Artist: Staladi.com
Area: Mbabane
Staladi.com is a hip-hop duo of two of the best named MC's in the business. Steamroller and Middlefinger. How awesome is that? The names of the MC's hint at the music they create together: triumphant hip-hop full of skittering breaks, pulsing strings that pack a wallop when pitch-shifted down to create a sturdy bass line that hits like a maize sack full of doorknobs. Verses are slung in a loose, off-the-cuff style which became the hallmark of the Kwaito of years past. Staladi.com fully delivers on this but puts their delivery in the forefront of the track, both spitting verses in an off-kilter, almost slurred delivery that sounds as fresh as anything I have heard in Swaziland. Check out their track "Ekaban Leparty" attached below. If you are having a hard time accessing the embedded player you can check out the track here.
Ryan H.
