SAMA Nominations Unleashed

On Thursday the much anticipated South African Music Awards nominations were released and we gotta say there’s tough competition up in there and it just lays out the standard of our music industry(proud). 

Here on SEl&EL we also human which means of course we rooting for certain people like Ricky Rick, Nathi and Black Coffee.

Let’s slaughter a few of the categories and give you our predictions and this time we promise to do a follow up to see how we faired

Here we go:

Album of the Year
Francois van Coke - Francois van Coke    
Emtee - Avery    
Nathi - Buyelekhaya    
Tresor - VII
Black Coffee - Pieces of Me

This is a very tough category, ask us and we’ll tell you there’s only 3 contenders up in here. As much as we’d love Nathi to win this one Black Coffee has been fiery off late.

Female Artist of the Year
Judith Sephuma - One Word    
Zahara     - Country Girl    
Fifi Cooper - 20Fifi    
Karen Zoid - Drown Out the Noise    
Zonke - Work of Heart    

Ladies stand up, this one’s for you. Like the first category this one is also tough Fifi, Zahara and Karen all had an amazing year last year but something our bones tells that us Karen might just win this year, she sure has put in a lot of work

Newcomer of the Year
Riky Rick - Family Values
Emtee - Avery    
Tresor - VII    
Fifi Cooper - 20Fifi    
Nathi - Buyelekhaya    

It’s super obvious who we rooting for in this category so we just cross our fingers on it

Best Rap Album    
Emtee - Avery
Kid X - 3 Quarter Pace
Da L.E.S - North God
Riky Rick - Family Values
Zakwe – Impande

The ish genre in our country right now and we think this battle is just between Emtee and Ricky Rick and we are with Ricky on this one

Best Dance Album    
Black Coffee - Pieces of Me
Mi Casa - Home Sweet Home
Mobi Dixon - Tribal Soul Special Edition
DJ Merlon - Original Copy
Junior Taurus & Lady Zamar - Cotton Candy

Generally we are not that crazed about dance music most probably because of our lack of skill in dancing but this is also one of the categories that are keeping us on the edge of our seat. Again Black Coffee is bound to take this one but if fate proves otherwise let it be Mobi Dixon

Best Collaboration
Dbn Nyts ft. Zinhle Ngidi & Trademark - Shumaya
Shekinah x Kyle Deutsch - Back to the Beach
AKA ft. Redsan, Burna Boy & Stoneboy - All Eyes on Me         
Major League DJz ft. Cassper Nyovest, Okmalumkoolkat, Riky Rick & Carpo - Sylza Tsotsi
Khuli Chana ft. Patoranking - No Lie

We not going to say much about this one because most of the songs are done and dusted and Shekinah and Kyle’s track is the freshest so they can go ahead and grab this one

Nomination list was adapted from

Channel. 2016. All the nominees for the 2016 Samas | Channel24 . [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.channel24.co.za/Music/News/all-the-nominees-for-the-2016-samas-20160421. [Accessed 29 April 2016].

Minnie Smile

why sleep your way to the top when you can smile your way, just like Minnie Dlamini did(as she claims on the promo video)

the curvaceous presenter turned actress Minnie has teamed up with dental chewing gum giant Dentyne to launch a lucky lady's career or further her business even.

Together they are running a campaign just for women to upload pictures of their perfect smiles on the Dentyne facebook page and then get their friends to like the photos. Each like gets you closer to landing your dream job or getting assistance in furthering your business and a chance to pour your heart out to Minnie over an exclusive lunch. #ItMustBeNice being a woman these days 

Super Couple Shona and Connie Ferguson

The couple has been married for more than 10 years and has brought us amazing TV while at it.

The couple is very quiet about their marriage and their private lives but what they’re not quite about is their creativity s they are pouring it all out for us to see.

Under their belt are shows like The Wild and Rockville and as if those shows aren’t good enough they went on and brought us another one- Igazi.

Igazi follows the story of a Xhosa prince that was sent into hiding for safety by his grandmother after his mother died in a fire (apparently). After nightmares warning him of his biological father’s safety he  learns the truth about who he is and there’s more but just check the show out on Mzansi Magic on Sundays

Shona and Connie is a very powerful and creative couple in terms of entertainment in our country. By creative I mean that they have delivered to us 3 shows that are very different from each other. Firstly The Wild was a very diverse show in terms of characters and showcased different lifestyles within SA. While Rockville showed us how people from the township and those in the burbs intersect and may sometimes depend on each other for survival. And now Igazi show they are no one trick ponies as its set in the Eastern Cape and follows a storyline that is more traditional than the usual

CiCi Missed It

The rejuvenator of 999 Music CiCi real name Busisiwe Edith almost had it all but we think she’s missed it all or she’s slowly getting there

Listen don’t get us wrong we are all for that girl, she’s undeniably an amazing artist but small fake tactics can put people off

Her song ‘Runaway’ is a great song because our female artists don’t make music like that anymore they’re rather dabbing into hip hop (pun intended), she had a perfect market and was not under any sort of pressure, but she still got enough rope to hang herself. When I say she almost had it all I mean the market was for her to take, since the passing of the legendary Lebo Mathosa the country has been in need of a female artist like CiCi who could ignite that spark.

