GZE: Zvakabhadara
This song!! When
we first heard the ex Trinity rapper on a jam with Junior Brown “Vroom vroom
Wayiziva” our eyebrows were raised as he did slick job at murdering the
instrumental made by award winning producer
Take Fizzo. When this song “Zvakabhadara” was released, all we could say
was that, if there was a way to describe modern day hustler/ gangster music in
Zimbabwe, this song would be the definition of just that. The beat is not loud,
made by Mixmasters producers J Drizzy (former Rehab if we aren’t mistaken) and
Shayzar. The two are good at what they do. The way GZE delivers is undeniably
perfect. His chilled demeanour how he doesn’t seem to struggle with words and how so relaxed and
laid back he is could just make this song the best this year, thus far. The
feel of the song makes you understand what’s going on in the head the young Harare hustler, implementation of
plans (no matter what) and the pay off. Whats funny though is that there is
another dope jam from Mixmasters also called Zvakabhadara by Karma. Kinda makes
us want to compare and contrast. Get what is probably the best hip hop song
this year hereà http://www.reverbnation.com/c./poni/234983792
The AHHB & Rymez feat Jnr Brown: Phill Chiyangwa
“Pachinodonha ma blogger anoita over excited”
Cant say that’s a lie. The African Hip Hop Blog in collaboration with
producer Rymez and Jnr Brown gave us the first song off the Pungwe Sessions Vol
.1. The song with the name of one of Zimbabwe’s
affluent Bussiness men as a
title, hit radio and like always, the all too familiar section of twitter was
on and on about it. The song, is HEAVEY. Its what you would expect from Jnr
Brown. He is unforgiving on the punchlines and metaphors. He nails his delivery
with such impeccable finesse. We cant not say that the song slightly
disappointed us somehow. It feels like listening to HWMiT (Hardest Working man
in town) all over again. Could it be the similarity in content, somehow, the
beat or the rhyme scheme, well, if you collect music like we do, check out
track number 10 on Dutch Presents “Live Love Dance” and see what we mean. Dope track though. The beat is simple and
bumpy. Its that song that gives you the version of Jnr Brown from the hustling
era. Eye brow raising lines which some make take as shots fired but what more
interesting is what happened at the song release party at a local club, we aint
goin to say much but "don’t ever sound like Jnr Brown, otherwise…" (moving
along). Rymez did a good job on it. We are excited to find out what else is on
Pungwe Sessions Vol. 1. Junior Brown akapenga…and haazi makuhwa, Get the song
on à http://www.africanhhb.com/2014/01/ahhb-rymez-feat-jnr-brown-phill-chiyangwa.html
MMT: KooVhaz
So we have
another “lets get happy and drink till we are broke” song. The trio did another
song for the weekend, another one we expect revellers to like… yaaaaawn, whats
new right? sigh. Those were our initial thoughts until we listened to the jam
again and again and again. This song isn’t a Turn Up song, more like, driving
to a braai song. We realised that songs beat wasn’t made by Rehab Entertainment.
After our research, the killer of a beat (you better listen to that beat, trust
us we say) was made by DJ Lil and Cal 1 who are a German duo under Boomslang
Entertainment. The song features Tinashe Makura. We realised that the initial
public’s reaction was, was that the song was well, okay. Not a banger, but
okay. Other critics said that the songs flaw was that they went too hard on it.
The punchlines and wordplay from these guys never ceasing to amaze us. Though
it might not be as WOW as Zvidhori. Party Yatanga or Chakaipa, there is this
head nod one gets from the beat, it’s the type of song that you would expect
Tyga to do a verse on. We must say, that there's a feel to this song that noone
has been able to bring out in vernacular lines. This laid back, sorta nice to
bump in a car while having a conversation with the fellas in where next to go. A
must get, you should download it on à http://t.co/kqih4wvAmZ
Navy Seal: Elevated
Navy Seal is by
far one of the sickest MC’s in Zimbabwe that is no doubt. Unfortunately, we can
never deny that radio plays more Harare music than anything else (word to Noble
Stylez who aptly brought that out). The song, “Elevated”, is one of the best we
have heard from the Bulawayo rapper. His ability to do his own choruses and
totally, effortlessly kill any song that he is on is impressive. We wont lie,
if he got more airplay, you are likely to change what your playlist looks like.
The song “elevated” was done on a Jae Mac Beat. It is another inspirational
song that explains what it is like to be pushing hard in this really hard to
break into music industry. The song exudes Bulawayo street knowledge and anyone
in Kingsville would be proud of this one. The song, nicely mastered and he
doesn’t fight with the beat, he goes on it and makes a song that is worth
playing. This song was released mid 2013, the reason why we are putting it on
this list is that is compartes with and is better than a whole lot of songs
released this year . Visit Navy Seals New blogsite à http://navyelevated.blogspot.com/
TehnDiamond featuring Dadza D: Simudza Gumbo
So classically,
like we all know the self proclaimed King of the North Operates, a lot of buzz
about the song pre-release and on the day it was released. The song is pretty
hard to get because you have to do oh so much on the internet to get it. The first release off his debut
album, TehnDiamond tells us to “Simudza Gumbo” (raise your leg/march/dance).
Its not a dance song. It’s a very complicated song. Why? The title and the
content do not add up at all unless you dig deeper. The song is very lyrical,
deep and thought provoking. The wordplay is almost poetic. The beat was
alright, and the execution of it still top notch. Tehn gave us good verses.
However, nomatter how much radio plays it, its not as appealing as some of the
stuff he has done in the past. Its almost a case of right flow, wrong beat. We
(who also are zim dancehall lovers don’t hear the Dadza D’ness of Dadza D). It
may be because of the precedence they set last year as Few Kings that made us
expect something else as a first single but Simudza Gumbo wasn’t it. Its nice
jam, we love the lyrics, the mastering but that’s all. Hear it onà https://soundcloud.com/tehndiamond/simudza-gumbo
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AHHB & Rymez featuring FTR & AbNorm : Live it Up
Yes, they
released two songs from the compilation this month. That’s the second song we
heard from The AHHB Pungwe Sessions Vol. 1. AbNorm and dope beat maker FTR went
on this one. What made this song stand out is that unlike most of the songs that
have become characteristic of BANGERS in Zim Hip Hop, this particular song
isn’t aggressive on the listener. It is really calm, the beat is deep, with a subtle
bass and kicks that were properly plotted and not all over the place. This just shows the mastery of Rymez as a producer. Of all
the releases from this year, it will be the one that we think will remain on
playlists after everyone is tired of the heavy weight releases. The song
itself, is self explanatory, “live it up” , typical, do what you gotta do and
reward yourself. However, its another supposedly party jam. Don’t get us wrong,
not a “turn up” but a “drinking” song. (Zim rappers love drinking evidently).
FTR shows us that not only is he a good producer but he is a lyricist in his
own right. The vocals are clear and AbNorm does his bit which was equally as
entertaining. It is a favourite in the PUSH team and we hope to hear more from
these guys. Get “Live it Up” right hereà http://www.africanhhb.com/2014/01/ahhb-rymez-featuring-f-t-r-abnorm-live-good.html
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