Its Miller Time Wtih Miller Hip Hop Meaty Day.....

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its going down this friday (21st December 2012) at Jack Bhuda Shisa Nyama, Muzjuice and Miller bring you the hottest event to end the year and celebrate with the most local killer Hip Hop acts. The event start at 5pm - 2am, its gonna be crazy, so bring your-fine-self and friends to enjoy the gig of the year. This event is brought to you by Muzjuice and Moriski The Brand in co-operation with Miller... It's Miller time bay-bay!

Album Review....
 The Game_Je5us Piece

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Album cover

Another classic album by compton’s very own, Game. The nigga with new skool gangsta rap and killer verses done did it again with Je5us Piece. Now the first “S” in the Jesus is basically the number “5” which is the number of his studio albums. Jesus Piece is Game’s fifth studio album which apparently happens to be his last album with Interscope. The album is freshly baked and packed with dope rhymes and jams that’ll get you jamming to the album from the first till the last track. There’s no doubt that the album is on fire…I mean we all know how Game gets when he’s on the mic, especially when it comes to his own projects. The album has hits like “scared now” where he kills it with Meek Mill one of the hottest new comers in the game, “Jesus Piece” where he features hip hop veterans, Kanye West and Common….and the hit joint that got errbody groovin’ “Celebrate” with Chris Brizzy, Tyga, Tunechi and Wiz Khalifa. Jesus Piece is one of Game’s masterpieces and it’s on point with classic joints. Another job well done, big up to the nigga Game.

I’d give it:

CCCC

4 Outta 5 thumbs

Did you know Facts....

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Did you know that Big Sean got signed to GOOD Music way before his first ever mixtape after Kanye heard him spit at a Radio Station....

The Father of Hip Hop....

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If you don’t know this dude here then I suggest you leave the keyboard and mouse and slap yourself or claiming you know anything about hip hop. Afrika Bambaataa is an American DJ from the South Bronx, New York who was instrumental in the early years of hip hop in the 1980s. he has influenced the hip hop culture to spread through the world and he is known as the “Grandfather” and the Ra of Universal hip hop and electro funk.

After Bambaataa won an essay contest that earned him a trip to Africa, his worldview shifted. He had seen the movie Zulu and was impressed with the solidarity exhibited by the Zulu in that film. He changed his name to Afrika Bambaataa Aasim, adopting the name of the Zulu chief Bhambatha, who led an armed rebellion against unfair economic practices in early 20th century South Africa that can be seen as a precursor to the anti-apartheid movement.

DJ Afrika Bambaataa with DJ Yutaka

Along with other DJs such as DJ Kool Herc and Kool DJ Dee, he too began hosting hip hop parties. He vowed to use hip hop to draw angry kids out of gangs and formed the Universal Zulu Nation.

In 1982, Bambaataa and his followers, a group of dancers, artists and DJs, went outside the United States on the first hip hop tour. Bambaataa saw that the hip hop tours would be the key to help expand hip hop and his Universal Zulu Nation. In addition it would help promote the values of hip hop that he believed are based on peace, unity, love, and having fun. Bambaataa brought peace to the gangs as many artists and gang members say that "hip hop saved a lot of lives". His influence inspired many overseas artists like the French rapper MC Solaar. Respect to Afrika Bambaata, the great Hip Hop legend.

Album Review...

Dreams and Nightmares.......

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Album Cover

Meek Mill.....

The long awaited album has finally dropped and I must say….the album is on point. Meek Mill is one of the hottest new comers in the game and a member of the mighty MMG and the boi is on fire. The 14 track album has hits like “Dreams and Nightmares”, now on this joint he spits nonstop killin’ the joint! “Traumatized” where he talks about his experiences and life from when he was a kid to where he is now,  “Amen” with Drake, now the track caused a bit of controversy in the states especially with Pastors because they got the impression that Meek Mill is just being disrespectful to churches and God. Now the killer joint on the album gotta be “Maybach Curtains” killer killer joint!!! with Rick Ross and Nas (the God’s son). Meek Mill has proved himself to be the most hard working rapper and judging by this album “Dreams and Nightmares”….no one can deny that. Nice one Meek!!!

I’d give it:

CCCC….

4 thumbs outta 5

Hip Hop history...

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Boom Box, Kangol hats and big chains were the ish back in the day

Lil’ History of Hip-Hop Culture

Hip Hop is a subculture that originated from the combination of African American & Latino American communities during the 1970s in New York City. Hip Hop grew from the block parties of DJ Kool Herc where he would mix samples of existing songs with his own shouts to the crowd and dancers. Kool Herc is credited as the ‘Father’ of the art form.

DJ Afrika Bambaataa of the hip-hop collective Zulu Nation outlined the four elements of hip hop culture: Mcing, Dee-jaying, B-boying and Griffiti. Hip Hop grew and spread from urban to suburban neighborhoods throughout the globe.  The importance of sampling old records and modernizing them with the inspiration of Soul music, Funk and Rhythm and blues is what gave birth to Hip Hop.

DJ Kool Herc on the decks in the streets of New York City doing his thing

DJs such as Grand Wizard Theodore, Grandmaster Flash Jazzy Jay refined and developed the use of break beats, including cutting and scratching and emcees would rap on the beats. The first people to join and spread the culture would be people like DJ Afrika Bambaataa, DJ Kool Herc, Kurtis Blow and Sugerhill Gangs. According to the U.S. Department of State, hip hop is "now the center of a mega music and fashion industry around the world," that crosses social barriers and cuts across racial lines.

