Category: Somalia
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K’naan – Take a Minute
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=k%27naan+take+a+minute K’naan identifies as a Somalian Hip Hop artist who grew up in Canada. K’naan developed his love for Hip Hop and used influences of Nas and Rakim to begin his journey in Hip Hop. Before his family moved to the states and then permanently relocated to Canada, he experienced the civil war while growingRead…
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K’Naan x Fatima Critique
Aside from the lyrics, K’Naan’s vocals over the tropical and triumphantly melodious sound present a passionate mood that attracts many types of listeners. The song Fatima uses instruments like the organ, piano, bass guitar, deep bass drums, shakers, the trumpet, and even some electrical harp sounds. This instrumental culmination combines together and the result isRead…
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Take A Minute… & Listen to K’NAAN
Take a Minute is a song by Somalian rapper K’Naan made in 2010. It’s a song about chilling and reflecting on life. In the song he discusses that life has difficult events, but sometimes you need to just sit back and take the time to collect yourself. Also, after collecting yourself you need to reflectRead…
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If rap gets jealous-K’naan
K’NAAN is a popular rapper from the African country of Somalia. He is fairly well known ion america and very famous within his native country along with the whole continent of Africa. He grew up surrounded by violence unknown to nearly anybody in America. K’naan witnessed horrible things due to the civil war that hadRead…
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Be Consciously Aware: K’Naan Educating the World
K’Naan was an artist who was born in Somalia. Some may claim that K’Naan was more than a musician but also a poet. In a newspaper article published by the CBC news in Canada, K’Naan was audition people who were poets and artists between the age of 17 to 25 years old. He was selectingRead…
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K’naan
I was typing up my midterm for Hip-hop and Culture and I came across the artist K’naan. What started out as me listening to his hit song “Wavin Flags” turned into me listening to his whole discography.
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Um Rika- A song by Wale and K’naan
In the song Um Rika, Wale discusses how is parents immigrated to America and adjusted to the new society and environment and how he balances his traditional Nigerian values and American culture. In Wale’s first verse, he talks about how his parents came to America with little money & settling in the DMV area. HeRead…
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K’Naan Biography
K’Naan Warsame is an African poet and musician from Mogadishu, Somalia. Music became an interest to K’Naan at an early age, where he was influenced by rappers like Rakim and Nas. He also gave credit to Nas’ record, illmatic, for being one of the reasons he picked up the english language and began the successRead…
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Third Album Critique: K’Naan; Country, God or the Girl (2012)
In K’Naan’s new album entitled, “Country, God or the Girl (2012),” the entire album was spoken in English. In the first song, “seed,” K’Naan speaks on him being planted into the society of violence as a young child in Somalia. ” I was a seed planted, my lover is in a refugee camp, over seesRead…
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3rd Album Review “Country, God, or the Girl”
This album was a complete change compared to the first and second album. K’naan tallks a lot about a girl in his life as well as love. In this album his english usage is way more than his natural somalian language he spoke in the other 2 albums. his immigration experience isnt mentioned as muchRead…