A collection of the finest South African Hip Hop.

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Chase & Cream – Piramied verdriet (prod by Hipe)

01 Brainstorm

11 Too Real

Cream - Afdruk (prod By Hipe)

eMTee - Roll Up

Rattex - Welcome To Khaltsha (prod by Hipe)


MoodPhase5ive set the standard with 'Steady On'.

The Bottom Line: A work of unparalleled genius. Get it wherever you can, but get it. They are quite simply the most talented act to come out of the southern tip of the Mother continent.

Steady On is a unique South African hip hop album blended with dub, trance, funk, jazz and soul.

The title track enjoyed consistent airplay on Goodhope FM, the video received national broadcast on South African TV as well as MTV Europe- and Uneek stayed at no. 1 on P4 radio for 3 consecutive weeks.

But every track on this album is a pleasure to listen to.

The chemistry between the MC and singer is palpable on the album- electric and radiant.
D-Form (Denver Turner) is an outstanding MC who leaves microphones scorched with his clever verses, unique flow and style. Lady E (Ernestine Deane) is a vocalist with one of the most amazing voices that you have ever heard. Her range is beyond fantastic, and her voice has a sultry, seductive quality about it.

The rest of the creative band members, Brian de Goede, Douglas Armstrong, Bood Carver and Craig Damster perform pure magic as they support the vocalists- phasing effortlessly through the moods of each song with their infectious live hip hop sound.

They have created an urban Cape Town sound, unlike any other.

'Steady on' was produced by mixboard genius Craig Damster- the band's former keyboardist. It was released by African Dope Records- and it deserves 5ive solids stars.

02 - Rise 'n Shine

'Moodphase5ive - Super Deluxe Mode' is a collection of remixes from 'Steady On' by a variety of top and up-n-coming South African producers and remix artists, supplemented by live takes from SA and European tours. The first single is 'Got To Give', featuring the all-girl rapping trio Godessa, which came about as result of a collaboration with the AIDS-awareness program 'Steps to the Future'. The track deals with taking responsibility in sexual relationships, and is coupled with an excellent video produced by Big World Cinema and directed by Eddie Edwards.

The album runs from start to finish like a customised 'mixtape' – with remixes ranging in style from hednod hiphop thru dub, funk and downtempo to broken-beat, drum 'n bass and even gangsta 2-step, spiced with freaky interludes of the band's jam sessions and live takes from tours in Africa and Europe. The album features remixes by established names Kalahari Surfers, Felix Laband, Mime, Syllabic and Anti-Hero, and showcases newcomers Bombshelter Hi-Fi, Agent Cooper, Drugless Lovestrong and more.

Moodphase5ive - 02 - Rise 'n Shine - Toine's Concrete Jungle Mix

Moodphase5ive - 06 - Got To Give Featuring Godessa

Moodphase5ive - 11 - Too Real - Drugless Lovestrong's Too Real To Remix

Moodphase5ive - 12 - Miles - Kalahari Surfers' Prezidental Suite Dub

Moodphase5ive - 13 - Crudedude 5ive

Moodphase5ive - 14 - Violation - Syllabic's Other Mix

Moodphase5ive - 15 - Shrewdnude 6ix

Down Down Down (Mardi Gras BB live in Frankreich, Pultmitschnitt)

Americanos Need The Coke (Mardi Gras BB)

Buy the album here: http://rhythmmusicstore.com/music/1330/Terror-MC/Street-Life

Terror Mc - Kan Jy Man Staan (prod by Hipe)

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http://hipe.bandcamp.com/album/hipe-presents-cream-bruin-brood-deluxe-edition

CREAM - Die Music (prod by Hipe)

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Kendrick Lamar - Compton (ft. Dr. Dre)

Kendrick Lamar - Poetic Justice (ft. Drake)

