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.

11 comments:

steenbeck said...

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?

ejaydee said...

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...

steenbeck said...

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

steenbeck said...

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

steenbeck said...

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

BalearicBeat said...

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!!

ejaydee said...

I loved The Great Depression!

steenbeck said...

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!!!!!!!

BalearicBeat said...

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.

ejaydee said...

Thnaks, Balearic, keep'em coming.

BalearicBeat said...

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