The city of Cape Town, one of South Africa's biggest music scenes, with a growing number of popular Hip-Hop acts, a continual flow of EDM and a vibrant night-life, has seen some of the nation's top acts start from the bottom and work their way, stage by stage to the top.
As remarkable as this is, a recent fresh sound was discovered on the 10th of May 2014 at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology Open Day, an exhibition event introducing prospective students to the various courses on offer for their academic future.
Held at Bellville campus, one of these courses on display had a distinctive vibe around it, a sort of ambiance which seemed to excite those who passed by it. Known as Public Relations Management, a catchy brand name "InstaPR" was displayed instead in respect to their sleek theme and this accompanied a Hip-Hop song by three of the Cape's youngest artists.
The track entitled as '#InstaPR2014 (Insta PR Song)' was downloaded more than 150 times on the very same day of premier. Louie B from Question Mark Movement, a rap group which made it's first big debut on the South Africa reality TV-show 'SA's Got Talent', collaborated with Tha Real U, a South-African-West-Coast based underground rapper from Shaloma Muzik. Additional vocals were provided by the Nambian-raised songstress Taffy Mwaza.
Their efforts in creating a song which could attract more-and-more future university students to study the course, proved to be useful. Their understanding of the course, the Public Relations field and university life, has made this record not only a popular hit with the students but is even said to be enjoyed by the dean of the course.
So far the track has received mixed feedback, mainly positive, and is available on The SA Mark Hip-Hop music site, SwagCity and WapTrick.
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The 11 month old, Hard Time For Lovers (Afro-Deep
Blend) from DJ Real U's Vandalism
mixtape, has finally reached its peak of 100 downloads.
Featured on the online
sound-sharing website, Soundcloud, the House music bootleg from former Touch
Radio & Radio Shawty DJ, DJ Real U, slowly but surely met the Soundcloud
download limit of 100 downloads per song, as it escalated throughout the year.
Released November 2011, on
Real U's Vandalism,
the song quickly grew House fanatics attention as it embrends the sound of
Rocco & Robert C. Walker, well-known names in the Deep House industry.
Along with 491 plays, the
song has officially become the most downloaded song by a Touch Radio artist,
overstepping DJ D33psoul's It's
All About which instantly increased in download numbers since its
release in late August.
The mixtape howsoever, was
only fully released roundabout five months ago on realudj.tk due to Real U's
transition to the Hip-Hop genre.
His latest release 50/50: The Vision
attracted new audiences as Real U now focuses on consciousness in the music
industry. So far Thank You (Unforgettable Freestyle) is Real U's most played Hip-Hop track with 259 plays on Soundcloud, followed by New Me (Miss Me Freestlyle) trailing in second with 150 plays in 2 months. These numbers could greatly increase if they were by any means promoted.
Other excellent figures for
Real U is the famous Kwaito sensation Jezebel,
which earned him 21,153 views on YouTube for his 'DJ Real U Dub Mix', featured
on his earlier, 2010 double disc release entitled, Greenroom Mixtape. A
total of 29,426 YouTube views lie behind this once emerging, consistent, passionate
& skilful DJ. Real U's music is yet to peak elsewhere.
The once ambitious House DJ, DJ Real U, has set various flames in the underground industry with leaks from his much anticipated mixtape Vandalism. A mixtape which took about half the year to complete, has now officially met its peak, when Real U Productions & the West Coast Finest team decided to distribute it one last time in 2012.
Today, 24 June marks a memorious day as Real U becomes the first Touch Radio artist (amongst the like of Ndwaz10 & DJ D33psoul) to submit a full mixtape online. His mixtape is now available at the official DJ Real U website (realudj.tk) as well as on 4shared.
Following various local feedback, the mixtape has gotten nothing but positive vibes since Real U's previous Greenroom Mixtape was distributed. Following 4 previous mixtapes, Vandalism has become the first to receive full support as rumours suggest Real U will no longer be involved in the House Music industry.
The track entitled as '#InstaPR2014 (Insta PR Song)' was downloaded more than 150 times on the very same day of premier. Louie B from Question Mark Movement, a rap group which made it's first big debut on the South Africa reality TV-show 'SA's Got Talent', collaborated with Tha Real U, a South-African-West-Coast based underground rapper from Shaloma Muzik. Additional vocals were provided by the Nambian-raised songstress Taffy Mwaza.
