{"id":13846,"date":"2010-09-20T11:48:32","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T15:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=13846"},"modified":"2010-09-20T11:48:32","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T15:48:32","slug":"street-talent-productions-presents-street-talent-hip-hop-from-freetown-in-sierra-leone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=13846","title":{"rendered":"Street Talent Productions presents \u201cStreet Talent\u201d: Hip Hop from Freetown, Sierra Leone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">UK, Monday 20th September 2010; Street Talent Productions, in association with 24 Hour Trading Ltd, is proud to announce the release of the self-titled album \u201cStreet Talent\u201d \u2013 a hip hop album fusing soulful lyrics, African melodies and hot new talents from the capital of Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The man behind the album is \u201cPaps\u201d. He lives in Freetown on \u00a31 a day and yet no charities or NGO\u2019s were involved in the production of the album. Street Talent Productions is a business which seeks to use its revenue to re-invest in new artistic talents of all varieties in Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/album-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13822\" title=\"album-cover\" src=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/album-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The album has several upbeat party tracks, including \u201cBrown Skin Girl\u201d, which has had over 11,000 views on Youtube and is the perfect addition to any Saturday night dance floor. The reggaeton beats and catchy hooks, mean this is a favourite download among fans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/paps.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13823\" title=\"paps\" src=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/paps-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sierra Leone\u201ds troubled recent history still infuses the album with heartfelt lyrics threaded through \u201cLongtime\u201d, \u201cLost One\u201d and \u201cNor Cry\u201d. The distinctive sound of Sierra Leone \u2013 or \u201cSalone\u201d to its inhabitants \u2013 pervades the album and provides a refreshing alternative to current chart trends.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"424\" height=\"288\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/qZ4ZIoYjAeU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"424\" height=\"288\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/qZ4ZIoYjAeU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em> <\/em><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"> <\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Linda Haywood, Director, 24 Hour Trading Ltd &#8211; Making the Internet Finer<\/em><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.24hourtrading.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>http:\/\/www.24hourtrading.co.uk\/<\/em><\/a><\/address>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK, Monday 20th September 2010; Street Talent Productions, in association with 24 Hour Trading Ltd, is proud to announce the release of the self-titled album [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":75801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1191,1],"tags":[5146,5147,1373,5148,5149],"class_list":["post-13846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-uncategorized","tag-african-music","tag-paps","tag-sierra-leone-music","tag-street-talent","tag-street-talent-productions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}