Hip Hop has grown amazingly as a form of a culture that educated people and spoke for the voiceless. It represented the struggles that people went through in their everyday life from poverty, victims of senseless violence to victims of drugs. Even when hip hop is transplanted to other countries, it often retains its "vital progressive agenda that challenges the status quo.

But now times has changed and the Hip Hop culture is slowly taking a different route from being a voice to the voiceless to being more about making millions and flashing and flossing.

Hip Hop Split...

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Basically the aim of Hiphopsplit is to publish and teach everything about Hip-Hop, it don't matter how big or small it is...the fact that it's about Hip-Hop matter to us, we also review legends in the game, tryna report and deliver the history from where it started and how it got to grow and reach the point its at now....I do it for Hip-Hop

Niggaz With Attitude...

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Niggaz With Attitude is the name that described them best when they were seen as a threat, violent and defying the law. N.W.A is one of the most controversial groups holding it down in the forefront back in

the late 80s and early 90s. The group consisted of Dr. Dre the producer of the crew, Eazy E (The wild one), Ice Cube (The gangsta-gangsta), Mc Ren (The ruthless villain) and DJ Yella who was the DJ.

Niggaz With Attitude are the ones who introduced gangster rap and commercialized it, speaking for the voiceless in the hood. When they first came out, no major record label wanted to sign them and no radio station wanted to play their music because it was believed to be controversial and going against the American government system. Jerry Heller took N.W.A under his wing and managed them. After realizing that no record label would affiliate themself with the crew, he started Ruthless Records with Eazy E in March 3^rd 1987. Their first album was Straight Outta Compton that was recorded and finished in just six weeks. As time went by, N.W.A started blowing up and sold over 3 million copies. Things started falling apart when Ice Cube started being suspicious and questioning the management of the crew about shady cheques. After a short while he left the crew, and then Dr. Dre followed. From then things didn’t go so well and that was the downfall of N.W.A. but this group gave the rise to the Hip-Hop culture. Talking about legends of the game….

From Left to Right: Eazy E, Dr. Dre, Mc Ren and DJ Yella

World's Most Dangerous Group

Sniper Rifles.....comin' for your @$$

 

Did you know Fatcs.....
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Did you know that Niggaz With Attitude are the ones who introduced Gangsta rap......

The beginning of the Revolutionary Hip-Hop....

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Hip-HopSplit is not about promoting or profiling well known artists only...its about covering the Hip-Hop scene as a whole and the rappers, starting from small time rappers to big time veterans. Taking the movement to a whole new Era......i love hip hop do you?????

Did you Know Facts....
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Did you know that Kendrick Lemar is crowned the King of Compton by Dr. Dre...

BLACK, AMBITIOUS AND ALWAYS ON THE GRIND...

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Sfuba on stage rippin’ it…..

SFUBANATION

When you hear “uyang forjaja” then you know its Sfubanation on the joint. Mpho “Sfuba” is a young and ambitious rapper from Enkangala who had a normal childhood just like the rest. He has been in the hip hop scene for almost a decade now and he is still going strong with his hustle without being discouraged by the fact that “unlike American rappers, money isn’t rolling in, in dollars”. He is known and loved by his Enkangala fans making it to cap city, going all the way to the city of gold, Jozi. Sfuba is known for hits like “emoyeni”, “change the world” and his hit single “VUKU-VUKU” which caused waves in the streets of cap-city. Now we just waiting for the long awaited album “Dek Brass Se Gutes”which will be dropping anytime sooooon…….

Did you know Facts....

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Did you know that Eminem is Royce Da 5'9's ghost-writer......

Another interesting news about Drizzy Drake Graham…

Drake is set out to release an album with the late Aliyah, using her old unreleased recordings. Drake said he has been a huge fan of Aliyah and he apparently has a tattoo of her on his back and on his chest- which happens to be Aliyah’s birth day. Aliyah’s family is not happy about the project and said they would never give Drake their blessings to release the album. Timbaland, who used to be Aliyah’s producer back in the day, said he’s also not happy about the project unless Drake included him and Missy Elliot on it. . .nice concept drizzy, considering the fact that Aliyah's fans might like it, but the family doesn't approve it hommie.......

Album Review

BUSTA RHYMES THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON

 

  

Busta Rhymes done did it again after his “Back on My B.S” album which was released in 2009 and now its “The Year Of The Dragon” that was released this year in August under YMCMB. It’s without a doubt that Busta Rhymes is a Hip-Hop legend and has been in the game for more than a decade now and Uncle Busta is still going strong than ever before. The 14 track album has songs like “I’m talking to you” which he spits like nobody’s business and killin’ it with his mean lyrical techniques, “Pressure” where he features Tunechi, aka Lil Wayne, Mr. Carter and “Bleed the same Blood” with R&B veteran Anthony Hamilton and Mr. Million bucks, Maino. The album has everything from chilled, love and hardcore material which will get you jamming from the first till the last track…this is 1 album I guarantee you, you won’t stop it until it stops!

I’d give it:

C C C C C

5 Thumbs outta 5……

THE BEGINNING. . .

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The beginning of a wonderful world of Hip Hop entertainment as we make it a priority to bring you what you need to know and when you need to know about Hip Hop culture. The blog is all about updating you starting from the latest and juicy Hip Hop news, Hip Hop fashion icons, latest albums, album reviews, artist profiling and also promoting our local emcees. The game has come a long way and it’s gradually growing to a bigger and better culture in South Africa , lets embrace it with pride and respect. I love Hip Hop. Do you ???