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K'naan - The Dusty Foot Philosopher *Must have for Hip-Hop fans*
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INTRODUCTION
At age 9, K'NAAN was doing what most American kids were ÛÛ°
doing. He was hanging out on his neighborhood street corner, ÛÛ
MC'ing for his friends, dropping Nas and Rakim verses, ÛÛ
dreaming of a day when he would posses the lyrical skills ÛÛ
and the rhythmic flow of his Hip Hop hero's. ÛÛ
ÛÛ
K'NAAN, however was very different from those American kids. ÛÛ
In fact, he wasn't even an American kid at all, he was an ÛÛ
African; and he wasn't on the streets of New York or Los ÛÛ
Angeles or Detroit, he was on the other side of the world on ÛÛ
the dusty streets of Mogadishu Somali. And although he was ÛÛ
rappin' verses from Nas and Rakim and all the other great ÛÛ
American MC's with an almost erie attention to detail and ÛÛ
pronunciation, he could not speak English. ÛÛ
ÛÛ
As hip-hop passes the quarter century mark, it has evolved ÛÛ
in ways no one could have imagined. It has gone from ÛÛ
under-ground to mainstream, from black to multi- racial, ÛÛ
from American to international. It has reached the very ÛÛ
furthest corners of the world and planted its seeds in the ÛÛ
souls of kids from every country. K'NAAN is a child of that ÛÛ
generation, the first generation of true hip-hop children ÛÛ
who have grown out of a very foreign soil. ÛÛ
ÛÛ
With his unique voice but still truly authentic style, ÛÛ
K'NAAN brings an enormous dose of realness and urgency to ÛÛ
the hip-hop world in a time when people are desperate for ÛÛ
it. From a personal and cultural history rooted in poetry ÛÛ
(being the grandson of one of Somalia's most famous poets ), ÛÛ
K'NAAN widens the traditional hip hop perspective, from ÛÛ
ghetto's to slums, from drug dealers to war lords, from 9mm ÛÛ
and eagle 440's to AK's and rocket propelled grenades. ÛÛ
"Where I'm from there are no police or fire fighters, we ÛÛ
start riot's by burning car tires." from K'NAAN's song ÛÛ
entitled "What's Hardcore". ÛÛ
ÛÛ
Leaving Somalia at the age of thirteen on what turned out to ÛÛ
be the very last commercial flight to ever do so, amidst a ÛÛ
crumbling society and the end to this day of any form of ÛÛ
central government, K'NAAN carried with him a very strong ÛÛ
sense of purpose. It is this sense of purpose as well as his ÛÛ
amazing lyrical gift, which has made him a beacon for other ÛÛ
artists as well as those dedicated to global change. ÛÛ
ÛÛ
In 2001 after gaining notoriety as a skilled mc and spoken ÛÛ
word poet, K'NAAN was invited to Geneva to perform a spoken ÛÛ
word piece at the 2001 50th anniversary of the UN Commission ÛÛ
for Refugee's. In front of some of the biggest suits in the ÛÛ
world, K'NAAN brought the house down with his politically ÛÛ
charged poem, K'NAAN explains, "I basically called out the ÛÛ
UN for its failed relief mission in Somalia" The audience ÛÛ
was so moved by the piece that they gave K'NAAN a standing ÛÛ
ovation and African superstar Youssou N'Dour who was also in ÛÛ
attendance loved the performance so much that he invited ÛÛ
K'NAAN to Senegal to record with him. ÛÛ
ÛÛ
Similarly, in Toronto in 2002 while recording a verse for a ÛÛ
War Child benefit track entitled "Keep the Beat K'NAAN's ÛÛ
unique flow caught the attention of artist/producer Jarvis ÛÛ
Church, one half of the Grammy award winning production team ÛÛ
Track and Field (Nelly Furtado). From there began a creative ÛÛ
partnership that would lead to the creation of K'NAAN's' ÛÛ
first full length album "The Dusty Foot Philosopher." ÛÛ
ÛÛ
K'NAAN creates urgent "music with a message" because his ÛÛ
whole existence depends on it. "Soobax" produced by Track n ÛÛ
Field is percussion-fuelled protest music at its finest. ÛÛ
It's more than a song, it's something people raise arms ÛÛ
for," explains K'NAAN "The term Soobax actually means to ÛÛ
"come out" so when I recorded that in the studio, I imagined ÛÛ
myself being in front of gun men, and I'm communicating ÛÛ
directly to them". He adds: "Sixty-year-old women in Canada ÛÛ
jam to that song because it's saying things they couldn't ÛÛ
say. When my brother heard the song he said that it's the ÛÛ
first song he'd heard of mine that could get me killed."" ÛÛ
ÛÛ
"Hardcore", is a truthful reflection, a comparison track for ÛÛ
those MC's who believe that they, their circumstances or ÛÛ
themselves to be Hardcore. "Strugglin" is tracks for those ÛÛ
who struggle and find themselves pushed to the brink yet at ÛÛ
that point transform that struggle into power and the ÛÛ
ability to overcome. The African Way" utilizes superb ÛÛ
backing music supplied from a group of nomadic musicians ÛÛ
K'NAAN ran into and recorded in a restaurant in Mombassa, ÛÛ
Kenya. "Wash It Down" is another must-hear track made ÛÛ
entirely out of the sounds of crashing water, done by the ÛÛ
"forces of nature". All and all the LP is a break out from ÛÛ
the braggadocio world of Hip Hop ÛÛ
ÛÛ
"One of those homeless kids in the video that was dancing ÛÛ
actually hid his machete in his coat pocket when he heard my ÛÛ
music. He then started to dance and put his machete away ÛÛ
under the tree. That's why my long term goal is to use ÛÛ
whatever fame I get to help change the situation in my ÛÛ
region...not to own a clothing line like some of my rap ÛÛ
peers".
