So, where were you on the night of 2 September 2011? This was a very memorable night indeed, you really did miss out on a very good show. Supporting acts like Sizwe Gates, Chocolate, Babyman, Nativz Squad and Chillax took to the stage and the Smoke of Rhyme boys - Hebza Mabza & Perr, repped NelCity well. Kliff Oday (Kasi Empire), Madumane and Sweet Mike of Ligwalagwala FM played very good build-up sets to the main event of the night. TheBigZill from Ligwalagwala FM, was the host for the night, he carried the show well...
When Afro'traction crooner, Wandile Moya, hit the stage, we all sort of knew these guys were here to reclaim what was rightfully theirs - the night of course. The other main attraction, Teargas shook the whole of Ground Zero, Matsulu, a memorable night indeed, bowukuphi?
Afrotraction, birthname Wandile Moya, one of NelCity's rising son's is touring the country promoting his debut album, Soul Deep. Songs like Ngim'tholile and Ngawe are currently making the waves on every reputable radio station countrywide. Hit the play button below and be wowed by this Nelspruit native's musical genius...
Afrotraction and Teargas will be bracing Naspoti (or NelCity, as we have come to know it) in September this year. One of his biggest goals is to channel the spotlight back home, this event is one of many that he will be bringing home in future. Watch this space and start saving up, it will be a very memorable Naspoti night!
The Audio Version of the Advert...
The house version of Ngawe, with the Mechanix of House. There is another very soulful version of this song... keep your ears open, you might just bump into it on the next Afrotraction release.
Now that you've seen the videos and heard the music, it's time to go behind the scenes. Here's the making of "Ngimtholile", the Music Video.
3 Days to go before the event finally goes down. Have you saved up? Are your Original CD's ready for autographs? Good! The NelCity Basement team will also be at the Afro'traction event, so let's all meet there and support our own!
We finally got hold of the Mr. Hebza Mabza’s Women Salute Video... Yes! There was a major and unnecessary hold up with getting the video here but we eventually did get it here. Lessons were learned; patience was tested; true colours were shown; there were disagreements but the agreements outweighed them; love was shown; good actors discovered; we got chased away; had stubborn 1400 vehicles speeding to hit us; ego’s clashed and all the stuff that only the cast and crew knows...
The original storyline and direction of photography for this video was done by Rapper / Producer: Muzi “Ehm’sHe” Mbungela, sadly he couldn’t see the project through because of his sudden move to Gauteng. On Ehm’sHe’s absence, Martin Mabilane, who was also quite pivotal in this whole project as the producer and sole camera man, had to step in to do the final editing without any input from Ehm’sHe.
The Cast:
Hebza’s Mother Figure - Dimakatso Thabane
Hebza’s Little Brother – S’fiso “Yung Fess” Mabuza
The DJ West’s entourage – Pedro Kan-ill & Lungstar
Special Thanks to: Pamela; Yung Fess; Perr; Romeo; Hoodrat; J.O.B; Kliff Oday; Kwasi Akontoh; Lungstar; Pedro Kan-ill; Sanza; Dj West; Tebogo; Sga and all who braced us with their presence.
Without further ado... Hebza Mabza, with Women Salute, enjoy. Please send us your comments to subsnb@gmail.com or a facebook / twitter.
WRECKED is the CRU' and motswako is what they do. The style which comprises of Setswana and other indigenous dialects like: Afrikaans, isiZulu, isiXhosa and poison English is the discipline that the crew chose to share their life experiences. It's all about expression and the interplay of language, text and context. To describe the crew's style we would need to discuss mad flow, with slick lyrical content and of course beats that you can move to.
This is the cover art of the current EP that they are pushing
Three members make up this outfit: Bafsy, Proph and Impo's. Bafsy – is a Mooi Dorpie native who thrills with punch lines and slick delivery; Impo's – is the 'Ghetto spokesperson' and heart of WRECKED CRU', he is responsible for the unique sound WRECKED pride themselves with and is a proud representative of ITSOSENG - township in North West province about 45 km from the capital city Mafikeng. Proph - is putting GALESHEWE on the map with nothing but desire and lyrics. This Kimberly native flips his flows in Afrikaans; English and Setswana in order to claim agency over a place where Afrikaans' "Moeder Taal" is forked and furious.
The cru's influences stem from greats like: HHP; Tuks; Zola; TKZee; Busta Rhymes; Tupac; Heavy D; Dru Down; Outkast; Mos Def and The Roots. The cru's highlights, among others – include appearing on the following compilations: The HYPE Sessions vol.20 cover disc; the Babble Rap mixtape - an international mixtape, with over 30 MC's rapping in their indigenous languages; The Benchmark by Black Moss - one of Durban's acclaimed MC's and; the Brainstorm compilation, starring Brain (Life check's all elements battle producer of the year 2008).
They have shared the stage with the likes of Slikour and Shuggasmax from Skwatta Kamp, Mo Molemi, Tuks, HHP, Ewok, Big Idea and Black Moss. Anyway you don’t have to take our word for it, just hit play below and judge them yourself. There is more to these gentlemen than their professionalism and their fresh graphics.
For more of Wrecked Cru’s music click on the photo above or just click on their album cover on the sidebar to download one of their songs. . .
Mpumalanga born, Zakhele Lekhuleni, known to you as “Toxic”, hails from Nelspruit aka NelCity the city that sleeps no more! Coming from a musical family, it was inevitable that this 23 year old ended up pursuing a career in music. After getting good reviews at the tender age of 7, for his stage acting, he has focused on his education and music.
His first recording was in 2004 with a group he had formed with his friends. Working in a studio setting opened his eyes to numerous things, like how the beat they had was under standard. This led to him producing his own music which led to him founding his own stable, 256 Productions.
From that day onwards, Toxic honed his skills behind the mic and on production. Some local acts that he has worked with to date include Kaspero and Sdunkero from Groova Records; Stone Krekha from Nativz Squad and Sean Sharell of Tsonga Blooded Productions and numerous up and coming Hip-Hop / R&B artists.
He concluded by announcing that he will only be releasing and album late this year or early next year, he will be writing and producing the entire project himself. The title of his offering has not been finalized as yet however, a promo disc will availed for radio very soon.
Yes! We finally have our own youth owned magazine. I'm hoping this will evoke some patriotism in all of us. Let's support our own and buy Achieve Lowveld Magazine. This is a bi-monthly lifestyle and business publication and it retails at R6.50 per copy, at your selected Shoprite / Spar Supermarkets. The June / July issue is in the shops already. Well, ruuuun! what are you still doing here? The Magazine is not going to buy itself...
The first Nelcity basement members from Left: M-zee; Lwazi; Wax Lyrikal; Trixxx; I.N.I; Illkid; Ntando (Virtuoso); M.x.O; Lutho; Truth; K.G.; Mr. Cool & Zero
