FRATPACKER WORLD.
A LOT OF MUSIC AND COOL THINGS
Author: sscvelaphi
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THEY GET PAID, WE GET PLAYED Board games, arcade games, the 100 games in one TV Game, Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, PlayStation 1, Gameboy, Gameboy Colour, PC Games, Internet Games PlayStation 2, Gameboy Advance, Nintendo GameCube, PSP, Xbox 360, Mobile Games PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 5. Everything mentioned, I’ve owned, played, broken, sold, lost or…
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A Rising Star On The Decks Since 2020 we’ve seen the rise of more and more women playing, taking up space and dominating the DJ world. While there are a lot of comments and stigma surrounding women DJs, such as, “they only get booked for their looks” or “it’s a feminist agenda” or the most…
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BUY YOUR MUSIC. DON’T STREAM IT Just because they’ve digitalised music, doesn’t mean it should be owned by the machine [both figuratively and literally]. It’s 2026 and it seems like the concept of buying music is now a long-lost ancient art that we get to tell our kids about as we reminisce about the old…
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Growing up as a kid every holiday we would drive back home to both my father’s and mother’s homes in Mpunzana (a village deep within Mthatha) and Queenstown respectively, both based in the Eastern Cape, and besides the 8-10 hour drive I used to dread coming back home for several reasons including; forfeiting the pleasures…
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In 2025 it feels like the route to becoming an artist and superstar has become easier and easier but with that being the case it does make me one wonder what does it mean for the quality of artists and superstars? Yes, it might have been harder to crack the mould back in the days…
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THE CURSE & BLESSING OF SOUTH AFRICA: It’s October 2025 as I write this and it’s that time of year that three words get to steal the spotlight and shine to the fullest. Those three words being year-end fatigue. Now the reason why I mention year-end fatigue is because 10 years ago around this time…
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FORGET THE AI LET’S GET BACK TO THE PEOPLE A topic that has been a big one since the introduction of the technological tool or weapon of mass creative destruction, depending how you look at it, and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is still causing chaos as it splits the creative world into two sides. Some creatives…
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A 9 YEAR HISTORY ALBUM REVIEW 2025 has been a great year for music and especially in the hip-hop space whether locally here in South Africa & Africa or internationally with it various mainstream and cultural echelon caliber artists releasing full bodies of work. Being proudly South African, with no DNA but purely RSA making…
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A Dying Breed In today’s modern society, there aren’t too many spots where you can just come as you are and be accepted without judgement. Whether you’re running at zero or you’re on a hundred, a place that always has room for you. Need to sit-down and unwind with a drink, cigarette, joint, hubbly or…
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A Comic Con Review As South Africans we would watch TV and movies, seeing & hearing about the magic that is Comic Con. If you’re new to the concept of Comic Con, it is meant to be a wonderland for everything comic, animation, anime, manga, superhero, gaming and sci-fi based. A place where fantasy meets…
FRATPACKER WORLD. 