Tag: K’naan
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THIS IS AFRICA
Many MCs speak and boast about their brave natures and hard up bringing in their raps. They convey this by describing their longevity in the game and how they survived violent experiences, usually at a young age. Listeners will usually equate this violence to cities in America like Compton, Brooklyn, and even Detroit, but none compare to those
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K’Naan – Somalia
KNAAN is an artist who came to the United States as a refugee at the young age of 14. His homeland is the country of Somalia. He is an artist who does a great job of balancing both his African roots as well as his roots in America as an immigrant. The song that I
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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 selecting
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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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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 success
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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 sees
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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 much
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Video Critique “Fatima”
the first thing i said when i first heard the song “Fatima” was “what is this song about?” “did he loose a daughter” so many questions popped in my head. so i heard it about three to four times just to listen to the lyrics and try to understand what K’Naan was truly trying to
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Album Review “troubador”
K’naan’s second album was a different aspect compared to his first. his first had a lot to do with his family, culture, and old traditions. in the second one he has about the same idea but converted differently. he adds more hip hop with his nusic, and begins to talk about other problems he faces.
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K’naan Album review: Troubador
K’naan’s third studio album ‘Troubador’ made its official debut in 2009 which featured the highly anticipated song “Wavin’ Flag.” The song made most of its splash when it was remixed and used for the 2010 Fifa World Cup. Although the song was the third single to be officially released from the album it is arguably