Jan 28/05
De retour
I’m finally heading back to Dakar today after over six weeks of work and vacation in Canada, the US and France. In honour of this I’m going to answer my most frequent request at Benn loxo: Senegalese rap.
Here’s a relatively recent (mid-2004) release from a group of several Senegalese up and comers (”nouveau talent”) in the Dakar rap scene, Le Collectif. I can’t tell you who they all are, but the second-half of the first rap verse is definitely Fou Malade. He has one of the most distinctive sounds on the scene, as you may have heard on his great track Taxi Man with Vivianne N’Dour that I featured here a while back.
Anyway. I’ve said a lot about Senegalese rap already on this site so I’m going to cut it short today. But enjoy. I like this track, and it’s a great example of well-produced Dakarois-Wolof rap.
ps- if you haven’t already, check out the great Ayub Ogada track over at Akwaaba Sound System.
Tags: dakar, hiphop, rap, senegal
January 28th, 2005 at 22:23
Super ce Collectif! Fou malade comme tu dis (je ne connaissais pas l’expression). Et merci pour ce blog qui nous apporte les nouveaux beats du Sud.
Th.
January 29th, 2005 at 08:52
Greetings from Hamburg, Germany …
Yours Frank
A thin layer of frosted snow is covering the gound and leaves, a harsh cold wind outside … looking through a window in my office, listining to your music and feeling now better (like having a littel vacation for my mind).
Have to get working again …
Just felt like dropping you a line or two, saying thanks.
January 29th, 2005 at 10:03
This is a great blog (directed here by Carine). I am extremely jealous – Dakar must be hot and humid and just the way I like it!