O61Music is a successful pioneer hip hop and RnB music
label and clohing line. They are one of the most vibrant, energetic and
ambitious, and amongst the most successful music entertainment labels in
Namibia.
061Music is a part of
the growing entertainment market with the promotion of high-quality
music, creative song-writing and artists who possess great music talent.
061Music was established in 2010 and has thus far released popular and
radio demanded albums like 061Music – presents the compilation, Soweto
boi certified and Flashback. The group is made up of four individuals
namely; Lucci (ThanksForTheBeat), Quido, Tukondjeni and Sinna-G. The
group members have been nominated in the NAMAs a couple of times and
have scooped some awards including Catty Catt which won Best Hip Hop
Award – Letter from My Heart. More pics after cut......
Having
last released an album in 2013, the 061 have been cooking up a storm to
make up for the past years they have not being dropping albums or
singles and their fans literally will not be ready for what they have in
store. They said they have a lot of material to be released and it will
be publicised very soon as an album. “We spent over a year working on
the album and good news, its currently being packaged for release,” said
Sinna-G. He said the album to be released will be very new on the block
because no Namibian artist has tried it before. “The album is movie
album that will present the listeners a theatrical experience meaning it
will play like a movie. We are all creative people and we thought we
would use that talent and come up with this idea,” he said. Sinna-G said
the album will play like a movie from top to bottom which will be
taking music to another level with new concepts. The album does not have
any visuals but allows the listeners to envision it all. “Imagine
watching a movie without the visuals, that’s the approach we are going
for listening on an audio book,” said Sinna-G. The album will have music
videos that will be produced in a theatrical sense too but that is only
later on, said the 061Music artists.
The
album’s first single titled Story No be keke ft YT has just been
released on radio stations and online in the past week with more hit
songs on the way. “No be keke simply means the hustle must continue and
this is not a funny business if loosely translated in a Nigerian
tongue,” said Sinna-G. The group did not reveal the number of tracks on
the album saying that fans will have to find out for themselves at the
launch next month on 29 October. The label also plans to release Catty
Catt’s posthumous ‘The Big Catt’ album in the coming months with the
music video for single Hi-5 dropping on TV and YouTube in October. Being
known for throwing some of the heaviest and awesomely crazy parties
around the group promised on the launch being more of a party for their
fans and their stakeholders who have been supportive of their music and
clothing line thus far. “We had the 061 pool party and the birthday
bashes that were lit and we want to show that we are back with a bang,”
said Sinna-G.
The group was formed
by the late Catty Cat, who passed away and Lucci in 2010 as a clothing
line and the clothing line quickly gained public popularity. As a result
they naturally went on to create a music label called 061Music. Lucci
is the in-house music producer and has created many hits over the years
such as City on my chest and Die for my city, to name a few. The artists
who seem to have been very fond of Catty Cat all spoke bigheartedly of
him. “I give major credit to Catty Catt (RIP) for introducing me to hip
hop magazines such as Yo Rap! and The Source which really educated me
more about rap music and hip hop as a culture,’ said Tukondjeni the
newest member of the 061Music crew who had collaborated with the late
Catty Catt in early 2000.
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