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So, the crew that set it off, is about to drop an album -Jamhuri Day, I got myself a promo track in addition to the track I heard( from minute 25) on this African hiphop radio show in Holland....and it is dope, dope.... dope, I feel I should temper it, because on one hand its not like they doing anything out of this world, new or revolutionizing their sound but nah if I'm bumping to this and I'm furiously nodding my head, and enjoying this..then thats dope to me...so about the tracks..

The first one Featuring Yvonne with chiz'n brain on the boards...Kama kills it, he sets it of lovely that was ill...since 'constantly kwenye kona' ...his flow is a bit faster these days, but i mess with that, they do better job sandwiching roba, he has been lack luster for the last few tracks i have heard, but the star? Vigeti aka Representative wa mangandula ....obliterates it " hardcore kutoka vidole za mguu mpaka utosi" ...Filthy. roll na wakamba unaelewa vile navyosema?/ yaani ndumba haarifu...

'Wanabonga tu' is another excellent produced track..crap I went overboard describing the first track...but this is an excellent track look out for it on bnts namba 11.

I think personally Vigeti is a sick emcee, the sickest emcee in KE period (I mean this all said knowing i have never heard how he would hold down an album by himself which that in itself is disappointing ..but ehhh), but ninja kills each and every track he is in i can't say i have heard a weak verse...

The playoffs started with bang, but it seems like they are fizzling out, off the jump I don't care for Boston... but I can say objectively they are incredibly overrated team, none of the leaders of that squad went anywhere further than Conference championship, that says a lot about them..., they had the best record in the L, but they were pushed to 7 games by an 8th seed that did not even post a .500 record, and cannot even win on the road??? disgusting... perhaps they close out the series today....perhaps, but bron is not about to let that happen, so will see about that tonight. The spurs are a whiney, hacking ass squad...cot damn Duncan has never committed a foul ever, and horry is goon, disgust....am surprised bruce lui kang bowen has been quiet, the head gooon himself, even role players act like they haven't fouled anyone...The hornets are doing a good job, but if they don't have David west then its wrap come Monday...Oh and CP3 is an excellent point guard. I hope the MVP and LA close out tonight, fuck a u tah(except dwill lol)...boozer has been abused all series by odom, his defense is horrible...

Labels: Jamhuri day, Kalamashaka, KE hip hop, Nba

Great project by two brothers Milton and Fred Ochieng, who are both currently studying Med, in Vanderbilt. Visit the website for more info on the project and how you can support them as they embark on building a hospital in their village.

SONS OF LWALA

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Not that this matters, but the first few years of highschool I was out there, I think the highschool was the biggest school closest to the town, Rongo you hear Milton speaking about.

Much props to the Milton,Fred and everyone involved in the Sons of Lwala project, Salute.

Labels: Charity, Sons of Lwala

Dope dope track one of my favorites in the album, just right for the lovely weather around my way.


















Rising Down track list (From mtv newsroom)

· The Pow Wow (Intro) (The 1994 meeting between Black Thought, Questlove and former Roots manager, AJ Shine, after they got threatened with being dropped from their record label)
· Rising Down (with Mos Def and Styles P... and Dice Raw on the hook)
· Get Busy (with Dice Raw & Peddi Crack & Jazzy Jeff)
· @ 15 (Tariq freestyle at 15 years old)
· 75 Bars (Reconstruction) (with Tuba Gooding Jr.)
· (Up Theme) Becoming Unwritten (instrumental)
· Criminal (with Truck North (a Philly MC bubbling under) & Saigon)
· I Will Not Apologize (with Porn (another Philly MC bubbling under) & Dice Raw & Talib Kweli (on the hook)
· I Can’t Help It (with Malik B & Porn) (This is Malik B’s response to The Roots’ song “Water”)
· Singing Man (with Porn (as Virginia Tech-like Shooter) & Black Thought (as Sierra Leone youngin’ soldier) & Truck North (as suicide bomber))
· (Up Theme) Unwritten (with Mercedes Martinez)
· Lost Desire (with Malik B & Talib Kweli)
· The Show (with Common)
· Rising Up (with Wale & Chrissette Michelle) (p.s. Wale says “this is not a go-go song”)
· Birthday Girl (with Patrick Stump)
· HIDDEN TRACK: Live at WPFW (Howard University), 1994
· HIDDEN TRACK: The Pow Wow 2 (end of the phone conversation)

Rising down new roots album coming April 29th can;t wait to pick this up, form the few tracks I have seen/heard (Get busy is crazy,PD cracks verse is nice, the drums and synth dopeness) and the track in bold I can't wait to hear, its Malik b's response to Water(Phrenolgy album), should be interesting. I'm also tryna see if I could go see em when they(as Erykah's guests) come around my way next month.

