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#1 prolyfik

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Posted 30 March 2007 - 01:58 PM

never really had that many mcees who have taken that route of mixing english and the vernacular to such an effect thats stimulating wasup its one of the easiest of things to do coz its really quite east to rhyme what ya`ll think?????
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#2 Juma4

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Posted 30 March 2007 - 02:32 PM

I have heard Zimbabwe Legit do that back in the days but havent heard anyone else from Zimbabwe do that.
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Posted 30 March 2007 - 04:19 PM

i've done some shit where i mix vernac with english,but i'm sure most of us all have.Although i haven't heard like these mainstream zim dudes do it or anyone at dat since zim legit and mau mau
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Posted 03 April 2007 - 07:03 AM

Munetsi does it... Dope.

Mr See used to do it.... Dope. (wat happened to that kat?)
I think it sounds ill.

Ey i didnt know MceeQ was Zimbabwean. Ndeip?!
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Posted 03 April 2007 - 10:27 AM

Pro how about you pick it up on these electronic verses and do the musanganiswa.mau mau used to do it.sup y`all,cud this b the zim thread resurection

#6 mceeQ

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Posted 03 April 2007 - 07:17 PM

extrod said:

Munetsi does it... Dope.

Mr See used to do it.... Dope. (wat happened to that kat?)
I think it sounds ill.

Ey i didnt know MceeQ was Zimbabwean. Ndeip?!

hapana m'face jus surviving bro lol
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#7 prolyfik

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Posted 04 April 2007 - 11:07 AM

ill skillz said:

Pro how about you pick it up on these electronic verses and do the musanganiswa.mau mau used to do it.sup y`all,cud this b the zim thread resurection

hope tis can be the ressurection for sure

lets do this everybody this thread is for us

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Godobori oshopera we calling it lies dissemination
doin it in Shona i vernacular wit English iri spectacular
telling all catts you want beef enda kudanga :lol: :lol:
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Posted 04 April 2007 - 12:51 PM

Vernacular vs. English...I hate to say this but guys i find english rhyming emcees better off than vernacular rhyming ones.I've listened to Munetsi in vernacular and i wasn't impressed.

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Posted 10 April 2007 - 12:39 PM

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Tell me about it, but I think Mr See is Dope. And y'all Pro yous doing it all wrong try This for size:

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Got on the bus tiri vaviri,
So easy we fall in love
So crazy I thought I was
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Posted 14 April 2007 - 04:58 PM

ill skillz said:

.sup y`all,cud this b the zim thread resurection
this is beautiful man, was startin 2 lose faith in this place so...yeah keep em c'min 263 reps lets do this like 'back then'!

it seems alota peeps back home find it hard 2 log on a regular (zvakapressa i feel yall) but lets jus keep buildin... where theme elohim at? nash? zimbabwe? all of em we need 2 start uploadin mo joints in dis piece!
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Posted 16 April 2007 - 12:51 PM

i feel you Thorns.zvinhu hazvina kumira mushe but you know man we was family and thats thicker than blood.we gonna have to ressurect our threads and only ourselves can.word to all heads

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Posted 17 April 2007 - 10:47 AM

i guess its just a preference thing cuase when i heard munetsi in shona i was blown away there are somethings that can only be expressed in a certain way i think and that bring with a new definiton on meaning on songs ... imo ne ways ne ways dope hip hop is dope hip hop.. in any language

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Posted 08 June 2007 - 03:59 PM

nigel said:

i guess its just a preference thing cuase when i heard munetsi in shona i was blown away there are somethings that can only be expressed in a certain way i think and that bring with a new definiton on meaning on songs ... imo ne ways ne ways dope hip hop is dope hip hop.. in any language

Thank ue! Munetsi is a beast akomana and he is a witty rapper... i feel that when we mic English and Vernac thatz when ue get yo true Zim MCs...

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Posted 08 June 2007 - 05:37 PM

Ruggedman from Nigeria spits in his mother tongue and also spits pidgin and he's damn too perfect. Check out http://www.ruggedman.com

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Posted 08 June 2007 - 10:56 PM

mendes said:

Ruggedman from Nigeria spits in his mother tongue and also spits pidgin and he's damn too perfect. Check out http://www.ruggedman.com


rugged does it every body in naija does it and i do it...myspace.com/ikhristlike

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Posted 09 June 2007 - 11:28 AM

IN SA WE HAVE A LOT OF MC'S WHO DO IT IN VERNAC AND THEY ARE LOVED

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