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Interview: AJO talks Nuba, Affinity for Literature, staying Woke and more
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AJO mid this year revealed he will be working on an album that purely discusses Africa an its reality: the future past and present. The first single Transcend has us describe it as a pan-African inspired track – last week he dropped his second single Nuba. I hit him up for a word or two and…
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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…
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Benny Black’s W.Y.K. invites us to talk about Depression – We should be proud
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Other than the rap shit, what do you know about me? – if that particular line doesn’t pierce your back then your spine needs checking. W.Y.K (What You Know) is a sort of tribute song, reactionary artistry and a call to talk about depression. First off, we (NuveyLive) are proud of Benny Black for talking…
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Clear The Air, Part four: ‘Can’t a Girl go Ahead without giving Head?’
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First off, I need to admit my crush on Ginsu. Like FAM, I have a thing –it is only a thing and I like to keep it at that. In fact when I heard she gone gospel it was like a turn on FAM. We all know a crush often leads to burning –…
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Top UG Hip-Independence Playlist 2017
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In this year’s edition of the top hip-independence (hip hop inspired Independence Day) playlist; we have interesting entries that we think really deserve to be mentioned. Year to year we do curate this playlist as a way for us to show we can celebrate Uganda’s independence through hip hop. We also aim at limiting…
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Clear The Air – Part one: a Defence for UG Trap music
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I am writing this piece listening to my line up of so-called “Trap songs”. First on the list is Megu by Titi Deewani and shortly Kijanah and his Hakuna Stress will follow. I am a music fan and I listen to anything if it works for me, it should stick right? Even if it…
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Bobi Wine is or will now be a Rap Metaphor thanks to Pryce Teeba – 7 ways why
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First of all I feel like Bobi Wine, Ladies wine or even better Honorable Kyagulanyi Robert. Okay no political inclination here! Bobi Wine (the track) is wavy but not everyone can jump on. Roughly, a metaphor is a direct comparison to two unlike things to bring out their connectedness. (The picture is comparison) According…
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Break Fast Jam, next stop Kampala
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Ideally everyone is capable of any element of Hip Hop. But don’t mistake the assertion for: Everyone can be able to practice all the elements of Hip Hop. Breaking is like sport. It is the skeletal / body element of Hip Hop that actually requires almost all your body involved. Last weekend Break Fast…
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POEM: What is poetry? | #TPPMSeries
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What is poetry? Poetry is asking a Painter what colour is rectangle and what shape is Purple. Poetry is making RED listen to BLUES and allow PINK to VIOLET YELLOW, Poetry is asking Answers and questioning questions, Poetry is starving hunger and make gluttony swallow pride, … Poetry is being a sapiosexual and you…
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My Story : I used Music to Escape, to travel and dream
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Written by Mickey Solow | Growing up from the humblest of beginnings, we didn’t have a lot. At that time, it didn’t mean much until I started growing up. I saw my shoes, wished they were newer because the kids at school had a lot of those. So I always felt like i wasn’t…