I'm still waiting for my copy of Mc Kah's -Subira, Did Wakamba Wawili drop? I also picked up a mixtape from Rags to records called beats za hype, some good shit on there , the production impressed me most, nice to hear producers improving on their craft(the dude nik punk is definitely doing his thing), played this the whole weekend. On one of the tracks "...Mtaani tunachomwa na jua kali/ ka Pili pili/ Mpaka tunaishiwa Morale", dark track, Definitely not for radio I enjoyed it nonetheless.

Peace!

Labels: Beat za hype, KE hip hop, Roots

So ..i'm chillin, Bumping to Tabu Ley Rochereau...cot damn this record is fresh, I can't believe, well, wait i used to sneer, when my dad would play this in his hifi system * quick aside..this lovely friend of mine calls it he fee ..instead of high fie...it was hilarious the first time i heard it*, but its all love..back to tabu ley , Franco and em'...Dad used to have tons of these records and we would always sneer/groan when he tried to bless us young'ns with the freshness, now i can't believe how good it sounds... the guitars, the drums and the occasional trumpets on likala ya moto.... of course some of that world class vodka (Tito's..i'm sipping on makes it all a lovely experience ...not to mention the weather is just about right, the perfect amount of chill...ahh a good Saturday....

Its march madness al around, i can't believe the many breaks UCLA has gotten...the blatant foul against Texas A&M, and prior to that absolutely ridiculous call against Stanford a couple of weeks ago...then the call against Cal..disgusting. Not to mention the unwarranted fellatio for kevin love i mean dude is not bum, but he ain't that nice, got lead feat, and the amount of fouls he gets away with..which are then constituted as blocks..thumbs way down...Watch out UT though, DJ augustine is about to be next CP3...

Speaking of NBA, how has CP3 been killing it out there? and Celts, their Defense is amazingly frenetic and good i had been sleeping..still no love for them, but i see them wearing out, come playoffs...The Shaq trade was not as bad. And the Western conference...wow, just wow NBA has never been this exciting whether its the warriors, the nuggets, The rockets, Lakers or Hornets ...this playoffs will be THE best in long ass while, matter fact the best I have ever seen...

Well love is in the air for me at least...Digging my S/O(significant other) and her stingos..(i'm a 90''s baby so the sheng is a bit outdated...pardon moi), its sometimes hard but I don't mind putting in work though, its all good, part of the experience...in it for the long haul mon cherie.

So I am about to be Godfather....April seventh my closest friends are about to have their first..ahh damn excited as hell...

Please take time to peep this website its for raising awareness of AIDS in africa Virus free generation artists doing their rounds from countries in Europe and others from Africa(Zubz and Fid q have been featured in the BNTS podcasts)..so peep the website and sign the petition por favor..its for a good cause and you get the album free ...(tryna appeal to the pirate in you)...

Erykah new amerykah..is dope dope record i havent stopped listening to it..and the master druggie aka Aco(j/k) reminded me its very 70's psychedelic in other words music to spark to...i'm sorry but when i hear 'my people'...washa tu...

Peace!

Finally we got to Bnts 10 and at the same time got to my hundredth post.....the star were/are aligned..I tell ya ha ha. Well its not that big of a deal to get to ten, but at the same time i had to keep at it, there was time i almost gave up, at the same time I figured ya know what the two or three people I can put on, will not hurt so I just decided to keep going.

My dude Sensei t8 form Zimbabwe was kind enough to give me hand with the show, after i asked him. so he came through and put it down, appreciate that playboy!...Great show, dope tracks, nice soundscapes...to get your head nodding...

