The South African Hip Hop Awards are taking place earlier than usual this year. They happen on the 20th of November 2019 at the Gold Reef City Lyric Theatre.
This year's categories and nominees have recently been announced. The live announcement went down on Instagram and Facebook, true to this years theme which is "the revolution will be computerized"
There's a couple of categories that's been canned like Kings Of Province, Crews and Graffiti.
Now, looking at this year's categories and doing a lil comparison with last year's, or even further than that
I Wonder if there's been any solid growth in the game and if the awards are risking becoming monotonous..
The most refreshing categories is the new entrants on Freshman category , new sound and artists on collabos and remixes at times.
The rest of the categories though, seem to be a repetition of previous contenders.
"Best Lyricist" is easily predictable. The list rotates around Trilly,CPT,Reason, Stogie. With "Best Female", you already know Gigi and Nadia will be on there.
Cass will always feature on the newly combined Hustler of the Year/MVP category. Overtime it's been more or less the same people.
The issue for me is that these awards are making the game seem to lack growth. And maybe that is the actual case.
Maybe the submission criteria needs to be revisited and revised. Where there enough releases and the selection panel chose the most popular?
Where are the females? The ones from before and the new ones? How many DJs do we have that are pushing besides the usual suspects?
Maybe "popularity" should not be a factor on some of the categories. For a "Song of the Year" I can get why it can be a big requirement but it surely shouldn't apply for "Best Mixtape"
And impact shouldn't really be limited to traditional mediums. If doors aren't opened up for new artists to be taken in how will the pool widen up?
And with best producer,why must the number of (popular) songs be a determining factor for eligibility? Shouldn't the producer submit the work they did, then they get judged based on the technical/engineering merits?
Maybe there's no sense in making a fairly known artist a nominee because there's no "value" compared to a Kwesta. But not every talent will get the spotlight nor is popular.
Maybe there's just not enough artists in the country to keep things fresh every year. Maybe artists need more than a year to get inside the commercial streets.
Artists also need to work hard to elevate themselves into standards. Because at the end of the day,you need to be worthy to some level to acquire accolades, maybe the question is "ow much value?"
The upside is that the SAHHAs inspire the bar. Its something a lot of emerging artists aspire to acquire. Strictly for the culture.
I am happy to see Jimmy Wiz bagging a few noms, Best Lyricist as one of them.
Song of the year and Best Hip Hop show got the most numbers of nominees as usual.
And the biggest thing that we seem to overlook is that artists need to submit to be considered.... but can you submit if you don't meet the set criteria?
CATEGORIES AND NOMINEES :
Album of The Year 2018
Zakwe- Cebisa
Nasty C- Strings and Bling
Da L.E.S -High Level
Blaklez- Baby Brother
K.O-SR2
Song of The Year 2018
Nasty C ft. Rowlene- "SMA"
Anatii- "Thixo Onofefe"
Kid X ft. Chianosky- "Aunty"
Zakwe ft. Musholiq, Cassper Nyovest- "Sebentin"
Nasty C ft. A$AP Ferg- "King"
Cassper Nyovest- "Ksazobalit"
Nadia Nakai ft. Cassper Nyovest- "Naaa Mean"
Kwesta ft. Wale- "Spirit"
DJ Speedsta ft. OkMalumKoolKat- "Combos"
Riky Rick ft. Cassper Nyovest, Major League, Professor, Alie Keys- "Stay Shining"
Song of the Year 2019
- KO – Supa Dupa
- Yanga Chief – Utatakho
- Kwesta ft Makwa, Tshego AMG, Thee Legacy – Khethile Khethile
