by Phil Chard

With the gory visuals on the video for Top 10 List, Youngsta is making a statement. He is killing all those who stand in his way ad he is done chasing mainstream recognition.

Donning a Jason hockey mask and brandishing an axe, Youngsta, Take Zito (Video dorector) and his manager Lee-Roy Davids craft a 4 minute (PG-13) slasher flick that sees the Cape Town laying waste to a series of victims who are later bagged in black plastic and hung from the beam of an unfinished building.

On a song that is essentially a massive middle finger to the mainstream that has ignored Youngsta’s talents, the video takes the message even further by producing a 4 minute visual offering that will probably never see the light of day on television outside of an “uncensored” programme or with the aid of copious blurring that will essentially mask the message. If anything I respect Youngsta even more for having testicular fortitude to produce such a piece of art and effectively limiting its appeal to only those that truly care about his work.

We spoke to Youngsta a few months back about Top Ten List.