О музыке
Хорошая песня может подтолкнуть к размышлениям и действиям.
Представленные нами артисты свободно и честно говорят о таких
реалиях городской жизни, как социальное неравенство и угнетение.
Некоторым слушателям слова песен могут показаться шокирующими,
но мы обещаем, что это послание будет мощным и искренним.
Прочитайте о художниках, послушайте лирику, а потом
поделитесь своими мыслями о Мировом городском кафе.
Дискуссионный форум.
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Lyrics to World Urban Café featured track "Subdivision"
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and i'm wondering what it will take for my city to rise first we admit our mistakes then we open our eyes the ghosts of old buildings are haunting parking lots in the city of good neighbors that history forgot
от "подразделения"
Born in Buffalo, New York, Ani DiFranco is a songwriter, vocalist and guitarist. From the raw "folk punk" of her early albums through the jazz/funk grooves she created during her years touring with a five-piece band to the twists and turns of her current work as a solo artist, Ani's restless creativity continually leads her and her listeners into ever more exciting territory.
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] She does so with two basic instruments, both of which are also constants in her ever-evolving world: her trusty guitar and her unforgettable voice. Ani began by hitting the road on her own, touring every weekend across the United States and Canada, and released her first album in 1990. Rather than waiting for some A&R bigwig to sign her, Ani simply created her own record label, Righteous Babe Records, eventually turning down legions of potential deals when she realized they had nothing to offer that she couldn't provide herself.
That do-it-yourself label of hers, still based in Buffalo (with a European branch based in London), has now released 16 of Ani's own CDs and about a dozen more by an eclectic hand-picked roster of artists whose music is as unclassifiable and unpredictable as hers.
Through her Righteous Babe Foundation, she's been able to support grassroots cultural and political organizations around the country, and she has repeatedly lent her time and her voice to such diverse pursuits as opposing the death penalty, upholding women's reproductive rights, promoting queer (gay/lesbian) visibility, and preserving historic buildings back in Buffalo. |
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"Where I'm from there are no police or fire fighters, we start riots by burning car tires."
от "What's Hardcore".
At age 9, K'naan was doing what most American kids were doing. He was hanging out on his neighborhood street corner, MC'ing for his friends, dropping Nas and Rakim verses, dreaming of a day when he would posses the lyrical skills and the rhythmic flow of his Hip Hop hero's. K'naan, however was very different from those American kids. In fact, he wasn't even an American kid at all, he was an African; and he wasn't on the streets of New York or Los Angeles or Detroit, he was on the other side of the world on the dusty streets of Mogadishu Somali. And although he was rappin' verses from Nas and Rakim and all the other great American MC's with an almost eerie attention to detail and pronunciation, he could not speak English.
Со своим уникальным голосом и истинно оригинальным стилем,
Кнаан излучает огромную дозу реализма и осознания срочности
в мир хип-хопа, где люди действительно нуждаются в этом.
Со своего личного и культурного опыта в поэзии (являясь
внуком одного из знаменитых поэтов Сомали), Кнаан расширяет
традиционное представление о хип-хопе, от гетто к трущобам,
от продавцов наркотиков к продавцам оружия.
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Leaving Somalia at the age of thirteen on what turned out to be the very last commercial flight to ever do so, amidst a crumbling society and the end to this day of any form of central government, K'naan carried with him a very strong sense of purpose. It is this sense of purpose as well as his amazing lyrical gift, which has made him a beacon for other artists as well as those dedicated to global change. |
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The concept band, the Volume, is a creative joint venture between Tumi, Tiago, Paulo, Dave & Kyla. For more on Tumi and the Volume далее |
Tumi Molekane is one of South Africa's brightest up and coming wordsmiths. He is an honest poet, an intuitive writer and responsible MC.
Molekane has done countless work on the Johannesburg hip-hop scene, most notably the Dead Prez show in the spring of 2000, and the Black August tour to South Africa the following year, which featured Talib Kweli and Black Thought of The Roots. He has shared the stage with South Africa's premier talent, such as Blk Sonshine, Bra Willie Kgositsile, Max Normal, Lesego Rampolokeng, and international talent such as Saul Williams, Sarah Jones and Mutaburuka.
Tumi was the feature of Yfm's acclaimed pilot ad campaign, performing controversial poetry for the ads. Having worked on his project, 'The Tao of Tumi' in 2001 as a showcase, he is pioneering a whole new approach to making and presenting music. Around the same time, he compiled a collection of poems entitled The Black Inside Out. |
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