What Is This

Episode 14 is here. Victor and Pepper discuss the Kenyan media and make light of other topics.

1:00 Concerts in Nairobi CBD

10:45 Appeal of foreign acts

11:50 Touring + Endorsements

24:45 Kenyan media poaching

31:25 Voter Bribes and lack of loyalty

34:50 Intermingling of politics and media

38:40 Shooting up the club

Hot Twos

Pepper: Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzB1VGEGcSU

Victor: Wakadinali ft Ares66 - Nibebe https://soundcloud.com/foreign-mghetto-mkadinali/nibebe-wakadinali-ft-ares66

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Back to our regurlarly scheduled programming. Apologies for the last video's quality, but now Victor and Pepper are back to their usual location with another episode.

2:20 Kebs by Nyashinski

18:03 Camp Mulla Break-Up

27:40 Octopizzo Instagram Controversy

30:00 Kenyan TV

36:00 Nasty C-Strings and Bling Album Review

01:08:00 Artist Tournament

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This week, Victor and Pepper discuss the Nu-Nairobi scene from Tedd Josiah's perspective and give their own takes on the scene.

TEDD JOSIAH REACTS TO #NuNairobi Music [PART 1] || 123SKETCHES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF3lOK5QY4w

4:20 Radio and new artists

12:00 Local language in music

19:00 Copying from foreign acts

27:20 State of Nu-Nairobi

32:40 Artist Tournament

Hot Twos:

Victor: Wakadinali-Ohh Lord https://soundcloud.com/foreign-mghetto-mkadinali/3-ohh-lord

Pepper: L.A Jay-Nights Like This(ft Kenana) https://soundcloud.com/john-njenga-4/nights-like-this

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As promised, here is a video episode for you. This week, Pepper and Victor engage in a tournament that sees some of the biggest musicians from today and yesteryears pitted against each other.

2:10 Going about music distribution

14:09 Songa music app controversy

23:45 Artist Tournament

Joined by Sam, Kevin, Sandra & Michelle

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This being the last episode without videos, Pepper and Victor discuss matters one hit wonders and other interesting topics.

5:15 Kenyan One hit wonders

30:05 Award shows in Kenya

35:50 The Sophomore Slump

42:35 Formula for a hit song

Hot Twos:

Victor: Usishangae-Dai X Dasthma https://soundcloud.com/user-136359804/usishangae-dai-x-basthma

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With the onset of the cold season, Victor and Pepper delve into issues concerning current music events and speculate on reasons for the cold. Hilarious and serious takes on all issues discussed.

Joined by Brandon

6:21 Virality in Kenyan music scene

22:30 Repping your hood

30:09 Music in the political season

44:20 Facebook names of the 2010s

46:15 Bad marketing strategies

Hot Twos

Pepper: Lamba Lolo-Rekles X Seska X Swat X Zilla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0ZkjfsQKnk

Victor: Badder Man-L.A Jay & Nene https://soundcloud.com/chillertrex/badder-man-la-jay-nene-prod-by-chiller

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Apologies for a late release. With the World Cup fever catching on, Pepper and Victor tell us the teams they are supporting and of course give hilarious and serious takes on various issues.

Joined by Sam

2:23 Testimony 1990 album review

42:35 Making a comeback to the music industry

49:00 Kenyan artists getting underpaid in local concerts

53:00 The state of the industry

57:50 What teams we are supporting in the World Cup

01:02:10 Ugandan music

Hot Twos

Pepper: Colours-Jason Derulo (ft Cassper Nyovest) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMAqWQXQZQ8

Victor: Pengs in the City-Osii G (ft Zench Kiid) https://open.spotify.com/track/6qvCyGloG3OEcGpqNFs0FB

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Pepper and Victor are back again with another episode. As always, jokes are cracked and serious stuff discussed.

Joined by Sam

3:00 Legacy Acts in Kenya

20:15 Kanye Samples a Kenyan on Ye

24:19 Monetization of music

30:29 Avenues of music consumption

43:50 Piracy in Kenya

54:50 DJ Afro: The world's number one bootlegger

Hot Twos:

Pepper: Nene K-Sometimes (Unreleased)

Victor: Urban Bl!ss-Nimechizi (ft Alexis and The African) https://soundcloud.com/urbanbliss/nimechizi

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Another fun filled episode with Pepper and Victor. We tackle serious and not so serious topics.

Joined by Sam, Stan, Nikki and Sandra

7:00 Rappers fueling their careers with beef

18:20 Pepper breaks down the TGR festival

25:11 The importance of music videos to music careers

38:10 Kenya's underground scene

41:02 Rise in number of photographers

45:30 Safaricom Twaweza live

48:39 Khaligraph album speculations

55:20 What is the pink line on Thika Road for?

1:01:10 Boring club music

Hot Twos

Victor: K izrael x Bussa- Vuji Gang https://soundcloud.com/kizreal/vuji-g...

Pepper: Public Holiday- Hela https://soundcloud.com/public-holiday...

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This week, Victor narrates his near death experience and he and Pepper delve into other issues.

Joined by Sam, Benny, Stan, Nikki and our amazing producer Sandra.

1:25 Victor's near death experience

3:50 Intellectual Property

17:35 Censorship and KFCB

31:41 Sauti Sol retirement + New song

40:57 Top producers in Kenya

47:17 Khaligraph new song a troll

52:12 Recent Kenyan hits

Hot Two's:

Victor: Vallerie Muthoni-Brown Suga https://soundcloud.com/valleriemuthon...

Pepper: Unreleased Public Holiday ft Suziah

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