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Simon Grigg

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 17:53:25 +1200

From Radio NZ today, Nick Bollinger interviews Alan Jansson about the making of Proud, and the legacy:

http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/essentialnzalbums/audio/2528477/proud-an-urban-pacific-streetsoul-compilation.asx

Rich of Observationz

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:50:13 +1200

Have you made a conscious decision to be stupid?

Like I said on CIF a while ago, it's a crowded field.

I don't know whether to be worried or impressed that a busy magazine editor has the time to write 326 words in response to a casual jibe on a…

Simon Wilson at Metro

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:11:30 +1200

So, Rich of Observationz, how richly ironic – if you don't mind my saying so – that when we publish a story about academic achievement in schools, people like you jump at the chance to parade your own ignorance. Clearly, reading the article is too much to ask (poor schooling…

chris

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:34:47 +1200

Fascinating reading Russell, looking forward to number 2.

Simon Grigg

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:03:53 +1200

And that all he knew about them was that they were "superstars".

And the only NZ hip-hop act to have a number one single a decade after the first. Their second knocked Scribe off the top. They liked the irony in that: the old skool strikes back...

Russell Brown

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:02:31 +1200

To be fair too, there was loads of hip-hop happening in both South and West Auckland before Proud, and most of it had strong Polynesian roots – like the extended Three The Hard Way posse, based Henderson/Te Atatu, who were NZ hip-hop’s first superstars (with a Top 20 hit in…

Simon Grigg

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:21:41 +1200

Jackie Clark

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:22:11 +1200

I'd like to know more about the early Christchurch hiphop scene that my brother was involved in with Beats n Pieces. A shame I wasn't more interested in what he was doing at the time. Oh well.

Russell Brown

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:08:19 +1200

Great piece Russell, I remember it well and we actually quoted a few pieces from it in the first OMC bio we sent around the world in 1996.

My small part in NZ pop music's greatest victory ...

Russell Brown

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:05:40 +1200

The cover story (thanks Gio) is about where the whitebread people should send their kids, while your piece is about where they *don’t*.

Can’t deny that. But I should point out that Simon Wilson was delighted about having my story in the issue that the entire eastern suburbs buys.

The…

Rich of Observationz

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:43:05 +1200

The cover story (thanks Gio) is about where the whitebread people should send their kids, while your piece is about where they *don't*.

Nicely symmetrical, but they should headline the schools piece: Pasifica, Merci, mais non

Russell Brown

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:07:33 +1200

Phil later rang Alan (I was there) to apologise for the “sanitised” words. They hurt at the time given the amount of work and sweat that been expended. And the input Phil had had in the way parts of Proud sounded – which was not insubstantial.

Yeah, I recall some…

Russell Brown

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:05:50 +1200

your amplifier link is to the Herald – relevant article but not the Proud Comp

Oops! Thanks. Fixed now.

bob daktari

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:01:10 +1200

your amplifier link is to the Herald – relevant article but not the Proud Comp

great article cheers

Simon Grigg

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:57:05 +1200

Great piece Russell, I remember it well and we actually quoted a few pieces from it in the first OMC bio we sent around the world in 1996.

The Proud album was actually released on a label called Second Nature which was a joint venture between Volition and Alan Jansson,…

Public Address

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:57:05 +1200

Discussion from blog post.