Can we get a article on the internet scene for instance when the internet wave became massive after the DVDs started to come to an end around the late 20s e.g. (2mukwata, Gervais Katende, Bjone2bx, zua nga bien, Marc Tabu, francis kakonde and even ken mpiana was around in Kinshasa  ) how did the internet take over because DVDs were literally strong (polemics DVDs pito-pale, guerre des generations, sosola sosola, Richard king dvds). thanks 

A number of the early video bloggers (many of them journalists/promoters) got their start on the web by posting segments of the DVDs they produced and released at the time when YouTube did not exist. They also posted hit music clips of artists in 2006-7, when only a few African clips existed - now those clips have millions of views.

This helped them build a reputation and following, which enabled them to launch media outlets of new content and interviews for free. It also coincided with the fast decline of DVD sales - now who in the right mind would buy a polemique DVD?  The last significant polemique DVD I remember is Marc Tabu’s Katagourouma release a few months after Bord Ezanga Kombo.

The newer journalists - Grace Mbizi, Ken Mpiana, Freddy Akimbe and numerous others have built their interview repertoires rather quickly by getting the contacts of artists and calling them until they agreed to be interviewed.

What has spoiled the éclat for music journalism is that the goal is now to extract potentially controversial statements and make it the main theme of the video, often without the consent of the artist. A journalist can have his career built overnight by posting a video with a controversial element.

The other problem is that journalists aren’t writing articles anymore, therefore there no longer exists a major site to report happenings in music. Digitalcongo used to be an excellent, non-biased musical news resource but it fell out of favor with the growth of Youtube.

A good example is this concise article from October 2001, where Werrason gives his opinion on JB’s Bercy a week earlier and gives out plans of his Double Zenith months in advance:
http://www.digitalcongo.net/article/3727

The one young journalist who has developed a strong positive reputation for objective and highly professional interviews is Ado Yuhe, although he shows sign here and there of being a fanatic.

A number of the early video bloggers (many of them journalists/promoters) got their start on the web by posting segments of the DVDs they produced and released at the time when YouTube did not exist. They also posted hit music clips of artists in 2006-7, when only a few African clips existed - now those clips have millions of views.

This helped them build a reputation and following, which enabled them to launch media outlets of new content and interviews for free. It also coincided with the fast decline of DVD sales - now who in the right mind would buy a polemique DVD?  The last significant polemique DVD I remember is Marc Tabu’s Katagourouma release a few months after Bord Ezanga Kombo.

The newer journalists - Grace Mbizi, Ken Mpiana, Freddy Akimbe and numerous others have built their interview repertoires rather quickly by getting the contacts of artists and calling them until they agreed to be interviewed.

What has spoiled the éclat for music journalism is that the goal is now to extract potentially controversial statements and make it the main theme of the video, often without the consent of the artist. A journalist can have his career built overnight by posting a video with a controversial element.

The other problem is that journalists aren’t writing articles anymore, therefore there no longer exists a major site to report happenings in music. Digitalcongo used to be an excellent, non-biased musical news resource but it fell out of favor with the growth of Youtube.

A good example is this concise article from October 2001, where Werrason gives his opinion on JB’s Bercy a week earlier and gives out plans of his Double Zenith months in advance:
http://www.digitalcongo.net/article/3727

The one young journalist who has developed a strong positive reputation for objective and highly professional interviews is Ado Yuhe, although he shows sign here and there of being a fanatic.

Nice article

matebu digitalcongo were sometimes biased but not with the true writers like vieux kikim kingunza or the guy who was often interviewing zaiko i am forgetting his name,there are a lot  of articles there which were written by members of two or three groups saying complete BS about the rival group  and they did not put their name on article you'd just see B.C  or V.T or stuff like that or no name at all
even that article is the proof of some bias
like almost every media back then there was some control,the only deeply unbiased media i have everseen is les amis de wetchi

Yes I completely forgot about the ghostwritten articles by band staff. At the time the site was a great resource for finding out about the next big concert and how albums were progressing.

I thought Les amis de wetchi went away, but to my surprise they're still around with new content, although they're doing videos like the rest now. They are no where near as popular as they used to be, especially when musicians were giving them shoutouts.
http://lesamisdewetchirdc.com