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Premiere: STRAP is back with “Uncle Strap”, a young OG vibe
If you remember track two of Drinks and Conversation (2016) then you know he’s back. STRAP really hasn’t gone so long as such but Uncle Strap brings a nostalgia that we were about to start feeling. This is a lyrical show if you like. You won’t miss a STRAP without biblical, film or political references…
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Top UG Hip-Independence Playlist 2017
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 the…
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#UGAt55 Premiere: I Love Uganda-Brian Wade ft. Andy Serwadda
Happy Independence Day to you! Brian Wade has released I Love Uganda featuring Andy Serwadda. Uganda at 55 years independence is the buzz right now and what other way could hip hop add to the conversation? As soon as you press play you notice about ten seconds of percussion and you know it about to…
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‘Jinja Bred’ release party in a nut shell: Yay and Nay
Jinja Bred out! Shout out Play01 for braving this and it got done – Milestone! Lots of effort were put in to have the party set and going last night (5th October). One can’t help but think of the studio sessions, production, mixing and mastering. Event planning and all it takes to put together an…
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Premiere: ‘Bamutumawa’ – Luganda (Luganda XLZ & Muchwezi)
Amidst heated arguments on various media of Luganda XLZ vs Pryce Teeba so much shock came with it. The laid back Luganda XLZ has made a wrong move some would argue. Bamutumawa is a new project from him with his two actual cousins the Muchwezi brothers (Reagan Muchwezi and Raymond Muchwezi). It is the…
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Premiere: Brian Wade is back in soul-ful style with Dream
Brian Wade is back in soul-ful style with Dream. It is not like he ever left! About two months ago he released his mixtape; Synesthetic and followed through with a freestyle. He has managed to drop back to back music this year with another of the projects having implication messages in them like Obulamu bwo…
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Premiere: Red Cypher – Ruyonga, Ginsu, Josh SB, Barna & Wake
Red Cypher is here and it is an amazing line up one your imagination could allow you. The Hidden Empire outfit has had its artists show case on almost individual projects. Tracks like Clique from Rodney, 256 from Wake and the recent full length God DNA. On the other side Barna is working on Lens…
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Premiere: Cookie – Benny Black (@Blixxack)
Have you ever wondered about the dumb things you have done and why? It so happens Benny Black aka Blixxack is reminding us of the dumb things we do for that Coookie. This song’s title gets you thinking of what he actually meant. Cookie for some may mean money, or a female’s genitalia. In other words…
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Premiere: Byg Ben drops new ‘Wenzelesa’
Byg Ben is still holding high for Eastern Uganda and Wenzelesa proves that. He is known for his eloquent Lumasaba flow. The Babana Baasha representative offers Wenzelesa to try document or tell his humble beginnings to where he is now. On his soundcloud he calls it “where I am from” According to Byg Ben; this…
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Premier: ‘Musege’ (DopeMan refix)- Pryce Teeba
Pryce Teeba first teased ‘Musege’ on 8 March, this year at Big Sam’s Tutambula Na’bitambula album release. He had performed a number of tracks that night and of course the fans where into his old tracks that particular night. An ego, guy he is – he did a little word for the track then. Flash forward, its…