Fan Expectations

2023 looks like a promising year for new up and coming artists and here are Tha Don's picks. In no particular order.

In this episode, I talk about the expectations fans have for artists and how that limits their creativity cause in the end, it's the fans that are buying the merch, streaming the songs or projects.

In this episode, Don talks about how SA Hip Hop producers can be the shift in pushing the genre further than it is and also creating a purely unique sound that can be identified by our own. 

R.I.P tribute.

In this episode, Don dives deep into the topic of whether artists should still sign to labels or stay independent. He also touches on the challenges artists will face with either options.

Too often, we notice EPs and "albums" that are more of mixtapes but because artists are looking for revenue, they get called EPs and "albums" to fit the criteria. I ramble about how artists need to go back to the basics are creating mixtapes to better themselves.

One could say that the height of South African music had a lot of features, especially looking at SA Hip Hop and now, Amapiano. Some of the best music we've gotten from artists has either a feature or collab from another artist or a bunch of producers coming together to create magic.

BONUS EPISODE! These are the three producers I think will be important to the South African music scene in 2022.

2022 looks like a promising year for new up and coming artists and here are Tha Don's picks. In no particular order.

Ezra "Tha Don" and Brantley sit down and have a chat about the music scene last year, 2021. As well as talk about where Uncle Waffles should drop music, the drama behind Dj Hlo and also discuss which artists to look out for. Please excuse the sound*