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By: Benn loxo du taccu » Blog Archive » Thiaroye, then up up

Benn loxo du taccu » Blog Archive » Thiaroye, then up up — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 08:55:57 +0000

[...] I thought after all the buzz around the Awadi post I’d post some more current Senegalese hip-hop today. [...]

By: Soulsalaam

Soulsalaam — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 06:41:30 +0000

I bet someone could help find the Zoumana track here:
http://www.xalima.com/spip.php?article147

Or here:
http://www.calabashmusic.com/

By: brian

brian — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:48:19 +0000

hey, thanks for posting these tracks. i’m really starting to dig senegalese rap.

now i have a small request. i was recently in bamako and heard a track off of awadi’s second album, sunugaal. the track was called zamouna, and it blew my mind. i love this song! i looked everywhere i could in bamako and couldn’t find it. now i’m back in the states and haven’t had any luck finding the album anywhere. anyway you could point me in the right direction? and if you could post ‘zamouna’ you would end a month long search that’s been driving me insane. thanks!

By: Teju

Teju — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:50:27 +0000

Duppy, I’m pretty sure Matt knew that. He put it up for comparison purposes.

Matt, these tracks are great. I’m woefully undereducated in Senegalese rap, and I must say, having listened to this, it’s got something that even the French rappers don’t quite have: that added African influence. An example is the sound of koras on some tracks. Excellent stuff.

By: nk

nk — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 01:30:23 +0000

thanks for posting the awadi tracks. i really like that first one.

By: Duppy Foodstamps

Duppy Foodstamps — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:18:13 +0000

Hey – the third track you posted is actually by Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek, from their “Reflection Eternal” album.

http://www.amazon.com/Reflection-Eternal-Train-Thought-Kweli/dp/B000067CLQ