Black Dillinger has been itching for a while to clash with somebody, anybody. A slightest provocation will set him off counting his 12 Stars, pulling out his Award Statue and re-announcing his first appearance at Jamaica’s Sting as the first South African to perform there. Then his clash chune ‘Jancro’ will form a soundtrack to this boastful bashing. This is what happened in the last clash shenanigans he got himself into back in 2017.
Speaking of Clashes, there was a lyrical clash that never was, that completely failed to climax. It was supposedly the veteran Black Dillinger pitted against relative new comers Maximum Stylez Crew – Pepsin, Fruitystar, Botanist and the other guy. Out of the blue, we woke up to foul clash vocab on our timelines. Maximum Stylez were reduced to Minimum Stylez and Fruitystar into Fruity Loops while Black Dillinger’s mouthpiece and groupie DJ Blakka kept up with the profanity that reduced him into an immature kid who just learned new terminology and just could not wait to use it. While his Master Black Dillinger reverted to pulling out his certificate that showed he performed at Sting in Jamaica. He reminded us of a retired war veteran who every now and then pulls out his only medal that he cherishes and polishes and reminisce about days gone by.
Maximum Stylez ran to the studio to record diss tracks (or was it counter diss) and came up with: Fruitystar – Jancro The Confrontation; (Fruitystar comes out blazin here. Its great to hear him stand on his own) Pepsin – Jancro The Murder ; BunPot and Botanist – Jancro The Memorial. The twelve star general, as Black Dillinger suddenly became known, was also in the studio recording some counter expletives tracks. (Thanks to Mad Koolia for the upload) Jancro | Run Me Head | M*fuckers | Call Me Name | Mood of Killing | Enemies | And Poof! just as it suddenly appeared, it suddenly disappeared. The End.
It turned out to be a gimmick. A publicity Stunt that went limp. Both parties declined to do a live clash. Most clash fans were gearing up for an ultimate lyrical war. Offers were made to host the clash, venues were donated some went as far as offering Cash Prize. But the hype had already fizzling out. The facebook clashes that we were subjected to suddenly halted.It was back to business as usual, with Black Dillinger headlining Maximum Stylez Caribbean gig and respective parties putting a like on each other’s posts. Well for what it was worth, it piqued our interest a bit, especially clash fans. Publicity stunts usually have a scope and objective, be it to increase sales, hype a new song or create a buzz or something. They are calculated and executed with precision. Here we were left wondering what the whole point was of this clash that never was. – MzansiReggae: Its Been a Great Year – 2017 Highlights
In that same year, Black Dillinger made an appearance at the Red Bull Culture Clash held at Orlando Stadium in Soweto. He was rolling with the Top Boys, a hip-hop crew that was battling it out with Reggae Dancehall, Afro Beat and House Music. Black Dillinger stood and represented for Hip Hop, cut a dub for AKA to kill the Reggae Crew represented by African Storm Sound. Dilli represented Hip Hop and not Reggae Dancehall at this Culture Clash.
Dillinger is also very popular with the soundboys for the killer dub plates he cuts for Sound Clashes.
Black Dillinger has got a lot to be boastful of, a career that spans over a decade, rising in Rastafari which impacts his lyrical delivery, blazing catalogue of tunes from way back in the 90’s right up to 2020; a string of performances and appearances in Europe biggest Festivals, collaborations with artists from across the globe, international features and more. It would be interesting to hear which songs from his catalogue he is going to pull out, Jancro is on the table already, how far back will he dig into his arsenal of songs for this clash? That is what we expecting to hear on this clash, his music.
