This is my jam and what a way to get the new week going. It’s the new track from DJ Kent ft. Liquideep called Top Of The World. Liquideep’s new album, Welcome Aboard is due out very very soon – cannot wait. More on that in the weeks to come.
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2012 Sunday Times Generation Next winners
The annual Sunday Times Generation Next Awards took place at Montecasino on Thursday. The awards, in its eighth year, honours some of SA’s biggest brands and celebrities. Over 6000 youths between the ages of 8 and 22 from different backgrounds were surveyed by marketing company HDI. Bonang Matheba was the MC for the afternoon’s activities, which saw the likes of BlackBerry, Engen, Guess, DJ Black Coffee, Sophie Ndaba, Trevor Noah and Liquideep all winning awards. Check out the list of winners below:
| Coolest Brand Overall 2012 | |
| 1 | BlackBerry |
| 2 | BMW |
| 3 | Coca-Cola |
| 4 | Nike |
| 5 | Apple |
| Q1 Coolest Bank | |
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1 |
FNB |
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2 |
ABSA |
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3 |
Standard Bank |
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4 |
Nedbank |
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5 |
Capitec Bank |
| Q2 Coolest Cell Phone | |
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1 |
Blackberry |
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2 |
Nokia |
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3 |
Apple iPhone |
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4 |
Samsung |
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5 |
Sony Ericsson |
| Q3 Coolest Fashion and/or Accessory Store | |
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1 |
Nike |
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2 |
Mr Price |
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3 |
Identity |
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4 |
Edgars |
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5 |
Jay Jays |
| Q4 Coolest Domestic Airline | |
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1 |
SAA (South African Airways) |
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2 |
Mango |
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3 |
BA (British Airways) |
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4 |
Kulula.com |
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5 |
1 Time |
| Q5 Coolest Toothpaste | |
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1 |
Aquafresh |
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2 |
Colgate |
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3 |
Sensodyne |
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4 |
Mentadent P |
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5 |
Close-Up |
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SAMA 18 – night one winners list
SAMA fever is here. The festivities kicked off at the Sun City complex earlier this evening. While this part of the awards wasn’t televised, it definitely was spectacular. The guests were treated to performances from the legendary stars Vusi Mahlasela and Ray Phiri, as well as performances from Lira, Selaeto Selota, Loyiso Bala & LLoyd Cele among many others. I’ll bring you more on my thoughts from the evening tomorrow, but for now here is the list of winners:
Best Producer
Dan Roberts – Six Winters by Laurie Levine
Best Engineer
Johan van der Colff – Loliwe by Zahara
Best Video of the Year
Ryan Peimer – It’s Magic by The Parlotones
Best Live DVD
Simphiwe Dana – An Evening with Simphiwe Dana (Live in Concert)
Remix of the Year
DJ Sbu – Lengoma featuring Zahara
Lifetime Achievement Awards
Ray Phiri and Vusi Mahlasela
Best Selling True-Tone Download of the Year
Facebook by DJ Cleo
Best Selling Ring-Back-Tone of the Year
Facebook by DJ Cleo
Best Selling Full-Track Download of the Year
Loliwe by Zahara
Most Played Song on South African Radio in 2011
Alone by Liquiddeep
Watch Liquideep’s new video, Still
Fact: Liquideep is one of my favourite musical outfits from SA. They keep churning out the hits and I’m grateful for that 
Check out their latest offering called “Still” above. Great track, awesome video too.
Pictures: 2011 Joburg Day Music Festival
Freshlyground perform at Joburg Day
Lira performs at Joburg Day
Born For This – Official music video
Loving this track right now. I dig me some HHP and Liquideep rocks the party. Add Teargas into that equation and you know you’ve got a winner. Check out this wicked track ‘Born For This,’ which they all are! Nice one boys.
JVB Top 40 for 2010
It’s been another fantastic year in music. Usher and Eminem made huge comebacks, BFFs Rihanna and Katy Perry keep dropping big songs. Taio Cruz, Drake, B.o.B, Bruno Mars and Liquideep all graced us with their musical talents (and thankfully so) and Shakira, Freshlyground and K’Naan provided us with two of the biggest songs of the year during the FIFA 2010 World Cup, right here in Mzansi. So I thought I should put a list together of some of my favourites, and probably yours too. Here is my Top 40 for 2010
1.
Rihanna featuring Drake- What’s My Name
2.
K’Naan- Wavin’ Flag
3.
Liquideep- Fairytale
4.
Eminem featuring Rihanna- Love The Way You Lie
5.
Katy Perry- Teenage Dream
6.
Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce- Telephone
7.
Usher featuring Will.i.am- OMG
8.
Taio Cruz- Dynamite
9.
Bruno Mars- Just The Way You Are
10.
Justin Bieber- Somebody To Love
11.
Shakira featuring Freshlyground- Waka Waka
12.
