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The
Unfolding/Blossoming S.A. Scene
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The
scene is very strong and confident of what its doing
and its already meeting the global standards. The
beauty of it is that we in S.A. got a lot of stories
to tell, alot of them haven’t yet been told
too. No disrespect but we got more interesting stories
to tell then a lot of the shit thats around today
globally, we got our own unique music on the continent…and
we in Hip Hop are trying to put all those elements
together to create a clear picture. Also in terms
of beatmaking, lyrical contents and delivery, our
African MC’s are unique…no duplications. |
The S.A. Underground scene is big…its
actually creeping up thru the whole continent, especially
in Southern Africa in terms of the exchange of S.A cats
and cats from outside… Its quite a hot spot for people
from outside. Hip Hop is an inspiration for a lot of kids
out here and also the older folk is starting to realize
that this is not only a hobby but we are actually building
a career out of it and sustaining it. Also to convey a message…
we are a nation that came out of struggle…
We always had a movement of consciousness behind what we
do… Hip Hop is now serving as a medium to relay that
consciousness in relation to circumstances to what we faced
with in this new era, new dispensation. We basically out
here to spread the message, to exchange thoughts / ideas,
to expose the bullshit of these conspiracy motha fuckers.
To shed the light, to shed the light on truth and LIVE!!The
things that are felt the most on a day-to-day level, is
that some new doors have opened, more opportunities for
cats in Hip Hop to come out and live. There is alot of youth
oriented programmes and funds as a result of the process
of democritization ...take the good out of everything and
leave the rest alone.
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Yeah there are enough clichés
floating around in peoples minds...like 10 years of Democracy
and all of that… its a good vibe, a good thing, a
positive concept that is suppose to up-lift us all, but
whats been happening is that there are alot of people that
aren’t even accessed by concepts like democracy, like
they can’t get to that…like its democracy...
but its up there on the mountain type of thing. You got
to go to war in order to achieve that thing. Ultimitely
it effects the work of Hip Hop artists in a way that we
can comment on it, but we not trying to swim in that mainstream
shit.
The government and the ruling classes
are trying the paint a pretty picture to the world about
the new S.A. Like the Department of Trade and Industry used
graffiti artists (JHB-based MSE crew) just before the 1994-elections
to launch a small business campaign. These graff-writers
were committioned to do graff-style advertisement of the
governments initiative to assist small business ventures
in township and poor income areas. The fact of the matter
is that one of these writers are currently in jail facing
illegal graff charges. What now?…Yeah everything looks
a little different but thats what they want you to think,
if it looks different then it must obviously be different…Shit
hasn’t really changed its still the same…its
just at the surface that it looks different. The same people
who had their fingers in the pie is still running the economy,
still running everything. Its all good if graffiti suites
them but if it doesn’t sell, lock them up and throw
away the key. Shit is getting heavy, cats are getting shot
at, hunted down. So everytime you go out to paint trains
there is a chance that you can die, there are private police
that are trigger happy. Cats have dodgged bullets…its
no lie!
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The scene has come along way since
the days of Prophets of the City and The Base days... The
older cats really paved the way and nuff shout out to the
Shayeen's, Jazzmo's, Rozanno's, Ready D's, Falko's, Black
Noises's and a list that the space here don't allow us to
continue...but the fucking shitstem has made a commodity
of the shit... now you can catch a Pep Stores / Edgars and
whatnot advert blatently, blasphemasely using Hip Hop to
up their sales in their adolescent department. Yeah they
using graffiti in the background with some cat spinning
on his head...its like high-fashion.'Hey mommy, I like that!
can I buy that...', type of thing. Someone is making more
money from this and its not the Hip Hop heads reaping the
benefits. Africa got a very unique placing on a global scale...its
right smack in the centre (mr.Venter)of the your bullshit,
influenced (actually fucked) from all angles and we at the
base of mother continent have bare witness to the whole
unfolding fucking skabangle...the dialy shananigans of the
Third World Hustlers! We've heared and seen most of what
the world got to offer and what do they know about us...
Johny Clegg and PJ Powers... Well hold on to your bra-strapps
and tighten your laces, cause the shit from our side is
about to fucken kill shit world wide. Our time has come
and the time is now...Clean out your ears and open your
minds and wallets...link with our cats thru the net, book
our artist for your Festivals, put our cats on your radio
play-lists and buy our CD's... for the time has come. The
time is now... The building blocks are in place... lets
build some ill shit!
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