Listen to and download this rugged Hipe remix of Ewe Nje by Rattex featuring DJ Raiko on cuts. FREE! (click the ‘download’ button in the player below). Ewe Nje is a track from Rattex’s brand new EP, Streets, Raps & Us, which you can buy at our online store.
That’s how we rrrrrrrrrrroll!!
We did this remix a while back but it hasn’t been posted on the site yet so here you go. The track is a remix of Welcome to Jamrock by Damian Marley. It features Ben Sharpa, Terror MC, Rato and Jaak. Dedicated to everyone on the Cape Flats.
To download just click the small black arrow on the right hand side of the player.
Just heard the terrible news that Bongani Mangcu aka King Daniel aka Terror Daniel passed away last night.
R.I.P. homie – this track is dedicated to you…
“Heads held high, this is a battle cry,
for all my kings in this warrior kingdom…”
Unreleased King Daniel track… Rags to Riches (free download – click the little black arrow on the right)
Rags to Riches – King Daniel by PioneerUnit
I’ve also had this track on my hard drive for years. It’s called Creep. I don’t know who all the emcees are but it features a nice verse by King Daniel. It’s an unmastered studio edit so it’s a bit rough. Apologies if you own the copyright – let me know and I’ll take it down.
Creep by PioneerUnit
“So unlearn with us, this is higher that Richard Pryor,
with a prior record to try your effort,
while the second place gets lapped,
for trying to extract resources like Jan van Riebeek,
if I was a tape you’d have pushed eject,
all of these Western ways we reject,
multinationals owning this land of ours,
raped Mother Afrika in front of her kids for hours,
that turned to days, and days to weeks,
weeks to years and years to Century City,
set up infrastructures that’s essentially shitty,
nothing’s changed, they still treating us like we’re mentally pitied,
third class citizens, word art infidels,
in Fidel’s school of thought we sustaining ourselves while fools abort,
like radio stations and pay for play we hold it down with no paperweight,
too many fish in the sea to take the bait,
so I advise you to stay awake cause life is something that can make or break,
most learn that the hard way and didn’t get to see vandals gamble like cards played.
Amandla!”
Yho! I don’t know how we managed to miss this unreleased gem from Driemanskap and Hipe sitting on the Pioneer Unit hard drive. It was supposed to come out before Igqabhukil’ Inyongo was released but somehow got overlooked.
Anyway, better late than never. This banger is yours to download for FREE (click the little black downwards-pointing arrow on the right of the widget below)…
Silapha (We Here) by PioneerUnit
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With 21 days until the start of the first World Cup on African soil, we thought it was a good time to release a brand new track by Driemanskap dedicated to this massive occasion.
You can download Ses’Khona for FREE. Just click the little black downwards-pointing arrow on the right of the widget below)…
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Check out this remix of Nguwe by Rattex from his debut solo album, Bread and Butter. Produced by Hipe. Featuring Siya on vocals. Dedicated to all the Grannies out there! Yours to download for FREE (click the little black downwards-pointing arrow on the right of the widget below)…
Nguwe Remix – Rattex Ft. Siya by PioneerUnit
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Check out Rattex and Dplanet on that spazatronic tip for the Nike IAM1 campaign…
Download Air Maxin’ – MP3 – 4.39 MB
Download Air Maxin’ – ZIP – 4.36 MB
Big tingz ah gwaan. That’s how we rrrrrrrrrroll!!
Anne-Sophie Leens aka spo0ky created a set of images to illustrate the concept of a track Rattex made for the Nike IAM1 campaign called, AirMaxin’. The track is about Rattex’s desire to succeed, despite the limiting expectations some township people try to force upon him.
Rattex uses his new Nikes as a metaphor for ‘making it’ – they are a symbol of success, but they also represent the daily hustle to survive and escape the forces that are trying to hold him back.
‘Movement’ is an essential part of any journey. spo0ky’s images show Rattex in series of dynamic situations which are distilled metaphors for overcoming the negative aspects of his environment that are trying to hold him back – there are always obstacles in his path, but by making the right choices with constant purpose, he stay on the right path.
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spo0ky for NIKE IAM1 on Nikesportswear.com
Rattex for NIKE IAM1 on Nikesportswear.com
spo0ky IAM1 interview on Mahala.co.za
Download Airmaxin’ by Rattex – MP3 – 8.69 MB
That’s how we rrrrrrrrroll!!
Got questions for Pioneer Unit musicians? Holla! http://pioneerunit.fanbridge.com/fan_questions/ - posted on 08/09/2010 15:50:47RT @hiperdelic: Capadonna Feat Ghostface Killah - Supermodel (Hipe Lo-Fi ReMix) http://fb.me/BNBYLgNh // HOT DAMN!! BANGER!! - posted on 08/09/2010 09:14:42Was great to see @dylanculhane presenting his new online magazine... oh, and look who is on the cover http://www.jrnl.co.za/ - posted on 07/09/2010 21:03:57Ben Sharpa's European dates for October http://pioneerunit.com/live-shows/ - posted on 04/09/2010 17:00:41Updating Ben Sharpa's upcoming European tour schedule... hold tight - posted on 02/09/2010 14:35:30
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