EES (rapper) explained

EES
Birth Name:	Eric Sell
Birth Date:	5 October 1983
Birth Place:	Windhoek, South West Africa
Origin:	Windhoek, Namibia
Genre:	Hip hop, Kwaito
Occupation:	Singer
Years Active:	2000–present
Label:	NAM FLAVA MUSIC / EES Records
Associated Acts:	Sunny Boy, TeQuila, M-Poser Boss

Eric Sell, better known as EES (also: eesy-ees/EeS/EeS, "Easy Eric Sell"), is a German Namibian Kwaito artist and rapper.^{[1] [2]}

Sell was born in Windhoek on 5 October 1983. He 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

• 2008 Sanlam NBC Music Awards: Best Rock/Alternative Artist
• 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards: Listener Choice Award^[6]
• 2009 Namibian Music Awards: Artist of the Year
• 2011 Namibian Annual Music Awards: Best international achievement
• 2012 Namibian Annual Music Awards: Best Music Video & Best Collaboration
• 2012 Channel O Music Video Awards

Best Kwaito Video ("Ayoba" with Mandoza)^[7]

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]

External links

• EES | Afro Lifestyle Music Sound
• YES-JA!“ Die KWAITO Documentary - Blog | Museke
• Nix für Sprachpuristen: „Esisallesoreidt“

Notes and References

1. News: "Ich gehe nicht mehr auf Zebrajagd". Felix. Mescoli. 13 August 2012. Die Welt.
2. Web site: DNG – Deutsch-Namibische Gesellschaft e.V. – DNG – Deutsch-Namibische Gesellschaft e.V.. Becker. Jürgen. Dngev.de. 26 October 2018.
3. Web site: EES ganz privat – Hier spricht der Nam-Boy . . 25 November 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111125115041/http://www.az.com.na/ees-ganz-privat-hier-spricht-der-nam-boy.120600.php . 25 November 2011 . dead .
4. Web site: Eric Sell. Discogs. en. 26 October 2018.
5. News: Ring frei für die Nam-Slang-Kontroverse. Clear the ring for the Nam-Slang controversy. German. Schreiber. Irmgard. Allgemeine Zeitung. 27 April 2007. 30 November 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120613053543/http://www.az.com.na/kultur/ring-frei-fr-die-nam-slang-kontroverse.19646.php. 13 June 2012. dead.
6. Web site: Abräumer bei Musikpreis-Verleihung: EeS wurde zum Künstler des Jahres gekürt und hat im nächsten Jahr Großes vor . 30 November 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120613053555/http://www.az.com.na/kultur/abrumer-bei-musikpreis-verleihung.99356.php . 13 June 2012 . dead .
7. Web site: D'Banj dominates winner's list at 9th Annual Channel O MVAs! | Channel O TV Online. 21 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121121161235/http://channelo.dstv.com/2012/11/dbanj-dominates-winners-list-at-9th-annual-channel-o-mvas/. 21 October 2021. 21 November 2012.
8. Web site: YES-JA!" die KWAITO Documentary - Blog | Museke . 30 November 2011 . 14 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120614070718/http://www.museke.com/node/6868 . dead .
9. Web site: Nix für Sprachpuristen: "Esisallesoreidt": Totaler Sittenverfall: EeS veröffentlicht sein eigenes Namibia-Deutsch-Wörterbuch . 30 November 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120613053624/http://www.az.com.na/kultur/nix-fr-sprachpuristen-esisallesoreidt.73744.php . 13 June 2012 . dead .