What puts us off is her latest offering where she has pieces of famous American songs in her lyrics.

• 1.       The “she aint no diva” line from Beyoncé’s Diva
• 2.       Lady Gaga’s “applause, applause, applause”  line are also in there
• 3.       The “you gonn’ C-C me” line by Ludacris in Ciara’s Ride

And y’all probably think we’re being too critical about the last point but the bottom line is that it’s been done before.

 We really hope she redeems herself in whatever she’s going to put out next; we have so much faith in her

Cassper Nyovest drops song about Boity.

Cassper Nyovest released a song earlier today titled 'Super Ex'. In the song he expressing his feelings about the whole breakup and its his first time talking about it publicly since it happened.

He is sort of giving his side of the story since Boity went to the magazines and told hers. You can almost feel his pain when you're listening to the song. 

These are some of the lyrics that we think stood out in this song:

 1. Man I just broke up with my girlfriend/She used to mean the world/Maybe I am just committed to the music, maybe I'm stupid, too much of a cool kid

2. What if she finds another rap and they fall in love with each other and live happily forever/Sometimes I find myself feeling lonely/Thinking what if she really was my soulmate.

3. You ain't really have to go to the papers behind my back and only tell me when the cover came out/Girl, that was whack/But it's cool I'm not trying to highlight all the negatives/Our love was real and I don't want to discredit it

He even goes on firing shots at Amanda du pont. "It's gonna be another hard to move on at least you never cheated like Miss du-Pont."

Boity and Cassper before the split.

Chad da Don Disses Cassper

We have no idea what happened between the two but all we we know is that that Cassper Nyovest took Chad under his wing a while back and gave him a record deal. And now all of a sudden there is beef. Chad da Don was one of the artists in Caspper's label, Family Tree. He has released a diss track for Cassper and the lyrics are really cold. Chad released the diss track about four hours ago, so now we just watching Mr shebeleza's social media pages and patiently waiting for his response.

Download the track here for free:  https://www.datafilehost.com/d/d50663bc

Khanya Mkhangisa On The Rise

From spoilt Camps Bay brat to controversial love smitten to good girl gone bad. These are just some the character traits Khanya Mkhangisa has brought to life on TV since her YoTV days. One thing that's for sure is that Khanya Mkhangisa has grown into a beautiful woman that's well on her way to success, since being a child star on YoTV Khanya has acted roles on screen smashing shows like Shakespeare In Mzansi: Forced Love, Rockville and Isidingo. Khanya has recently scored herself the co-hosting duties on SABC 1's Selimathunzi alongside Lunga Tshabalala and Vazi after the departure of Zizo Beda. Here's why we love her: Firstly its her role of Nonhle on Shakespeare In Mzansi: Forced Love. The way she executed the role was so perfect for her and so believable. She had the look and the voice of the spoilt brat she played it wasn't as if she was acting it was as if she was getting on with her daily life.

She then came guns blazing on Mzansi Magic's Rockville where she played the role of Nolitha who later renamed herself as Cleopatra, a good girl from the Eastern Cape who went to Jozi to seek employment so she could help her bed ridden mother but the city proved to have had differing plans for her.
She was introduced to prostitution and drugs by Mrs Bogatsu(played by Terry Phetho) and that became the death of Cleopatra. Yet again she aced the role she came out to the city so determined to do good and in just a snap of a finger she became a bad girl with super high confidence and a huge ego to match.

Khanya Mkhangis has moved on though as she now stars in a Monday night drama that will aires on Mzansi Magic called Doubt where she will prove her fiance or husband's innocence in a murder of a stripper and the uncertainty is due to the promo showing her bae being arrested in the middle of the wedding so we don't know if they got say their " I do's" Anyway we still excited to catch this drama to see how Khanya has improved since the last time we saw her on Mzansi Magic. Has she gone good again Catch Doubt on Mzansi Magic at 21:00 on Mondays

Khanya Mkhangis has moved on though as she stars in a Monday night drama that will air on Mzansi Magic called Doubt where she will prove her fiance or husband's innocent and the uncertainty is due to the promo showing her bae being arrested in the middle of the wedding so we don't know if they got say their " I do's" Anyway we still excited to catch this drama to see how Khanya has improved since the last time we saw her on Mzansi Magic. Has she gone good again Catch Doubt on Mzansi Magic at 21:00 on Mondays