The Mixtape of the Revolution.
In: New York Times, Jg. 161 (2012-01-30), Heft 55666, S. 23
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DEF JAM will probably never sign them, but Cheikh Oumar Cyrille Toure, from a small town about 100 miles southeast of Dakar, Senegal, and Hamada Ben Amor, a 22-year-old man from a port city 170 miles southeast of Tunis, may be two of the most influential rappers in the history of hip-hop. Mr. Toure, a k a Thiat (''Junior''), and Mr. Ben Amor, a k a El General, both wrote protest songs that led to their arrests and generated powerful political movements. ''We are drowning in hunger and unemployment,'' spits Thiat on ''Coup 2 Gueule'' (from a phrase meaning ''rant'') with the Keurgui Crew. El General's song ''Head of State'' addresses the now-deposed President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali over a plaintive background beat. ''A lot of money was pledged for projects and infrastructure/Schools, hospitals, buildings, houses/but the sons of dogs swallowed it in their big bellies.'' Later, he rhymes, ''I know people have a lot to say in their hearts, but no way to convey it.'' The song acted as sluice gates for the release of anger that until then was being expressed clandestinely, if at all. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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The Mixtape of the Revolution.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | FERNANDES, SUJATHA |
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Zeitschrift: | New York Times, Jg. 161 (2012-01-30), Heft 55666, S. 23 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2012 |
Medientyp: | Zeitungsartikel |
ISSN: | 0362-4331 (print) |
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