Category Archives: HEAT OF THE WEEK

MUNHU HI VANHU

You can never mention Tsongarap without mentioning Mthimbhani, whether you hate or love him you can not deny the influence he has ka game leyi. We personally do not like the beefs he has with other rappers ( I do not wanna mentions names, a va humesi heat we will talk about them) because we believe together we can break the market for Tsongarap. Together we believe we can do more and we can demand to even get an airplay or even get a Hip-Hop show that represents Tsongarap hayi makabya ya nwina le ka radio station liya ya le!!! Having said that, game ya Tsongarap yi tight and everyone wants the throne so we are bound to witness egos getting bruised. Now back to the song, Munhu Hi Vanhu released by a rapper from Phalaborwa named Mthimbhani AKA hosi ya Genge lol. He has released emotional songs before but this one hits home and Gelegele Music is proud to say that this is our HEAT OF THE WEEK. The team gave the song an 8/10 and below I will explain where the 8 comes from and where the 2 went, hlayani dyondzani and apply na nwina mi ta humesa ti heat hiku mbodza wa nwina hi karhele hi wona. Apparently ngwenya yi xave studio equipment and it is evident ka nghoma leyi kuri QUALITY na yona yi xap, the songs he dropped after he left MMP were a bit off but this one ya pfumela. Although there are a couple of ‘pops’ here and there, so the producer failed him a bit on that. CONTENT yi sasekile, it is a true story so all he needed was to figure out how to lay the message on the beat and he did just that. His LYRICS and the BEAT were touching, he actually made the song cry and the last time a Tsonga rapper did that was NEVER. He went as far as talking about the time he was sick and his girl took care of him, yiri a yi nuhwa but his girl stayed and took care of him. Va faya n’wana vanhu hi xifula a fela ku dlaya mic, vana va valoyi ma hlupha and mona wa nwina wa chavisa. He started a verse aku ‘let me swallow my pride..’ and goes to even mention some of the people he beef’d with, broke up with and some he is not even sure what happened. But what we love the most is the maturity on this joint and instead of complaining about who did what to fuck up the relationship, he just appreciated the time and the help he got from each and everyone of them. Loko kuve ti EMOTIONS on this song do not move you, tiva leswaku u na mbilu yo biha ende yi fana na ya noyi ani! He did not need to drop BARS or PUNCHLINES, all he needed to do was deliver the message and he did that. Hiku komisa, should you need to drop a joint with the same CONCEPT, worry less about dropping bars and puns, deliver the message from the heart we will connect. Everything mentioned above hi laha 8 yi sukaka kona, now I am sure you would like to know where is the 2. Yingisela, dyondza and apply na wena u ta wisa ku chaya mbodza. This might sound like we are reviewing the artist than the song, but how do we separate the two? It is obvious that as soon as you become famous people will judge you or compare your recent work to your previous. Your capabilities influence our expectations so as unfair as this sounds, this will never change. LANGUAGE yi xap, however Mthimbhani always rhymes hi English and this has become a trend in most if not all of his songs. I am not sure if he is lacking ka vocabulary ya yena ya Xitsonga but he has always rhymed, punched or threw bars hi english ka vunanga bya yena and gelegele team would love to challenge him to change/improve this. The second issue we had was his FLOW, if you do not know him this sounds dope, like I said we can not separate the song from the artist, this to us is a typical Mthimbhani flow. 8 is a distinction, we had to mention where the 2 went marha a swi vuli kuri nghoma ayi cheli ku hisa. This is a HEAT OF THE WEEK and ahi chuhwangi to say so, anyway he MTHIMBHANI Xphola did nothing vhele for wena  kumbe hiswi tshika? hita yingisela ka radio nhlamulo ya wena, get the song on the link below. Speaking of links, why would genge go out of their way to report links every time Mthimbhani drops a joint? Beef is part of the game but nwina se mi onha culture and we would like you to stop that shit. Do not be a sore loser, and I hope this link will not be reported also. GENGE!!!!!!!!!!

