I HAVEN'T BEEN GIVING MUCH LOVE TO SOUTH AFRICAN RAP FOR A LONG TIME...MOSTLY FINDING IT TO BE PRETTY PLAIN AND BORING...LACKING IN FINESSE, STYLE AND ORIGINALITY...JUST LACKING! AND EVEN IN CASES WHERE I LIKE ARTISTS...IT'S NEVER TO THE POINT WHERE I COULD LISTEN TO THEIR TRACKS LET ALONE THEIR ALBUMS/MIXTAPES...A LOT OF YAP YAP YAP. GIVE ME A HOUSE RECORD ANYDAY.

THIS BEING SAID, I WAS FIRST IN LINE, WHEN I HEARD THAT PROKID WAS PLAYING AT DJ KENZHERO'S *PARTY PEOPLE* SHOWCASE IN CAPE TOWN (PROBABLY THE FUNNEST NIGHT I HAD WHILST IN SA).

PRO PLAYED A MIXED BAG OF OLD BORING FREESTYLES OVER AMERICAN RAP BEATS AND (THE BEST PART) HIS SPECIAL FLAVOUR OVER RE-EDITS OF 80S SOUTH AFRICAN DISCO/BUBBLEGUM HITS (ALL MIXED AD CHOPPED BY DJ KENZHERO)...AN IDEA THAT HAS BEEN FLOATING AROUND THE HEADS OF MANY A HIPHOP HEAD I AM SURE...BUT NO ONE HAS HAD THR GUMSHIN TO ACTUALLY DO IT. WELL KENZHERO DID AND KILLED IT!!

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THEY WERE RE-EDITING THESE KINDS OF OLD SCHOOL ONES!

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