B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars- Nothin on You
13.
Adam Lambert- Whataya Want From Me
14.
Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dog- California Gurls
15.
Usher featuring Pitbull- DJ Got Us Falling In Love Again
16.
Big Nuz featuring Tira- Umlilo
17.
Professor – Jimaphi/Jezebel (feat. Oskido)
18.
Miza featuring Flabba- Superhero
19.
Parlotones- Life’s Design
20.
Alicia Keys- Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart
21.
B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams- Airplanes
22.
Mike Posner- Cooler than me
23.
Jack Parow- Cooler As Ekke
24.
Kelly Rowland- Commander
25.
Drake- Find Your Love
26.
Rihanna- Only Girl In The World
27.
Lady Gaga- Bad Romance
28.
Civil Twilight- Letters From The Sky
29.
Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP- We No Speak Americano
30.
Cee Lo Green- Forget You
31.
Ke$ha- We R Who We R
32.
Far East Movement- Like A G6
33.
Pink- Raise Your Glass
34.
Krazy White Boy- Love You Better
35.
Willow Smith- Whip My Hair
36.
Liquideep- Alone
37.
Jozi- Get The Party Jumpin’
38.
Jason Derulo- In My Head
39.
Goldfish- Get Busy Living
40.
Thirty Seconds To Mars- Hurricane
And there you have it. The JVB Top 40 for 2010! Hope u enjoyed… let’s do it again next year- and we’ll vodcast it next time too!
Blazing- Zamajobe, Teargas, Goodluck & Liquideep join forces
Earlier this year, the Hennessy Artistry campaign saw some of SA’s finest musicians teaming up for a massive party. Not only was that a ripper but they also collaborated on a song called Blazing. Check out the video to see more. It features Zamajobe, Liquideep, Teargas and Goodluck.
Liquideep win big at MAMAs
South African house duo Liquideep walked off with the coveted Song Of The Year award at this weekend’s MTV African Music Awards. The song in question was the hugely popular Fairytale. The awards, in its third year now, were held in Lagos, Nigeria. Rapper/actress Eve hosted the awards, while performances from Rick Ross, T-Pain and Jozi were seen at the venue. Here is a full list of winners
MAMA 2010 WINNERS IN FULL
Best Anglophone – Daddy Owen (Kenya)
Best Francophone – Fally Ipupa (DRC)
Best Lusophone – Cabo Snoop (Angola)
Artist of the Year- 2Face (Nigeria)
Best Female – Sasha (Nigeria)
Best Male – 2Face (Nigeria)
Best Video – Fally Ipupa (DRC): “Sexy Dance”
Best Group – P-Square (Nigeria)
Brand New Act – Mo Cheddah (Nigeria)
Best Performance – Big Nuz (South Africa)
Song of the Year – Liquideep (South Africa): “Fairytale”
MAMA Legend – Miriam Makeba (South Africa)
Best International – Eminem (USA).
Check out the song of the year and their new one two, it’s Liquideep’s Fairytale and Alone for a Monday morning 
Don’t forget to catch the broadcast on MTV Base on Saturday the 18th at 7pm!
2010 MAMA Nominees
MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain nominees:
Best Video
Fally Ipupa – Sexy dance (DRC)
P-Square f/t J. Martins- E No Easy (Nigeria)
The Parlotones – Life Design (South Africa)
Banky W – Strong Ting (Nigeria)
Brand:New
Mo Cheddah (Nigeria)
Diamond (Tanzania)
Muthoni (Kenya)
JoJo (Gabon)
Song Of The Year
D’Banj – Fall In Love (Nigeria)
Liquideep – Fairytale (South Africa)
JR – Show Dem (South Africa)
Banky W – Lagos Party (Nigeria)
Artist of The Year
2 Face (Nigeria)
P-Square (Nigeria)
Jozi (South Africa)
Fally Ipupa (DRC)
Best Francophone
Fally Ipupa (DRC)
Awadi (Senegal)
DJ Arafat (Ivory Coast)
Ba Ponga (Gabon)
Best Anglophone
Sarkodie (Ghana)
Wande Coal (Nigeria)
Daddy Owen (Kenya)
Big Nuz (South Africa)
Best Lusophone
Lizha James (Mozambique)
Paul G (Angola)
Cabo Snoop (Angola)
Dama Do Bling (Mozambique)
Best Female
Sasha (Nigeria)
Lizha James (Mozambique)
Nneka (Nigeria)
Barbara Kanam (DRC)
Best Male
2 Face (Nigeria)
Fally Ipupa (DRC)
Black Coffee (South Africa)
Wande Coal (Nigeria)
Best Group
P-Square (Nigeria)
Radio & Weasle (Uganda)
Teargas (South Africa)
P-Unit (Kenya)
Best International
Rihanna (USA)
Drake (USA)
Eminem (USA)
Rick Ross (USA)