 

Link: https://www.datafilehost.com/d/d519471f

XIKWEMBU XALE BUSH

I do not remember the last time I listened to a song with a fear of missing a line, you know that feeling that makes you wanna hold a speaker next to your ear? yup, that was me listening to this joint. DSK is a rapper from Bushbuckridge and he is definitely claiming his hometown for real. A Bush, le a Mpumalanga where they whistle loko va valavula xitsonga. What a beautiful dialect, one of my favorite ka ti-dialect ta Xitsonga. DSK is claiming kuri yena hi yena Xikwembu Xale Bush when it comes to this TSONGARAP ish, and gelegele music team could not help but agree with him. This is our HEAT OF THE WEEK and we would like to take you through the path we used to get here, yingisela u tshika kuva dzinga-ndeve. Xo sungula, BEAT leyi a yi twali kuri ya mbeya? do we really have to spell it out marha. The type of beat that makes you wanna hit the road and run, or lift some heavy weights nwina mi rhandzaku tinsimbhi. Xiyisa lexi made sure to hit you bar after bar and punchline after punchline topped up with an amazing energy.This is how you prove kuri u Xikwembu a kasi ra wena not hi mbodza kumbe beef. ‘tolo ani rhinga na Jesu uri hita hlangana crossini(cross)’is a crazy line that made me rewind and start over the song, then I heard a slang xo chela ku hisa just when the song started. ‘lo mfana lo funa mina lo mali la first’ hahaha WTF is he saying? ‘who cares?, shit is provocative’ ku vula gelegele. He goes again and say you can not go toe to toe with him hi ku ‘uta fana na vhilwa ra movha u helela ndleleni’ need I say more kumbe wa pfumela kuri DSK i XIkwembu Xale Bush?. Well if you do not agree, gelegele music challenges you to drop something better. Although I do not personally love the CONCEPT hiku is a typical rapper’s concept, the team feels like it was fitting because he was challenging anyone and everyone who thinks otherwise about his THRONE le a Bush. FLOW is too easy and it compliments the beat and his energy, and because this is your typical ‘performance song’ the EMOTIONS were easy to tap into. In fact the energy triggers the EMOTIONS and when it comes to DSK you can never doubt his energy. This is actually the team’s favorite song because the usage ya LANGUAGE ya XITSONGA was 100% and it has been a while since we had a jam like this. The team named this song our HEAT OF THE WEEK with an 8/10 rating,and that is pretty impressive. Byela DSK ata hlamusela kuri leswa ‘lo mfana lo mfana’ swivula yini hiku swi chela ku hisa. Xikwembu Xa ti Reviews xi gimeta kwala, hita hlangana ka ti comments. Gasi!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Link:  https://www.slikouronlife.co.za/song/139068/xkwembu-xale-bush

UTANI TSUNDZUKA

What a breath of fresh air, the team ya gelegele music has been waiting for this sound for a very long time. loko hi vulavula hi Xitsonga Urban Music hi vula swilo swo fana na leswi, and I am glad I have a perfect example. Lady Presh, who is not really new in the game, she has released a couple of nice joints a while back. She has given us something new,something fresh and definitely something to brag about. The last time I heard a pure RnB song from Mutsonga was by TK Mhinga, may her soul RIP. Lady Presh gave us a traditional RnB song, starting from a BEAT selection to the CONTENT (concept). Swa ma love love i swilo swa RnB, unfortunately la aku tshikiwa bhari. This is a sad love song where she speaks about letting go, since ngwenya ayi tsandzeka ku tsakisa wa tati, she is threatening to leave his ass. Utani Tsundzuka is our HEAT OF THE WEEK and here below we will give you the reasons why it is, having said that, we do have a couple of concerns that we feel she and her producers Mellowkid and Subzer could have done better. The QUALITY is very good, you can actually hear every single line and also her vocals are balanced and sounds easy on the beat.The CONCEPT is a typical RnB concept and she played safe which is the right thing considering kuri mjolo wu hi mbeya hinkwerhu so it is easy to connect to. The LANGUAGE u hi tsoni nyana sesi, if you listen well the lines that hit home are written hi XITSONGA and they are more powerful, I am here imagining this song hi XITSONGA from the 1st line to the last. However this does not mean the the lyrics are bad, I just feel like they would have been 10 times better if she gave us 80% ya Xitsonga then 20% ya English. Her FLOW went in smoothly with the BEAT also, S/O to Subzer on that as well. The only issue we had a problem with was the usage ya auto tune, it is not necessary to have more of it if the lady can sing without it. It also made the song lose EMOTIONS, if you do not listen carefully you would think that this is a happy song. Her voice is not sad enough,the emotions lacked and the team feels like the auto tune did not help but worsen the situation as well. But the team rated the song 7/10 which means with all these concerns it is still our HEAT OF THE WEEK. Listen to the song below and tell us what you think on the comment section. Hosi ya magelegele ya vulavula!!!!!

