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Take Fizzo – The D.O.P.E Mixtape

Phil C.December 9th, 2013 Mixtape Review 1 Comment

As the year draws to an end, Zimbabwean Hip Hop fans are in for a holiday feast of releases set to keep their playlists as full as their guts will…

Bara Blaque – 3rd World Hippy

MuvhetiDecember 5th, 2013 Video 0 Comments

Born in London but moulded in the motherland (Nigeria to be precise), Bara Blaque is 1/3 of The Koup and a self-professed 3rd World Hippy. While I do think there…

Maftown Heights 2013 Review

thelombzDecember 5th, 2013 Events Featured News 0 Comments

The event held on the 29th of November, a few days ago, started late but that was about the worst of it. It was easy to gather people to the…

CapCity – Al Pacino

Phil C.December 3rd, 2013 Audio 0 Comments

A week ago I came across the Cap City unofficial release named after one of Hollywood’s finest thespians. A quick email to the group’s management revealed that it was unofficial…

DJ ElQue – Humble featuring TRK & Radio Fiend

Phil C.December 3rd, 2013 Audio Featured 0 Comments

The African Hip Hop Blog has partnered with Lesotho’s DJ Elque to give you an exclusive release in the form of is new song Humble. This is his third…

Kwesta – High On Life featuring Tia Black

Phil C.November 29th, 2013 Video 0 Comments

We reviewed Kwesta‘s album, Da King Of African Rap just a few days ago & it seems the South African is hard at work to promote the project. High On…

Reason – No Ordinary Being

Phil C.November 29th, 2013 Audio 0 Comments

Reason is set to step on stage in a few hours at this year’s edition of Maftown Heights, but that hasn’t stopped the recently crowned lyricist of the year from…

DJ Elque – Be Real ft Blaklez, Kwesta & Chad Saaiman [Video]

twoSeatsNovember 28th, 2013 Video 0 Comments

The song may have come out just about 8 months ago, but the video has just landed; so if you missed it the first time around you have a second…

Magamba Network Presents The Word Garden

Phil C.November 27th, 2013 Events 0 Comments

The Magamba Network is celebrating its 6th Anniversary tonight with a spoken word event to be held at Book Cafe from 7pm. $5 gets you in. More details below. Magamba…

Tumi – Hello Hello Kitty [Official Video]

thelombzNovember 26th, 2013 Audio Video 0 Comments

First single off Tumi‘s soon-to-be-heard album Rob the Church, this video shot in Kenya makes me do a skip and a hop for several reasons. Firstly because it was directed by filmmaker…