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Pioneer Unit Records is a Cape Town-based independent record label. Pioneer Unit's sound is characterised by the fusion of classic East Coast Hip Hop, Detroit Techno, Dancehall, Dub, Grime, Electro and the sounds of Africa.

Pioneer Unit is also part of the Spaza movement. Spaza is a genre of Hip Hop where lyrics are performed in a variety of the many languages indigenous to South Africa (such as isiXhosa, isiZulu, seSotho and Afrikaans). The genre is named after the informal 'Spaza' shops that are found in South Africa's townships where bits and pieces of everything are sold.

Unofficially founded by Damian Stephens AKA Dplanet in 2005 for the release of Nomadsland by Trusenz, Pioneer Unit became a registered company in 2007. The first official release, Planetary Assault, came out on 7 July 2007. Planetary Assault was co-published by Cape Town independent record label, African Dope, who are well-known for their work with The Real Estate Agents, The Constructus Corporation, DJ Sibot, Felix Laband and Krushed and Sorted. Planetary Assault was notable for the fact that it featured 19 different artists rapping in 6 different languages.

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted. It developed as part of hip hop culture, a subculture defined by four key stylistic elements: MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching, breaking/dancing, and graffiti writing. Other elements include sampling (or synthesis), and beatboxing.

While often used to refer to rapping, "hip hop" more properly denotes the practice of the entire subculture. The term hip hop music is sometimes used synonymously with the term rap music, though rapping is not a required component of hip hop music; the genre may also incorporate other elements of hip hop culture, including DJing and scratching, beatboxing, and instrumental tracks.