The Rough Guide to African Rap - Various Artists [2004]

Just one more to go along with the previous post.
Now, if you were adventurous enough to try out Spikiri then don't now be thinking you are some kind of expert on African rap! far from it.
This is probably not the real street sound as we all know, compilation discs like these are never quite as good as the more localised releases. (You know what I mean - the compilation of bob Marley you bought in the petrol garage turned out to be pretty weak compared to your other albums of his you already had at home right?!)
However! I can't deny that this gives us a great open door to the various sounds that constitute African Rap and...I love it!
So give it a go.

Unsure?
fine. Go to this Amazon page and try the samples. at least you get a few seconds of each track to give you a little taster.




For those who are aware of some of the African Rap artists out there, here is a tracklist for you:
01. Right Here in Front of You (Nigeria) - Unsung Heroes & Ty Ft. Breis (4:46)
02. Township Dwella (South Africa) - Prophets of Da City (3:53)
03. Senga Abele (Cameroon) - Manu Dibango Ft. Mc Mell'O' (8:07)
04. Boul Fale Rmx (Senegal) - Positive Black Soul (4:54)
05. Msimu Kwa Msimu (Tanzania) - X Plastaz (4:20)
06. Eye Mo De Anaa (Ghana) - Reggie Rockstone (4:13)
07. Karimbo (Mozambique) - Mabulu (3:07)
08. Ni Wakati (Kenya) - Kalamashaka (4:10)
09. Liberdade (Angola) - Das Primeiro Ft. Dhamn 'a' Rush (3:34)
10. Djalgaty (Senegal) - Pee Froiss (4:34)
11. Madau (South Africa) - Trybe (5:41)
12. Blast Nuff (Tanzania) - Hard Blasters (4:37)
13. Na N'Ko (Congo) - K-Melia (5:39)
14. Badala (Mali) - Tata Pound (4:19)

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OK that's me for one day.
Still very ill folks, thanks for the well wishing emails too, it means a lot.
:)
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[2002] Spikiri - King Don Father (Reposted)

Hello people.
Again, not much going on here but I have re-uploaded this fine African rap album by Spikiri on the request I found in the chatbox!
Remember to post YOUR requests there too. You might even find them posted here for you!
Forgive my idleness but this is going to be a basic copy and paste job from the original post...apart from having new links of course!
Let me tell you - if you missed this first time around then why don't you have a listen and give this music a chance? It is pretty good and I always love to hear how genres of music sound across different cultures and places around the world.
Broadening your range of musical experience is never a bad thing!
...Now, from the original post:



Kwaito.
Heard of it?
Well I hadn't.
I found this with 'RAP' in the 'genre' section of the MP3 tags.
Oops.
I reckon that was a mistake.
I now know this genre is known as 'Kwaito' and is South African Hip-Hop based music with a difference!

...it is unlike anything you've ever heard before!
Have a read of this article, courtesy of wikipedia.
Also for artist info, read HERE (NY Times, you may have to log in!), HERE, HERE or HERE.
(Not very much on this guy really to be found yet....someone needs to build him a website!)

LINKS:
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I will be getting some gold seal Dylan very soon so watch this space! ;)

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[2006] Akala - It's not a Rumour [REPOST!]

After so many recent requests for this to be re-upped I was lucky enough to have a kind visitor rip and upload this for us all this week. Saved me redoing it so THANKS a lot to him.
I still like this album though I now think it's a little erm, well, let's just say I reckon this guy will produce some great stuff when he's a little bit...er...older.
Hehe.
Don't mind me, I'm just getting old!

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Jungle Brothers – Done By The Forces Of Nature

Hiya 'This here

A mate requested this as we don't slap up enuff rap\hip-hop...

moany bastid

One of my faves this (1989), the JBs helped out here by de la, tribe called quest, monie love...

very afro-centric, funky as fuck, maybe a bit dated-sounding

but wtf its nearly 20 years old...

Enjoy!

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[2002] Spikiri - King Don Father

Kwaito.
Heard of it?
Well I hadn't.
I found this with 'RAP' in the 'genre' section of the MP3 tags.
Oops.
I reckon that was a mistake.
I now know this genre is known as 'Kwaito' and is Soth African Hip-Hop based music with a difference!
~ ~ ~
I'm in a hurry as I really need to sleep and have had a long and hard day today. Kids holidays, illness, bla bla etc.
So I will just copy & paste some info on the music for you.
I will say this though I am so happy to be bringing you this!!
It was a hard to find one too and unfortunately, because of this, it is 128k bitrate but you still have to have a listen as it is unlike anything you've ever heard before!
Have a read of this article, courtesy of wikipedia.
Also for artist info, read HERE (NY Times, you may have to log in!), HERE, HERE or HERE.
(Not very much on this guy really to be found yet....someone needs to build him a website!)

LINKS:
All Dead. Please use the SEARCH box at the top of the page to find a new post for this album on the site!!