Feedback/Critic/Opinion/Suggestion....vera much welcome


Intro-MxL/Seff
Brother Watching- Shad, The Old Prince (Rw/CA)
Streets run red- Dezyne feat splifsta (KE/US)
Classik-Bakar,(FR)
Musica Certa- Bob da rage sense, sir scratch and tamin, Skunk Mixtape (Por)

Sensei T8 session
Imagery Gemini remix-Zubz, Producers Digest (SA)
Emgungundlovu- Zuluboy, Masambisane da first hip hop lesson (SA)
You never know- Negash ali, Sickess (Eriteria/Den)
Let me know-Apani B fly, Atmosphere airlines (US)
Jealous/Tuliza homie- Shida mingi, Decolonizing the mind (KE/US)
Mindscape Nyambz remix-Invisible man,(SA)

So tall- Zion I, Tru and livin (US)
Ukweli- Goreala, Metaphor za mtaa (KE)
Street Symphony- Manifest, Manifestations (Ghana/US)
Foreigner/Ulaya - Bamboo, African american dream (KE/US)
Out there - Magestik Legend, Free Magestik Legend (US)
Seekers- Major Cone (Ghana)





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Labels: African hip hop, beneath da surface, BNTS, BNTS10, KE hip hop

Sadly one of my favorite shows came to end, scratch that ends on Monday (but a damn leak was making round on the intanets...gave in saw the leak, i mean i have been catching it on demand immediately they had it on there,

* Spoilers Alert skip this part*

At first i was mad the way they took out Omar, then i came around to him getting killed by irritating ass Kenard, i mean a big shootout scene and either Chris, snoop or Omar dying woulda been too Hollywood, and that is not the wire, so i was cool with the way he went, harsh realty you live the way of the gun, you get got and disappear with absolutely not fuss ironic huh? considering ninja used to cause a ruckus every time. I got some measure of satisfaction when it was mike that got snoop, felt sad Dukie became the younger Bubbs, enjoyed that Gus got to the bottom of Templeton's worthless lying ass. How can i hate on Detective Kima's snitching ass, but respect Daniels integrity? Ain't it ironic that Marlo case woulda have crumbled because of lester yet he is reason why Marlo is no longer in the street? ..and fucking cheese what a back stabber. end of spoiler...

Salute to a great show, no qualms about the ending whatsoever.

















I picked this up the other day, Shad (born Shadrach Kabango) - 'The Old Prince'. Rwandese cat born in KE but currently residing in Canada, dope ass album, dude can rhyme his ass off, the type that you have listen carefully not to miss the metaphors favorite track is "i don't like to", the second verse in this song is just nasty..., "the old prince still lives at home" is another dope song. Sample tracks from his website Shad. overall a dope album, i like it. peep the video of 'i don't like to'..nice.




Great article on the young'ns and hip hop as it relates to the Violence back home, Kenya Hip Hop for Peace

Peace!!

Labels: KE hip hop, Old prince, Shad, The wire

Dope album, have been listening to this all weekend, dope dope, Erykah has consistently been ill to me, always something fresh....The track 'soldier' has been on repeat this whole morning...A definite cop for me tomorrow. Pick this up...you need it in your life!!

The honey video is dope as well, with use of covers from old school groups and singers very creative.


Erykah Badu - Honey from Paul on Vimeo.

Here is backstory for the track 'Telephone', story from Okayplayer. If so..its powerful.

""Telephone" - last track of the album inspired by a story Dilla's mother told Badu. Evidently during his final days, Dilla would float in and out of coherence, having very real conversations with people no one else could see. One of these people, as Dilla told his mother, was ODB. Dirty was telling Dilla that when he gets to the other side not to get on the red bus, though it was inviting. The white bus would be the one to pick him up. Great, beautiful song. Lyric: "Telephone! It's Old Dirty. He wants to give you directions home." Only Badu could make ODB sound like a visionary guide through the afterlife. When people say funerals are celebrations of an individual's life (as they fight back tears and look anything but celebratory), this song makes you believe it. The track closes with the uplifting words "Celebrate tonight" repeated."


How desperate is the HRC campaign? good lord from indifference to loathing, thats how i feel about the clintons. From her shrill accusations over the weekend, they crying and the prior attacks to draw Obama into race politics , failed miserably and today they are circulating a picture of Obama dressed as Somali elder, Pathetic and disgusting...anyone with a brain can see what they are trying, the tried to insinuate he is muslim before.

Labels: Erykah badu, New Amerykah