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  • IAMA’s – Ireland African Music Awards

    Posted on September 1, 2012 20:39 by lop3z 1 Comment

    Base Network, Publishers of Bold and Beautiful International Magazine & City Echo Magazine present the 2nd Ireland African Music Awards at The Victory Centre, Tallaght this coming Friday 7th September.

    The Ireland African Music Awards (IAMA) is an important way to promote and celebrate African Music, Entertainment, Arts and Culture in Ireland, embracing the new cultural diversity that has changed significantly in recent years. The Awards are about the people, groups, events and companies that have promoted African arts and culture through music and entertainment. The IAMA’s showcase the positive effects of African music, arts and culture in the new multi-cultural Ireland. The IAMA’s aim is to recognize the contribution of groups and individuals who have been steadfast in promoting this musical heritage.

    The list of categories & nominees are as follows :

    Best Male Artiste
    Pop Dogg
    Rob Kelly
    G Tribe
    Young Bross
    Sematecino
    Neddy Arkins (Original Rudeboys)

    Best Rap Artiste
    G Tribe
    Pop Dogg
    Rob Kelly
    Neddy Arkins (Original Rudeboys)
    Lethal Dialect

    Best Song
    It’s Allowed – Young Bross
    The Real Thing – Rob Kelly & Rebecca Creighton
    Marvelous – The Animators
    Stars In My Eyes – Original Rudeboys
    Take Her Home – G Tribe

    Best Video
    The Real Thing – Rob Kelly & Rebecca Creighton
    Marvelous – The Animators
    It’s Allowed – Young Bross
    Try My Love – Sematecino
    Be My Lady – Pop Dogg & Kyriah D
    Piece Of Mind – Riva 9

    Best Gospel Artiste (Female)
    Maud O – So Good
    Debsandy
    Victoria Eniola
    Nono
    Dorcas More O’Farrel

    Best Gospel Artiste (Male)
    Tunde Escho
    Timoteo Munde Mulonda (TMD) – Mirror
    Yn
    Abraham Ogunyinka
    Adeniyi Allen Taylor
    Tolu King
    Ben Osagie

    Next Rated
    Chris Odeniyi – Director
    Lecs Luther – Artiste
    Daniel Scenery – Artiste
    Tejay Tray – Artiste
    Alexi Duce – Artiste
    Black Ice – Dance Group

    Best Afro Beat
    Gbasibe Remix – Sematecino & Kas
    Representer – JO
    Out Of My Head – Tejay Tray
    It’s Allowed – Young Bross
    Piece Of Mind – Riva 9
    Ori Mi Wu – Beezy ft Tejay Tray
    Carry Dey Go – Big Jay
    Hold Onto Your Dreams – SKD
    Let Me Love – Natural B

    Best Colaboration
    Gbasibe Remix – Sematecino & Kas
    Be My Lady – Pop Dogg & Kyriah D
    Mash Up The Flow – NoLongTingzFam ft Gorilla Gang
    The Representatives – Costello ft G.I
    I’m Back – Class A’z (Redzer & Terawrizt)
    Piece Of Mind – Riva 9 ft Danny Young, Stone, Da Boss

    Best Event Of The Year
    Oba n’la Concert 2012 – Niyi Allen Taylor
    Temptation Night II – Repex
    Naija Vs Congo Party – DJ Wax, DJ Ahmed, DJ Jazzy
    Don’t Flop Ireland (D.F.I.) – Redzer
    Afrobeats Vs R’n'B – DJ Frank Jez, DJ Poison, DJ Ahmed, DJ Kaila Troy

    Best Upcoming Artiste
    Beezy
    Danny Moore
    Michael Roc & Graciano G-Major
    Showbiz Reassured
    Larry Hoover
    Caleb

    Best Producer
    Piece Of Mind – Joe Chad
    The Real Thing – Mathman
    Stars In My Eyes – Jake Gosling
    Tell Them Say – King David
    Out Of My Head – DJ FunkmasterLee

    Best Director
    Marvelous – Ovie
    Piece Of Mind – Joe Chad
    Spaceboy – DJ FunkmasterLee
    The Real Thing – Jonathan Lambert
    Be My Lady – Ovie
    It’s Allowed – Butterfly Productions

    Best Entertainment Personality
    Deji Chris Repex
    DJ Mo-K
    DJ Frank Jez
    Congo Boy TV
    Muzzy G
    DJ Daley

    Best Dance Group
    So Little Crew
    Raw Edge
    Prodijig
    Chromatic Crew
    Public Enemies
    Salsa Everybody
    Fierce Fitness

    Best Group/Duo
    Michael Roc & Graciano G-Major
    2 Fresh
    The Animators
    Original Rudeboys
    Class A’z
    Touch Praises

    Best DJ
    DJ Ahmed
    DJ Frank Jez
    DJ Tando
    DJ Wax
    DJ Mo-K
    DJ Daly
    DJ Spaz

    Best Dublin Spot
    Havana – DJ Mo-K & DJ Tando
    Sin Club – DJ Wax
    Wright Venue – DJ Frank Jez
    Mezz Bar – DJ Wax & DJ Crazy D

    There is a panel of industry professionals who will be judging on the categories to determine the winner but 3 categories are up for the publics decision ; Best Event Of The Year, Best Entertainment Personality, Best Dublin Spot http://www.advertplace.com/iama/

    The IAMA’s are taking place Friday 7th September at ;

    The Victory Centre Auditorium, Firhouse, Tallaght, Dublin 24

    The run of events on the night are as follows ;

    6pm – 7pm Meet to greet the stars

    7pm – 10pm The awards

    10pm – 3am The afterparty

    Tickets are priced from 15 euro and can be purchased online here ; http://www.ckstickets.ie/events/viewproperty/ireland-african-music-awards/6

    Tickets can also be purchased at the venue from 17.30 on the day.

