Navio this afternoon has blessed us with an online concert and also given all his fans a chance to interact with him online as he officially released his album Strength In Numbers. The fifteen track project is available online on all major streaming services like Tidal, Apple Music and Spotify. Navio as earlier promised: on …
UG Hip Hop Cuisine: Here are Food Inspired lyrics from Pryce Teeba, Enigma and others
Have you ever thought of food references made in music and how metaphoric they tend to be? Do you think this makes hip hop even more literary? Being a dedicated foodie, I sat down to write and talk about my favourite food inspired lines. The thought hit me when I re-listened to Play01’s “Ova” – njenva Kachumbali abaako ova”
Fakher’s No Attachment reminds us not to let go
No Attachment is a mixtape about attachment and no attachment at the same time. Looking for mood music, melodies with rap about the come up then Fakher Ahmed ‘s No Attachment tape is what you need. Dropped last year, the project still feels new. Even though it’s about no attachment you can feel Fakher’s attachment …
Listen to Dagg Mizzo’s new Divine Wild Extraordinaire EP
Dagg Mizzo is arguably a very hard-working music creative, if he is not working on a beat he is likely recording to it. Being a rapper and a producer keeps him so busy that most rappers rapped to his “Lock Down” on a tribe Ug backed challenge. Young and energetic, he keeps creating, that’s why …
Play01 wanted to extend his holiday, COVID19 happened here is his Lock down video, it’s beyond holiday.
The start of this year around January 15 my news feed had something to do with happy new year, new music alert and “Play01 drops new song holiday” which is apparently the latest single off his Aura album – which we have waited for, for years I guess. Trust the process fam!
The song is a holiday/weekend song. You want to extend your weekend or holiday or work leave but don’t know how to say it – “Holiday” is the song. If you are your own boss like the sample from MC Kats saying “I can quit anytime…” and you are on holiday this is your tune. It’s our new “Party After Party” of the lazy man and woman who hopes to enjoy time off work.
This was our reality before COVID19, before 20 March, 2020.
Born Kisubi Jacob, Play01 is a Jinja bred man (someone say East Side in Winnie Nwagi’s “Matala” voice), he wished to extend his holiday, he likely did like someone else out there who controls how and when they work – the free time he always wanted was unfortunately granted to him. What should he do?
Through Jan 15 to March 18 we were singing, “don’t call me, don’t call me (am on holiday)” but now the recent video says we are on lockdown.
The “Holiday” music video is likely the only attempt at visualising life right now. It’s a lock down video. The story, is centred on a masked Play01, through out different days of national lock down, in the house.
The first days he can afford to pour down a Johny Walker, till we realise he is on a Bond 7 and now economising the ka toilet paper role he is left with. You see a middle-class man struggling to stay afloat since there is no business, eating capital and savings. This is every person’s story who can’t afford the previous luxuries. He can’t go out!
On the outset, Lockdown challenge and accompanying videos from radio personalities, friends, rappers where featured. The Mith, Cleo The Sphnyx, Daudi Oguti, The Jaluo, comedian Daniel Omara, Andre Otim are some of the notable acts. They add to the vibe, each individual shows or tells how they are keeping it down during this Lockdown.
The story is told with ease, opening with the HE Yoweri Museveni’s address about the 21 days extension to featuring him working out – takes away the frustration. we
We are in it together when we start watching The Sphynx bake cakes, or Wake vibing to the song, and even seeing comedian Tumusime make an appearance.
Economically things are going easy for most average Ugandans. It’s hard to extend your holiday in our economy. We all thought it would not last so long, the Lockdown is still on. Play01 didn’t know we would be on some sort of emergency holiday, but he has embraced the situation and told his story with the assistance of others.
The last frames, show Play01 dress up to go out, reaches the door, a person coughs, a header says “14 more day” of lockdown – that’s our reality. We can’t go out for long. Like how Martha Smallz sung on the same song Play01 is featured: it ain’t safe outside. Stay at home, social distance and sanitize.
It’s beyond holiday. A new normal is upon us and we have to adjust and rethink how we live socially, economically and beyond.
Watch “Holiday” below.
Listen to “Everybody Gone” – Waade
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“The Switch” – Toki-O feat. Ceee is a meditation hit
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Dzee a Pryce Teeba fan turned rapper, hear his story on “Trap House”
Almost every one in Hip Hop started out as a fan, then rapper or tried to rap and likely said “let me just promote the music”. Dzee for a while has been known as a Pryce Teeba fan, one would think he bleeds Teeba blood. He is still a fan. He was also influenced by …
Songs for Mama from Luganda XLZ and MC Warid – Happy Mother’s day
Our mothers are valuable, everything in this life. Today 10 May as we all celebrate our mothers, I sat back and checked in my crates, searching for that one song I can send to my mothers to celebrate them regardless. The world is under lockdown here and there due to the Lockdown but we all …
Baru’s Two Wavy EP is officially out features Delboy, Byg Ben & Tucker HD
Baru had informed us Two Wavy would drop today on 1 May as the world celebrates Labour Day. On the project Delboy and Byg Ben are the lead artists with one Tucker HD appearance. The EP is a five song project w hihich adds to the list of EPs that Baru has been dropping. Tucker …
MTN rap battles 2nd runner up The Homie has released first single “Say Goodbye”
The Homie has released his first single, “Say Goodbye” off an EP he is working on. On the track he shows off his singing abilities first and straight spits about a number of things including the life before he picked up a microphone. The slim rapper with big dreams, was part of the MTN rap …
