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A return soldier pulled up on us. Sober Soldiers, for the third time, please welcome ByLwansta on to the show. Fresh off the release of his new album ‘The Chip Is Stale’ he sat down with to talk about the possibility of being a superstar exec, separating himself from client to artist and his milestone achievements so far. Press start and let’s go.

00:00 Intros
03:10 Podcast return
04:08 Being a contributing member of society
06:32 ByLwansta vs Normvl
07:25 Client vs Artist
11:27 The Chip Is Stale rollout
17:40 The post rollout and “out now”
19:59 Superstar conduct and what it means
31:59 Superstar rapper vs Super executive
37:36 What does superstar look like from ByLwansta’s lens
42:48 What ByLwansta cares about
43:35 Will the music ever switch up
47:39 Modest tone in music
52:46 Being the only something
53:23 Power in conviction and flexing
57:15 The Colors moment and analogy
01:02:37 Real metrics of success
01:04:25 You have to pop off
01:06:35 Being accessible
01:08:36 What ByLwansta is revered for
01:14:00 Being liked for different reasons
01:20:50 ByLwansta The Chip Is Stale chapter
01:23:05 What does ByLwansta listener want
1:33:09 What the weekly touch up is and closing statements

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@PleaseSayTheBy

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We’re back with another parley session and it’s jam packed as always. We kick it off with some sneaker talk, then get into an events recap and a soft touch of on the ways for political parties to campaign to the youth. Right after that we get into new music and a look at how music labels can evolve and up skill their personnel and artists. Let’s get to it, enjoy!

00:00 Intros
00:33 Kick talk
08:34 Maison Nights
09:53 Cape Town Jazz Fest
11:41 Hip Hop Floor and in the city
14:45 Brand activations at events
17:35 Julius Malema and Sunday Roast
18:55 Political campaigns at youth events
33:19 Prime and Dress up Fridays
35:11 Gqom Therapy
36:12 Filah Lah Lah visual album and zingah pod
38:20 Gig throw forward
41:15 Kendrick and Drake disturbance
44:45 Sjava deluxe album
50:38 Loki – free agent
51:35 What’s a triple threat in Mzansi rap
59:55 Maglera and Thandiswa congratulations
01:01:50 New music
01:05:20 Should we have a Tyson and Reece battle?
01:08:03 Are albums still a priority to artists?
01:19:40 Artist owned indie labels, artist and business development
01:46:20 Outros

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Peace, peace Sober Soldiers. How do know that this one is for the books? Well it’s with The Big Hash and it’s been a long time coming. We’ve watched Hash come up in the game, and growing with every project and persevering through many challenges to still feed his fanbase. We went through a lot of parts of Hash’s journey, his new album and label, and even hashed out our own misunderstanding. Press play and enjoy.

00:00 Intros
01:27 Pulling up to the sobering IRL
03:52 Hash beginnings/ cotton club
05:33 Ginger trill co-sign
08:53 Dropping out of school
11:04 Schooling in the Vaal
16:00 Listening to Nasty C and Reece
17:30 Rapping origins
18:13 Formally making music
22:40 Parental reaction to pursuing music
23:55 Parent relationship and status
25:55 What he saw in his last label
27:52 Preparation for his current partnership
31:09 Going for a joint venture
33:30 Owning masters and plans for the
36:43 Knowing his new team is the right team
40:48 Leaving previous masters and publishing
41:54 Getting out of the contract
42:48 Riky Rick lessons and highlights
49:11 Fusing rap and RnB
53:34 Mentorship outlook and dodging fakeness
56:16 Relationship with Cassper
58:24 Equipping himself business wise
1:00:02 J Molley debacle
1:12:00 What beef looks like in real life
1:13:31 Being in his 3rd wind
1:19:00 What’s the metric for falling off
1:23:28 Belo Salo comparisons
1:29:02 The guy vs the new guy and career aspiration
01:35:47 Maintenance of competitive level
01:36:41 Toxic fan traits
1:37:50 The love letter to the fans
1:39:33 Experimenting with yano
1:43:25 Cassper Co-signing the Yano sound
1:44:13 Working with Flvme
1:46:15 Kaash Paige collaboration and maintaining the relationship
1:47:58 Def jam linking him to Kaash and business relationship
1:49:36 Thank yous

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@THEBIGHASH

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Boooooyyyyyy, sheeeesh! We don’t think there’s ever been this much to catch up on. Kick game on point as usual, the boys hit the town, yeah! New music came out, dope. But, yoh, all this beef going on, lawd! What’s happening? We tried to make sense of all of it and dissect all of it. So, let’s parley Sober Soldiers!

