02 August 2014 we headed to the
sprite uncontainable finals which was
held at one of sowetos hottest youth venues Zone 6 venue in Soweto, wouldn’t have chosen a
better place. After months of the sprite team searching for South Africas most
talented rappers, dancers and graffiti artists, which saw them traveling to
Bloemfontein, Durban, Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria to find a talent
that was contained and make them uncontainable.
This being the 3rd year of sprite searching for talent and
investing in the growth of South Africas growing hip hop industry.
Sprite Brand manager Hlukani
Rikhotso had this to say about the sprite uncontainable talent search “Sprite
is committed to providing a platform and audience for youth to unleash their
talent and express their true selves. The brand has been instrumental in the
development of hip hop in the country and the fusion of the different hip hop
elements that are a celebration of the lifestyle,”
Sprite went all out to make sure
fans had the best sprite uncontainable experience, they literally had a
basketball court inside the venue and a massive skating ramp outside of the
venue, where skaters, bikers got a chance to showcase their unique skills that
make them stand out from the rest. Unfortunately like any good show something
is wrong is bound to happen,
This year’s event proved to be
much of a let down compared to the previous two events, the first one being the
guest list management team, we got to the event and found that someone had used
on of the names to access the venue, but the team quickly sorted out the matter
we were accredited. Another let down was after an hour into the event we
experienced a little minor electricity blackout that lasted 30 minutes, thank
God for the backup generator which was on afterwards.
After that delay the show had to
go on, it was time for the NBA showcase, the favourite part was when the uhm
eisssh Gifted Cheerleaders, they managed to turn things around, they proved to
be a crowd puller, they showcased their flexibility and I can go on but let’s
not. The cheerleaders delivered an awesome show that left many guys wanting
more, it was time for the NBA showcase omg, that was the high light of the
night, some of those tricks that they did was something we were never exposed
to.
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| Sprite uncontainable Judges Mars, Reason and Simba |
After the NBA showcase it was
time for the finalists to hit the stage to prove to the tough judges which
consisted of Rapper Reason, Dance extrodinare Simba and Graffiti artist Mars. During
some of the artists performance the sound was bad, I don’t know what was up
with it, not even going to try to explain it, but no one could barely hear make
up the words most of the performers. It was than time to crown the most
uncontainable talent and here are the 2014 sprite uncontainable talent search
are
Emcee winner: Luthando Dekeni aka Lolli “skoko sase
nyanga”, a kwaito-inspired emcee from Nyanga East in Cape Town, now living in
Pretoria.
Dance winner: Benny Chiloane, an enthusiastic, versatile
and energetic dancer from Nelspruit.
Graffiti winner: Charles Keylock aka “Riot”, a passionate
graffiti artist from Randburg, Johannesburg.
B-ball winner: Andile Zulu, a lightning-fast basketballer
from Katlehong.
Fan winner: Shavon Etches, a BA law student at Wits
University in Johannesburg.
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| Tumi on stage |
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| Maggz |
After the winners were crowned it was than time for the
hip hop festival to begin with performances by Tumi ,I still don’t get why Tumi
was booked to perform again, he performed in the sprite uncontainable 2012
singles, no offence we got love and respect for Maggz, it’s not sway it’s a hip
hop festival fans want to get their money’s worth, they could have booked
Blaklez or Blayze they got good music out and hardly see them performing and
Blayze has those random turn up songs that just make you want to turn up and that’s
what people wanted.
The good
Lets talk about Pharoahe Monch,
performance, he delivered, was really looking forward to his performance, even
the bad sound didn’t do anything to harm the performance, he delivered his
classics to his loyal fans who flooded near the stage as soon as he started
performing.
Thank you sprite for yet another
killer show, Eclipse PR for the invite and taking care of us at the event J and zone 6 venue for
hosting us at your beautiful venue will sure be back their soon.
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