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Written By: ConduitMag
Category: Music | Key words: mp3, free, download, music, online, soul music, r&b, Hip Hop, Jazz, funk, electronic, world,
Date: 2008-07-22 17:55:03 | Views: 2512

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MC get some skills
Written By: Hosh
Category: Music | Key words: MCs
Date: 2008-05-08 01:30:00 | Views: 2296

so am out on a story at a local radio station/production company... and like every other Kenyan I want to know why local artist are not making paper.... the guy looks me straight in the eye and says

'it because they are lazy...'

woo woo hold up MC he was not hating i think he had a point so I went ahead and asked him on yo behave

‘wachu mean lazy?’

he says

‘they produce a track, a very good club hit, and then think they are celebs now and chill out expecting to get paid, but guess what even in the west, the 50 cents, Game, Lil whatever they wanna call themselves, have hits that last two to three months then they old and need to release another hit…. But in Kenya some MCs drop one or two tracks a year…’

so the brotha does have a point and so I go to the next question, what about albums why does it take Mcs so long to produce an album and why can’t they make money outa that… Yah you guessed his answer

“because they lazy…. I mean at one or two tracks a year how long will it take you to drop an album….’

So I goes like

‘so why can’t they make money……

he say

‘coz who wants to buy old songs with one or two new singles… I mean they was hot back in the day but now they plain old…. Plus look at the new singles by the time the album is out its been on radio and over played so its also old…. If you wanna drop an album hold back some songs don put them all out there I mean there is a reason why its called a single that is coz its one song of yo album meant to make it popular….’

So I ask

‘what about piracy and how come MCs all over Africa from SA to Ghana And Nigeria is making cash… hell even I TZ and UG MCs got paper what is wrong in Kenya’

He says

‘we lazy that’s wat we are from producers to managers I mean we have no distribution chain, we don organize enough gigs and most artist they cannot perform to a live band…. They produce one two at most three songs a year their albums have songs from five years ago their latest hit is a remix featuring some nu artist and when the drop the album its between 800 to 1500 KSH…. Now music is bought on impulse I mean who you know that you can say budgets to but music… I mean yo not even sure when the next album you’ll like will drop so you don budget for it… so yo walking down town and you see yo favorite local artist Album is out and its 800/= how many Kenyans have 8soc to spend on impulse…. On the other hand a Lil whoever album is 200/= so even 150/= so on impulse you can buy it….’

So I ask about piracy

He says

‘why do people pirate… coz its cheaper I mean most are 100/= to 150/= and at the end of the day its old music… now go down to River Road those guys make mad cash they local artist but their music is affordable and accessible so they sell on economies of scale…’

Not having forgotten Nonini’s complaint “meaning ya Fm ni nini Free Music Ndio maana watu hawanunui music’

The guy laughs and says

‘radio stations pay loyalty to play that music… radio makes yo song popular and you as an artist as well…. So if the money does not get to you talk to yo producer or whoever sells yo music for you … if thwy are robbing you don blame radio if we don play yo music you’ll be a none hit no one can buy a product they do not know…. Music is a mater of taste so if they don here it they will not buy it I mean when was the last time you bought anything just to try it out even new products have free samples…’

So at the end of the day all I have to say is get to the studio record don work hard just work smarter set up a distribution chain and lower the prices… if yo good will buy yo music… if you wanna make it I know you all think yo hustlers or some thing but if you don up yo game and get some business skills into yo act then you will always be that talented MC with Hits but no paper… if you think am hating then prove me wrong

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HIP HOP: ALIVE!!!!!!!!
Written By: Foxxy
Category: Music | Key words:
Date: 2008-04-03 04:26:53 | Views: 946

When the limelight is over you!... Lil wayne or lil wizzy is stuntin like his daddy... Will kenyan mc's reach this level...

There’s a white girl. But isn’t there always? This one’s in her mid- 20s. She’s about six feet tall in strappy two-inch heels. She’s got on a silver dress with spaghetti straps—it hangs loosely, suggestively, over her fit frame before stopping mid-thigh. And she’s teetering around the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton New Orleans Riverside, clinging to a silver clutch and a half-empty champagne flute. The occasion? The Big Easy Billiards Bash and Afterparty, hosted by New Orleans Saints star running back Reggie Bush and brand-new Phoenix Suns center Shaquille O’Neal. The bash is just one of many celebrity events popping off in the Big Easy on this Friday in February, the first official night of NBA All-Star Weekend 2008.

