Vee, T-Les on Boombox CD

THATO KALA
Correspondent | Tuesday July 23, 2013 00:00

 

It looks set to be bigger, with greater impact thanks to the involvement of the two local music stars. The 38-track offing has been packaged into CD to be sold online and in each nation that has a representative artiste.The man behind the continental masterpiece, Riley Serojane said:'I can't put my excitement in words, I am super-excited. God is the best DJ.'He explained how he convinced the House Kwasa king, Vee, to play a part in the new project.'We met at CrossGold Music where Vee usually buys books and I presented the project to him and he loved it. He was keen on working with me though Christian deejaying was new to him,' DJ Riley told Showbiz.

The up and coming jockey said the diversity Vee brings into the project is quite enriching. The Boom Box project has been synonymous with Hip hop gospel.'The initial idea was to have Hip hop but having all genres in one tape is more epic. It's not only Vee's Kwaito Gospel, but we have different talents in this project,' he said.The aspirational jock said the new project had genres including Reggae, Ragga, Electro, and R'n'B. Lesole's tracks also look likely to give the new project some charm. He has rejigged his popular gospel track 'Nkabo Ke Le Kae' and will also have the track 'You Are' in the compilation.Riley said the two tracks were very relevant to the project.Other local artistes involved are Danny L, Bonno Lauryn Kebualemang, Hip hop gospel outfits Rebirth and Alive For Christ.

Alive For Christ has two tracks, Kingville and Go Ye Therefore, while Rebirth's is Amazing Love. DJ Riley embarks on the Boombox Tour starting on Friday after the release of the compilation.Some of the other contributing artistes are from Namibia, Zambia, South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Lesotho.Malawian trio of Lawi, Kevin 'KBG' Gumbi and David Kalilani together with Kenyan Daddy Owen and Zimbabwe's Ill Ceey are the new recruits.DJ Riley starts off with a visit to Windhoek, Namibia this weekend with a trip to Malawi to follow next month and then Nairobi, Kenya.One of the Malawian artistes, KBG has previously been to Gaborone and will host the Botswana DJ when he travels to witness his album launch on August 9.

'It's Windhoek this month and other cities will follow afterwards. I will be traveling in the coming months to the other cities.'The inaugural MBA mixtape was uploaded on Sound Cloud in January.The initial compilation contained tracks by Namibian artists Lee Anne Abrahams, Metamorph, White Ink, Zambia's Word Effect, Willy Paul of Kenya, The New Born of Nigeria and South Africa's Jay.Botswana's youthful Hip Hop outfits X-Calibre and Rebirth also featured on the mixtape. The ground-breaking compilation was themed One God, One Gospel, One Continent, One Voice.