 

Link: https://hoyozela.com/d/7176/fl8Qj

 

Plug: https://www.slikouronlife.co.za/artist/11464

Plug2: https:audiomack.com/album/audioplugsent/pray-for

XATI FELA

I have heard a couple of times Blvc Vce (pronounced Black Ace) say this sound is not his comfort zone, or it is different to what he is used to. And for the second or third time the team ya gelegele music is saying kuri either jaha leri ri chava ku endla ti hit or he must tap out of his comfort zone because every time he does so u endla ti hit. 1st it was a hit called Vuya, a song with a lady with a beautiful voice MissK, Blvc Vce ‘this is outta my comfort zone’ sweswi i Xati Fela and that nigga is still saying the same thing. Kumbe yo tonga ku tiva mani, whatever the reason is hina hiri your ‘this is not my comfort zone’is your hit zone so stick to it. Urban Music wa Xitsonga ahi vuli Hip Hop ntsena kumbe House Music, hi vulavula hi vunanga bya so. Now before hi hangalaka let us give you reasons why Xati Fela is our HEAT OF THE WEEK. 1st is the BEAT, easy to the ear with less complications and when you think of this on a live set swilo swinga dlaya. 2nd is the CONCEPT, yes it has been used before but the approach is different and the LANGUAGE is not formal, he used our day to day slang (which is what we love too,if you read our reviews you will pick up kuri swa grammar kumbe xilungu xo dlaya ahi xikoti hina and ahi na mhaka lol). And one thing he has been consistent on i QUALITY and he is very audible which makes it easy to listen to. Although I must mention that I was not entirely happy hi ti BackUps ta the lady featured Hopey B,they were a bit loud and sometimes it was hard to hear her beautiful voice go,and I personally feel she was holding back. I was expecting her to burst out and elevate the song, am I sounding like Randall now ni swi tshika because leyi ahi IDOLS i Gelegele Music? Alright ke, listen to the song on link and tell us what you think. Hina hiri i HEAT OF THE WEEK marha ani nwina swilo swa kahle ma chava. Hosi ya Magelegele ya vulavula.

 

Link: http://hoyozela.com/d/7373/UICMh

Youtube link: https:youtu.be/T3GGaPnMtWk

Ngholovhani

If they ask how Tsongatrap sounds, or perhaps they want to know kuri i mani who can represent it better, make sure to mention Simefree ha twana?. And he has been consistent phela, ango mbambela ani, xo swikota he nwina lol. Phela hi happy hala ka gelegele music hi mintirho ya jaha leri, and from what genge say about him, he is one humble kid who is always about his work. Ngholovhani is his latest offering, a motivational song that one gotta jam to loko  ari ku kokeni ka ribyi hi tissue. From Akutleleki (his previous heat), I thought he was going to have a difficult time giving us something bigger,guess what, he gave us something better. BEAT selection has always been on point, CONTENT yi chela ku hisa, FLOW yo rhelela he nwana madala and he switches em nicely xem, ende na HOOK yi koka rinoko nwinoo!!!. This is easily a HEAT OF THE WEEK, he has ticked all the boxes. This is what we call Tsongtrap la mutini and we will stick by it, the LANGUAGE needs to stand out 1st. Two things I love about Simefree, 1st iku his usage ya auto tune ayi tunguli and secondly his content is relatable whether on a happy or a sad song. We have said this before and we will say it again, this boy will change the game loko swi fika ka Tsongatrap. Not sure if it is good or bad,  but the song has been made available for ti cheese-boy leti to xava kumbe ku stream (all online stores) and also available for hina vo-malambhani le ka skheto.com. link hi leyi kwala hansi, wo hiya chovha Ngholovhani hina.

 