- Riky Rick ft Mlindo the Vocalist – You and I
- Gemini Major ft Nasty C & Tellaman – Right Now
- DJ Speesta ft Zoocci Coke Dope, Una Rams & Da L.E.S – No Stress
- Beast ft Sjava – Hello
- Kwesta – Vur Vai
- Big Zulu ft Cassper Nyovest – Ama Million
- KO ft Nandi Madida – Say you will
Best Collabo 2018
DJ Capital ft. Kwesta, Reason, Kid X, YoungstaCPT, Stogie T- "Skebe Dep Dep"
Boity ft. Nasty C- "Wuz Dat"
Kid X ft. Chianosky- "Aunty"
Zakwe ft. Musholiq, Blaklez, HHP, Pro, Kwesta, Cassper Nyovest- "Sebentin Remix"
Nasty C ft. A$AP Ferg- "King"
Ms Cosmo ft. Rouge, Moozlie, Sho Madjozi- "Ay Bay Bay"
Nadia Nakai ft. Cassper Nyovest- "Naaa Mean"
Kwesta ft. Wale- "Spirit"
DJ Speedsta ft. OkMalumKoolKat- "Combos"
Riky Rick ft. Cassper Nyovest, Professor, Major League & Ali Keys- "Stay Shining"
Best International Brand 2018
Castle Lite
Jagermeister
Powerplay
Best International Brand 2019
- Power Play
- Sportscene
- Castle Lite
- Russian Bear Vodka
Best Male 2018
Blaklez -Baby Brother
Zakwe -Cebisa
Nasty C -Strings and Bling
Da L.E.s -High Level
K.O. -SR2
Best Remix 2018
DJ Capital ft. Kwesta, Reason, Kid X, YoungstaCPT, Stogie T- "Skebe Dep Dep"
Jovislash ft. Flabba, HHP, Infadizzle, Mr Selwyn - "Aya Kwin Remix"
Zakwe ft. Musholiq, Blaklez, HHP, Pro, Kwesta, Cassper Nyovest- "Sebentin Remix"
Riky Rick ft. Stilo Magolide, Frank Casino, KLY, YoungstaCPT
Profresher KT ft. Khuli Chana, Ginger Trill, Towdee Mac, Notshi- "Wata Mafia Gon Do Remix"
Best Radio Show 2018
The Stir Up (5FM)
Rhythm Flow (Radio Bushbuckridge)
Trailblazer (SK FM)
SA Hip Hop Live (YFM)
16BarsReloaded (Trans Africa)
Inambanamba (Ukhozi FM)
Motswako Wa Hip Hop (Motsweding FM)
Absolut Hip Hop (Metro FM)
The Ready D Show (Goodhope FM)
Hip Hop Music Sessions (Gagasi FM)
DJ of The Year 2018
Ms Cosmo
DJ Speedsta
DJ Sliqe
DJ I.D
Junior De Rocka
Honorary Award2018
Outrageous Records
Honorary Award 2019
- Falko (Graffiti Artist)
Lyricist of The Year 2018
PDotO
Nasty C
Stogie T
Zakwe
Ginger Trill
Mixtape of The Year 2018
Stogie T- Honey and Pain
DJ Sliqe- Navy Black
Moozlie -Versus
Gigi Lamayne -VI
Slikour on Life -SOL Incubator
MVP 2018
Cassper Nyovest
Nasty C
ProVerb
Riky Rick
Kwesta
MVP/Hustler of the Year 2019
- Cassper Nyovest
- Nadia Nakai
- Nasty C
- Kwesta
- Riky Rick
Producer of The Year 2018
Makwa
Tweezy
Zoocci Coke Dope
Co Kayn
Gemini Major
Promoter of The Year 2018
Major League Gardens
Until-Until
Kool Out Concepts
Junior Lavie
Pop Bottles
Best Freshman2018
Big Zulu -Ushun Wenkabi
Moozlie - Victory
Saudi -D.R.U.G.S Inc
Tyrant -Stress of a Genius
Best Female 2018
Moozlie- Victory
Tyrant- Stress of a Genius
Nelz- Lovies EP
Gigi Lamayne- VI
Fifi Cooper- Take Me Back
Best Video 2018
L-Tido- "I'm Back"
Zakwe ft. Musholiq & Cassper Nyovest "Sebentin"
Nasty C "Jungle"
Ms Cosmo ft. Rouge, Moozlie, Sho Madjozi "Ay Baby"
Nadia Nakai ft. Cassper Nyovest "Ksazobalit"
Anatii "Thixo Onofefe"
Kwesta ft. Wale "Spirit"
Nadia Nakai ft. Frank Casino "Money Calling"
Riky Rick ft. Cassper Nyovest, Major League, Professor, Alie Keys
Best Local Brands 2018
Family Tree
Butan Wear
S.G.O.D
Well done and Good luck to all the nominees and recipients. Looking forward to a change and development in due time. To more growth with the awards and the Hip Hop industry, maybe a "Best Hip Hop writer/journo" category in future.
Continuing to support the SAHHAs because right now,they all we got. They are not a charity organization, they have an end goal. They need to be at a certain level of awards standard. They need to be of a certain value to attract the right sponsors, contributors and have a certain appeal.
More so because Hip Hop is still marginalized and fighting its way into the mainstream.
Tickets are available at Computicket from R250.