Mardi Gras.BB - Indian Magician

Those were the happy childhood days, lying under the coffeetable, a substitute for the warm and dark shelter of an expedition tent, reading ”Lord Jim” to my favourite dog in the pale flare of my antique torch light.On the more fictitious side, James Fenimore Cooper, Jules Verne, Karl May, Herman Melville and Jack London, but also anything about the great explorers Da Gama, Columbus, Magellan, Amundsen, Scott, Hedin, Marco Polo, Lindbergh and Thor Heyerdahl - names provoking shivers, names that immediately took us on a trip into exotic paradises, to ”terra incognita”, to places no other being had ever seen before. 
And us, right in the middle of all that, in short trousers, with a butterfly net and a botanist’s container and having imaginary malaria. Adventure!
We were lucky enough to experience our own ”real” adventures then, travelling with our music, sometimes almost "following" our music. Meeting people, talking, listening to their stories, falling in love, at times very seriously, at times beautifully flighty and twinkle-toed.
Then the pilots and leaders of our childhood expeditions returned, mixing their fiction and coverage with our reality, provoking us to create our own fantasies and mingling all of that, creating the sweetest psychede- lic pastry the sultan has ever tasted.

Will you still be there when I need you, Winnetou? 
Is romantic the new politics? 
Will there be postcards any longer? 

------------DW

Monk Punk

With the endless conveyor belt of Billboard driven 
gangster rappers and “in da club” booty babes 
continuing to be championed in the
media these days you’d be forgiven for 
assuming that Hip-Hop was just one massive
“bling” lifestyle advertisement. Enter pioneering
Mother City hip-hop crew Godessa and their mission to drive both the
medium and the message of hip-hop in an entirely fresh, new direction
with the release of their full-length debut CD, Spillage.

Released on their own independent label High Voltage Records and
produced by Grenville Williams (ex-Nine bassist) the album sees
emcees Lady Shame (Shameema Williams), EJ von Lyrik (Eloise Jones)
and Burni (Bernadette Amansure) re-imagine hip-hop by refusing to
buy into any bling lifestyle posturing. But neither do South Africa’s
only recording and performing female fronted hip-hop crew limit
themselves to an obsessive-compulsive "underground" cul-de-sac
either, extending their socially conscious raps with productions that
embrace an exhilarating array of funk, ragga, dancehall, jazz and soul
filters.

Their decision to employ a live quartet - including Grenville Williams
(bass), James Reynard (guitar), Sean Ou Tim (drums), Ricardo Moretti
(keyboards) and percussionist Amon "Dubmasta" China - has also paid
dividends. With their mix of urgent broken beats ("Dissfunkshun") and
edifying MC excursions ("Mike Lesson") channelling African tribal
frequencies into consciousness-streaming spoken word history
lessons ("These Times") and globalisation interrogations
("PropAgenda") Godessa are elevating SA hip-hop to the next level
without sacrificing their keep-it-independently-real representations
("Armour Get On"). Whether it's dubbed-out ragga ("Nguwe" featuring
Ghetto Muffin's Suga), retro-soul funk rock celebrations ("Mind
Ablaze") or rigorous rap-rock explosions ("Just A Thought"), the aptly
titled Spillage makes for a truly essential homegrown hip-hop listen.

As EJ puts it, Spillage is "13 songs with one message that comes
straight from the heart, spirit and soul. It has a little bit of each of us in
it and a mixture of genres like reggae, funk and jazz all rolled under
one hip-hop umbrella."

The “little bit” she’s talking about is a self-empowerment ethos driven
by the need for more representation of positive black women as role
models. Theirs is also a dedication to grassroots projects, having 
been involved in youth work in correctional institutions and HIV/Aids
workshops where they employ Hip-Hop as a learning tool. "We try to
create an awareness of issues that people are afraid to speak about,"
says Shame. "We do our own lyrics and we've done work specifically
looking at HIV/Aids, globalisation, privatisation and crime," she
explains. 

