EES (rapper)

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

EES
Background information
Birth nameEric Sell
Born (1983-10-05) 5 October 1983
Windhoek, South West Africa
OriginWindhoek, Namibia
GenresHip hop, Kwaito
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2000–present
LabelsNAM FLAVA MUSIC / EES Records
Associated actsSunny Boy, TeQuila, M-Poser Boss
Websiteeesy-ees.com

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

Nominations
  • 2006 Sanlam Music Awards: Best Music Video,
  • 2007 Sanlam Music Awards: Best Kwaito, Best Music Video,
  • 2008 Sanlam Music Awards: Best Kwaito, Best Reggae, Best Music Video, Best Afro Pop, Artist of the Year
  • 2009 Sanlam Music Awards: Best Kwaito, Best Reggae, Best Music Video, Best Collabo
  • 2010 African Music Awards: Best Southern African Artist
  • 2012 Namibian Annual Music Awards: Best Kwaito, Best Reggae, Best Producer, Best Male Artist of the Year
  • 2012 HitRadio SummerHit of the Year (with M-Poser Boss)
  • 2013 Channel O Africa VMAs Best Kwaito Video Award (with M-Poser Boss)

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. "Ich gehe nicht mehr auf Zebrajagd", Die Welt, 13 August 2012
  2. Becker, Jürgen. "DNG – Deutsch-Namibische Gesellschaft e.V. – DNG – Deutsch-Namibische Gesellschaft e.V." www.dngev.de. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  3. "EES ganz privat – Hier spricht der Nam-Boy". Allgemeine Zeitung. Archived from the original on 25 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  4. "Eric Sell". Discogs. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  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. "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. Channel O Music Video Awards Official website D’Banj dominates winner’s list at 9th Annual Channel O MVAs! Archived 21 November 2012[Date mismatch] at the Wayback Machine 18 November 2012
  8. http://www.museke.com/node/6868
  9. "Nix für Sprachpuristen: „Esisallesoreidt": Totaler Sittenverfall: EeS veröffentlich sein eigenes Namibia-Deutsch-Wörterbuch". Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
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