{"id":6442,"date":"2014-07-08T20:00:33","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T20:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/?p=6442"},"modified":"2015-03-16T19:26:24","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T19:26:24","slug":"african-hip-hop-radio-triple-treat-launching-web-stream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/african-hip-hop-radio-triple-treat-launching-web-stream\/","title":{"rendered":"African Hip Hop Radio’s Triple Treat & launching the web stream"},"content":{"rendered":"

African hip hop radio has reached another milestone in its existence. The show has been around almost as long as Africanhiphop.com itself; we did our first ‘show’ from an attic room – Maluka<\/a> and J4<\/a> behind the minidisc deck with a cheap mic and a dj mixer. The stream was uploaded by a 56k modem via a phone line, and at some point we had people tuning in from different European countries. Seven years later, in 2005, we took it to a real radio studio, using the facilities of VPRO for whom we also did a weekly show focusing on a wide range of music, including African, Brazilian, the new sounds of broken beat and grime and more.<\/p>\n

\"African<\/a>African hip hop radio had contributors’ shows from all over the world, and presenters included Wanlov (Ghana), Lee Kasumba (SA), Karim from Arabian Knightz (Egypt) and many more<\/a>. Between 2008 and 2010 we ran a weekly broadcast on Holland\u2019s popular youth radio station FunX (Lijn5) hosted by GMB, J4 and dj Threesixty, and from 2011 after program changes at FunX we found a new host at the uniquely located Red Light Radio<\/a> in Amsterdam’s red light district, where we have been doing a monthly two-hour set ever since.<\/p>\n

This month we’re in for some changes though! As you may have seen, we are beta testing a new, non-stop stream playing African hip hop around the clock. No need to tune in at a set time or wait for on-demand streams; this is the only place on the web where you can listen to a non-stop stream of 100% hip hop from all across the African continent and diaspora. For now available as a pop-up player (see the sidebar to the right of this story), we’re also planning to make it available as a mobile app. And we’re adding new songs all the time, so if you think you heard it all, check back in a few days.<\/p>\n

The monthly show on Red Light Radio, presented by Amal and J4, won’t disappear but it will be rebranded. Under its new name ‘Africa Is Hot’ it will stay true to the makers’ roots in digging up fresh and unheard sounds, while it will expand its horizons to play music from across the board. Expect hip hop but also the more innovative afrobeats tunes, afro house, old school African funk and afrobeat and other styles that can’t be labeled into categories. Each montly show will also be published here, and you can follow the show on Twitter via @africaishot<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Lynnee Denise in the June show<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then, as we were behind on updates – while working behind the scenes on the website design overhaul – here are no less than three fresh African hip hop radio shows. From April there’s J4’s Minidisc Special, two hours of tunes played from the antique medium of minidisc. Back in the mid to late 90s, minidisc was the affordable method of digital recording, and many of the exclusive hip hop tunes we got from Tanzania, Senegal and South Africa in those days we got on minidisc – it’s safe to say that we were the first in Tanzania to record using the medium.<\/p>\n

The May show featured a phone interview with (ex presenter) Gery Mendes aka GMB<\/a> who spoke about his new, second album Caminho (see the cover photo above this article). And in the June show we were joined by US born dj Lynnee Denise<\/a> who brought a crateful of kwaito and Afro house. Enjoy… six hours African hip hop radio!<\/p>\n

[soundcloud]https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/redlightradio\/african-hip-hop-25-red-light-radio-05-28-2014[\/soundcloud]<\/p>\n

