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A musical revelation awaits listeners as they delve into The Rough Guide To African Rap, displaying the kind of grooves that are rocking twenty-first century urban Africa and the Diaspora. In Africa, wordplay has always been a great source of entertainment and social commentary, and rappers have responded to social and political issues by addressing such subjects as poverty, AIDS, famine, corruption and globalization at a time when the changing economic, political and media climate across Africa has resulted in less censorship and more freedom to be critical of people in power. Not all these tracks are strictly hip-hop but the rap element is ever-present. Some of the tracks are by world-renowned stars, while others have never been heard in the West. Rappers move easily across cultural divides; their community is a more global one and all these artists can hold their own whether outside Africa or within.
‘Africa has been one of hip hop’s most welcoming homes…This primer gathers together 14 hip hop-influenced numbers from all over Africa; and the further these tracks travel from merely copying American styles, the more rewarding they get.’ The Observer
Track listing:
1. UNSUNG HEROES & TY FEAT. BREIS: Right Here In Front Of You
2. PROPHETS OF DA CITY: Township Dwella
3. MANU DIBANGO feat. MC MELL’O’: Senga Abele
4. POSITIVE BLACK SOUL: Boul Fale Remix
5. X PLASTAZ: Msimu Kwa Msimu
6. REGGIE ROCKSTONE: Eye Mo De Anaa
7. MABULU: Karimbo
8. KALAMASHAKA: Ni Wakati
9. DAS PRIMEIRO FEAT. DHAMN ‘A’ RUSH: Liberdade
10. PEE FROISS: Djalgaty
11. TRYBE: Madau
12. HARD BLASTERS: Blast Nuff
13. K-MELIA: Na N’ko
14. TATA POUND: Badala
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