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Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine

I kind of missed this band first time around.
I If remember rightly I used to say they were 'a bunch of vacuous morons' but ... well, I must have changed. Am I now a vacuous moron? Possibly.
Anyway, maybe it's a reflection of where I am in my life at the moment but I've been listening to them a lot and they rock, with attitude.
I got a few of their albums but the their self-titled is a great one so I bring it to you.
If you were, like me, dismissive of them in their day, I urge you to give them a try now. You might just like them. Their lyrics are surprisingly quite accurate at times! and even more surprisingly a bit more intellectually competent than I ever imagined. Don't get me wrong here I'm not saying they should enter any poetry contests or even apply to MENSA but they do make some cutting remarks in their songs now and then, especially in these war torn times.
Heavy rock and electric guitar sound, Thrash, American punk-rap. (That's for anyone who has never heard of them)
To be played LOUD.


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Have a good one.
I went to check out the Bob Dylan Theme Time Radio on BBC Radio 2 to see if they would be putting me out of a job but no..seems they are providing the show but starting it from Episode 1...
Oh well..Episode 40 soon!

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[2006] Akala - It's Not A Rumour

UPDATE!!!
Go here for a new repost for all you requesters going on and on at me! hehe

OK ... Music!

Akala.
The little brother of 'Ms dynamite'.
Unless you really have been hiding under a rock; are a complete gamer-geek-type; don't go out or even watch TV; are slightly retarded and unable to process information (or perhaps just from a country other than the UK haha!), you will already have heard the name.
No?
You might have heard the track 'Shakespeare' on the radio in the past few months or so. This album is from MAY so it isn't like, new.
One thing I am pleased to announce is that for once(for this site), you cannot get this on any other blogs/torrents whatever...not as far as I know mate. If you know better then that's fine. I will admit to talking bollocks.
Well this guy is being hailed as some kind of 'saviour' of 'black - street - music'. Almost like he has risen up from the streets and has a message for the world.
Whilst I definitely tip my hat to his way with words..the flow and the ability to rap that he no doubt has, I don't reckon any 'message' this kid has to convey is going to change the world. The fact is that he is just a kid.
Some of the lyrics made me cringe. It is a shame that because I actually like the sound. I have listened to this album loads since getting it a few days ago. Some of the tracks really stick in your head.
To put it in a nutshell: Englich/London-town rap with electric guitar in there which works so well I just fucking love it. really.
Honest!
There is a track called 'The Edge' where he raps over a simple but powerful riff, then it breaks at the chorus with a female vocal that just fits to perfection. A well crafted track.
The track that is being proclaimed as a display of his brilliance, on the mainstream media in UK at least, is 'Shakespeare'. Whilst I do like this track too I feel that some of the lyrics are just erm..well, let's just say he shows his age in the writing style! The whole idea behind this song is that he is a modern and black shakespeare of the modern age. The video even shows him in shakespeare garb and the joke is pretty funny I suppose. A snapshot lyric: 'It's like Shakespeare, with a nigga twist'...
...'No more tights now-jeans sagging, if I say so myself I'm much more handsome..'
and so on.
I haven't got the energy to take it down track by track for you but I want to tell every one of you to get this and have a listen. This guy has some serious work to give. Look out for the track that samples the guitar riff from 'London Calling - The Clash'...pretty good.
In some ways he verges on reminding me of an 'English Eminem'. Yes I know, Eminem...a parody of himself nowadays but even if you hate him and that kind of music(which I don't, well I don't hate that music but Eminem is crap these days of course!), you have to admit that he is sharp and has a sound and a way with words that can be pretty amazing at times.
Well, that is Akala.
Amazing at times.
Brilliant at the old sharp tongued fast frigging lyrical whatever you call it. Just a pity that some of it is a bit teenage.
That other 'street' or rap shit thing too is a bit unfortunate: These idiots have to say their own names in their 'songs' and claim their abilities, or blow their own fucking trumpets as it's known.
I do find that so irritating.
If they are that fucking good then just do it. Stop telling us about it.
Always reminds me of the playground.
So after reading that you probably think it's not worth the waiting for the download.
WRONG!
This 'kid' is a kid but he has got that spark.
Believe me, I am a musician and I can see it, feel it, hear it. He has it.
Have a listen.
Apparently he is the top tip for the upcoming MOBO awards.. check this.

LINKS:
Follow link for new repost links!
http://www.mp33pm.co.uk/2007/08/2006-akala-its-not-rumour-repost.html
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Ok I think that might be enough links for you.
Please please please! If you cannot download this album from some combination of the links provided then DO NOT email me asking for help. Go and learn from google or something. Too many people type first and think later. Or just don't think at all and want everyone else to do that for them.!

More soon. Soon be Bob Dylan day around here. The last weeks show was excellent, looking forward to the next.
Ciao.

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