EES_(rapper)

EES (rapper)

EES (rapper)

Musical artist

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

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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

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. [1]
    Mescoli, Felix (13 August 2012). ""Ich gehe nicht mehr auf Zebrajagd"". Die Welt.
  2. [2]
    Becker, Jürgen. "DNG – Deutsch-Namibische Gesellschaft e.V. – DNG – Deutsch-Namibische Gesellschaft e.V." Dngev.de. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  3. [3]
    "EES ganz privat – Hier spricht der Nam-Boy". Allgemeine Zeitung. Archived from the original on 25 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  4. [4]
    "Eric Sell". Discogs. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  5. [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. [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. [7]
    "D'Banj dominates winner's list at 9th Annual Channel O MVAs! | Channel O TV Online". 21 November 2012. Archived from the original on 21 November 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  8. [8]
    "YES-JA!" die KWAITO Documentary - Blog | Museke". Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  9. [9]
    "Nix für Sprachpuristen: "Esisallesoreidt": Totaler Sittenverfall: EeS veröffentlicht sein eigenes Namibia-Deutsch-Wörterbuch". Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
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