tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post114900285363956207..comments2024-01-18T12:02:23.977+00:00Comments on African Shirts: Fayah descends from on high!Nkemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16179240558587295386noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-1149182560510860672006-06-01T17:22:00.000+00:002006-06-01T17:22:00.000+00:00i'll mos def be on the look out for him, any frien...i'll mos def be on the look out for him, any friend of Saul Williams (last album was crap tho) is a friend of mine.<BR/>Antibalas are dope found some songs on the net a while ago. i thot they were brazilian tho.toometobloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07606867495170781223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-1149106882298268372006-05-31T20:21:00.000+00:002006-05-31T20:21:00.000+00:00dude, just listened to a couple of songs on the Zh...dude, just listened to a couple of songs on the Zhane Lowe show (youth, and i cant remember the title of the other one, but the literal lyrics had to do with chopping down trees in a forest) and this guy is really really good. i have to say i hadnt heard about him till i read your blog. cheers. I know he's going to have the same impact on me as Keziah Jones did a couple of years ago...mellow but thought provoking but head bobbing...cheers fella. definately buying the album now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-1149088601004295402006-05-31T15:16:00.000+00:002006-05-31T15:16:00.000+00:00hey y'all, This geezer (Matisyahu)is on BBC radio ...hey y'all, This geezer (Matisyahu)is on BBC radio one (97-99fm) with Zane lowe tonight (wednesday 31st of may)from 7pm. Should be good to hear what his saying and generally get a vibe of his music. Hope you get this b4 then. <BR/>Great timing Herr playa hated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-1149082999816516032006-05-31T13:43:00.000+00:002006-05-31T13:43:00.000+00:00I should actually check out Tony Allen's album. It...I should actually check out Tony Allen's album. It's gotten some very <A HREF="http://africanshirts.blogspot.com/2006/04/tony-allen-jude-dibia_11.html" REL="nofollow">good reviews</A> here. The Damon Albarn is the Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz fame. He went to Lagos to record the tracks with Tony Allen.Nkemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16179240558587295386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-1149081336234098262006-05-31T13:15:00.000+00:002006-05-31T13:15:00.000+00:00Good review, I haven't listened to Matisyahu's new...Good review, I haven't listened to Matisyahu's new album, but I got his "live at stubb's" album. It's a good album. I also saw a live performance he had with Saul Williams. I had to stop whatever I was doing to pay attention.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of Afrobeat, I picked up some of Tony Allen's album. Right now I'm listening to Homecooking album and I can't stop listening to it. The first song, Every Season (my favorite) features Damon Albarn. The name Albarn sounds familiar, I wonder if he is the Dr. Albarn that was popular a while back. Anyways, check out Tony Allen's Homecooking.supermandruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00747284172087703449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-1149012442396860002006-05-30T18:07:00.000+00:002006-05-30T18:07:00.000+00:00Feyikogbon, I figured that statement would cause o...Feyikogbon, I figured that statement would cause offence, so I tried to express it in a way that wouldn't cause offence. I failed. What I mean is people making music that one wouldn't necessarily associate with a certain group of people. The Sade thing is plain ignorance as very few Brits know their colonial history and legacy. Czech people don't ordinarily make Latin music, Congolese aren't renowned for techno or punk, and I'd be equally suprised if Akwa Ibom unearthed the world's next Sufi music star.<BR/><BR/>Everchange, "fayah does indeed descend from on high" :-) <BR/><BR/>Herr Delot (getting into German mode!), Bubba Sparxxx? Wrong analogy, <I>Deliverance</I> is on my top ten albums of all time. He lost his way with the latest one, <I>The Charm</I>, but most rappers do. Money back guarantee, do you take cheques?Nkemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16179240558587295386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-1149010730360807382006-05-30T17:38:00.000+00:002006-05-30T17:38:00.000+00:00"Nigerian ganster rap"...i dont know if theres a c..."Nigerian ganster rap"...i dont know if theres a craze in Nigerian "ganster" rap but i think theres a boom in Nigerian rap. <BR/>Most of our boys arent spewing out useless diatribe about bulletproof vests what they'll do to their rivals if they run into them on Mobolaji bank Anthony, but are rapping mainly about Nigerian social systems and politics... theres not much ganster about that, so i wouldnt say that was "removed from their existence". And rap as a form as expression is almost as global as singing so i dont think it can be synonymous with any group or sect.<BR/>Nkem, you've bigged this guy up and i'm now about to do some serious amazon searches to buy his cd - you're footing this bill if he turns out to be nothing more than Bubba Sparks with faith and a political agenda.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-1149009359220611562006-05-30T17:15:00.000+00:002006-05-30T17:15:00.000+00:00I'm not sure quite what you meant when you said 'o...I'm not sure quite what you meant when you said 'other artists who make music far removed from their own existence'. I remember a few years ago having a conversation with a few English people at a wedding and they happened to be playing some Sade. During the ensuing conversation about her music I happened to comment that she was Nigerian. I could see the look of disbelief in the eyes of one of the ladies like "why you pretending that people sing in English in Nigeria". <BR/><BR/>Admittedly Sade never started her career in Nigeria however I would argue that over 50% of our popular artistes sing in English and only recently has there been a boom of artistes singing in pidgin english. I'm sure this wedding lady would say these artistes are singing music that is 'removed from their existence' (especially this new craze of Nigerian gangsta rap, what is that about?).<BR/><BR/>In his book 'Home and Exile' Chinua Achebe spoke about why he chose to write about Africans based in Africa as the 'English man had enough writers writing about his land'. He also argued about why his writing was in English as he wanted to reach a different (and posibly wider) audience than his native Igbo would enable him to. If these artistes are familiar with and comfortable with the music and the language they choose to express themselves in how do you justify that its far removed from their own existence?Feyikogbonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05153200994986342337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-1149009209335528922006-05-30T17:13:00.000+00:002006-05-30T17:13:00.000+00:00trying really hard not to laugh. okay I haven't he...trying really hard not to laugh. okay I haven't heard the song yet, but fayah descends from on high??Questhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13821694533219072456noreply@blogger.com