Link: http://skheto.com/3370

HEAT OF THE WEEK

Few weeks ago Gele2 promised to not go away for a long time again, however the team also said the only reason for them to stay with you i ti-hits ntsena. hai, swiyi tsandza genge ahi mbodza ahi mbodza. Mthimbani paid for our stay with his latest release Dont Cross The Line (remix). This song and other remixes by artists like Cleinbouy na Dboy Ishu is the reason I believe kuri Tsongarap ya hanya, having said that, it is also the reason I think genge ya tsongarap yi lazy blind. Mi tiyisa voko(pen game) only on remixes or features, a lot of you do not even have songs on/of your own. If we had to listen to your songs individually hita twa mbodza, and again you guys are the reason we are not growing as fast as we should. Back to the song, I for one wouldn’t say the whole song is dope because there are really some WHACK verses and Mthimbani a fane a tiye nhlana a humesa thyaka but then again I believe a chava ku onha vuxaka. Sounds like a game of 2 halves so,swava Kaizer Chiefs na Pirates so. And you are forced to listen to the whole song, one verse is dope, the next is whack and then before you know it another is hitting you with dope lines and flow. I wont be mentioning rappers who were dope or rappers who were whack. But it would be lazy of me to not mention the 1st 3 verses. Mthimbani actually surprised me, we know he has the energy, anger and emotions on all his songs but bars???man he came with BARZ, he was spot on with each and every line. Krazboy and Nigga Young have become my favorites lately and I’d love to hear their own shit some day. DalaFam came in with some facts, he made it clear he still got it. He bragged a lot because he got the rights to, love the flow and the energy also. My favorite was Simefree, boy changed the fucking whole song when he came in and he is not even a rapper lol. S/O to Deona,it is relieving to know that we got few ladies in the house who can actually hold it down like she did. All she needs to do now is to be audible, I can not connect most of your lines although I was loving the energy and flow. I would love to hook her up na Ezzi (he is gonna kill me for this but fuck it, they would make one dope ‘HipPop’ song together).Wait, looks like I started mentioning what I said I wouldn’t so wo ni huma so. By the way, Mthimbani you said Ezzi was gonna be part of the track, kumbe yilo chuhwa ngwenya liya ya C-siders? hahaha we back, please do not chase us away again and if you try to do that,we going to name and shame you ka MBODZA WA VHIKI. Hosi ya Magelegele ya vulavula, tsiiiii!!!!!!!

 

link: http://hoyozela.com/d/6930/_Sh1

What a life

Man oh man, I have been waiting for a sound like this. This is the kinda sound that will make the whole Tsongarap movement move, now we can start talking. I got tired of listening to the same sounds, same styles and same flows. If you wanna blow, you gotta stand out, and you gotta sound different and be the breath of fresh air. And this is what InnoMmas has done with this one, What A Life is a true definition of Tsongarap/Trap. I am proud, everything we have been preaching ka Gele2 for the past year or 2 has finally been applied. The use of the LANGUAGE(Xitsonga) has a huge impact ka risimu leri and that is what we have been asking more katz to try, we are not saying xikolo-kolo yimbelela hi Xitsonga ntsena but it is a must ku yimbelela Xitsonga. yes I know you are confused but if you stay close enough you will know the difference between ku yimbelela Xitsonga no yimbelela hi Xitsonga but that’s a lecture for another day. Right now we need to come back to the HEAT OF THE WEEK. InnoMmas, a young boy from Ngove, a village hala Giyani has teamed up with NtsakoBeatz to produce a smash heat called What A Life. The QUALITY is just proper, vhele boti Ntsako ayi hupa hupi when it comes to production and I must add that he is another to look out for ka ti-producer ta Vatsonga. Inno will undoubtedly be the deadliest ka Tsongarap/Trap if he keeps at this, with the right coaching of course. All he needs to do is trap more, use Xitsonga more and always keep EMOTIONS in his music like he did on this one. He has always had a dope FLOW, and I must say that his CONTENT has always been relevant. Ku yimbelela hi Xitsonga swatsokombela and ku yimbelela Xitsonga is even better regardless of the language you use, I must say that InnoMmas found out about that with this one. Gelegele Music yi happy to the point that we are nominating this one to be the contender ya a HEAT OF THE MONTH. Show me a Tsongarap/Trap song better than this at moment, better yet you can rather send it through hi yingisela hina va mandhleve. Enjoy this joint and more of his work on the links bellow. Niri genge, take your music serious we will take you serious, go back and rework that song because it is not ready if it does not beat this or be on the same level. nita yingisela ka radio, Genge!!!!!!!!!

 

Link: https://hoyozela.com/d/2076/jf4vz  (what a life)

Link: https://hoyozela.com/d/1164/bkywk  (Thank You EP)

 

 

 

