YI SUKINI: Mthimbhani puts album on hold to attend to beef ya yena na DMS

The war has been declared.

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Will DMS answer this time around or what?

If ma tsunduka, Black Coffee said put it in song –  I mean putting an end to this beef with music would be amazing for hip hop and for their fans.

Mthimbhani, Mr love songs, u karhele u ri a yi suki once loko yi suka. This time around it will be different because Xphola, used to be on DMS’s team is now with Mthimbhani. Xivutiso i ku, will he leak  dirt on his old camp (DMS) kumbe he will stand aside?

Another thing is that I am concerned about Mthimbhani coz he’s putting his album aside for this. Is it worth it? Vhele ka hip hop street cred yi important, but so is the money. Well, hina hi ta yimela tinjamba.

Good luck gentlemen,  a ku cakunyanhiwi. Hosi ya genge yo li mbya gasini.

HEAT OF THE WEEK: Rirhandzu ra Ntiyiso by Macedo

Who said ku hava ti love songs with a message that touches one’s emotions la ka Tsonga Rap? Well whoever did say that needs to listen to Macedo’s Rirhandzu ra Ntiyiso, the song connects and it’s rap in done in Xitsonga. This is well orchestrated, I wouldn’t say I’m surprised though because this has been his shxt for 3 years now. What his been doing is to release a song dedicated to his partner and he nails it every time. Himpela wa rhandziwa n’wana Mhani Shivambu #TsongaLove. On Rirhandzu ra Ntiyiso Macedo teamed up with Cleinbouy on the beat to give us this soulful Tsonga Rap love song.

So how is Rirhandzu ra Ntiyiso heat of the week? Let’s check the 5 fundamentals;

  • The BEAT is dope for a love song, less swichayachayani and straight to the point. Vavasati will love this jam, niggas gonna have it on repeat exihundleni.
  • The HOOK is a dope sing along, easy to remember and everyone in love can relate.
  • The EMOTIONS on this song are real and honest, the boy meant every word he was saying. He makes one wanna fall in love a ta khensa va Mhani n’wingi.
  • The LANGUAGE was used fairly although there’s random unnecessary use of xizulu, which does not add any value, hi na wona marito for the words he borrowed ka ririmi ra vo Mfaniseni. At the end of the day hi pusha language gents so it very important to make one hear why do we call this Tsonga Rap.
  • Macedo’s DELIVERY is matured and he was smooth with it, phela la ngwenya a yi tiyisa muti so he needed to be audible and gentle  kuri na nkata a swi twa coz va endlele yena track leyi.
  • He didn’t lose the concept at all, and I am glad his LYRICS ti valavula hi rirhandzu ra ntiyiso.

Ngwenya was serious when he wrote this song and since he ticked off all the fundamentals, we giving this one a 5/5 rating. This is our heat of the week.

“niku rhandzile swi nge cinci/na ku tshembisa ni nge cheat/mbilu ku vava ni nge ku twisi/nkata mina ni nge ku tshiki/ni ya mahlweni ni nge jiki/nkata mina lowo fanele hi mpahla le ya pinky…”

Since ni twi risimu leri, munhu xi busy no lava lavana na xicherhani hala kgaxakgaxeni, kumbe munhu a nga kuma xo fa tihlo, mo hi endla hi ri karhi hi ya kwale #gasini.

DOWNLOAD RIRHANDZU RA NTIYISO YA MACEDO ON http://www.xikulu.com/18481

MBODZA WA VHIKI: Vari Rap Yifile by Triple Tise

By the title of the song one expects know kuri ku va na resurrection with proper bars full of life, kambe ka Vari Rap Yifile rap yi endliwi nsele. I really do not know what Triple Tise was trying to do. You can’t have a title that provocative, a title that says ‘I got this’ ivi I endla mbodza wa so.

These are the songs that give genge the plaak to say ku rap yi fini, i ta ku i yini – “follow your mum to the kitchen and learn how to beef“. I must be honest kuri HOOK is catchy and it flows nice with the BEAT, it’s a dope sing along. But the verses did not do justice to the beat, the hook and the whole concept of the song.

“Vo mrapper a ni va feel/kova ti empty diss/disc..” –  Triple Tise clearly has no friends.

Let’s talk about DELIVERY… well it’s off, some lines were rushed and Triple Tise is constantly running after the beat. You can’t have a dope song regardless genre if u don’t tick off all the necessary boxes.

This song I will only give it a 2 for the beat and the hook mara leswi swin’wana I mbodza and I hope Triple Tise does better next time. There’s room for improvement and definitely the boy has potential.