To vote, go here: http://www.sahiphopawards.com/vote.html
This year's categories and nominees have recently been announced. The live announcement went down on Instagram and Facebook, true to this years theme which is "the revolution will be computerized"
There's a couple of categories that's been canned like Kings Of Province, Crews and Graffiti.
Now, looking at this year's categories and doing a lil comparison with last year's, or even further than that
I Wonder if there's been any solid growth in the game and if the awards are risking becoming monotonous..
The most refreshing categories is the new entrants on Freshman category , new sound and artists on collabos and remixes at times.
The rest of the categories though, seem to be a repetition of previous contenders.
"Best Lyricist" is easily predictable. The list rotates around Trilly,CPT,Reason, Stogie. With "Best Female", you already know Gigi and Nadia will be on there.
Cass will always feature on the newly combined Hustler of the Year/MVP category. Overtime it's been more or less the same people.
The issue for me is that these awards are making the game seem to lack growth. And maybe that is the actual case.
Maybe the submission criteria needs to be revisited and revised. Where there enough releases and the selection panel chose the most popular?
Where are the females? The ones from before and the new ones? How many DJs do we have that are pushing besides the usual suspects?
Maybe "popularity" should not be a factor on some of the categories. For a "Song of the Year" I can get why it can be a big requirement but it surely shouldn't apply for "Best Mixtape"
And impact shouldn't really be limited to traditional mediums. If doors aren't opened up for new artists to be taken in how will the pool widen up?
And with best producer,why must the number of (popular) songs be a determining factor for eligibility? Shouldn't the producer submit the work they did, then they get judged based on the technical/engineering merits?
Maybe there's no sense in making a fairly known artist a nominee because there's no "value" compared to a Kwesta. But not every talent will get the spotlight nor is popular.
Maybe there's just not enough artists in the country to keep things fresh every year. Maybe artists need more than a year to get inside the commercial streets.
Artists also need to work hard to elevate themselves into standards. Because at the end of the day,you need to be worthy to some level to acquire accolades, maybe the question is "ow much value?"
The upside is that the SAHHAs inspire the bar. Its something a lot of emerging artists aspire to acquire. Strictly for the culture.
I am happy to see Jimmy Wiz bagging a few noms, Best Lyricist as one of them.
Song of the year and Best Hip Hop show got the most numbers of nominees as usual.
And the biggest thing that we seem to overlook is that artists need to submit to be considered.... but can you submit if you don't meet the set criteria?
CATEGORIES AND NOMINEES :
Album of The Year 2018
Zakwe- Cebisa
Nasty C- Strings and Bling
Da L.E.S -High Level
Blaklez- Baby Brother
K.O-SR2
 |
| Album of the Year 2019 |
Nasty C ft. Rowlene- "SMA"
Anatii- "Thixo Onofefe"
Kid X ft. Chianosky- "Aunty"
Zakwe ft. Musholiq, Cassper Nyovest- "Sebentin"
Nasty C ft. A$AP Ferg- "King"
Cassper Nyovest- "Ksazobalit"
Nadia Nakai ft. Cassper Nyovest- "Naaa Mean"
Kwesta ft. Wale- "Spirit"
DJ Speedsta ft. OkMalumKoolKat- "Combos"
Riky Rick ft. Cassper Nyovest, Major League, Professor, Alie Keys- "Stay Shining"
Song of the Year 2019
- KO – Supa Dupa
- Yanga Chief – Utatakho
- Kwesta ft Makwa, Tshego AMG, Thee Legacy – Khethile Khethile
- Riky Rick ft Mlindo the Vocalist – You and I
- Gemini Major ft Nasty C & Tellaman – Right Now
