Monday, May 18, 2009

2 videos I like: Guardian friendly Hip Hop


Simple concept


Complex video, just like the continent, nice to see part of the continent represented more accurately than trite dirge like that.

I like the songs too.
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11 comments:

  1. steenbeckMay 18, 2009 at 9:31 PM

    I love the K'naan video/track. I'd meant to say how much I like Take A Minute, too. I like the articulateness of it, and the melodic-ness. I'll definitely find the album. I'm so excited about canadian hip hop, all of a sudden. And I just read about the k-os/k'naan mini-feud. It's so funny when you discover whole new worlds and it turns out they're all connected somehow. And K'naan worked with Mos Def?

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  2. ejaydeeMay 18, 2009 at 9:33 PM

    Oh you HAVE to hear Mos Def and K'Naan on America, also featuring Charli 2na, backpacker hip-hop extravaganza!
    Funny to hear about k-os and k'naan feuding, surely there are enough Ks for the both of them...

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  3. steenbeckMay 18, 2009 at 9:39 PM

    I just did! Hear America, that is. WOwsers.

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  4. steenbeckMay 18, 2009 at 9:42 PM

    Oh--and I recognize that voice from Jurassic 5! Everything's connected.

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  5. steenbeckMay 18, 2009 at 9:46 PM

    I like this one, too...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeOC3VKO6Jw&feature=related

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  6. BalearicBeatMay 18, 2009 at 9:57 PM

    Excellent selections, ejd, especially the k'naan, which I hadn't heard before. Will definitely check out more of that.

    Loving the phrase,"Guardian-friendly hip-hop": haha!!

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  7. ejaydeeMay 18, 2009 at 10:52 PM

    I loved The Great Depression!

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  8. steenbeckMay 19, 2009 at 12:35 AM

    Love love love this...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMwpVF58c2c&feature=related

    Just ordered troubadour, A giant Blind Willie McTell album and Skip James. WOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!!!

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  9. BalearicBeatMay 19, 2009 at 1:14 AM

    Running with this "Guardian-friendly" hip hop tip.

    Aim: True To Hip Hop...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ephaDWOajo

    Nice lad is Andy; from the hood in Barrow-In-Furness. Love so much of the stuff on Grand Central.

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  10. ejaydeeMay 19, 2009 at 8:57 AM

    Thnaks, Balearic, keep'em coming.

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  11. BalearicBeatMay 19, 2009 at 10:23 AM

    Deltron 3030: 3030
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7_jbluF0qo

    Common: A Dream
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBa55sDTIiA

    And Manchester's finest, MC Buzz B, last seen on some of Lionrock's records, but now sadly, seemingly disappeared. Pure poetry, this one, with a lovely Bruce Hornsby (of all things!)sample.

    MC Buzz B: Never Change
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2nCkq1cVdg

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