A friend of mine introduced me to this artist "Fameboy Hydro" i swear had anyone else told me to listen to some guy who gives himself a name that means nothing and appeals to teen boppers who love candy coated hip hop,then no i probably wouldn't buy your cd or even bother copying your mix tape. seriously though how hard can it be to give yourself a decent name? i have heard worse but im gonna try not judge an artist by his name so listened to his mix tape welcome to wattville vol.1 and...........well not too much to write about a couple of songs stand out funny enough his outro sounds better than most songs.
"Hydro is a 21 year old lyricist determined to prove his music is ready and worthy of international recognition. Being the grandson of South African born and exiled jazz legend, Blues Nkata.one cannot help but ask how much of his grandfathers music he takes from him.You hear traces of jazz in Hydro’s music.”(Alberton Record, November 25, 2009) he is clearly making waves in his community but good enough to make waves in the music industry? the guy seems to not know what he would like to sound like pretty much tryna sound hardcore yes your from wattville but that shouldn't be what makes you a good artist but hey man if you wanna ride on the fact that your from the hood so that makes your shit gangster rap then "do your thang" but im not hating the mixtape has a couple of songs that sound good,extraordinary beats but lyrically not strong so if he is tryna appeal to the we listen to mindless hip hop crowd then he has got that on point.
On that mindless hip hop note he has a song called "Do ur thang" which is receiving a lot of airplay seems people like listening to to a song simply cos its got a good beat and catchy lines,has an over the top pseudo feel but the song obviously serves the market well.
I honestly think he has great potential and could seriously blow up in this industry.Must admit nice video too obviously the last few seconds being excluded cos it confuses me makes me think of him as a candy coated rapper very similar to the likes of soulja boy nothing to be proud about there... I get that we are influenced by American rap but lets not try sound just like them, its ok to be proudly south African but believe you'll make it really big looking forward to listening to the hydro/killa cheeks mix tape :-)
ive also had a chance to listen to his mixtape. wellcome 2 wattville, i also got the feel dat his on an american gangsta tip, i dnt mind gangsta tracks, but as long as dey r relevant to the south african market. (eg:pro kid). his sound is not dat bad, liked several tracks. cant wait for the hydro/killa mixtape.
ReplyDeleteI was one of the producers on the Welcome To Wattville Mixtape,and Hydro knows what he wants people to perceive from him image and music.Hydro has very strong lyrical content as he was an underground MC for a long while before he decided to join the commercial scene,and he knows what people like and want to hear and he gives them that.thus I say Hydro should keep doin his thang.
ReplyDeleteno ones hating on hydro Mr producer, and you obviously have an extreme biased opinion as u produced the mixtape but if he wants people to see him a certain way then thats wat he should portray cos "do your thang" shows him as an extremely weak artist lyrically u need to learn to b objective then mayb you will go places :-)
ReplyDeleteI initially was a bit reluctant but after hearing his Beamer Bentley mix up , I believe this kids got talent.Yes is might sound Americanized or be on Gangsta tip but sure the hell beats the shit out of bad rappers trying to be Gansta look at that Guy L-tido or something like that. check him out on http://clubcorona.wordpress.com
ReplyDeleteOkay_ i have also listened to his songs and know him a litte. His a really good artist. Yes he does know what he want and always go for it. I have strong hope in Nwabi. His on the right track..
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