EES (rapper)

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EES
Background information
Birth nameEric Sell
Born (1983-10-05) 5 October 1983 (age 40)
Windhoek, South West Africa
OriginWindhoek, Namibia
GenresHip hop, Kwaito
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2000–present
LabelsNAM FLAVA MUSIC / EES Records
Websiteeesy-ees.com

EES (also: eesy-ees/EeS/EeS, "Easy Eric Sell"[1]) is the stage name of Eric Sell[2] a German Namibian Kwaito artist and rapper.

Sell was born in Windhoek on 5 October 1983. He currently lives both in Windhoek, Namibia's capital, and Cologne, Germany.[3][4] His texts are written in a mixture of Afrikaans and English. He also makes frequent use of Namlish and Namibian German (Südwesterdeutsch), the German dialect spoken in Namibia, and he popularised the term Nam-Slang for it.[5]

Awards

Won

Nominations

  • 2006 Sanlam Music Awards: Best Music Video,
  • 2007 Sanlam Music Awards: Best Kwaito, Best Music Video,
  • 2008 Sanlam Music Awards: Best Kwaito, Best Reggae, Best Music Video, Best Afro Pop, Artist of the Year
  • 2009 Sanlam Music Awards: Best Kwaito, Best Reggae, Best Music Video, Best Collabo
  • 2010 African Music Awards: Best Southern African Artist
  • 2012 Namibian Annual Music Awards: Best Kwaito, Best Reggae, Best Producer, Best Male Artist of the Year
  • 2012 HitRadio SummerHit of the Year (with M-Poser Boss)
  • 2013 Channel O Africa VMAs Best Kwaito Video Award (with M-Poser Boss)

Discography

  • 2002 – Straight from NAM
  • 2003 – Bio-Lyrical Warfare (only South Africa)
  • 2003 – Yes-Ja (Das Album)
  • 2004 – Odyssey Cru
  • 2004 – 061 for LIFE!
  • 2005 – Wo is die Coolbox?
  • 2006 – NAM FlaVa!
  • 2007 – Sharp, Sharp!
  • 2008 – Awee!
  • 2011 – Megaphone Ghazzie
  • 2012 – The Remixes (Raw & Unmastered)
  • 2012 – Da Gehn Wir (feat. T-zon)
  • 2013 – IF Not, Why Not!
  • 2014 – Authentic Rebel (feat. M-Poser Boss)

Films and books

  • The Kwaito-Documentary[8]
  • Esisallesoreidt (approximately: EverythingIsAllRight), a humorous dictionary Südwesterdeutsch–German[9]

References

  1. ^ "Ich gehe nicht mehr auf Zebrajagd", Die Welt, 13 August 2012
  2. ^ Becker, Jürgen. "DNG – Deutsch-Namibische Gesellschaft e.V. – DNG – Deutsch-Namibische Gesellschaft e.V." www.dngev.de. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  3. ^ "EES ganz privat – Hier spricht der Nam-Boy". Allgemeine Zeitung. Archived from the original on 25 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Eric Sell". Discogs. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  5. ^ Schreiber, Irmgard (27 April 2007). "Ring frei für die Nam-Slang-Kontroverse" [Clear the ring for the Nam-Slang controversy]. Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Abräumer bei Musikpreis-Verleihung: EeS wurde zum Künstler des Jahres gekürt und hat im nächsten Jahr Großes vor". Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  7. ^ Channel O Music Video Awards Official website D’Banj dominates winner’s list at 9th Annual Channel O MVAs! Archived 21 November 2012(Date mismatch) at the Wayback Machine 18 November 2012
  8. ^ http://www.museke.com/node/6868
  9. ^ "Nix für Sprachpuristen: „Esisallesoreidt": Totaler Sittenverfall: EeS veröffentlich sein eigenes Namibia-Deutsch-Wörterbuch". Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2011.

External links

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