Category: Togo
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Tabi Bonney Album Review: The Summer Years
Yes Tabi Bonney does use a language other than English, but it was only one word of French. In his songs “Feeling” and “Big Dreams” he says “au revoir.” Tabu didn’t say anything about his own immigration experiences in this album. Tabi didn’t say much about African immigration either. He did’t represent his country or Africa.
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Tabi Album Review – “Fresh” (2010)
The audience for this album seems to be mostly for the dance clubbers; although, as is the case with other Bonney albums there is such a variety it is difficult to put it in one category. Even though Bonney does not mention immigration, the song, “Go Away” could be referring to getting out of Africa;
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Album Review: “Dope”
Tabi Bonney’s album, “Dope” (2009) is meant for a different audience than his first album. I think this one was to an audience of fans of popular African American rappers, who are interested in knowing what Tabi is about. Immigration is not mentioned on this album, however he may be representing his country as a
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Tabi Bonney Album Review: Fresh
In Tabi’s album, he does use a language other than English but’s its only a little French. For example in his song “Yeah Go” he says “au revoir”, another example would be in his song “Sunlight” were in the beginning he says “como tale vu.” He didn’t talk much about his immigration experiences in this
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A Fly Guy’s Theme.
“I’m from DC!! I-I’m from DC” This is the line that can be heard throughout the album A Fly Guy’s Theme (2006) by Lome Togo native Tabi Bonney. However, a casual listener of this album would never know that he is indeed from the continent of Africa based on his songs and the colloquial regional
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Tabi Bonney: Fresh (2010)
(2010) – from Wale, to Curren$y, and Pusha T – which makes the album beyond interesting. Despite the fact that it’s difficult to find some of the lyrics of the songs on-line, Tabi’s main language used in this album is strictly English and it is relatively easy to comprehend what he’s trying to communicate. The
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Tabi Album Review: “A Fly Guy’s Theme”
My family is from D.C., and I have listened to his music before this class, and have associated Tabi with D.C. So to be able to really analyze his music and identify any African influences I did some research. In an interview with Jamati.com Bonney explains that he was born in Lome, Togo, West Africa,
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Tabi Bonney Album Review: Dope
In Tabi bonney’s album Dope he hasn’t used a language other than English. He still hasn’t said much about his immigration experiences. He didn’t talk about African immigration in this album at all either. Tabi Bonney didn’t cover any social or political topics at all, but he does mention Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack
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Tabi Bonney Album Review: A Fly Guy’s Theme
In Tabi Bonney’s album A Fly Guy’s Theme he doesn’t use a language other than English. His lyrics in this album doesn’t talk about his immigration experiences. Although on the song “Top” he does talk about how he came to be a rapper. For imstance he says that “it all started with a dream, fresh