Bush? Shaq? Nowhere in sight. But no matter, the star attraction has just materialized: Ladies and gentlemen, Lil Wayne is in the building.

At first his presence is simply felt—or make that, heard.
Posted up in a service area just outside the ballroom, Wayne stands off in a corner, by himself, leaning on a wall next to a rack of ice and soda machines. Idle hotel employees gawk. Through a set of double doors, 15 yards away, Wayne’s surrogate father and boss, Cash Money Records co-CEO Bryan “Baby” Williams, commands the crowd, ripping through his 2002 street hit, “What Happened To That Boy.” As Baby prowls the stage, Wayne fires ad libs into a wireless mic from his perch in the hall while shooting off text messages with his free hand.

Then the real show begins. “How many of you out there are feeling my son?” Baby asks the throng pressing tighter against the stage. The crowd roars and Wayne springs into action. Passing his still-open flip phone to one of the 20-plus dudes rolling with the Cash Money crew this evening, Wayne takes a sip from the triple-stacked Styrofoam cups he almost always keeps close at hand, pushes through the doors, and makes a quick dash to the stage. He bounds up five metal stairs and into the spotlight—mic in hand, flashing his blinding grin.

The pounding organs of Wayne’s—um, scratch that—Playaz Circle’s ’hood anthem, “Duffle Bag Boy,” rattle the rafters. “If I don’t do nothing, I’ma baaallllllll!” Wayne belts. And the place goes ape-shit. “I’m counting all day like the clock on the waaaalllll!”

Wayne throws his whole body into the performance, two-stepping across the stage, tossing his head full of dreads with abandon, and delivering lines as if each word sends a shock up his spine. The music controls him; the fans adore him. As he plows through favorites like 2006’s “Stuntin’ Like My Daddy,” and last year’s “Pop Bottles” and “Prostitute,” he plays with his flow, singing some lines, blazing through others. For his frenetic verse from DJ Khaled’s recent “We Takin’ Over,” he holds out the mic, and lip synchs the words while the crowd fills in the blanks.

He’s consummate showman, with the threads to match—Marc Jacobs aviators, crisp dark-wash Levi’s accented with a Louis Vuitton bandana and a chain wallet hanging from the pockets, snakeskin adidas mids, an impeccable white V-neck, and what can only be described as one of the flyest peacoats known to man.

Within 20 minutes, the set thunders to a close, and ol’ girl knows it’s time to make her move. As Wayne skips offstage, she drifts past the venue’s lax security, produces a digital camera from her clutch, and starts doing everything she can to corral Wayne for an impromptu photo op.

“Lil Wayne! Lil Wayne!” she calls, juggling the camera, the clutch, and the glass while attempting to get an arm over his shoulder for the money shot. Wayne keeps his head down, paying her no mind as he makes his way toward a service exit, and the customized maroon Prevost H3-45 tour bus waiting for him at the loading dock out back. But homegirl is insistent, and as soon as her arm hits his coat, it’s greeted with a get-the-fuck-off-me shrug that sends her camera clattering to the floor. “Lil Waaaynne,” she pleads, scooping up her goods so she can continue the pursuit. “Lil Wayne?!” she says again, to anyone who will listen. “Is something wrong with him?”
But Lil Wayne is already gone.

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Create your own Jukebox.
Written By: jl58
Category: Music | Key words: jukebox, songs
Date: 2008-03-09 20:19:54 | Views: 1454

Upload your favourite songs, and allow your friends to listen to them.

To edit your jukebox go to your profile page. Click edit jukebox. Enter the song name and artist. Select an image and song to upload and click add. If you have more questions about this please post a comment on this blog or on the 2.0 Jukebox Support Group. Tune in for more great Jukebox features to be added.

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UB 40 Cancells Kenyan Tour
Written By: otuonick
Category: Music | Key words: UB40, Kenyan Tour
Date: 2008-02-11 22:59:11 | Views: 672

The UB40 Kenyan tour that had been slated for Nairobi this month has now been moved to Kampala,Uganda."I can tell you with certainty that the concert will not take place in Nairobi due to the post-election unrest,"veteran promoter DS Njoroge told us.UB40 will perform in UG on Feb22 and 23.Uganda is now top celeb destination with former action hero Arnold Schwarzznegger expected to visit in June.He will open Uganda Empowerment Centre,a christian funded organisation where he will also open the Pearlwood Movie Academy,the first of it's kind in the region.Then there's R&B duo KCI and Jojo formerly of Jodeci who have already received deposit for a couple of shows in Kampala

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