He has no album or mixtape out- well, not one you’ve probably heard of anyway, but if his debut was a blank disc, he’d probably sell more than a lot of these old rappers. (We see you Dreezy.) Once tipped by HHH as the kid who got next, he now runs with new breed of hustler/allrounder Spencer Kitson’s Hearstreet conglomerate. Meet Poet The Sonnet- if you haven’t already. Recovering from the recent loss of his father, one of Cap City’s favourite adopted sons breaks it down for you smart dumb cats on the future of hip hop in the beloved.
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June 12th, 2009
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True story: I sent Cap City beatmaker Trompie aka Bleksperm these questions to answer and got them back the next day. Now if you haven’t picked up anything unusual about that previous sentence (no, it’s not grammatical), it’s the fact that in between his crazy schedule producing, recording and mixing for the likes of Flex Boogie, Boy Wonder, N’Veigh, and myself, he still managed to send them back to me in 24 hours. Now there I was caught off-guard, coz I was only expecting to put up the interview at least a week later, going through his answers editing the text when it hit me; Eff it I’m going to put up everything as he sent it back to me verbatim; Raw and unedited. All access.
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Karabo Keepile
The first hour or so was spent outside trying to decide if parting with our last R100 was worth it or not. Who was this Zaki Ibrahim?
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Although Questlove is better known as a drummer for the Philadelphia based Hip-Hop band The Roots, Ahmir Khalib Thompson is also a producer, music journalist and as the crowd at Carfax on December 12th found out, a killer DJ.
During his solo tour to South Africa, Questlove like most international artists expressed his excitement in finally reaching the “motherland” and assured the crowd he would soon return with the Roots crew.
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Following I-Amaze’s return from a tour in Europe spreading the gospel of Jozi’s streetsmart Sake Of Skill (SOS) trio, Street Sheet asked them to break down the science behind effective backpacking. Here it goes.
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