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Yizo Yizo (soundtrack)
Three ''Yizo Yizo'' soundtrack albums were produced through CCP Records to accompany the teen drama TV Show ''Yizo Yizo''. They mainly consist of Kwaito music. Yizo Yizo The first ''Yizo Yizo'' soundtrack was released in 2000. It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry of South Africa Recording Industry of South Africa (RISA) is a trade association representing the interests of major and independent record labels of South Africa. Located in Randburg, RISA is responsible for running the annual South African Music Awards (SAMA ... (RISA). This album was released on cassette tape as well as CD. Later, EMI released it to a streaming service. Tracklist # "Tlo Be Rele Daar" - Skeem # "Yizo Yizo" - Kyllex # "The Good And The Bad" - E'Smile & Amu # "Masukela " - Kaybee # "I Don't Want" - Ghetto Luv # "Uzama U Kwenzani" - O'Da Meesta # "Mamgobhozi" - Kyllex, Mandoza & Too Short # "Mi House" (Remix) - E'Smile # "Hurtin" - Ghetto Luv & E'Smile # "Da Struggle Kontinues" - Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwaito
Kwaito is a music genre that emerged in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, during the 1990s. It is a variant of house music that features the use of African sounds and samples. Kwaito songs occur at a slower tempo range than other styles of house music and Kwaito often contains catchy melodic and percussive loop samples, deep bass lines, and vocals. Despite its similarities to hip hop music, Kwaito has a distinctive manner in which the lyrics are sung, rapped and shouted. Etymology The word ''kwaito'' is an Isicamtho term from the Gauteng townships and encompasses styles that range from guz, d'gong, and isgubhu to swaito. The word originates from the Afrikaans ''kwaai'', which when used as a slang term is the equivalent of the English term ''hot''. Kwaito led a post-Apartheid township subculture into the mainstream. Despite the fact that the Afrikaans language is associated with the apartheid regime and racial oppression, Afrikaans words are often drawn into the Isicamtho voc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Music Awards
The South African Music Awards (often simply the SAMAs) are the Recording Industry of South Africa's music industry awards, established in 1995. The ceremony is held annually, usually in late April or May, with the judging process starting in November of the previous year. The nominations are typically announced at the end of March. The winners receive a gold-plated statuette called a SAMA. The show has mostly been held at the Super Bowl in Sun City, with the exception of three years, and broadcast live on national broadcaster, SABC. The ceremony features live performances as once-off collaborations by a selection of nominees. Awards As of the 26th SAMAs, in 2020, there are a total of thirty categories awarded. These categories change from year to year to accommodate changes in music styles and changes in popularity of already existing genres. These genres include adult contemporary, Afrikaans, classical, dance, faith, jazz, Kwaito, Maskandi, pop, rap, reggae, RnB, rock, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gramophone Record
A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English), or simply a record, is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove. The groove usually starts near the periphery and ends near the center of the disc. At first, the discs were commonly made from shellac, with earlier records having a fine abrasive filler mixed in. Starting in the 1940s polyvinyl chloride became common, hence the name vinyl. The phonograph record was the primary medium used for music reproduction throughout the 20th century. It had co-existed with the phonograph cylinder from the late 1880s and had effectively superseded it by around 1912. Records retained the largest market share even when new formats such as the compact cassette were mass-marketed. By the 1980s, digital media, in the form of the compact disc, had gained a larger market share, and the record left the mainstream in 1991. Since the 1990s, records con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Download
A music download (commonly referred to as a digital download) is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a personal computer, portable media player, MP3 player or smartphone. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyrighted material without permission or legal payment. According to a Nielsen report, downloadable music accounted for 55.9 percent of all music sales in the US in 2012."All music sales" refers to albums plus track equivalent albums. A track equivalent album equates to 10 tracks. By the beginning of 2011, Apple's iTunes Store alone made 1.1 billion of revenue in the first quarter of its fiscal year. Music downloads are typically encoded with modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) audio data compression, particularly the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) format used by iTunes as well as the MP3 audio coding format. Online music store Paid downloads are sometimes encoded with d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compact Disc
