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WILL HIP HOP BE UGANDA’S BIGGEST GENRE IN 2020?
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At the genesis of Hip hop, the worldwide appeal wasn’t foreseeable, but now, almost 50 years later; it’s impossible to imagine a planet without hip hop and rap music. On the Ugandan scene, hip hop has been described as a “wanna be” genre, with radio and television presenters not [most of the time] playing…
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APass Killer didn’t betray me, he became APass
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APass is a clever dude and he always has something witty up his sleeve. Even before he dropped the name Killer, he had it in his rhymes. Many of his fans after the song “I’m Loving” might not know that the man used to flip bars see “APass Killer”. He rapped his brains out.…
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How to consume Ciphers in 2020
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Last evening we released a list of 2019’s Ciphers, and I realised we missed out the newly released “Trip Cypher 3”. It is the third installment from Trip Music and geared by Trip Smith himself. It is already added. Of this morning, I woke up thinking about the fire that was between 2015 –…
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Naxa in his Gospel gives all the hope and Vision the Youth need
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He is a poet in-transition as he wraps contemporary issues in his raps as an outcome of his gift without bias of what religious sect – we all need hope.
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UG Hip hop and our big brothers and sisters – an appreciation note
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I grew up a middle child. I am between two generations in my family. I am a big brother with two big brothers and a big sister. I was the last born for about seven years. My big sister introduced me to music generally, and one of my brothers who I looked up to…
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Recover the Money, Young King and Queen
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The intro to Baru’s “Recover the Money” which features Pryce Teeba is one of the spot on prologues in Baru’s catalogue. With a super charged employment of the panning, the intro slides in, Abaasa chants these lines: “I am chopping the money/I am getting the money…. Recover the money, recover the money/that’s what I…
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Fresh Kid, leaders and the failure to provide solutions – let’s rethink
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Fresh Kid has been in the news in the past couple of weeks and almost each week it has been on numerous grounds. Being a child sensation in the social media age, different media houses and platforms have covered the seven year old rapper – whose real name is Patrick Senyonjo. Youth Minister Florence…
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I Feel Yo’ Pain and here are Strategies to keep in mind while you grind
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Payne Keelah dedicated a whole EP to all rappers, artist out there grinding, industry people on the come-up making ends meet. I Feel Yo Pain he called it – and I equally feel your pain too. This EP is not limited to just rappers even people involved in the industry at whatever level are…
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How SulaPay could help improve Artistry Appreciation
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It is past midnight, about 3am in the morning, I am up looking for some new music and news. I have streamed, Nasir, Ye, Everything is Love, and Kids See Ghost and relistened to The New Wave 1 & 2 ( which are a favourite) A thought hits me, “I haven’t listened to Mungi’s…
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3 African books that shape the second verse on AJO’s new single, ‘Nuba’
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Nuba is the second official single off African Reality, an album AJO is currently working on. It is a fully fledged African-Centric project which AJO is highly inspired working towards. According to him, the commentary he offers with the rhetorics he puts forward – we need to look at the future, past and present to…