HHP
When HHP walked away with two key awards at the 14th Annual South African Music Awards in May 2008, the noise in the Sun City Superbowl was nothing short of thunderous.
Music industry pundits, his peers in the hip hop community and, most importantly, the fans in the gallery were united in their approval of his SAMA double (and a storming live appearance) to hear, that Hip Hop Pantsula’s Best Male Solo Artist and Best Rap Album wins earned both critical (from the judges) and public is a mark of how far this gifted individual has come in his many years of carving out what is now an enviable solo career in the South African music career.
It was also confirmation of HHP's peerless standing in the industry: as a lyricist and rapper of epic proportions, so highly regarded by his fellow artists that he's in constant demand as a collaborator; as a musician, abe to craft beats and melodies both memorable and fresh, and as an all round likeable guy who, as the man himself puts it in the track, "Thank You Note" has become a 'symbol of virtue'. That song, the second off the SAMA-winning "Acceptance Speech", is in fact a roll call of real life thank you's to almost everyone who has played a role in heloing HHP gain traction in his career - from his grandmother, to "those I meet daily on MySpace" kudos are paid to those around him, in a song strewn with impeccablty chosen loose-limbed beats and samples.
It's no surprise that HHP has a deep love for funk, soul, melodic folk and vocally driven pop songs - as well as his increasingly visibile affection for traditional music.
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