BABALUKU DISCUSSES B-GLOBAL GATHERINGS & UG HIP HOP

By Byaruhanga Felix (@TheNinjafelix) When they mention Babaluku the first thing that comes to your mind is The God-father of LugaFlow in Uganda which is right but when you sit to level with him one on one he is more than just a lugaflow rapper, he is a teacher and more than that to the Youths who have gone through his BAVUBUKA FOUNDATION. He approaches hip-hop in a different way from which it’s widely viewed in our country which is entertainment. My...

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RUYONGA DISCUSSES VICTORY LAP & KRUKID.

By Byaruhanaga Felix (@TheNinjaFelix) The Victory Lap Mixtape is  a follow up to Ruyonga‘s successful & critically acclaimed album Victory Music. It features a lot of  refixes from different African songs and some hip-hop hits of 2013 (let Nas Down JCole, Don't Kill My Vibe Kendrick & others). I linked up with him and we discussed it and also talked about Krukid. QN:What's good boss?! According to your blog u had decided to...

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BIGTRIL DISCUSSES WHITE SHADOWS.

WHITE SHADOWS ALBUM COVER By Byaruhanga Felix (@TheNinjaFelix) On the 29th of this month Baboon Forest head Bigtril will be dropping his first official album at club venom (entrance UGX 20,000 just). I caught up with him and we discussed a lot of things about his album, the state of hip-hop in Uganda as a genre and this is how it all went down. Qn: What’s good boss? First, things first you announced a mix-tape last year “Dreams 2 Reality” but...

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#MIRRORS: ART AGAINST CORRUPTION

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); widows: 2; orphans: 2; } By Mubanza Haggai (@mubanza)  With the hip-hop culture approximately 30 years old all over the world, it’s an art of expression that we use to bring out issues affecting our society. On 22nd November, Mirrors was held for the first time at the Uganda Museum striking a balance between, fashion, spoken word, social art and music to highlight...

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GEMS OF WISDOM BY DREW DE'ALOI AYENI [BOOK REVIEW]

 By Yuriy Grigoryants (poet, writer, spoken word artist) Poetry is an acronym for "SOUL Happenings"...Time travel to the past, future and back again... Poems are one of the natural wonders on our Earth, part of man’s nature, in certain ways they are like all other creatures surviving in the wilderness. When poems are seen as living beings, individual entities, they can take away your breath, their very existence can change your...

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CAMPU BY TUCKER HD [SONG REVIEW + LYRICS]

CAMPU ILLUSTRATIVE ARTWORK [Cover Art] By Byaruhanga Felix (@TheNinjaFelix)   “Dope Track After Drop Track/ We Keep Moving That Audio Opium…” Tucker HD (Public Service Announcement) It only felt right I started this song’s (#Campu) review with those bars. Tucker is at it again on his #TuckerTuesday, moving that audio opium from BURN now to #Campu (dope track after track). Campu Life is produced by Sam Lamara a.k.a The Samurae of...

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YEGO NIGHT: 3rd EDITION

By ByaruhangaFelix (@TheNinjaFelix) So, I’m supposed to write a maximum of 400 words but for this with the experience I had I’m going to let it slide. This was the third edition of #YegoNight & personally I have attended two, the one which took place last month and this month’s edition. It happened at Route256(Opposite MTN indoor Arena Lugogo). For those of you who don’t know about Yego Night, it’s a hip-hop event that happens every first...

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JB [JBaller] DISCUSSES GAME OF THRONES [Vol.1], HIS ALBUM AND THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED KLEAR KUT ALBUM.

Games Of Thrones Vol.1 [Cover Art] By Byaruhanga Felix (@TheNinjaFelix) On 18th October 2013 JB a.k.a JBaller (C.E.O Blackstorm Ent.) was supposed to release his Game Of Thrones Vol.1 Mix-tape but due to some features and material that was supposed to be added to the mix-tape  was pushed a few weeks ahead (date to be announced soon).   So, I decided to catch up with him to see the progress of the mix-tape  production and...

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