“For the skit, Zoocci was like, ‘Yo, who’s the craziest guy you ever heard in SA talking that real talk?’ We watched that Maleven’s video and we laughed at it. ‘Trap Jumpin’, track four, feels like you are hanging out with 25k at the trap having a good time and features an outro skit of the infamous gangster, Maleven.
READ HERE – Nasty C Lands A Feature On The 2021 Tokyo Olympics Track – ‘Colorful’! That’s how he explained what he was going through during that time-he actually put it in the song.” I could relate to that because I also lost my dad when I was young, so it was a deep song for me to listen to at the time. When Covid hit, I was unable to reach him until I dropped ‘Ghetto Angels’ in 2020-that’s when he hit me up to say, ‘Yo, bro, apologies for that, I was going through some stuff, but I’m better right now.’ When he eventually sent the verse, it made sense why I couldn’t reach him at that time- the death of his father in 2020. “Reece and I had agreed in 2018 that we would work on a song together and I sent him a song. It is about holding each other down and never succumbing to culture vultures.”Ī-Reece features on the fourth track of Pheli Makaveli and smash hit, ‘Hustlers Prayer’ that resonated with a lot of people who were affected by Covid 19. “Firstly, it is an oath to brotherhood with his homies, secondly to never let his mother down and ultimately himself and his contribution to the game.
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An avid lover of gangster movies and series like The Sopranos, Goodfellas, and The Godfather Trilogy, Omerta is the oath you make when being initiated into the mafia. Dre sample of their hit song, ‘California’. READ HERE – Emtee Records CEO Mthandeni Ndevu Ditched The SAFTAs!Ĭontinuing with the West Coast inspiration, ‘Blarofonia’ pays homage to the 2Pac and Dr. It sounded like my current state of mind at the time, in terms of how I felt the industry is going, my accomplishments, and people having me misunderstood because of being on so many features.” The outro skit is a news report from Atteridgeville that showcases the daily lives in the hood. Watch the video here. I did the verse in one take, and we added the “Pheli Makaveli” chant after those raps. “As Zoocci was making the beat in the studio, the melody hit me, and then I took out my phone and wrote three or four lines. Pheli Makaveli opens with the now popular intro ‘Pheli Makaveli (Intro) ’ that encompasses the rapper’s then-current state of mind and that of the hip hop scene.
Every song we recorded after we put a title to the project, started making sense.”
“ Zoocci sent me a random text saying I should name the album ‘Pheli Makaveli’ because I’m from Pheli and influenced a lot by 2Pac and the West Coast. We knocked a beat out immediately, and after a few sessions with him, he said that I should release the songs we’re recording as an album.” It was also Zoocci who suggested that he should name the album ‘Pheli Makaveli’. He told me it’s one of his favorite songs and that’s why he hit me up for a studio session. “I met Zoocci when I had just shot the ‘Culture Vulture’ video. The story of Pheli Makaveli begins with him meeting Zoocci Coke Dope, who produced and curated the project. READ HERE – 25K Joins the Sony Music Family & Announces New Single! It sums up a bit of everything about me from back when I was in the streets, hustling when I used to stand on the corner, hoping to make a little sale.” “The project is about my upbringing, my story, and my journey before the music and when I fell in love with the music. ‘Pheli Makaveli’ tells the gripping tale of a young hustler on the come-up! Friday, Atteridgeville born rapper, 25k ‘The Plug’ finally drops his debut album ‘Pheli Makaveli’ arguably the most anticipated hip hop release of 2021.
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