Ku Kula

Words of wisdom to the young ones, do not grow up because it is a trap!. Trust me joni ya vava/ndlala ya dlaya/ku khola ka nuhwa vusiwana bya nyanya/. Here I am trying to freestyle and this is caused by the jam I am listening to. A song needs to emotionally provoke you, you need to be part of it, step in the shoes of the artist and feel/imagine what he is going through. EMOTIONS play a very huge part in making a heat song, and that is what Jalter Jay jaha ra ka Nyavani has done with this one. Ngwenya yi koka ribye hi tissue on this song, you can hear xirilo xa boti leyi, himpela ku kula swavava. I felt him when he said ‘vutomi byani bavela ni koka hi diff’, nigga made me think of rent ya Mhani-stand hiku leswa lockdown a vaswi ngheni. Ku Kula is a song produced by CliveBeatz,Cleinbouy and NtsakoBeats and I must say they took their time with it. The QUALITY is proper, the BEAT is too dope and I am happy with the fact that they chose a trap beat to lace this very emotional song. Jalter decided to feature EmcStyleSA (I still wanna know what his name means), now StyleSA has a way of giving any song a dope energy of which he did not do on this song. He was quite reserved and lacked that energy that we know him of, however it does not make it a bad verse but it does not hit the right spot that I’d expected knowing him. I feel like he did not dig deep and tell us what he is going through, meaning the verse was not ‘honest’. The CONTENT is relevant though, and every grown up can relate to this and that is the main reason we make music, we want people to relate. All I can say is do not spoil our comeback hi mbodza, so far so good and I can undoubtedly say GENGE yi ready. Here is your HEAT OF THE WEEK people, Jalter Jay ft EmcStleSA! Enjoy. Hosi ya Genge yi koka gasi, nita yingisela ka radio

 

Link: https://hoyozela.com/d/5346/Z8uMP

Udyisiwile

GELEGELE MUSIC is back!!!! people, yes I know I know ya’ll missed us and I must admit that we kinda missed you too hey. It wouldn’t do any justice if we came back without a bang, hence we took our time to listen to one of the banging tracks ka nkarhi wa sweswi. I am not gonna waste your time and make you think hard who could be the one with the hottest song right now. Cleinbouy is the one with a banger right now and I expected ya’ll to know that but if you don’t then here is your chance to do so. Cleinbouy, a producer/singer from Mhinga (le corner 18 kaya ra gelegele) teamed up with Mthimbhani who is no stranger to the Tsongarap game to produce one of the hottest songs ka game leyi. The song is called Udyisiwile where they speak of a brother who is so in love that he forgets his own family, leswa magelegele swina vinyi nwinoo. As beautiful as love could be, minga rivala kaya vafowethu especially if your family puts money on you to go to school or find a job so that you can take care of your siblings. I must say that I am very proud of the progress Cleinbouy has made, both as a singer and a producer. His music has matured, gotten better with time like fine wine. His voice is so soothing and his writings is simple and straight to the point and I am impressed with the fact that this song was written hi Xitsonga from bottom to top, hi happy la ka gelegele music hi sweswo. And Mthimbhani came through also, ever since this boy from Phalaborwa came into the game genge been waiting for him to fall and I am afraid that is not gonna happen soon. He has been one of the rappers who has stayed relevant even without releasing any music and that’s what the movement ya Tsongarap needs. Usually I would post the lyrics of the song but this one is clear and straight forward so ya’ll gotta listen. LANGUAGE,BEAT,QUALITY,CONTENT and AUTHENTICITY all check, which makes this an easily HEAT OF THE WEEK. Hina we are just happy to be back, and I hope you guys do not spoil our comeback hi mbodza aniri. Teka vunanga hi lebyi

link:  https://youtu.be/I5AMnAfiMPU

HEAT OF THE WEEK

Mabihani dyi humesini, and he instantly made a buzz on the streets. vhele genge yidyi rhandza blind, I wish this dude knew how easily he can use this to his benefit. Money dance is his latest song taken off the mixtape about to drop soon, nita minyika vuxokoxoko hi ndlela sweswi ahi vuyeni ka nghoma. Uglyraps has a dope ass style, I still wonder how it would sound hi xitsonga because he hardly raps hi ririmi. There are 2 things that made me a bit skeptical awarding this joint as a HEAT OF THE WEEK and one is the LANGUAGE and the second one is AUDIBILITY. I still say kuri anga twali muyisa loyi and without notes (lyrics) you will have to listen time and again to get what he is saying. BUT, the BEAT choice is always on point, his HOOKS are always on point and the FLOW is always catchy. It is hard not to name it the HEAT OF THE WEEK when he has ticked those boxes and obviously because na genge is making noise about it. I wont say much because I did not hear much, but i did fuck with the FLOW and the HOOK. here is a link miti twela kumbe you will hear better. nita heta so, imagine if he was doing this hi xitsonga and be audible at the same time….. ni koka Gasi, hosi ya magelegele yi tshame leee

link

https://www.slikouronlife.co.za/song/95285/uglyraps-money-dance