00:00 intros
01:33 Sneaker talk
07:02 Airmax day
10:22 Saudi one man show
11:32 Never Rush a Sunday
13:31 Maison Nights
15:20 She Plays
17:30 Cotton Fest Basketball game
37:03 Cotten fest festivities
53:16 First Element
56:14 Soundset Sunday
59:30 new music
01:02:27 Chris-G Maglera diss
01:41:20 Usimamane and Tony Dayimane vs Blxckie
01:26:03 Luna Vs Zingah
01:47:08 What’s an OG

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A beautiful and turbulent journey experienced across multiple continents, and all expressed through majestic melodies; that ladies and gentleman is Filah Lah Lah’s story. If we tried to tell it on our own, you’d call cap. Luckily, we got here to tell it herself. Starting with her childhood in the states, falling in love with music and many other things in between. This is all as we prepare for her album ‘On Air’, tap in and let’s rock.

00:00 intros
03:46 the beginning of Filah and family life
07:03 studying and university life
08:30 life in Turf
09:30 Pretoria years and difference to Turf
11:08 modelling and music
12:46 language abroad
14:04 accent in Turf
14:50 Music taking the front scene and Mike Colombo
16:16 the RnB scene in SA
18:24 creating Filahsofy
19:22 Mike’s mentorship
20:22 writing in first person – Genz dynamics
23:56 RnB boom in pandemic and reception
26:00 workflow and the emotion of the second Ep
27:20 hating filahsofy but loving the performance of it
29:55 music getting people through hard times
31:15 exploring vast topics and writing exposure
32:60 cartoon talk
39:12 label offers and industry sharks
43:30 On- air and singles getting global love
45:55 past myself
47:15 where she sees herself
49:17 visual album process
51:44 releases of visuals and album
52:50 the visual team
54:52 making the budget work
55:55 visual references
57:40 creating with a purpose
58:54 the persona for the album
1:00:40 being brave
1:01:40 imposter syndrome
1:03:50 thank yous

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Sober Soldiers!!! Sheeesh we’ve been up and down handling bidness, but look at us now. We back, baby! And of course there was a lot to chop through and we did just that. The start is as usual, the kicks way, we chop through mad events and music. It’s all round good vibes, so enjoy this one. It’s for you!

00:00 Intros and kicks
19:00 Events – first element and maison nights
21:00 French For New -Xavier Omar
27:25 Mutant film screening
30:00 Weekly touch up, Cye and Originelle
31:33 Erratic Prize giving
33:10 Hype Magazine cover thanks giving
40:30 Spotify x Bacardi podcast
50:01 BAL X Hennessy Launch and BAL games
1:01:50 Ad of the year
1:04:30 Big Hash Heartbreak Hotel Launch
1:06:51 Strictly soul
1:14:40 Shooter Khumz, Tyson, Zulu Mecca
1:15:55 Flight ya hoseng
1:16:00 Flvme, 10 toes, Daddy
1:17:00 Usimamane cheque, Tony, lordscript
1:19:00 Asvnte, Marcus Harevey Loki, Stilo Magolide, Earle Farri music
1:20:40 Dukii Gone Green
1:21:57 Smanga OG, ThatShyHomie, Gvsto new music
1:23:49 Ziggy4x
1:25:22 YoungstaCPT project
1:26:32 Tshego new music
1:29:00 Stef London song controversy
1:30:00 miscellaneous vibes and shoutouts

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Live and effect from the jungle and Spotify had us refreshed with some Freshly Squeezed juice at The Bacardi Holiday Club. Being that theme was Copacabana for the year, it only felt right to have the man who has been part of that movement in SA for many years. You might have heard him on the decks somewhere in JHB or in Brazil or on your radio, but you’ve definitely heard him play, ladies and gents Tha Muzik.

