They sing about stability for Somalia but also all the normal things that you are insterested in when you are in your twenties; boys girls, relationships, not always getting what you want but hoping for it none the less. Their last album released in 2011 shows a mix of the older more traditional style and the experimental phase of 2006. They seem to have ironed out many of the kinks associated with trying to fit into the bigger global scene and seem confortable with their identity as a band... plus one of their last videos, idaaya falis, has speedwalkers in it. How cool is that?
Monday, August 1, 2011
Waayaha Cusub
Waayaha Cusub is a Somalian hip hop group living Kenya.They have been making really cool music since 2006. They are huge in Somalia , but havent been able to perform a concert in their native country because of the political unstability there
Their first major release is called a hees jacayl which translates as love song. As they got recognition for their great music, their style started to evolve. The album they put out in 2008 had a lot of MIA influence, the singers werent wearing headscarves and they danced around in disco like environments.
They sing about stability for Somalia but also all the normal things that you are insterested in when you are in your twenties; boys girls, relationships, not always getting what you want but hoping for it none the less. Their last album released in 2011 shows a mix of the older more traditional style and the experimental phase of 2006. They seem to have ironed out many of the kinks associated with trying to fit into the bigger global scene and seem confortable with their identity as a band... plus one of their last videos, idaaya falis, has speedwalkers in it. How cool is that?
They sing about stability for Somalia but also all the normal things that you are insterested in when you are in your twenties; boys girls, relationships, not always getting what you want but hoping for it none the less. Their last album released in 2011 shows a mix of the older more traditional style and the experimental phase of 2006. They seem to have ironed out many of the kinks associated with trying to fit into the bigger global scene and seem confortable with their identity as a band... plus one of their last videos, idaaya falis, has speedwalkers in it. How cool is that?
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