10 Jan 2018

Mmoloki Ntsima (24) and Emmanuel Segafi (25) known as Sliptyt in the music circles have debuted an album titled Mofufutso Wa Phatla.

The Kwaito duo who describes themselves as Kwaito ninjas are confident that they will rule the music industry with their old original Kwaito rhythm and maybe influence other artistes to return to the original sound.

“We have nothing against the new sound of Kwaito but somewhere they have lost the real essence of Kwaito. With this album we are hoping to take our fellow pantsulas back to their roots. Some things in music should not be compromised by change. We understand that times have changed and people are now adding a certain sound on the genre but we are sticking to original sound and that is what will differentiate  us from the rest of the artistes in the same genre,” says Ntsima whose stage name is MiniVest.

As they narrate their story of how they got involved in the music industry their stories are similar.

They both started off as dancers.

“We used to take part in dancing competitions back in the day. We moved to the raw kasi sounds of artistes such as Vee and Eskimos. We developed deep love for the Kwaito genre and we ended up catching the Kwaito bug.”

It is true indeed that some names are derived from absolutely nothing.

That also refers to their duo name, Sliptyt  which is derived from the fact that Minivest was always sleeping in his room instead of working.

“I always slept while my partner would be busy writing lyrics or making beats and he would wake me up and say, you are always sleeping tight in this room of yours and that gave birth to our name,” he explains.

Though they started as a group of six some of their members quit the group on the way and they remained behind.

Sharing the same vision and love for performing arts is what made them stick to each other.

In 2014, the duo desired to release their single track Dlala ka yone but due to lack of funds their wishes could not materialise.  

That is when they stared to have odd jobs to raise money for their projects and fast forward to 2017 they had enough for an album.

Bragging a little bit about how good they were, they reveal that the already established artistes and people who knew how good they were behind the microphone always begged them to release at least a single.

“When people are in high demand of your product all you have to do is to satisfy them and give them what they are longing for. We went into studio with Cabido of Mahempe fame and we worked our magic,” reveals Segafi aka Sgafi.

He reveals that they came up with six tracks which they were confident will launch their career.

They went on to note that working with Cabido was easy as he understood their sounds and they shared the same vision for their album.

The Kwaito ninjas reveal that all their songs have a meaning behind. Some songs such as Dlala ka yone are just feel good songs that one will dance to and have a good time with their pantsulas while some of the songs are full of hard hitting messages.

Mmapula talks about a young lady who is about to lose her way of life and live in the fast lane.

“We urge Batswana to get the album and be the judge of how good our sound is. They will not regret it. Their support will take us to greater heights,” says Sgafi.

When quizzed on what the future holds for them they both jumped to answer the question.

With so much hope in their faces they say “we will be the most talked about duo in the music circles of this country, we will be collaborating with big artistes in the country and even the neighbouring countries.”

The Kwaito ninjas would like to work with artistes such as Mapetla, Kholoza, Mdu Masilela and Mzekezeke.

They have vowed to work harder and make their union successful and release songs that will easily relate to their fans.

Mofufutso wa Phatla was released on November 17 last year and the launch is scheduled mid-February. ENDS