Hosi ya magelegele yi lo mbya egasini…

DOWNLOAD VARI RAP YIFILE BY TRIPLE TISE ON https://www.datafilehost.com/d/2fc1b53a

YI SUKINI: Makheveza to release Manyora along Slim Dee, Dopefella na Raymond

Makhevesa, yin’wani ya Tihosi ta Magelegele and member ya C-siders,  together with Slim Dee va hlanganisi manyora for a jam named Manyora. Makhevesa is well known for his kwaito-gangster rap influenced style and controversial lyrics.

I hope this time ngwenya brought his A-game coz yi hlangani na timbyana ta game. The last time I checked vo Dopefella were out of the game, I wonder what made him come back. Let’s hope yi vuye na swa kahle and we hope he hasn’t lost touch. Raymond on the other hand has been making waves and flying the flag ya Tsonga Rap rap hala xilungwini. I hope we the Tsonga Rap fraternity can benefit from his push.

The jam is coming out this month hi ti 21, taken from upcoming mixtape ya the brothers – Makheveza na Slim Dee. We will be waiting, gasi is where we will be in the meantime…

YI SUKINI: ROUND 100 – DMS VS. MTHIMBHANI

The historical beef has resurrected again.

Vhele ya vavanuna a yi heli, it seems like MLFM awards have hurt a lot of rappers, they have awaken a beef most of us thought was dead. Mthimbhani and DMS beefed for a long time, together na Xphola who was once in DMS’s side but now has switched sides. Xphola used to beef Mthimbani and to me if u switch sides in the middle of a beef, it means u lost or u weighed your options and chose the  strong team. I could be wrong a ni tivi. Ntiyiso i ku, between DMS and Mthimbani we have never declared a winner na sweswi. Maybe it is about time our AKA and Cass put their mouths on a beat ivi hina vanhu swilo hi gandla stamp.

Beef yi huma where DMS spoke on nomination ya Mthimbhani ya Best Xitsonga Hiphop song of the year eka XMA15 ta Munghana Lonenen FM. DMS u ri the boy (Mthimbhani) u xava airplay and na masagwadi, DMS is insinuating kuri ku na a bigger person behind Mthimbhani who buys him airplay, interviews and awards ta MLFM. But Mthimbhani u ri all this I jealous na rivengo, hina hi ri a hi tivi nchumu hi tiva music and should they put this beef in a song then we will be able to comment.

Truth be told, Mthimbhani has been in a lot of mouths, could this mean he’s doing well kumbe vhele ngwenya yo xava xava success ya yona? Aredzi, mo ni koka gasi ni yimela beef track coz I can smell its coming. We can’t wait to declare a winner this time around, it won’t go unnoticed or not reviewed. Hosi ya magelegele ya vulavula.

HEAT OF THE WEEK: Rain on Me by Madblaq

Madblaq aka Ntsan’wisi has been making waves ever since he broke through the wall ya Tsonga rap, kid  is one of the honest artists ka Tsonga rap and by honest I mean, he mostly if not only raps about his life experiences which makes it easy to tap into his music because of the emotional bridge he creates. Which is another thing other artists need to learn, EMOTIONS  are very important ka risimu, as a listener I need to be attached like in a story, I need to connect and feel without hearing what u’re saying.

Let’s get into review ya Rain on me from Rap Game Ntsan’wisi EP.

I must say I was very sceptical about it hi mhaka ya HOOK which is in English and it took me close to a minute to tap in, and this is what artists need to learn, no one will give u more than 30 sec so u better capture me sooner. The BEAT redirected me though coz I could tell by it kuri it’s gonna be an emotional song. Again, u need to be very careful when u choose beats when u wanna tap into emotions, the feel of the song needs to go hand in hand with the beat or else mi ta hupa blind.

1st verse proves the power ya LANGUAGE, it is very easy for me to tap into my emotions if u talk to me in my mother’s tongue, home ground advantage a yi tirhi bolweni ntsena. As much as DELIVERY is important, LANGUAGE will make u win or flop. What I am saying is that when u think emotions, think language then u can think of how to deliver. Boy is a rapper, but ka 1st verse he decided to talk to us and he was very smart with the DELIVERY coz he knows he’s not a good singer, he put a lot of emotions in it and the most important part is what he was saying of which to me was important coz at the end of the day your LYRICS communicate to the listener.

Regardless of what one is going through, the 1st verse is a sing along, ‘Jehova pfula ndlelooo/hi dzuka nyuku hi chava ku hluphekooo/u ngaze u huma ndleloo/ku hundzuka swi lava ku pfumela…. ‘. On his 2nd verse he tells u about his life, it might not sound as powerful hi mhaka ya LANGUAGE, but it is a dope verse if u listen to it kahle, and his DELIVERY  is slick too. He talks about being depressed and how people laughed at him, and I think this was caused by the loss of his loved ones, if u listen to his mixtape he has songs that he talks about that (may their souls rest in peace). This verse again shows u that music means a lot to this kid, and his brother is doing the most to help him out which is one thing that’s hard when life is against you, trust me I know, maxaka ma ta ku hlekula ku olova loko u ri busy u koka ribye hi tissue yo tsakama.