Playlist June 2014 (with guest Lynnee Denise)
\n<\/strong>Wanjiku – I am wild
\nUjamaa hip hop darasa – Ujamaa
\nNegash Ali – The African Dream (feat. Temu)
\nKiff No Beat – Tu Es Dans Pain
\nChimurenga Renaissance – The BAD is so good
\nAkwasi – Een Wedstrijd (ft Rob Dekay)
\nChiku K ft Tifa, Brown Suga, Stoch & Walter Chilambo – Wanashindana
\nOctopizzo feat. Kayvo – Kforce – Voices of Kibera (V.O.K)
\nYasiin Gaye – Travellin’ Man Pt. II (Distant Lovers Mix) [prod Amerigo Gazaway]
\nOctopizzo – Mc Kah – Joe Madog – Erko – Checkmate Mido – Poeticbee – Diamondog – L.O.V.E
\nGery Mendes – Running
\nJR – Bob Mabena Ft. Okmalumkoolkat And Spoek Mathambo
\nBlack Magic Pass<\/p>\n

Second hour: Lynnee Denise kwaito & South African house mix<\/p>\n

[soundcloud]https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/redlightradio\/african-hip-hop-24-red-light-radio-04-30-2014[\/soundcloud]<\/p>\n

Playlist May 2014 (with guest Gery Mendes aka GMB)
\n<\/strong>Blitz the Ambassador – Africa is the future
\nAKA – Congratulate
\nKwesta Dakar ft. Hulu Jay
\nThe Temple – Ntsango
\nShad-Koko B Ware
\nRaiza Biza- New Kings feat. Spicc, Maia Rata
\nGery Mendes- African Princess
\nAlsahara feat Nubatunes- Soukura
\nGery Mendes- Gotta Be
\nRuyonga – Muhuliire?
\nProfesa Jay ft Diamond – Kipi sijasikia
\nKhali Abdu- Forever Ever
\nSeun Kuti – African Airways
\nGery Mendes – Memories
\nCassper Nyovest – Doc Shebeleza
\nOne the Incredible – Soga za mzawa ft Nikki Mbishi
\nRaiza Biza – The tunnel ft Rizvan
\nJovi – B.A.S.T.A.R.D ft. Reniss
\nOkMalumKoolkat – Bhut’yangchaza (Muzi Remix)
\nSpoek Mathambo – The Mountain (Mujava, Spoko, Spoek Mathambo, Blk Blt Jns, Machepies, Panyaza Remix)
\nWilliam Onyeabor – Good name (Auntie Flo Edit)
\nAlsarah & The Nubatones – Soukura
\nKhalil Abdu-Forever & Ever
\nQuantic – Duvido\u0301 feat. Pongolove<\/p>\n

[soundcloud]https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/redlightradio\/african-hip-hop-23-red-light[\/soundcloud]<\/p>\n

Playlist April 2014 (J4’s 1990s minidisc special)<\/strong>
\nGangwe Mobb – Chelea pina live
\nHashim – I smoked an emcee
\nKwanza Unit – Check nnavyo flow
\nMarco Polo – freestyle live Bush Radio 2000
\nHardcore Unit – Rap si mchezo
\nBantu Pound – Bado nakutesa
\nDPT – My mind\u2019s twisted
\nMr II – Mambo ya fedha
\nMr Ebbo – Usithamini pesa
\nMashifta – Pesa pombe siasa na wanawake
\nGangwe Mobb – Mtoto wa geti kali
\nFDC – Kindumbwendumbwe
\nX Plastaz – Mona Lisa
\nKalasinga – Paparazi Misuko suko
\nSos B – Ikibidivyo
\nPBS – L\u2019Afrique n\u2019est pas d\u00e9muni mais seulement d\u00e9sunie
\nGangwe Mobb – Mauza uza
\nBig One – ?
\nBibson & Xuman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As we go through a backlog of long overdue posts – due to the design overhaul on this site – we present six hours of African hip hop radio. The show in April featured only music played from minidisc, the medium we used to capture our first African hip hop recordings. In the May show we spoke with Gery Mendes (GMB) about his new album Caminho, and in June we invited dj Lynnee Denise into the studio, who blessed us with a kwaito and house mix. And there’s more big news, as African hip hop radio just beta-launched its non-stop online stream, playing 24\/7 African hip hop hits and rarities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[52,346,472],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6442"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}