    Although only it’s 2nd year, the awards are already gaining a snowball effect moving up in size substantially from its launch last year and aim to continue in their growth in the future. It is also great to see such an awards event in place for the now colossal industry that is urban music in Ireland.

    You can check out the IAMA’s page on Facebook ;

    https://www.facebook.com/iama2011

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  • Music Locker Sessions with HipHop32 Presents : Costello, G.I & The Elements

    Posted on August 17, 2012 18:47 by lop3z Comment

    The Music Locker Sessions are back with a top class Irish HipHop Lineup for Tramore. Bringing you three of the best acts straight from Dublin to one stage : Costello, G.I and The Elements.

    HipHop32 are joining forces with the Music Locker Sessions in promoting their Irish HipHop nights and this is the first of those nights. The guys have been organising some great nights of all genres lately and have landed a truly spectacular lineup for the HipHop heads in bringing Irish HipHop veterans The Elements along with two of the Working Class Army, Costello and G.I.

    The Elements have been on the scene here for a while now, since 2002 to be exact and hail from the Blanchardstown area of Dublin. They’re a five piece group that consists of emcee/producers and DJ. Their sound is very unique, a mixture of Jazz, Soul, Funk and R&B that is chopped and finished into unique HipHop. They have played some top gigs including a slot at Oxygen back in 2006. They took a break for a couple of years but came back with a bang this year with the release of their free album Lost Archives 06-08 check the review here http://www.hiphop32.com/the-elements-lost-archives-06-08/

    Costello and G.I were both members of Street Literature along with the late emcee, Lunitic and have both been heavily involved in the scene here over the last few years dropping some of the big tunes from the last twelve months especially. Costello released his debut solo album Illosophical in March of this year, in my opinion one of the best albums of the year. You can check out the review of the first single, Young Apprentice from that album here http://www.hiphop32.com/costello-ft-g-i-young-apprentice/

    G.I is best know for his production and endless dropping of beats for most of the Working Class Army and for the beats delivered for Lethal Dialect’s first two LD50 albums. Not to be disregarded on the mic either, G.I has dropped some phonetical sharpness on verses on tracks too, including Costello’s Young Apprentice(linked above). G.I is also working on a solo album where he will no doubt be showcasing that vocal knowledge and rhyming skill.

    This gig is for over 18′s and is taking place in The Venue, Tramore on Friday August 24th. Admission is the low price of just 7euro and doors open at 10pm.

    There will also be a pre-party taking place from around 8-10.30pm in The Wreck with an as yet to be confirmed DJ spinning some tracks to get the atmosphere building to the main event. I’ll update this post as soon as he/she is booked.

    For any HipHop fans this gig is a must, to get to see such quality of acts and on the same stage is worth getting to…. no matter the effort..!!

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  • Music Locker Sessions Presents – Sons Phonetic & Lethal Dialect

    Posted on April 1, 2012 20:30 by lop3z Comment

    Irish HipHop heavyweights Sons Phonetic and Lethal Dialect are playing Cúil Tra, Tramore this coming Easter weekend.

    Anyone with fractional sonic ability knows who these guys are and what level they deliver. Both acts dropped their debut albums early last year to phenomenal acclaim. Sons Phonetic who are based in Tramore in Waterford, released their classic album Twelve Labours last year. A twelve track album infused with legend, status and survival in the modern world that’s pushed by a soundtrack of heavy and hard hitting, head nodding beats. Check the review here http://www.hiphop32.com/?p=500

    Lethal Dialect from Blanchardstown in Dublin released his debut album LD50 at roughly the same time last year which was a breakthrough in Irish HipHop earning Lethal my personal title of ‘storyteller extreme’ in how he combines intricate gritty urban stories into his clever rhyme schemes while backed by dark deep production from G.I. and Jonnyboy, check the review here http://www.hiphop32.com/?p=265 Lethal Dialect then released his sophomore album LD50 Pt2 in January just gone, another classic Irish HipHop album. Proving to any who might have doubted his level from the 1st installment that he is a relevant heavyweight on the Irish scene. You can check the review to the first single from his sophomore album, Keep It Real here http://www.hiphop32.com/?p=311

    This gig is being brought to us by a relatively new promotions collective, Music Locker Sessions. It began as a Facebook group for friends sharing new music and also to find out what others were listening to. This soon expanded to such a size that it became subdivided by genre and eventually the original members decided to do something about all the great music being discovered…. and the Music Locker Sessions was born. Nineteen of the original members are now involved in every aspect of running these music nights. With their fingers solidly on the pulse of relevant and breaking music, they have grasped the wide span of genre’s and given birth to nights that suit all tastes and this coming weekend they have grasped two of the best names in HipHop….. Sons Phonetic & Lethal Dialect.

    These are in my opinion two of the best acts on the Irish HipHop scene and having seen performances from both I can personally guarantee top level performances and a night of great sounding tracks layered with glistening, scalpel sharp lyrics. An absolute must for HipHop and music fans alike.

    Music Locker Sessions presents Sons Phonetic and Lethal Dialect this Saturday 7th April at Cúil Tra, Tramore. This is an over 18′s event and admission is the small fee of 5 euro per head.

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