www.thedustyfoot.com
<-- SAMPLE A HANDFUL OF SONGS FROM THE ALBUM IN THE PLAYER
http://www.myspace.com/knaanmusic
http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=6901254
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Re: K'naan - The Dusty Foot Philosopher *Must have for Hip-Hop fans*
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October 15, 2006, 02:15:26 PM »
I didn't know Eddie Griffin rapped
I'ma check it out though
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Re: K'naan - The Dusty Foot Philosopher *Must have for Hip-Hop fans*
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October 15, 2006, 02:37:12 PM »
nice album didn't think anyone else on here ever even heard of him
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Re: K'naan - The Dusty Foot Philosopher *Must have for Hip-Hop fans*
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October 15, 2006, 09:16:44 PM »
http://download.yousendit.com/7205DF89786F52B7
STRUGGLIN'
By K'naan.
Intro: Yeah, Yeah, it's me, strugglin.
Verse1: I start out, just to vibe out, I ain't about
to bow out, I'm more gangsta than you are but I ain't
about the raw raw, my season will come, it has to,
honestly I feel like I'm ten months pregnant or
something, I'm passed due, sincerely I'm touchy these
days I can't take nothing, I'm tryna treat my record
like the law shit I'm dying to break something, and
mostly, I'm up and stressin, when other folks sleep,
believe me, I know struggle, and struggle knows me, my
life owes me, like an overdose I'm slowly, drifting in
the arms of trouble, then trouble holds me, and
nothing else's close to me, more than pain
unfortunately, like a self fulfilling prophecy, I'm
suppose.
Chorus: Strugglin, and it's trouble in, in this
circumstance I'm dwelling in I find myself in the
corner huddling, with some angry men, and I gotta
settle shit again before they gotta kill again, I'm
strugglin, and it's trouble in, in this circumstance
I'm dwelling in I find myself in the corner huddling,
with some angry men, and I gotta settle shit again
before they gotta kill again.
Verse2: I should be chillin on beaches, instead my
bone freezes, ducking glocks and I walks, well, like
Jesus, the realest thing for me is, since I was a
fetus, the only break I ever got, was at recess, so
legitimately, I remain very little relieved, and at
thug rappers, I remain very little intrigued, and can
you blame me, look how we lived in the late eighties,
throwing rocks at the crazy ladies, and when we'd play
these, crazy game, the whole crew had crazy names, we
even had a cripple we use to call em lazy legs, but my
faith remains, untouched and unchanged, still in my
block you hear more shots than a gun range, I'm...
Chorus: Strugglin, and it's trouble in, in this
circumstance I'm dwelling in I find myself in the
corner huddling, with some angry men, and I gotta
settle shit again before they gotta kill again, I'm
strugglin, and it's trouble in, in this circumstance
I'm dwelling in I find myself in the corner huddling,
with some angry men, and I gotta settle shit again
before they gotta kill again.
Verse3: Aight aight, more to the truth, no writing
just record me at the booth, forced by the loop and
the guitar but I'm the boss of the groove, I speak
truth my deep roots remain in equal danger, the pain
on my song is crazy but the sequel is stranger, hey
man, I'm from the hardest heartless projects, dear
departed I'm now known as a recording artist, spilling
what little remains of your memories in the process,
bitter a little, but making your names in to a
colossus, believe me, I'm thankful my brother is still
with me, and ain't much changed Bobby is still
troubling Whitney, and Bush is still bombing poor
people yo he's deadly, and me I got a little recording
gig but evidently, I'm....
Chorus Repeats.
Outro: Yea yea. The pain on my song is crazy, the
pain on my song is crazy, strugglin, still strugglin.
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