Kicking It With Black
By Trevor Malota
Kicking It With Black is a Malawian podcast that focuses on the culture of Entertainment.
Offering a fresh outlook on the ins and outs of the industry and a place where the listeners becomes the speaker.
Our two cents.
Offering a fresh outlook on the ins and outs of the industry and a place where the listeners becomes the speaker.
Our two cents.
Kicking It With Black Sep 09, 2021
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Ali Freestyle 👀
More from Ali Rose. linktr.ee/PurpleRoseAli
Sep 09, 202102:59
Road To Carpe Noctem
Black Isco is a Blantyre based rapper ,record producer,writer,entrepreneur and community advocate. Following his last 2 albums Ligua Franca and No More Excuses , he’s now giving us his third studio album Carpe Noctem... LET’S GOOOOO!!!
Aug 25, 202127:05
GRISVER- KNIGHT OF LONG KNIVES ⚔
Southeastern African-born producer/disc jockey named GrisVer, has been enchanted learning the sound and culture of electronic music for over 8 years. In 2012, he passionately pursued his dream to becoming a remarkable DJ/Producer. GrisVer found his identity in his ability to be an extremely diverse artist without sacrificing his desire to incite raw emotion through his works.
Emerging from a tremendously successful year after releasing 2 EPs and performing as the opening act at the inaugural Malawi HipHop awards, with a live band, GrisVer has established and cemented his footprint in the music industry within his country (Malawi).
Securing multiple chart topping singles and collaborations with top artists such as Eli Njuchi, Classick and The Wave MW. Grisver plans to release his debut album titled 'Knight of Long Knives' in October 2021. The project features many international acts such as Bruu., a British R&B/Pop vocalist.
GrisVer has taken a myriad of risks regarding the sound direction the album has taken. This album will surely cement his place as an artist in the global spectrum!
Click the following link to check out his music:
http://www.linktr.ee/grisvermusic
Jul 11, 202101:27:14
We Would Never Ghost You
First thing’s first , y’all gotta give this boy some coin by following this link: linktr.ee/BigPhilMW. Right ...hmmm, what do I have to say about this episode 🤔... it’s a lot , just listen
Jun 13, 202101:12:05
Rap Niggas
Finally doing an Episode With Ali Rose. This episode is random af that’s why I avoid Ali , that’s my dog ✊🏾. Links below. soundcloud.com/purpleroseali/rap-niggas. audiomack.com/purpleroseali/song/rap-niggas www.mediafire.com/file/6rz0c5zd0anrr1l/Ali_Rose_-_Rap_N%2521ggas_ft_Mugshot_%255Bclean%255D.mp3/file
Jun 03, 202101:28:50
Family Issues Round Table Vol 1
Twitter sensation "New Class" speaks on his up coming album and the music industry
May 02, 202101:47:08
RIP DMX
A tribute to the DMX, Describing an E.P in context, describing essence of a Rap name.
Apr 15, 202148:59
African Diamond
Holstar & Dominant 1 unearth African Diamond with cross-continent collaboration
Zambia's pioneering Hip Hop artist Holstar and Malawi's own iconic rapper/producer Dominant 1, who have collaborated many times over the years, have now further solidified their relationship with a new EP titled African Diamond. Produced entirely by Dominant 1, the six-track cross-continent effort celebrates the African identity and unity with the truest form of black excellence possible.
African Diamond provides a modern boom-bap soundtrack for the motherland with an indigenous twist. Dominant 1's production serves as an exciting backdrop for the commanding voices possessed by himself and Holstar, as they express their African pride and love for women across this release. He describes the experimental sound of the EP as 'Illectric Soul' – a mash-up of Lo-Fi Hip Hop, Trap Soul, Neo-Soul and Reggae.
The EP begins with the anthem-like title track, followed by Lost Generation, featuring Kim of Diamonds. Holstar and Dominant 1 then share gems for the grind on Dolla Circulate and inspire women to be strong and independent on Do It Yourself.
Malawian poet Q Malewezi joins the two rappers with a fitting closing poem on Africa Is, which samples The Wings of Africa by Zambian rock band Musi O Tunya. Dominant 1 says Holstar presented the classic Zambian record to him, after which he sent a beat within 30 minutes. “It was a process but we managed to clear the sample on it, which was a big thing to do,” says Holstar.
African Diamond then ends with Mulanje's Kabompo, featuring Ariel. “The story behind Mulanje's Kabompo is Mulanje is the tallest mountain peak in Malawi and then Kabompo is the deepest river in Zambia,” says Holstar. “So we wanted to play with that kind of saying – a love which is so deep like the deepest river in Zambia and gets you higher than the highest mountain in Malawi.”