- DJ Speesta ft Zoocci Coke Dope, Una Rams & Da L.E.S – No Stress
- Beast ft Sjava – Hello
- Kwesta – Vur Vai
- Big Zulu ft Cassper Nyovest – Ama Million
- KO ft Nandi Madida – Say you will
Best Collabo 2018
DJ Capital ft. Kwesta, Reason, Kid X, YoungstaCPT, Stogie T- "Skebe Dep Dep"
Boity ft. Nasty C- "Wuz Dat"
Kid X ft. Chianosky- "Aunty"
Zakwe ft. Musholiq, Blaklez, HHP, Pro, Kwesta, Cassper Nyovest- "Sebentin Remix"
Nasty C ft. A$AP Ferg- "King"
Ms Cosmo ft. Rouge, Moozlie, Sho Madjozi- "Ay Bay Bay"
Nadia Nakai ft. Cassper Nyovest- "Naaa Mean"
Kwesta ft. Wale- "Spirit"
DJ Speedsta ft. OkMalumKoolKat- "Combos"
Riky Rick ft. Cassper Nyovest, Professor, Major League & Ali Keys- "Stay Shining"
 |
| Best Collabo 2018 |
Best International Brand 2018
Castle Lite
Jagermeister
Powerplay
Best International Brand 2019
- Power Play
- Sportscene
- Castle Lite
- Russian Bear Vodka
Best Male 2018
Blaklez -Baby Brother
Zakwe -Cebisa
Nasty C -Strings and Bling
Da L.E.s -High Level
K.O. -SR2
 |
| Best Male 2019 |
DJ Capital ft. Kwesta, Reason, Kid X, YoungstaCPT, Stogie T- "Skebe Dep Dep"
Jovislash ft. Flabba, HHP, Infadizzle, Mr Selwyn - "Aya Kwin Remix"
Zakwe ft. Musholiq, Blaklez, HHP, Pro, Kwesta, Cassper Nyovest- "Sebentin Remix"
Riky Rick ft. Stilo Magolide, Frank Casino, KLY, YoungstaCPT
Profresher KT ft. Khuli Chana, Ginger Trill, Towdee Mac, Notshi- "Wata Mafia Gon Do Remix"
 |
| Best Remix 2019 |
The Stir Up (5FM)
Rhythm Flow (Radio Bushbuckridge)
Trailblazer (SK FM)
SA Hip Hop Live (YFM)
16BarsReloaded (Trans Africa)
Inambanamba (Ukhozi FM)
Motswako Wa Hip Hop (Motsweding FM)
Absolut Hip Hop (Metro FM)
The Ready D Show (Goodhope FM)
Hip Hop Music Sessions (Gagasi FM)
 |
| Best Radio Show 2019 |
Ms Cosmo
DJ Speedsta
DJ Sliqe
DJ I.D
Junior De Rocka
 |
| DJ of the Year 2019 |
Outrageous Records
Honorary Award 2019
- Falko (Graffiti Artist)
Lyricist of The Year 2018
PDotO
Nasty C
Stogie T
Zakwe
Ginger Trill
 |
| Lyricist of the Year 2019 |
Stogie T- Honey and Pain
DJ Sliqe- Navy Black
Moozlie -Versus
Gigi Lamayne -VI
Slikour on Life -SOL Incubator
 |
| Mixtape of the Year 2019 |
Cassper Nyovest
Nasty C
ProVerb
Riky Rick
Kwesta
MVP/Hustler of the Year 2019
- Cassper Nyovest
- Nadia Nakai
- Nasty C
- Kwesta
- Riky Rick
Producer of The Year 2018
Makwa
Tweezy
Zoocci Coke Dope
Co Kayn
Gemini Major
 |
Producer of the Year 2019 |
Major League Gardens
Until-Until
Kool Out Concepts
Junior Lavie
Pop Bottles
 |
| Promoter of the Year 2019 |
Big Zulu -Ushun Wenkabi
Moozlie - Victory
Saudi -D.R.U.G.S Inc
Tyrant -Stress of a Genius
 |
| Best Freshman 2019 |
Moozlie- Victory
Tyrant- Stress of a Genius
Nelz- Lovies EP
Gigi Lamayne- VI
Fifi Cooper- Take Me Back
 |
| Best Female 2019 |
L-Tido- "I'm Back"
Zakwe ft. Musholiq & Cassper Nyovest "Sebentin"
Nasty C "Jungle"
Ms Cosmo ft. Rouge, Moozlie, Sho Madjozi "Ay Baby"
Nadia Nakai ft. Cassper Nyovest "Ksazobalit"
Anatii "Thixo Onofefe"
Kwesta ft. Wale "Spirit"
Nadia Nakai ft. Frank Casino "Money Calling"
Riky Rick ft. Cassper Nyovest, Major League, Professor, Alie Keys
 |
| Best Video 2019 |
Family Tree
Butan Wear
S.G.O.D
 |
| Best Local Brands 2019 |
Continuing to support the SAHHAs because right now,they all we got. They are not a charity organization, they have an end goal. They need to be at a certain level of awards standard. They need to be of a certain value to attract the right sponsors, contributors and have a certain appeal.
More so because Hip Hop is still marginalized and fighting its way into the mainstream.
Tickets are available at Computicket from R250.
To vote, go here: http://www.sahiphopawards.com/vote.html
Connect with us: @Tan89Media // @TaniaMsTan
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