ColourFULL – JR

There is no doubt abt it, Mzansi Hip Hop is raising like the sea level in the Antactica and JR is in the middle of it but he best describes it as ColourFULL. He made SA knw who he was with the ‘gata lenna’ tune and yes we took notice, motswako nation expanded and the man knwn as JR became a house hold name in the rap scene up till to this moment. Well it is 2010 and the nigga is making music and to be clear it is ColourFULL as it gets. He reminds me of Andre 3000 nd Big Boi wen they started without the bling. JR knws how 2 make a dope tune u can dance to within the perimeters of Hip hop, I listen to ‘aga shame’ his first single of the album and yes u guessed its motswako. Then came ‘go JR’, ‘hao Jaive’ ft Thebe nd Nothende and ‘show dem ft HHP, it’s a marathon of the nigga spitting punch lines dat, don’t really hit u back or chill yr spine but r hard to forget. Xpecially with the way his delivering the lyrics on the fast paced beats its hard not to fall in love with dis motswakolisto, he says “I can’t stop nje nge VW e phele ma-brake pads”. There r tracks like ColourFull Music ft TeePee nd O Batshabe ft Bantu Sould & Bloque which I think were saved by those individual respectively. On the other hand N’ veigh came on track # 10 called ‘toast to da nu breed’ and he literally kicked JR’ s ass on 16 bars, the nigga forgot abt the ColourFULL musique nd he raped nd im pleased to say the track rocks, so is track # 11 Y B R F( Young, black, rich & Famous). JR took time to come up with dis one but im questioning his commitment to the project, like the fact dat the CD has only eight original tracks if u take out the intro, outro, skit and the remix. Dis is a very beautiful, nice music 4 my collekxion nd maybe 4 u too. Remember, spin n span, we do it 4 Hip Hop, we do it 4 art and we do it 4 the Love.

Battle of the Month

the ANC youth league Pres is taking on the Mighty Media, in wat we call 'Me(lena) against the world'

Julius Malema
a.k.a JUJU

Ya’ll kno u can’t touch me/
Ya’ll kno I’m da ultimate G
I’m da future of A.N.C/
I’m da future of this country/
Although I got a little cheddar/
The poor r with me, cause they think I’ll make their lives a little betta/
Go ahead n blabber/
I ain’t part of the companies u speak of / I sit back n throw a Molotov cocktail at ya/
Ask my lawyers/ I ain’t got tym 2 engage with racists/
The media be out to Sabotage me/
Ya’ll dnt wanna c a black diamond shine/ U’ll ppl wanna shine on my shine/ get ur own n steady ur own/
Yeah I might hav a Range Rover/ Yeah I myt b livin in a mansion/ So what?/
Mandela gave me da Freedom to pursue this riches/ n with a little extra cash I myt score sum bitches/
Ya’ll been sent by ppl who wana c me turn into nuthin/ But with so much support this shit will turn into nuthin/
Fuck SARS let them investigate/ I’ll get the president, n he’ll clear my name/
Ya’ll playing games/ this ppl God in my name/

The Media
a.k.a T.M

We need sum explanations/ With so much poverty that we facing /
Greedy Niggaz ain’t needed/Malema, the almighty one/ U can fool sum but we ain’t the ones/
U still a major Shareholder in ur companies/ u screwing the ur ppl claiming u dwn with the poor/
Believing u cant be touched/ We’s about 2v get u hushed/ Ur whole image is about 2 be flushed/ like ish dwn the sewer/
U reckon u omnipotent/ rolling in a rover/Drinking Moet n all that/ all because of ur political affiliations/
U getting 80% of the cake in Limpopo/n thus ur fellow brothers r gonna b hobos/
Explain ur R140 mill/ explain why u ain’t paid ur tax bill/
In essence u dnt give a fuck bout the youth u claim 2 represent/
All u want 2 be is a black diamond/
Although diamonds r flawless/ U’ve proven 2 be one that is flawed/
Busy shakin ur ur pants cause the may be an audit/ Juju Malema u askede for it/

We All Take Refuge in L.O.V.E

On dis lovely Valentine’s Day 14 Feb. 10, which I sadly spend alone; I think its safe 2 say, like rapper Common did “we knw wat luv is, we can even find it in the ground where da thugs live” how beautiful is dat line? 32 dayz after one of the biggest earthquake hit the small nation of Haiti we found ourselves celebrating dis pimped out version of love; Valentine. “Fair is foul n foul is fair”…well we r really leaving in a cataclysmic world and the closest salvation to dis drama is sharing da Luv within ourselves nd amongst ourselves. It sound cliché but it’s biblical. I’m xcited, and not cuz of dis commercialised overrated romantic month but b’cuz the Hip Hop community has come 2gether in times of need 4 da Haitians. It is clear dat wat hit Haiti cannot b comprehended or compared 2 anything according 2 one of SABC journalist but the love, the compassion and sympathy dat my Hip Hop community has shown is beyond the guns nd Hennessy they rap abt. In the month of love niggas had 2 dig deep 2 find theirs, but wen they do it cums with bling and dignity.