Dominant 1 says, “We have the same fans so it was only fair that we did this EP.” Holstar and Diamond 1 have been collaborating since over a decade ago after meeting through the social network MySpace. They have featured multiple times on each other's albums as well as other artists' albums and mixtapes.
Holstar has been at the forefront of creating the music industry in Zambia and a vanguard in promoting and providing opportunities for fellow Zambian artists. Likewise, Dominant 1, now residing in South Africa, has played a similar role in the neighbouring Malawi as one of its leading Hip Hop artists.
Mar 31, 202101:12:40
Dee Oh Dub
Maaan we don't know what to tell y'all but you should definitely listening to this. www.soulampent.com/dee-oh-dub
Mar 21, 202101:09:13
Vwaza
Streaming platforms and their future in Africa
Mar 14, 202151:22
What It Feels Like
Nipsey Hussle ft Jay Z- What It Feels Like, track reaction. Misunderstood by Russ etc
Mar 07, 202101:47:49
Rap Music y'know
Choppin it up with Cali Rapper Philmore Greene
Feb 27, 202101:12:10
Kicking It With Priv
Short conversation with Philadelphia rapper Privaledge.
Feb 15, 202131:28
Our responsibility to Eli Njuchi as Malawians
On this episode of the podcast we talking about how trash Airtel is, A glimpse into the Malawi Hip Hop awards, Is the Mtvbase SA hottest Emcee list trash?? and we remind people that our duty is to stream Eli Njuchi so he isn,t trapped in just doing shows for the rest of his life.
Dec 20, 202041:12
On The Ground with Hasha
In this episode we are joined by Hasha as we talk about how 2020 has unfolded. We speak about mix-tape culture, The Malawi hip hop awards, The independence talk from Kanye all the way down to Dave Chappelle.
Dec 13, 202036:04
Effects Of The Coco on the game
Has covid 19 helped artists or put em in a dark spot?
Nov 16, 202040:53
Hiphop Awards Nominations
Going through the list of nominees together with our 2 cents
Nov 01, 202001:25:33
It's Really A Game of Numbers
Visuals pt 2 really. Check out Funk Your Feelings on all major streaming platforms
Oct 18, 202016:55
The Game (Pt2)
Game pt2 which is actually pt 1
Oct 11, 202014:19
Are People Really More Visual Than Audio?
Visuals, streaming numbers et al
Oct 11, 202017:06
The Game (pt 1)
Sneaker xvhange ,UMP sand Festival & feminism & female rappers
Oct 04, 202014:19
Royalty In The House
Igwe Desert Eagle on his upcoming album "Royalty" , his transition from Hiphop to Afro Dancehall, management , owning your masters, artist royalties etc...
Sep 27, 202054:58
Malawian Hip Hop Awards
Episode 5 featuring Hiphop sensation Gwamba
Sep 20, 202023:36
G.O.A.Ts ( Greatest Of All Time) Cypher? 👀
Episodz speaks on his Bilingual EP , the reception and future projects . Currently working on visuals
Sep 06, 202030:35
Tilombe
Something a little different for this episode. Got Claude Ronnie (Ronald Msowoya) , a Malawian poet telling us about his upcoming book "Tilombe" which is Tumbuka for "Let us pray" . Check out his previous poem compilation "B.O.A.R.D.S" here .
drive.google.com/file/d/1YH2RsDEg-HjraVVzoYpRk0-BaUr72bpl/view
drive.google.com/file/d/1YH2RsDEg-HjraVVzoYpRk0-BaUr72bpl/view
Aug 30, 202027:40
Addressing Promotion and Management ft Black Isco
From the last episode we sort of left everyone hanging in terms of how artists are looking at promoting their projects and who is managing them, what their managers are required to do for their artists and which is the biggest platform for promoting their projects. On this episode we have Black Isco (rapper) telling us a bit on how he & his team get it done. Black Isco's music in the links below.
http://www.deezer.com/artist/53373612
https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/black-isco/1440452507
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0eAeyQzwWP3QrfMztoBfhp?nd=1&nd=1
Aug 23, 202058:04
EP.1- Project Promotion & Artist Management
On this episode we discuss how artists promote their projects, be it upcoming projects or ones they have already released and also how artists decide on how to pick their managers. Also if you are wondering who Knight Cortes is , link at the bottom of the description . open.spotify.com/album/2F7SVqvo5XGXMd0vOKSGhk?si=6-mJ5fPiS-iNAEIPI9acgA
Aug 16, 202043:12
This was our pilot episode. Email us at kickingitwithblack@gmail
This us coming out
Aug 08, 202024:34