The compact disc (CD) is a Digital media, digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. In August 1982, the first compact disc was manufactured. It was then released in October 1982 in Japan and branded as ''Compact Disc Digital Audio, Digital Audio Compact Disc''. The format was later adapted (as CD-ROM) for general-purpose data storage. Several other formats were further derived, including write-once audio and data storage (CD-R), rewritable media (CD-RW), Video CD (VCD), Super Video CD (SVCD), Photo CD, Picture CD, Compact Disc-Interactive (CD-i) and Enhanced Music CD. Standard CDs have a diameter of and are designed to hold up to 74 minutes of uncompressed stereo digital audio or about 650 mebibyte, MiB of data. Capacity is routinely extended to 80 minutes and 700 mebibyte, MiB by arranging data more closely on the same sized disc. The Mini CD has various diameters ranging from ; t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simphiwe Dana
Simphiwe Dana (born 23 January 1980) is a South African singer and songwriter who works mostly in her mother tongue, the Xhosa language. Dana is also known for her creative social commentary and activism through music as a political art form. Her career in music began in 2002, at the age of 22. Born in Butterworth and raised in Lusikisiki in Transkei, Dana signed a record deal with Gallo Records and released her debut studio album, ''Zandisile'' (2004), which became a commercially success, won Best Newcomer and Best Jazz Album. Early life Simphiwe was born on 23 January 1980 in Butterworth, Transkei, South Africa and raised in the town of Lusikisiki. Dana came from a religious background with her father being a preacher and as she grew up in the church, exposing her to music in both choral and gospel forms. Education She attended Vela Private School in Mthatha, where she matriculated in 1997. Her tertiary education pursued her interests in graphic design, and she succe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skwatta Kamp
Skwatta Kamp is a South African seven member hip-hop group, which was founded in 1996 and released their last album in 2009. The group consisted of Infa, Nish, Shugasmakx, Flabba, Nemza, Slikour, and Bozza, some of whom have gone on to release solo projects. The group released four albums and a single mixtape during its existence. Their debut album, ''Khut En Joyn'', was released in 2002 and was followed up by ''Mkhukhu Funkshen'' in 2003, which sold over 25000 copies and was considered as their best album work. It was followed by ''Washumkhukhu'' the following year and finally five years later, ''Fair And Skwear'' was released. The group has won numerous awards for their work including two SAMA awards for best rap album and a channel O best hiphop music video award. In March 2015, Nkululeko Habedi Nkululeko Habedi (17 October 1977 – 9 March 2015), professionally known as Flabba, was a South African hip-hop musician. He was a member of the South African hip-hop collective Skwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro FM Music Awards
The 15th installment of the annual Metro FM Music Awards is an award ceremony that celebrates excellence in the South African music industry by honouring musicians who did exceedingly well in their field throughout 2015. The show first aired on SABC 1 on February 27, 2016. The winner in each category will receive a R100,000 prize for each category they win. Metro FM is investing in musicians; building wealth and benefiting financially from their trade over and above the artistic recognition that comes with the MMA's coveted statuette. This will be the first installment of the award show to include a new category, namely the Pan-African Category. Nathi and Sphectacular & DJ Naves led the nominations with five each, followed by Riky Rick and Emtee with four nominations each, and AKA, Fifi Cooper and Black Coffee with three nominations each. Emtee is the biggest winner of the event, having won in four categories. AKA Aka, AKA or a.k.a. may refer to: * "Also known as", used to in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doc Shebeleza
Doc Shebeleza is the second official single from Cassper Nyovest's debut LP ''Tsholofelo''. The song is a tribute to South African Kwaito veteran, Doc Shebeleza. It debuted at number 4 on South Africa's official music chart. Before its release, ''Doc Shebeleza'' was teased a couple of times at live performances. It was made available for free downloads and has been downloaded over 200,000 times. The song peaked at number 1 on the 5FM Top 40 chart. The remix for ''Doc Shebeleza'' was released on 3 November 2014. It was produced by Anatii and features a guest verse from rapper Talib Kweli. Composition Production was entirely handled by Fenesse formerly known as Sean Craig Beats. The ''African Hip Hop Blog'' described the song as, ''"A high energy track with a trap beat very similar to any of Lex Luger's last 20 offerings, including a hilarious 4 bar sequence where he acknowledges his desire to get with Minnie Dlamini"''. Artwork The artwork for the single was released on 8 Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