“What we’re trying to do is educate, we’re on that level of activism now
where it’s not just entertainment. I think that the youth of today really
need that, because there’s a lot of apathy. The media must concentrate
more on what hip-hop actually is” reminds EJ. 

As Joburg Live’s Daniel Friedman sums up: 
”The combination of these three intensely creative women in the
testosterone-heavy world of Hip-hop is a welcome relief, and Godessa
are not confined by their genre, using ragga, dub, soul, tribal beats and
even some rock and drum ‘n bass to elevate their music above the
confines of hip-hop.” 

Hip Hop History
Godessa are no overnight hip-hop Idols having earned their reputation
in the underground Cape Flats hip-hop scene since their inception
back in 1998. Following the breakthrough success of their debut single
"Social Ills" (2002) Godessa have played premier South African
festivals from the African Hip-Hop Indaba and Oppikoppi to the Klein
Karoo Kunstefees. In addition, the trio have performed alongside
countless underground and high profile international hip-hop
luminaries including Talib Kweli at Black August 2001, Public Enemy’s
Chuck D at the Planet Hip-Hop conference in New Jersey and the
Blackalicious Blazing Arrow Tour. 

In November 2002 they performed at the Wemilere Festival in Havanna,
Cuba as part of a cultural exchange program between the South
African and Cuban governments. The group also toured Europe from
June to September of 2003 sharing the stage with global superstars
like Redman, Terence Trent D'arby, Salif Keita, Julian Marley and Limp
Bizkit as well as collaborating with African hip-hop siblings from
Tanzania, Ivory Coast and Senegal. 

2004 has seen Godessa snapped up by Levi Strauss South Africa as an
Original Levi's® Music Artist with debut performances at the North Sea
Jazz Festival Cape Town and the Pro Helvetia sponsored tour to
Switzerland, France and The Netherlands followed by gigs in Barcelona
and Zurich during September. Most recently, Godessa extended their
crossover flow by accepting an invitation to team up with South
African nu-metal innovators The Narrow on an exclusive track for the
prestigious Coca Cola Collaborations album.

Discography:

Social Ills EP (2002, African Dope Records)
Spillage (2004, High Voltage)
Godessa and the Narrow “Here We Are” Collaborations Various (2004,
EMI)

For booking contact Grenville via killavoltage@yahoo.com


GODESSA feat DJ AZUHL - HEDZ OR TALES

Biography
Iconic South African Live Hip Hop band, Moodphase5ive, is well loved for their innovative funk, soul and live dub groove- and was integral in introducing an urban Cape Town sound to the International music scene. The members hail from South Africa, Namibia, Malawi and Italy.

The band first came together in 1997. Back then the line up included turntablist, Adam Lieber and brothers Jean Tofte (guitar), Fanus Tofte (bass) and Brian de Goede (drumkit). Vocalist Denver Turner aka Ultra Bzurrk and Dform, soon joined- bringing the already potent trio a strong story teller. Ernestine Deane aka Lady E soon followed and brought the group a powerful feminine presence with her unique voice.

The band played to full houses wherever they travelled and in 1999 they were joined by Douglas Armstrong (trumpet), Bood Carver (bass) and Craig Damster (keyboards/ production), who produced the groundbreaking debut album, Steady On- released in 2000 by the popular Cape Town based independant label, African Dope Records. Steady On and the subsequent remix album, In Superdeluxe Mode, enjoyed many licensing deals for South African commercials, African films as well as American and Canadian TV series- not to mention no.1 and top ten slots on various South African radio charts.

Moodphase5ive went on to support top international acts such as Jazzanova, Ninja Tunes' Amon Tobin and Kid Koala, Omar, Mica Paris, Morcheeba, Basement Jaxx and Asian Dub Foundation, to name just a few.
Their performances at international festivals such as the North Sea Jazz festival, Westerpop, Lowlands and Pukkelpop put them on the map as a dynamic live act, and led to several invitations to perform in Europe.

Ten years on, the band is planning the release of various unheard tracks as well as some new recordings.
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