The Haitian born Wyclef Jean came through 4 his brothas & sistas tremendously in dis agonising times of need. Mr Wyclef did not only use his Twitter network service 2 create ‘YELE’ an charity organisation aid 4 the Haitians but he also pleaded on his blog, with da world to pray nd support them. He even released a single called “Hold on’ Ft Mavado dedicated to his hometown, which apparently is available on Itunes. It’s a side we don’t get 2 c often with the Hip Hop generation but inspiring 2 knw dat niggas care. Dis is wher 'Luv yr hood nd recognize iz al gud' come through. With the remake of Wacko Jacko’s ‘We R The World’’ which iz 4 the benefit of Haiti, rap stars came rushing in for the remake version, from LL Cool J to Drake to Snoop Dogg…it’s a refreshing thought. HHP nd other Mzansi cats joined in the wagon 2 contribute 2 the disastrous events of the earthquake. Its just unfortunate dat we show our affection side in times like dis but wat would the world b without the love dat we share….”how beautiful love can b/on the streetz love its hard 2 c/ it’s a place I got 2 b/ loving u its loving me” Common.

4 the small Hip Hop community of Haiti – ‘aluta continua’

Wat a Christmas special? – Luv yr hood Hip Hop Session

‘Luv yr hood nd recognise its al gud’…. It all took one cat 2 realize dat Shatale and the rest of Bushbuckridge is full of potential nd he started wat is called Luv yr hood Hip Hop sessions. Wat a blast, on the 26th of December I was invited 2 xperienced a phenomenal event, the sixth instalment to Luv yr hood session after missing five of them. Once again, Katsuko came through; we invaded Kabila’s car wash @ zone 2 as young, gifted and artistic youth of Bushbuckridge. From every cnr of Mapulaneng headz came through in numbers and the session had everything a hip hop event could have from classical rap beats, break dancing, poetry to MC’s freestyling and I was there 2 witness it all.

Katsuko took the stage together with Mr Tu from the infamous Majembeng township on a freestyle tip with a catchy hook ‘batho ba shota’, the crowd was charmed by Mr Tu’s special deliveries and ppl started pouring in. It was a great start dat was followed by performances from H-Lepulana, Kfbee, G7, Dialetic and a special treat of performance from one of the members of Kwame xperience, a young lady called Nkutu. She brought the show to the climax with superb vocals accompanied by a freestyling flow then the Hip hop dancers took 2 the dance floor. The boys did their thing, got xcited a bit as young gals screamed their lungs out and they started battling. The crowd was amused as the day progressed towards the end of 2009, like I said it was a Xmas special a Hip Hop special treat straight out of Mapulaneng. Big up to all the MC’s dat grace the stage and laced the verse, we doing it the art, 4 the love, 4 the youth….we doing it 4 Hip Hop

Luv Ur Hood Sessions

The 3rd instalment of Luv Ur Hood hip hop sessions went down on da 3rd of October 2009. Held @ Ga- Kabila’s car wash ko Shatale Zone 2, the 3rd instalment went by without the cops disturbing the peace. What can a Kaffir say but 2 break down da proceedings of da day.

Retired rappers, journalists n ur average boy n girl in the Ghetto came through to listen to Emcees spit. The show was ‘possed 2 start @ 14h00 but due to the masses using African tym we had to get on stage at 15h00. Mr Do got on Stage n gave the masses a welcome with his track ‘Batho Ba Shota’, which gave everybody a laugh. The masses where by now settled n I figure they felt @ home.

Matrix Virus got on stage next n did his freebies. The kid has alot of potential but he seems to be more of a booth emcee rather than a performer. The whole set up da Sessions is dat 1 perfomer graces the MIC n gives 1 track @ a tym, n anada Emcee gets on the MIC n so on. H-Lepulana got on the MIC next n told a story of how the sessions began. Mr Do graced the staged one more tym to perform his hit ‘Re Thoma Go Ekwa.’

As the day progressed we had more performances by these artists n Kfbee also came through with his Boyz n gave us freebies. Later on the day we had a battle by dance crews The mighty killaz n a Crew 4rm Majembeni put on a show to everybody's applause.

To most of the peolpe’s disapproval, at about 18h00 the session had to cum 2 an end. The3rd session was another step forward in getting the people of Bushbuckridge to appreciate this art of Hip Hop.

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Hip – Hop vs. Kwaito - Hello Decdember!!!!

