NEW MUSIC | EOW BELGIUM — THE ALBUM

By Rishma Dhaliwal • On Reviews, Uncategorized, What is New , , , , ,

End of the Weak, an inter­na­tion­al MC Chal­lenge foun­ded in the USA in the year 2000, found its way to Bel­gi­um in 2014. Since then, Bel­gi­um has been look­ing for “the best” MC in the coun­try, aim­ing to crown a Bel­gian cham­pi­on every year to rep­res­ent at the EOW World Finals.

The pan­dem­ic of 2020 had a ser­i­ous impact, mean­ing little to no live events…and no End of the Weak! Rather than let­ting the time be wasted, the EOW Bel­gi­um crew chose to work on a com­pil­a­tion album. Togeth­er with DJ Grazzhoppa, DJ Pro­ceed — the main organ­iser of End of the Weak Bel­gi­um — went to work to col­lect MCs from the past edi­tions of EOW Belgium’s MC Chal­lenges and get them all on 1 record. With so many MCs enter­ing the com­pet­i­tion over the years, it was decided to only invite EOW Bel­gi­um Cham­pi­ons and final­ists. The pro­ject was recor­ded in 1 day; not every­one approached could attend, but 11 of the finest Bel­gian MC’s made it to the studio.

The final lineup con­tained 6 Flem­ish, 2 Wal­loon, 2 Brus­sels and 1 American/Belgian MC who all laid down rhymes on this “rap” com­pil­a­tion. In DJ Pro­ceed’s own words “On this record we bring out the ‘MC’; the raw­ness of the corona era is the theme, boom bap are the beats”.

All the beats are pro­duced by Grazzhoppa & Pro­ceed but Grazzhoppa (a Bel­gian legend in his own right) is the pro­du­cer, Pro­ceed is the con­sult­ant. Togeth­er they spent hours in the stu­dio com­plet­ing this pro­ject, refin­ing it down to the last detail.

The record has been avail­able to stream every­where since 29/12/2023, but it is also avail­able on vinyl. The vinyl con­tains a bonus track that can­not be heard on the online album, namely the “World Final Cypher”. This cypher was recor­ded dur­ing the 2019 EOW World Final that EOW Bel­gi­um hos­ted in Brus­sels. The 8 nations that par­ti­cip­ated in this world cham­pi­on­ship are rep­res­en­ted on this cypher.

Check out the album via your favour­ite stream­ing plat­form here:

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/djproceed/eow-belgium-the-album‑2

To get the vinyl, head to:

https://www.discogs.com/release/29162455-DJ-Proceed-DJ-Grazzhoppa-EOW-THE-ALBUM

Keep up with everything to do with EOW Bel­gi­um on their IG account:

https://www.instagram.com/end_of_the_weak_belgium?igsh=dmU1cW91dmdqdnk2

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Rishma Dhaliwal

Edit­or / PR Con­sult­ant at No Bounds
Rishma Dhali­w­al has extens­ive exper­i­ence study­ing and work­ing in the music and media industry. Hav­ing writ­ten a thes­is on how Hip Hop acts as a social move­ment, she has spent years research­ing and con­nect­ing with artists who use the art form as a tool for bring­ing a voice to the voice­less. Cur­rently work­ing in TV, Rishma brings her PR and media know­ledge to I am Hip Hop and oth­er pro­jects by No Bounds.

About Rishma Dhaliwal

Rishma Dhaliwal has extensive experience studying and working in the music and media industry. Having written a thesis on how Hip Hop acts as a social movement, she has spent years researching and connecting with artists who use the art form as a tool for bringing a voice to the voiceless. Currently working in TV, Rishma brings her PR and media knowledge to I am Hip Hop and other projects by No Bounds.