MTV Base: SA's Hottest MCs

MTV Base: SA's Hottest MCs is an annual segment that airs on MTV Base on the first two days of December. The segment consists of a panel of judges who are usually South African hip hop performers or personalities associated with the South African Hip Hop Genre.

Synopsis

The finalists of the list, are judged according to the following criteria

Impact
Lyrics
Sales
Buzz
Style
Intangibles

2014

Sizwe Dhlomo was the mediator for the 2014 segment, and the judges were South African music producer Amu, Metro FM's Naked DJ, YFM and Club 808's Mo Flava, Live Amp Presenter Loot Love, record label A&R Kevin Mdubeki and MTV Base's scheduler and Cashtime's DJ Vigilante

Judge	Known for (at the time)
Sizwe Dhlomo	Host of the Segment MTV Base VJ Presenter of The Clip on YFM
Amu	Hip Hop veteran and record producer
Naked DJ	Metro FM DJ
Mo Flava	YFM Afternoon Drive DJ ETV's Club 808 Presenter
Loot Love	SABC 1's Live Amp Presenter
Kevin Mdubeki	Record Label A&R
DJ Vigilante	MTV Base scheduler
Melanie Triegaard	MTV Base music programmer
Slikour	Hip Hop Veteran Member of Skwatta Kamp


Rank	Finalist	Recognition	Notes
1	K.O
2	Cassper Nyovest
3	AKA
4	Khuli Chana
5	Riky Rick
6	Reason
7	Kid X
8	Da L.E.S
9	Kwesta
10	Maggz

2015

Panellists
Judge	Known for
Sizwe Dhlomo^[1]	Host of the Segment MTV Base VJ Presenter of The Clip on YFM
Loyiso Gola	Comedian Alleged hip hop head
T'bo Touch	Metro FM Drive-time host
Ms Cosmo	5FM Radio Host Hip Hop DJ
Vukile Zondi	Managing Director of commercial at Gagasi FM
Slikour	Hip Hop Veteran Member of Skwatta Kamp
Melanie Triegaard	MTV Base music programmer
Fred Kayembe	Known as The Freditor

Rank	2014	Finalist	Recognition	Movement	Notes
1	2	Cassper Nyovest	Filled Up The Dome	Went up from 2 previous year
2	3	AKA	Gold album: Levels 3 Gold singles	Went up from 3 previous year
3	1	K.O	Gold album: Skhanda Rap	Went down from 1 previous year
4	5	Riky Rick		Went up from 5 previous year
5	-	OkMalumKoolKat		First appearance
6	9	Kwesta		Went up from 9 previous year
7	4	Khuli Chana		Went down from 4 previous year
8	7	Kid X		Went down from 7 previous year
9	-	iFani		First appearance	Zakwe, Reason and Gigi Lamayne were considered for these positions Zakwe and Reason pushed Gigi Lamayne off for number 10 L-Tido and iFani pushed Zakwe and Reason off the list
10	-	L-Tido		First appearance

The top 3 artists from the previous year's list shuffled positions, but maintained the top 3 spots.

2016

Panellist	Known for
Pro Verb	Host of the Segment Host of Idols Veteran emcee
Slikour	Hip Hop Veteran Member of Skwatta Kamp Founder of Slikour On Life
Amu	Hip Hop veteran Record producer Record Label owner
Spoken Priestess	UJFM (SAHHA winning)16BarsRELOADED host Content Manager for Slikouronlife Alleged hip hop head
Rashid Kay^[2]	Producer of Shiz Live Host of Hip Hop Show on Metro FM Organizer of Back to the City Alleged hip head
DJ Capital	Hip Hop DJ

Rank	2015	2014	Finalist	Recognition	Movement	Notes
1	1	2	Cassper Nyovest^[3]	Filled up Orlando Stadium 2x Platinum album: Refiloe BET Best African Act Nominee Appearance on Tim Westwood Appearance on Sway In The Morning	Maintained Number 1 position
2	-	-	Emtee	Platinum album Avery Singles Roll Up, Pearl Thusi, Ngeke BET Nomination 6x South African Hip Hop Awards Nominee MTN Endorsement BET Best Newcomer Nominee South African Music Awards Multiple Wins Metro RFM Awards Multiple Wins		Highest entrance rank
3	-	-	Nasty C	Debut album: Bad Hair Single Hell Naw Multiple Nominations for SAHHA 2016 Winner at SAHHA 2015 for Best Newcomer and Best Mixtape
4	6	9	Kwesta	Gold album: Dakar II Gold Single: Ngud Ngud, Millions of views on YouTube	Went up from 6 in previous year
5	2	3	AKA	Platinum album Levels Platinum single All Eyes on Me Gold Single Baddest Baddest 2 million views on Youtube Numerous Collaborations domestic and continent-wide Appearance on Tim Westwood Appearance on Sway In The Morning	Went down from 2 in previous year
6	4	5	Riky Rick	Platinum album: Family Values	Went down from 4 in previous year
7	-	-	Fifi Cooper	Metro FM Award Winner Debut album: 20FIFI
8	-	-	A-Reece	Debut album: Paradise Collaborations with Emtee and other Ambitiouz artists
9	5	-	OkMalumKoolKat
10	-	-	GiGi Lamayne			Maraza was considered for this position

2016 had the highest number of first time finalists. Ambitiouz Entertainment has three artists appearing on the list, all for the first time: newcomers Emtee, FiFi Cooper and A-Reece. Emtee made the highest jump from non-appearance in the previous years to number 2 this year.

A-Reece is the youngest artist to appear on the list, being only a month younger than Nasty C.

This year's list debuted the highest number of Under 25's.

Rashid Kay and Spoken Priestess's decisions received mixed to negative reception from television viewers while others questioned Rashid Kay's elegibility to be a panellist for this year's segment.

Kwesta and Cassper Nyovest are the only artists included since the list's inception to consistently rise to a higher rank each subsequent year.

Appearances

Artist	Number of Appearances	Cumulative average rank since first appearance	Peak Position	Peak Year
Cassper Nyovest	3	1.333	1	2015 - 2016
Emtee	1	2	2	2016
Nasty C	1	3	3	2016
AKA	3	3.333	2	2014
K.O	3	4.666	1	2014
Riky Rick	3	5	4	2015
Kwesta	3	6.333	4	2016
FiFi Cooper	1	7	7	2016
Khuli Chana	1	7	4	2014
OkMalumKoolKat	2	7	5	2015
A-Reece	1	8	8	2016
Kid X	2	8.333	7	2014
Reason	1	8.666	6	2014
Da L.E.S	1	9.333	8	2014
iFani	1	9.5	9	2015
GiGi Lamayne	1	10	10	2016
L-Tido	1	10	10	2015
Maggz	1	10	10	2014

References

↑ "MTV Base SA Hottest MCs 2015 Panel Revealed | HYPE Magazine". www.hypemagazine.co.za. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
↑ "MTV Base SA Hottest MCs 2015 Panel Revealed | HYPE Magazine". www.hypemagazine.co.za. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
↑ "Cassper is SA’s hottest MC, again | IOL". Retrieved 2016-12-05.

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