New African Hip Hop Radio show for January 2008 – www.africanhiphopradio.com
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January 2008 – To kick off 2008, also known as the eleventh year in the life of Africanhiphop.com, we are back with an extra long show from the headquarters. The presenting team of Drew & Juma4 is expanded with two new members who already contributed extensively to the African hip hop stable.
Dizzy K Falola: Africa’s first emcee?
Cover of his 1982 record ‘Excuse me baby’
Dj Threesixty is not new to the game: back in the nineties he produced tracks on the albums of Freestyle Fellowship and Outsidaz, and more recently he worked with Redman as well as African hip hop groups like Wa BMG44 from Senegal and X Plastaz from Tanzania. He currently has dj residencies in Germany and Switzerland and works on an album of his own group, Bamba Nazar and the Pilgrimage. Co-presenter GMB, from Cape Verdean origin living in the Netherlands has been pursueing an mc carreer and last year put out his first album, to much critical acclaim. In 2006, he came in second in GPVNL, the most prestigious national urban music competition.
Drew, Juma4, GMB and dj Threesixty present a show full of new goodies from a pan-African perspective, introducing the new albums of Kah (Kenya), Zaki and Sky 189 (South Africa) and African hip hop radio’s own, dj Wanlov. A couple of exclusives including a lost Nigerian rap from 1982 by Dizzy K, an unreleased Terror Mc track, new work from Stopa and Watengwa (Tanzania), Sway (UK/Ghana) and the original and very expensive (Ghanaian) record sampled on a track by Detroit rapper Guilty Simpson.
By now, Wanlov is already settled back in Ghana. The current non-stop dj mix is one of the last things he did before packing his bags! Our dj Lee from South Africa also met up with him in Accra for the Channel O Sprite Emcee Africa show, stay tuned for the full report on Africanhiphop.com.
Thanks to: Alwatan Kwele (USA), Luca – Bongo5.com (Tanzania), Uchenna (With Comb & Razor), PJ (Uptoyoutoo), Aevenger, Districtsix music, all the Africanhiphop.com forum users and the artists who sent us their cd’s (Africanhiphop.com, PO Box 10804, 1001 EV Amsterdam, the Netherlands).
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3 Comments
by Matthew Heggie
On January 22, 2008
yo wats up babkubwa, its prominent here from george south africa. I checked out your webpage and i must say i am very excited that their will be a new hiphop station in africa, its been a while.. currently i am touring with a band in cape town called saints of bliss, i am the mc.. i am also involved in hiphop production amongst other parts of the culture.. it has been my dream 4 five years now to take sa hiphop to the global picture, i know many other cats say the same thing but i have been through the highs and lows of this artform and am not gonna stop hustling.. therefore i wanted 2 ask a favour and i know this sounds crazy but i would love to do a small performance on air seeing as my demo is dropping this year.. i will be able to send some of my work for you to preview if you consider my suggestion.. i feel that this would be a great way to expose my art and to show that fresh, original hiphop still exists here in africa.. my email adress is the one i left on top.. reply if you can.. peace and good luck 4 the show.. prominent
by admin
On January 22, 2008
Sounds good Man – but babkubwa is not actually hosting this radio show. Go to http://www.africanhiphopradio.com and you’ll find all you need.
The shows been around for a while now, but fresh as ever. I’ll have to edit the above post and make it clear that its just quoted from another site! Peace
by tishari
On January 28, 2008
whats popping babkubwa?this tishari from nairobi kenya thats tha city in the sun baby,am happy to see that true hip hop has been recognised,am underground mc whose practising the art of double rhyming and wanted to know if me and ma clique(2kaz mobb)could do some ish in your show,hala at me if you feel me,but not to diss and lyrically kill me son,one!