Back to music, Rain on me has impressed me because of the BEAT, EMOTIONS, LANGUAGE, LYRICS and the DELIVERY which are the 5 fundamentals to a heat song. Hi va nyika 5/5  Boti Madblaq and we hope people are responding well ka Rap Game ntsanwisi EP, here’s the download link: http://xikulu.com/17511

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YI SUKINI: Genge catches feelings over Lesson saying he’s the best Tsonga rapper

Tsonga Rap has always had bullies, vo Mr know-it-all, na genge ya vo ‘mama I made it’…

MLFM has been inviting the nominees ta Best Xitsonga Hiphop song of the year (XMA15) to interview them for their listeners to know them better up close and personal or it could be because they hardly play the nominated music, the audience don’t know the songs.

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DMS was 1st and his interview went well, but that one that caught everyones attention i ya Lesson. Dj Brian had a dope interview with this dude and I think Lesson handled it well, the problem came in when Lesson claimed to be better than everyone ka Tsonga Rap. As usual genge never liked that and went mad about it, ve Lesson hloko ya yena ya n’wi pengela and that wasn’t the platform to say what he said. Mina I don’t see a problem about this, I feel that’s the most hip hop thing to say, its a competitive genre after all that’s why everyone claims to be better than everyone .

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I feel like it is not really about what was said but who said it, we know Lesson is being hated by many, veri mbulwa ya vanhu yi na makatla. Mr Maltown Kings (founder) has had beefs with many cats so I guess that too is the reason niggas are mad. Soshangaan(one of the nominees) said his piece about what Lesson said and u can tell he wasn’t happy.

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DMS (nominee) had something to say too.

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Janfirst na yena came in, leyi ngwenya yi tiveliwa controversy but this time he did not choose sides, he wanted to understand what was the problem and then later asked us who do we think deserves the award.

Tell us what do u think hi mhaka ya Lesson and what he said ka interview ya MLFM, was he right to claim he’s better since this is hip hop, kumbe yi valavula mbodza madala ? Hi ta yingisela ka radio…

HEAT OF THE WEEK: Mutsonga by Simefree feat. GY GEE

I am yet to hear a song ra ro valavula hi Vutsonga and not mention Giyani, nhova and all that jungle stuff. There’s more we can sing about, from our history and glory. I urge whoever tries something like this to have another angle and teach us something about Vatsonga.

Without taking anything away from this song, which is a very good song. This song represent me, this is what I call Tsonga Trap. I love the fact that they chose this beat. These cats work well together,  Mali was just a glimpse and Mutsonga is their full potential.

Simefree is crazy with the hooks, and he’s doing this with ease. Niggas need to learn not to try too hard, rinsimu leri ri ba ndzeni and it’s simple. GY Gee came through with a verse yi nga na substance, he defined with just a 16 kuri Mutsonga I yini, where he comes from, where he got his 1st love for music and yes, katara yi vambiwini la.

I hardly give a song 5/5 but what’s there to subtract ka a good song like this.

DOWNLOAD MUTSONGA ON http://www.xikulu.com/17135

HEAT OF THE WEEK: Ava Tshembhi by We Double C Gang

Avani tshembhi loko ni ku Clein has found himself, this boy can easily be competition ya vo Brian Bomba, Vo Henny C na Vo Mash Sarila. Well, the only problem I think he has is he’s not audible in some lines because of his style xo yimbelela, but this is fixable sh*t so no sweat…

Clein teamed up with West Heidik and CVP the Problem, the rapper from Xigalo who is the founder of the Xigalo hip hop show that happens annually. CVP came through on this one even though he was given a short verse but it was direct and straight to the point. One will argue that West Heidik, the dude on the hook owned the jam more than the other two. This is by far the only dude that I believe has a right yo tirhisa auto tune ka Tsonga rap coz he uses it well.

Ava tshembhi is the title of the very 1st track ya vona va ri 3 as a group. They call themselves We double C gang, hambi swivula yini sweswi kumbe hi tweliwa zolo. I believe this group can do more, so we shall wait…

The song ri motivational and all parties understood the concept. The language was used well too and the beat is easy to the ear. It’s a nice sing along and all of that makes it heat of the week with a 4/5 rating. At least this time Clein u ni twile loko ni ku ni karhele hi mbodza wa yena when he teams up with people.

DOWNLOAD A VA TSHEMBHI ON – http://www.xikulu.com/17891

I hope team swikhekhani will give us more good music this year…