00:00 Intros
02:10 Foundation of music
06:41 Reception of Obrigado
09:20 Travelling to Brazil
12:30 Getting on radio
14:20 Berlin Boys days
17:35 Work life balance
19:20 The business of events
21:20 Most humbling moment
29:00 Festival plans
30:50 Kool Out and Akio
19:55 Leaving businesses and reinvention
44:00 Top 5 DJs and Top 5 rap acts
53:33 Closing

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@Tha_Muzik

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@Fratpacker
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Live and effect! Yeah, that’s how we coming at you this week. We got the legendary Stogie in the cut to talk about his upcoming EP ‘Shallow’, past music and why he switched his name up. Look, it’s a conversation that’s been due for many years, so we do kinda delve into a lot. So, yeah press that play button and enjoy.

00:00 Formalities
03:00 Sobering intros
05:22 The Shallow EP
07:40 80s music inspiration
09:40 Tumi in exile
12:30 Coming back to South Africa/ code switching
15:05 Themes in shallow, juxtaposing views
18:22 Tumi vs Stogie
22:08 Respect the rebrand
24:27 Hello kitty revision
27:40 Separating life and art
30:30 Real life moments in the music
36:30 Saying no to fan pictures
40:30 Celebrity responsibility
43:06 Moments over shadowing the art
45:20 Finding your village early
46:46 PoetMC and correcting Rashid
49:39 Chip on the shoulder
51:30 Toxicity in the culture
54:46 Feeling peerless
57:47 Battling sin and being saved
01:00:13 Being preachy in hip hop
01:02:00 By any means story
01:06:19 Going from Muslim to Christianity
01:11:11 Classic moments in hip hop
01:17:30 Crowd questions
01:27:07 Closing

Guest
@Stogie_T

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@Big_Warra
@Fratpacker
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It’s chop ting going on here, you now what that’s about. It was a rather slow two weeks for events on our end, but we still hit some joints. We did have nice shoes on, though. We also got into some new music, we also had a big chat about what new artist should be doing and discussed our role in their journeys. It’s nice chop ting to catch up with y’all, vibe in and let’s rock.

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00:00 intros
00:55 sneakers on feet
04:33 Duma collective kick start
12:23 Sunday Roast
15:00 Semi finals Afcon
17:30 Prime
18:30 Mass Country Dolby atmos listening
26:00 Priddy Ugly Dust
38:12 Supercye Destiny
40:04 Rapper marketing
01:08:06 Roii snippet
01:08:30 KO joints
01:10:31 The competitive spirit in hip hop
01:14:12 Scaring the baddies music
01:18:17 Big Hash 8 summers
01:19:05 Kiddo Saphalaza
01:21:58 Jay Jody release form
01:27:10 Wordz deluxe and videos
01:27:53 Congrats Tyla
01:28:21 Usher South Ahh remixes
01:29:30 UMG vs TIkTok
01:36:51 Outro

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Yo! Sober Soldiers, we got one in the middle seat again! In our first interview of the year, we’re honored to have the talented, Saudi share his incredible journey. Saudi opens up about how his beginnings in music, linking up with the ATM gang, struggles with mental health and how his life took a transformative turn after being featured on the Black Panther soundtrack. We also talked about his music and how some of it came about. Press play and let’s chop it up with Msotra Man.

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00:00 intros
03:02 Saudi beginnings
06:17 music writing origins
09:35 becoming a professional artist
10:45 : Dome era
13:18 Soweto rap era
17:35 African Trap Movement
21:30 College
24:16 guidance from Ruff / ATM
26:59 the officialising of ATM
29:44 localising the sound
33:00 the Ambitiouz signing
36:12 Help from Emtee, Faith and getting booed
42:45 Ambitiouz Exodus
48:58 D.R.U.G.S Inc / Darkeness in the music
52:19 Dark past
55:10 Kendrick Lamar call for Black Panther
59:22 success at a young age
01:01:05 The quiet period building the label
01:04:00 linking with Sliqe and special features
01:07:17 Past dark life
01:11:00 leaving the trap life
01:12:28 Msotra Don’t Die
01:14:00 Fathers Day
01:17:30 trauma and grief
01:22:50 therapy and therapeutic ways
01:30:30 OVLOE Monopoly
01:31:45 Japan 4
01:34:25 parting words and thank yous

Guest
@Saudi_rsa

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@Ke_Kitso_Bafethu

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