Mangaliso Asi-Midas Touch Video

With intricate wordplay, a versatile flow and gritty undertones, this video effectively captures just why we rate Mangaliso as one of the best young talents in the UK scene.

The key to this song’s addictive quality is its unpretentious approach: it’s raw, unfiltered hip-hop that really offers something different in a grime-dominated UK scene with a lack of more accessible MCs. We’re treated to mid-tempo flows mixed with tongue-twisting couplets throughout, all held together with some solid wordplay and rhyme schemes that display a growing maturity and confidence with his rhymes.

The video adopts the same unfussy approach, focusing purely on Mangaliso’s much-needed camera time, which certainly helps add emotion and passion to his rhymes throughout. Be sure to watch this, and after doing so you’ll be clamouring for more gems of this calibre: click here to grab his entire mixtape for free.

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Canibus: C of Tranquility Tour, Presented By OTU Live


We’ve been busy. You may have noticed us slipping in a new page recently, OTU Live. Well, that would be our new concert promotion ‘division’, and if you know OTU, you’ll know that OTU Live will be thinking big.

You’d be very right too. For our debut concert we’ve secured one of the most iconic rappers of the last 15 years, an MC who is universally respected, and frequently in ‘best of all-time’ lists. OTU Live are bringing Canibus back to the UK, for the first time since 2006.

The fun doesn’t end there either. We’ve also put together a line-up of UK artists that would satisfy any UK hip-hop fan: the trio includes Genesis Elijah, Stig of the Dump and Mangaliso Asi. For more info, head here to grab the press release.

Tickets are on sale RIGHT NOW. Yes, RIGHT NOW. Want some? Of course you do! Click here.

Unfortunately, this event has had to be cancelled due to events outside of OTU Live and Canibus’ control. Keep your eyes peeled for our next event!

OTU Live thinks big: Our very first gig, and we’ve secured not only one of the most iconic rappers of the last 15 years, but also a line-up of UK artists that would satisfy any UK hip-hop fan.
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Mangaliso Asi - Heartbeat Of The Street [Mixtape]

Mangaliso asi, remember the name? Refer back to Ajay’s review of Jay Electronica’s show in London earlier this year, “Showing incredible adaptability, he proceeded to brilliantly deliver a lyrical onslaught. With genuine confidence and charisma, anyone who was in attendance won’t forget Mangaliso Asi any time soon.”

Well he’s back with a new mixtape for your ears, you can preview it to the left here: and if you like it, you can also download it for free. The press release sums up this guy’s talent pretty well:

Influenced by the music of his spiritual home South Africa, Mangaliso asi’s sound is reminiscent of the golden era of hip hop with an afro-jazz infused twist. His verses and beats are a rich melodic tapestry, capable of transcending the streets of London to Soweto.

Sit up, take note and prepare for the thought provoking, introspective journey that is Mangaliso asi – the true heartbeat and voice of the street.

Underground hip-hop fans will be sure to love this.

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Gig Review: Jay Electronica at the Jazz Cafe, London (17/02/10)


The picture symbolises a lot. Not only do I revere Jay Electronica as a rapper, last night I felt like he was just one of us-a regular guy who loves hip-hop.

I’ve been to an awful lot of gigs in my time, but have never been to anything that was as fulfilling on so many levels as Jay Electronica’s debut concert in the UK. Click on, I’ve got a lot to say.

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