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THE INSIDE STORY OF GREATNESS - IS HIS ALBUM REALLY BETTER THAN YOUR ALBUM

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William Shakespeare once said “Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them” . I think it is safe to say that when listening to to this album, “Noble Stylz” was; at least to me a first time listener, expressing some form of greatness. According to online articles, from day one, or more accurately from releasing his debut album Prince Butawo aka Noble Stylz has always seen, spoken and behaved like a man who knew the extent of his ability and the rest of the world was playing catch up. He broke on to the scene in 2013 with his debut album “Masofa Panze” , which in an interview he stated: “ The idea of naming my album “Masofa Panze” is derived from our African culture of putting the couch outside whenever a funeral occurs. So in the Zimbabwean hip-hop circle I am killing the game, it is a mass murder I am bringing” [1] . It didn’t end there he took shots at MMT [2] , a group that had a breakout year in 2013. From then on he has never loo...

CHEPAJECHA – THE BEAUTIFUL STORY OF THE COMMON MAN

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From StarKidz to Studio263 to Hip Hop artist, Tulk Munny has had quite a journey. When I turned to listen to this album my research the album seemed to suggest this album came out in 2016 but it was nominated in 2017. So on the note of getting nominated in 2017, I will have to assume that it may have come out too late to be considered in 2016, in conjunction with the assumption that this is in alignment with the way Zim Hip Hop Awards do their thing. I must also express my disappointment that the album is not readily available online on streaming services or ready for purchase on popular online music stores such as Apple Music. So I had to rely on the playlist of the album I found on the Youtube Channel ‘Ziscography’. So in writing this review I will to my detriment have to assume the 13 tracks I listened to are the entire album but I may be wrong. I will also have to assume the order in which I listened to them is the order of the album which I must note is available for...