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K'naan - Troubadour (MP3/75M)
專輯名稱：Troubadour
歌手姓名：K'naan
唱片公司：A&M
發行日期：2009年02月25日
專輯流派：Hiphop
專輯介紹：
The name alone conjures up images of unbridled destruction, merciless warlords and ruthless terror. A place where nobody - children, the elderly, religious figures - is safe from the atrocities of war, and where the idea of "childhood", where 8-year olds handle AK-47s like toys, exists in chronological terms alone. When Forbes magazine recently unveiled their "most dangerous destinations", Somalia - above Iraq and Afghanistan - topped the list. But it's also "the nation of poets", where a poem can both inspire peace and end wars. Where every weekend, regardless of the climate, one can find a play or concert at a local theatre.
Growing up, it was both of these Somalias that informed musician / emcee K'naan Warsame, whose sophomore album, Troubadour, is released this February. The grandson of Haji Mohamed, one of Somalia's most famous poets, and nephew of famed Somali singer Magool, the emcee is creating his own musical path through reggae, funk, pop, soul and, above all, hiphop.
Recorded primarily in Kingston, Jamaica, at the legendary Tuff Gong studios and Bob Marley's home studio, Troubadour is a hiphop album like no other. With contributions by Damian Marley, Mos Def, Chubb Rock, Vernon Reid, and Adam Levine (Maroon 5), K'naan successfully blends samples and live instrumentation for a sound that's rooted in both traditional African melodies and the classic hiphop tradition.
It would be easy to brand K'naan with the "political rapper" tag. But that'd be both easy and disingenuous. K'naan's lyrics lie in stark contrast to emcees that use their medium as a pulpit to promote their beliefs. "My job is to write just what I see. So a visual stenographer is who I be," he rhymes in "I Come Prepared". Doubtless, K'naan is not without his opinions, but songwriting always comes before sermons.
On Troubadour, events like these don't need to be glorified or exaggerated for the sake of art. "I think there are some people that are struggling in 'hoods (in Canada and America)', but it is so much harder and so much more violent (in Somalia)," says K'naan. "If you want to be like, 'I'm from the hood. We got it rough. We got gats', I think you should know the alternative exists. I'm speaking in the same language of hiphop which decidedly speaks about rough neighborhoods. So if there is a place for rough neighborhoods, then here comes the Mother of Rough Neighborhoods."
Troubadour represents the sum of these experiences and more. Having spent the better part of the last two years on the road, soaking in everything from Bob Dylan to Fela Kuti to Talib Kweli, K'naan here releases the sonic document of an artist who has a lot to share now, but clearly a lot more to come. For anyone who's said that hiphop has nothing left to say, Troubadour proves that it all depends on where you look.
曲目列表：
01. T.I.A
02. ABC's (Feat. Chubb Rock)
03. Dreamer
04. I Come Prepared (Feat. Damian Marley)
05. Bang Bang (Feat. Adam Levine)
06. If Rap Gets Jealous (Feat. Kirk Hammett)
07. Wavin' Flag
08. Somalia
09. America (Feat. Mos Def And Chali 2NA)
10. Fatima
11. Fire In Freetown
12. Take A Minute
13. 15 Minutes Away
14. People Like Me
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