Eric Sell, better known as EES (also: eesy-ees/EeS/EeS, "Easy Eric Sell"), is a German Namibian Kwaito artist and rapper.
Personal life and career Sell was born in Windhoek on 5 October 1983. He lives both in Windhoek, Namibia's capital, and Cologne, Germany. 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.
On 7 November 2024, Sell released the song One, which he submitted to represent Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.
Awards Won 2008 Sanlam NBC Music Awards: Best Rock/Alternative Artist 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards: Listener Choice Award 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)
Discography Studio albums Title Year Nam Flava 2006 Sharp, Sharp! 2007 Awee'! 2008 Megaphone Ghazzie 2011 The Remixes (Raw & Unmastered) 2012 If Not, Why Not! 2013 Authentic Rebel 2014 Game Changer 2021 Instrumentals 2023 Good Vibes Only
EPs Title Year Your Sister 2021
Singles Title Year Album "Salutation - The Vuvuzela-Song" 2010 rowspan="2" "Again 'N Again" "Satisfaction" 2012 If Not, Why Not! "Feel the Sun"(with Matthias Baer) "10 Backz"(with T-Zon) "I Don't Care"(with Jack Parow) If Not, Why Not! "Meine Cherrie"(with T-Zon and LIONT) "Woza December"(with M-Poser) Authentic Rebel "Bafana Soul"(with Milanic) 2014 rowspan="14" "Yeye"(with HanSolo) 2015 "Nu Day (Remix)"(with Ktk) "Just Do It" "On The Road Again" 2016 "Deise Nam Boys"(with Manni$) "Here Right Now" "Sundowner"(with The Hunta) 2017 "Original" "Roadtrip"(with Famaz Attak) "Feeling Alright" 2018 "Gimme That"(with Amazonkies) "Oldschool"(with Luxus Lütte) "Try Try Try" "Lass uns Chillen" 2019 Good Vibes Only "Mama"(with Franz Funke and Gideon Glock) rowspan="3" "You Know Me"(with Syndicate and Jericho) 2020 "The One"(with ML) "Bad Neighbours"(with House Guru Gang) Game Changer "Magic" rowspan="4" "Relax - Remix"(with Amazonkies) "Chooser" 2021 "Ok!"(with Crew10) "Hunt Like a Lion"(with Lioness) Game Changer "100" "1 X 1" "Best Combination" "Jagga Jagga" "Chille Deine Guava"(with The Hunta) Good Vibes Only "When We Unite"(with TopCheri) 2022 "Wenn der Beat dropped!" Good Vibes Only "Eyo (Wake Up)" rowspan="3" "Girlfriend"(with Oteya) 2023 "Hey Mami (Remix)"(with Space and ESB) "Meine Songs"(with Pesh)Good Vibes Only "Good Vibes Only" "Nur Du!"(with Jazzy Gudd) "One" 2024
Films and books The Kwaito-Documentary Esisallesoreidt (approximately: EverythingIsAllRight), a humorous dictionary Südwesterdeutsch–German
References
External links EES | Afro Lifestyle Music Sound YES-JA!“ Die KWAITO Documentary - Blog | Museke Nix für Sprachpuristen: „Esisallesoreidt“