Black Gold Bars

The Randlords in Bramfontein is a spaceous club with a gaw-geous view of Joburg. Absolutely beautiful. So much so that you might miss whoever is performing as you have to turn your back to the tiny stage to fully take in the City of Lights' beauty at night. But, where new rap outfit, Black Gold is concerned, the city will have to wait. But that's not entirely a good thing.

Allow me to explain.

Last night Dude and I went to the Chevy Spark and YFM hip hop party held at swanky The Randlords (shout out to Hypress). A scantily clad - when last did you read such a description? - Dineo Ranaka hosted the event that saw Jozi, Khuli Chana, Pro, Teargas and Black Gold perform. Imma be honest, the performances were ok. I've already explained that this week took its toll on my body so maybe I was just tired. But the rest of the club was clearly wide awake and loving the live element.

Anyway,I was keen to see how all five of the members of Black Gold would fare on the tiny stage. And Prof-C, eXe, Kwa, A.T and Mazi held their own. Mostly. I'm a fan of that Come On, Come On song, so I didn't mind that they brought enough theatrics for two Nicki Minaj's when performing it. However, we don't need all twentyeleven rappers jumping up and down the stage for everyone's verse in every single song. Especially because you guys know Nekwa hasn't lost that X Attitude weight.

I'm playing! No, I'm not but hey... what The Ordinary Girl wanted to say in this post is this: like their predecessors, Jozi, Black Gold have some cool mainstream jams. 37MPH is behind the music after all. And maybe now it's time for them to reel their performance energy in a tad bit. It's fine to have choreography and to get hype about your stuff but with all three songs that they performed being LOUD and fast paced jams as well as their dodgy mic control, the performance can appear frenzied.

Other than that, Black Gold came in as the underdogs last night and they left having made an impression. Now, here's the video of the song I like:



Yo! We know how you love the credits so here you go: cinematography by Sims Phakisi (of Music Atlast) for RESPEKSTUDIO and it was edited by Empiremash. Clap for 'em. Come on, come on.

What do you guys think of Black Gold blaggers and blaggettes?