Logga Headz was performances and rap battles, MAD first touched on event organizing, from scouting for talent to designing the flyers and editing the videos for online advertising.
Flyer design by MAD for the first event
Flyer design by MAD for the second event
So The Realist was formed in the mid-2000s with MAD and Denis, it was not completed yet cause MAD had this idea of having one Producer that’s part of the crew, he comes on stage with you to perform. So MAD met Greg through motion graphic works and one day had to go drop off some work at Greg’s house. MAD saw he had a professional studio at his house and went into hustle mode and offered Greg to do him a showreel for 2 tracks and that was the start of 5 and a half steps.
The Realist got formed after the recording of 5 and a half steps feat Ben Sharpa. It consisted of Denis Leach, AKA as Kid Clever the boy genius, he handled us to get known in the streets, before you could become an internet rapper, you had to get some recognition in the streets. Greg Reve, AKA as Triplet Of Bellville, T.O.B the serrated symphony, was the mastermind behind are one of kind sound. (that’s why MAD wanted one producer to have a style in sound and design) and MAD, AKA as Sinister Dexter the demonic storyteller, was the style, design, and look&feel behind The Realist. They got a lot of stuff done with one EP out. The EP got released under, Muti Music an international record label, and got its feature on TV shows and magazines.
On this clip The Realist got played on the international TV show ‘Criminal Minds’ Thy used MAD’s verse from the track His Hypocritical Ways
The Realist got featured on the show Mzansi Rides hosted by Ready D on Channel O, a South African music Channel.
Them just having some fun after practice
Logo Design MAD did
WEB video MAD made for The Realist
MAD’s first creative project he worked on, he did the offline editing and motion graphics for this award winning documentary.
Clip from the documentary live performs by Ben Sharpa
Premiered on 27 May 2020 Currently available for university licensing and acquisitions. Hip hop Revolution looks at youth involvement in apartheid politics with particular reference to the Cape Flats state of emergency in the 1980s and the influence of Black Consciousness hip-hop music on the thinking of young people living under apartheid. It also reflects on hip-hop activism in SA in 2004/2005. Directorial debut of Weaam Williams, Hip-hop Revolution is a documentary funded by the National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa, which saw its’ local festival release in SA summer of 2006 and international release at Silverdocs in 2007; where it was nominated for the “best music film award”. It was awarded the best-edited film at Reel Sisters in NYC in 2008, where the acclaimed Spike Lee was on the jury. Hip-Hop Revolution has been broadcasted in 28 countries and screened at festivals on every continent. The film was officially used as a high school curriculum at schools in the Western Cape as of 2011/12 and has been acquired by many South African and US universities.