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Sunday, January 4, 2004
Senegalese Hip-hop:
Ben Herson of Nomadic Wax and rapper Shiffai
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Herson (a/k/a Nomad) has been investigating Senegal's
burgeoning hip-hop scene and recording artists while there. He wrote an academic thesis exploring
hip hop as a means of social and political expression in Senegal, and he's started the label Nomadic Wax to get the music out to the world.
Shiffai is a Senegalese rapper whose next album "The Chosen One" will be the first release for Nomadic Wax (to be followed by a Senegalese rap compilation, African Underground Volume One). He began rapping at age 13
and in 1993 conceived and became the lead MC for Dakar's Slam Revolution. He
moved to New York in 2000. Shiffai
means "The Remedy" in Arabic.
Shiffai will be performing at an African rap showcase produced by Herson with Toni
Blackman and other African and American MC’s at the Five Spot, 459 Myrtle Ave in Clinton
Hill, Brooklyn on Thursday Jan. 15.
If you’d like to learn more about Sengalese and African hip hop a number of interesting websites have emerged including http://www.africanhiphop.com and http://www.senerap.com.
This Week's Playlist:
(* = new)Shiffai: Shiffai / The Chosen One / Nomadic Wax / *
Shiffai: Savages / The Chosen One / Nomadic Wax / *
Omzo: Kunu Abal Ay Beut / Various Artists: Africa Raps / Trikont
Shiffai: Bomaye / The Chosen One / Nomadic Wax / *
Las MC: African's Don't Wanna Understand
Shiffai: Africa / The Chosen One / Nomadic Wax / *
Shiffai: Do Not Believe / The Chosen One / Nomadic Wax / *
Slam Revolution: / Various Artists: African Underground Volume 1 / Nomadic Wax
Positive Black Soul: Boul Fale / Salaam / Mango
Abass-Abass:
Shiffai: My Hood / The Freestyles
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