz Tha Dictator, for representing Mzansi on the Channel O’s Sprite Emcee Africa and taking the title. Well done son! Taking on Africa’s best battle emcees can’t be easy unless you put an amour of dictatorship within u, like Snazz did. The nigga has been hustlin from battles to ciphers to guest appearances on Hip-Hop albums, tasted the overseas waters and to hooking up with the crew Cashless, but all the hustlin has paid up. He’s a nigga on demand now and arguably the illest MC in Africa, talk bout perseverance, hard work and raw talent. Snazz said it himself in an interview with Lee Katsumba after he won the Sprite Africa Emcee, that he considered himself a g8t MC b’cuz he’s bridging the gap between the past nd the future. And I say ‘Dankie son’ Cape Town stand up!

Back to my little incident, ‘African Raw Materials Vol.1’ a combination of eight genius lyricists put together on one plate, I’m taking of X amount, Criminal, Draztik, Fat Free, Black Intellect, Gemini, Tizeye and of course Snazz D. Do you feel me? Africa’s weapon of mass destruction, released under Unreleased records back in 2003, produced by Gemini and the consistent Draztik. The album was and still is one of the best produced by Mzansi. Remember ‘Hottentots hop Bantu 1,2’ with the famous punch line ‘ sippin umqombothi/ through a walk-talki / with my wife electronica on a hologram’ and the much loved ‘Dolly Partin’, the album dangles on verge between underground and commercial but aimed at staunch Hip-Hop fanatix. All the tracks is like a joint venture of punch lines. Hardcore. Tracks like accident Heroes, life@ jumping jack, taxi wars, 8-3-1 featuring the young Maggz carry the 15 track album, but you’ve got ‘Bring it on’ featuring the legendary Mizchief which is forgettable. ‘Dolly Partin’ is a hidden track but it’s the cream to the cake, classic track, again Snazz you’ve done it son. The sad part is them niggas hav enbarked on diff individual projects and it doesn't luk like we gonna have another project like this. Sad isin't, but put this one in your collexion, its Hip-Hop package you gotta have.

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