It has been said dat Hip Hop is dead, well dats was a statement consciously uttered by Nas and got critisized for it. In Mzansi the suspicion was that Kwaito is evaporating into thin air in the rise of Hip Hop and the ever so popular dance music which we call House. Kwaito, the music dat has been the evolution of Mzansi black pop culture since the then bubble gum. It rose from the townships, Mandela got freed, then it spread like a virus into the urban 2 the surrounding neighbours, before we knew it, everyone was jamming to the sounds of New School, Mashamplani, Aba Shante, Alaska, Trompies, B.O.P, Athur Mafokate, Boom Shaka, Ma-Wallies, Chiskop, Thebe, TKzee, Mdu, Skeem and Makhendlas. @ the same time of that Kwaito euphoria, there was a small portion of Mzansi reballattis listing 2 the mixture of revolution underground and gangster Hip Hop coming from overseas and I was part of that minority. The likes of Public Enemy, NWA and WuTang Clang; they were making more sense 2 us than a pair of All-Star sneakers, sporty nd a pair of khaki Dickies. The culture of kwaito came to its climax in the late 90s, early ‘00 when Mandoza did the cross over version there was a swamp of kwaito artist, it was called the new era of kwaito, the likes of Zola, Mzambiya, Mshoza, Mapaputsi, Bricks, Brown Dash etc. The vibe of Manyisa and Twalatza deteriorated @ the time when minority of Hip Hop listeners decided 2 build an industry out of wat they luv. Kwaito was dying, the artist where no longer cracking it though, they wanted 2 build their careers on drug using reputation, while only DJ’s where selling gold, platinum and so fourth.

Kabelo aka Buga Luv aka the Preacher denied the fact that kwaito was on the verge of survival, just like Nas, he tried to resurrect it with his consistent 'dubula, dubula' hits, which I applaud but the new genre of Mzansi Hip hop was making it hard for artist 2 sell their units in thousand. As part of this Hip Hop evolution, I got 2 take off my hat at the resilience and the hard work of my fellow Mzasi cats. I mean, Hip hop came out and it was criticised like Manto-Msimang’s Aids speech abt beetroot and African potatoes, but these cats meant biznis, they defied the power of gravity. Dankie son! Now why Hip Hop vs. Kwaito? Simple, summer is here, ‘Hello December’, Tkzee declared in confirmation that summer was a period of hits 2 b made and millions 2 b made. In 2009, Hip hop cats hav now joined the band wagon in releasing their hit single during summer; this is a trend in Mzansi which was dominated by the likes of Mzekezeke, Arthur, Mdu & TKzee in their prime but im proud to say that the revolution has just begun. Teargas, Mr Selwyn, Porverb, Jozi, L’Tido, Prokid, 5th floor, Skwata Kamp, JR etc. they’ve all released hit joints which r getting enormous airplay on national radios and the videos circulating our screens . This does not only mean dat Hip Hop its writing its history but they r changing the target market. This is a strategy dat even great kwaito moguls didn’t anticipate; rap is somehow stealing their customers. All these cums in with the much anticipated Hype Hip Hop awards around the corner The competition has just become tighter than our politics, when the police r changing clause and laws we r changing lanes from two way route 2 a freeway.

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BATTLE OF THE MONTH

The former police boss JS takes on the National Prosecuting Authority, u decide who ripped the mic

Jackie Selibe
aka The Commisioner

Dey say u innocent till proven guilty/
But in this instance/
It seems I’m guilty till proven innocent/
Personal Vendettas/
To get ur lives a little beta/
Seeing the need to get the C.I.A n F.B.I to infiltrate S.A/
U hav to get the Scorpions to stay/
I guess dats how power plays/
But every nite I pray/
Thus url can’t defeat a true G/
Let he who has no sin cast the first stone/
Pikolo n Ngcuka shud I mention the benefits url received 4rm Kebble/
The news will probably make the country trebble/
Mining rights is what ur after/
But url gosta use the N.P.A/
To create my Doomsday/
But I ain’t easily slayed/
Like a dragon/
I’ll be spittin fire throughout the court proceedings/

N. P.A
aka the Scorpio vernom

We authorised 2 prosecute anybody nationally/
Thus it’s ur turn Jackie Selibe/
U bizy livin lavish/
Tryin 2 get the Scorpions to hush/
Makin friends in high places/
Havin no regard of what their trade is/
Expensive gifts/
Ur handz in the devil’s waters u dipped/
Defeating the endz of Justice/
Lady Justice has been fucked a whole lot of tyms/
N now it comes to an end/
Rulz u can no longer bend/
Watz the deals with Aglliotti/
He kinda reminds us of Gotti/
We ain’t buyin ur story/
We out 4 the glory/
Of finding u guilty/
U was a cop dat was filthy