Planetary Assault

Artist - Highlights:
One of African hip-hop's most eagerly anticipated releases of 2007; Planetary Assault smashes its way into the global hiphop rap scene with 21 blazing tracks featuring 19 MCs, bringing fire straight from the streets eKasi (Johannesburg) to the dusty ghetto vlaktes and the grimiest clubs of Cape Town.

After hearing pre-release copies of Planetary Assault, influential cult British radio personality Mary Anne Hobbs was moved to state that Ben Sharpa and KONFAB are "two of the most inspired and agile lyricists in the world today", creating big international buzz around the project's release. She has subsequently arranged performances for the duo in July 2007 at Glastonury, at a Big Dada / Ninja Tune event which she hosts in London, and at Sonar Festival, Barcelona

The artists featured on the project smashed down cultural, language and political barriers, as well as inter-crew rivalry, to come together and bring this vision to life.
Planetary Assault is the first major release from Cape Town-based independent label Pioneer Unit. All these influences are brought together to form an epic journey into the future of South African Hip Hop.

Artist websites:
www.pioneerunit.com
www.myspace.com/dplanetbeats
http://www.myspace.com/trusenz
http://www.myspace.com/bensharpa
http://www.myspace.com/artikulatekonfab
http://www.myspace.com/rhamncwa
http://www.myspace.com/hyphenotistop
http://www.myspace.com/driemanskap
http://www.myspace.com/pusimba
http://www.myspace.com/theterrormc
Album -Highlights:

This entire 21 track project was produced by Dplanet, the man behind classic material by such SA urban music luminaries as Pro Kid, Ben Sharpa, Trusenz & Middle Finga. It features a total of 19 different MCs spitting in a combination of six of South Africa's 11 official languages.

Planetary Assault will be released in association with cult Cape Town independent label African Dope Records.

Listen closely and you will hear everything from classic boom bap, to dancehall and dub, to electro, Detroit Techno and UK Grime.

Album websites:
www.pioneerunit.com
www.myspace.com/dplanetbeats