Sunday, July 1, 2012

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Ignorance is a terrible thing, and I got caught out in this. So there is  this song by Rihanna, Ludacris and some rappers. It’s called – this party don’t stop- I’ve been hearing  it on radio since  last year but didn’t pay much  attention. So the other day  at my friend’s house  I asked for some music. I’ve decided to listen to Neo Soul, Lovers’ rock(love Reggae ), and Kenyan music for the next part of the year. After getting the Glen lewises, Norah Jones and Vivian Greens, he puts on a video and you can imagine my shock that that Rihanna song is actually by CAMP MULLA. I was blown away. These beautifu beautifu  (no typo)Kenyan kids making great music, and here I’m thinking I knew all about Kenyan music! I stand corrected, I felt like one of those people who after hearing a couple of Cold Play, Nickle back and Daughtry songs won’t stop telling you how great rock is and how you must listen to clocks by cold play and photograph by Nickle back and you’re thinking, no, I want Owl City, Ben Jelen and Bo Bice.
So, there are,  some good  mainstream music going round. My favourites: Just a Band, Harry Kimani, Kidum, Ken wa Maria, Sauti Sol, John Njagi, That Jazz guy, who plays the guitar and has an unlikely name for an artist, I think he’s Kevin or Mark, I’ll find out. But Kamande wa Kioi disappointed me with his almost inciting song, he should have stuck to his kapusi and belching in church lyrics. Makes me shudder imagining just how bloody the next election might carry on “shiver”
Then there is Liquideep. There are not Kenyan but I want to adopt them, they are South African. I love the beat to their music, they also don’t pimp their video’s much, kinda like –Just a Band- I like that, you get to concentrate on the music. Asa is someone else I’m coming to love, I hear she’s Nigerian, like Sade is but I don’t suppose she records in Nigeria?
 I once sat on a table, and someone bragged about Justin Beiber being his country man, I thought about mentioning Ezekiel Kemboi and Ndereba  and the huge tea estates in Kericho, the white sandy beaches and the delicious avocados, plums and sweet potatoes, then I thought, a no point, let me just have my pork rice in silence, no it was a cheese burger, yes at McDonalds. A place I only went in when I had to, and not alone, after being openly racially discriminated.
I was two weeks sick last month, bad cold with stuffed nose, headache and a cough that would wake up the dead but the great thing is I knew I’d be alright.  It’s just a Winter cold. Not like that time I had dengue fever and didn’t know  what was wrong with me, you could have  boiled arrow roots on my forehead. I thought this was the end, and started wondering, should I be cremated, or sent back in a box and  what would happen to all my picture collection? 

4 comments:

  1. Donno why but I could have told this song isn't from U.S. but somewhere from Africa after listening for seconds.
    Since when do u have McDonalds around? Always thought Kenya is the last place on earth u can't find it. Probably they came hand in hand with starbucks.

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  2. hey,,, you love the song? watch -hold it down 254, also nice-
    We don't have McD, here, just KFC and haven't tried it yet, but will.I loved their coffee with 4 creamers no sugar :D. I don't think McD would do great here, even Nandos had to change their name, guess Kenchic was big compe.

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  3. Nope, don't love the 1st mulla song, the second is better: great beat but their lyrics are all a bit of blahzey blah, copycats. if u know lil wayne u feel like having flashbacks listening to them. U dropped so many names I'm still busy checking on them. can already say i love just a band (esp. Ha-He and if i could).
    KFC is good, well if u like chicken. Try hot wings or the chicken parts with spicy herbs. Keeps me going there though i told myself to keep away from junk food a thousand times

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  4. I only eat chicken at home, village chicken only.

    Yea...m, that post was a bit off rail. I wanted to pull it off but was getting views already...

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