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7th February 2012, 12:47
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(old line up)
Here is something but one of my favorite hip-hop group out of Croatia.
Biograhpy:
X Plastaz is a hip hop (http://www.last.fm/tag/hip%20hop) group from Arusha, Tanzania, consisting of six members; the brothers Nelly (aka Ruff-Nell), Gsan, and Ziggy, Maasai singer Yamat Ole Meipuko, and two teenage siblings of the brothers. The group was formed in 1996 and has had the aforementioned line-up since 2001.
In the growing international African hip hop scene, the Tanzanian group X Plastaz is a familiar name. Through concert tours in Africa, Europe and Latin America, a worldwide album release and tracks on compilations such as the Rough Guide to African Rap, they have become the ambassadors of East African urban music.
X Plastaz call their music ‘Maasai hip hop’, a mixture of traditional Maasai chanting and elements from hip hop, dancehall and even Hindi music. Their conscious Swahili lyrics strike a chord with the Tanzanian youth on the streets, who can relate to topics like Aids, unemployment, divorce or life in prison.
The group aims to raise the standards of Tanzanian hip hop through their releases, music videos and stage shows. They have a faithful fanbase worldwide and are well documented in the international media.
In March 2006, the saddest moment in the group’s history occurred when member Faza Nelly (born 1976 as Nelson Chrizostom Rutta) died after a stabbing incident as he was negotiating in an argument between neighbours.
Faza Nelly was one of the founders of X Plastaz. His sympathy for the poor and needy in society translated into all X Plastaz songs. His positive, unlimited energy and good wit made people fall in love with the group wherever they went.
X Plastaz have decided to keep the flame alive and continue on Nelly’s path of entertaining international crowds while sending out messages of peace and wisdom. Nelly’s last work was the song ‘Nini dhambi kwa mwenye dhiki’, dedicated to the poor and needy in Tanzania, whose video was shot on the active volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai, which had a major eruption on the day Nelly died…
X Plastaz now remains five rappers/singers. Brothers Ruff, Gsann and Ziggy used to work in a haircutting saloon in Arusha, a city in the heart of Maasai land, and started rapping in 1995. Their first single ‘Bamiza’ became a big hit in East Africa in 1999.
In 2001, their 13 and 11 year old brother and sister were added to the group, as well as Yamat Ole Meipuko, a Maasai singer who lives in a traditional and remote village. Yamat has won various Maasai singing competitions, and adds a unique vocal element to the stew of Swahili rhymes and tough hip hop beats.
Some highlights:
-Concert tours in Europe (UK, Scandinavia, Benelux, 2001-2005), Brazil (Percpan 2005), Gabon (2006)
-Album release ‘Maasai hip hop’ (OutHere, Germany 2004)
-Compilations (Rough Guide to African Rap 2004, Global Hip Hop 2005…)
-Music videos on MTV Africa, Channel O, MCM/Trace TV, the Box (Netherlands), Brazilian national tv etc.
-Featured in documentaries and tv shows such as MTV Trippin (USA 2004), in a Landrover promotional campaign and on the National Geographic compilation Georemixed (2007).
-Featured on the mixtape ‘Gods own country’ by dj Green Lantern (of Eminem & Jay Z fame), September 2007 (Source: http://www.last.fm/music/X+Plastaz/+wiki) UiIa2i29PZ4
You have subtitles for this song!
03uF8AbTU8U-yescF-rNB8
And this is some of new stuff without Nelly:
dzUH_Hdm-iQAs you can see and read they are connected with Maasai and this is once nice mix of Jamaican dub/roots reggae and Maasai chants:
yVBpwhLNoRM
And here you can download their first album Maasai Hip Hop:
http://www.mediafire.com/?nmz3ytwmcy4
(old line up)
Here is something but one of my favorite hip-hop group out of Croatia.
Biograhpy:
X Plastaz is a hip hop (http://www.last.fm/tag/hip%20hop) group from Arusha, Tanzania, consisting of six members; the brothers Nelly (aka Ruff-Nell), Gsan, and Ziggy, Maasai singer Yamat Ole Meipuko, and two teenage siblings of the brothers. The group was formed in 1996 and has had the aforementioned line-up since 2001.
In the growing international African hip hop scene, the Tanzanian group X Plastaz is a familiar name. Through concert tours in Africa, Europe and Latin America, a worldwide album release and tracks on compilations such as the Rough Guide to African Rap, they have become the ambassadors of East African urban music.
X Plastaz call their music ‘Maasai hip hop’, a mixture of traditional Maasai chanting and elements from hip hop, dancehall and even Hindi music. Their conscious Swahili lyrics strike a chord with the Tanzanian youth on the streets, who can relate to topics like Aids, unemployment, divorce or life in prison.
The group aims to raise the standards of Tanzanian hip hop through their releases, music videos and stage shows. They have a faithful fanbase worldwide and are well documented in the international media.
In March 2006, the saddest moment in the group’s history occurred when member Faza Nelly (born 1976 as Nelson Chrizostom Rutta) died after a stabbing incident as he was negotiating in an argument between neighbours.
Faza Nelly was one of the founders of X Plastaz. His sympathy for the poor and needy in society translated into all X Plastaz songs. His positive, unlimited energy and good wit made people fall in love with the group wherever they went.
X Plastaz have decided to keep the flame alive and continue on Nelly’s path of entertaining international crowds while sending out messages of peace and wisdom. Nelly’s last work was the song ‘Nini dhambi kwa mwenye dhiki’, dedicated to the poor and needy in Tanzania, whose video was shot on the active volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai, which had a major eruption on the day Nelly died…
X Plastaz now remains five rappers/singers. Brothers Ruff, Gsann and Ziggy used to work in a haircutting saloon in Arusha, a city in the heart of Maasai land, and started rapping in 1995. Their first single ‘Bamiza’ became a big hit in East Africa in 1999.
In 2001, their 13 and 11 year old brother and sister were added to the group, as well as Yamat Ole Meipuko, a Maasai singer who lives in a traditional and remote village. Yamat has won various Maasai singing competitions, and adds a unique vocal element to the stew of Swahili rhymes and tough hip hop beats.
Some highlights:
-Concert tours in Europe (UK, Scandinavia, Benelux, 2001-2005), Brazil (Percpan 2005), Gabon (2006)
-Album release ‘Maasai hip hop’ (OutHere, Germany 2004)
-Compilations (Rough Guide to African Rap 2004, Global Hip Hop 2005…)
-Music videos on MTV Africa, Channel O, MCM/Trace TV, the Box (Netherlands), Brazilian national tv etc.
-Featured in documentaries and tv shows such as MTV Trippin (USA 2004), in a Landrover promotional campaign and on the National Geographic compilation Georemixed (2007).
-Featured on the mixtape ‘Gods own country’ by dj Green Lantern (of Eminem & Jay Z fame), September 2007 (Source: http://www.last.fm/music/X+Plastaz/+wiki) UiIa2i29PZ4
You have subtitles for this song!
03uF8AbTU8U-yescF-rNB8
And this is some of new stuff without Nelly:
dzUH_Hdm-iQAs you can see and read they are connected with Maasai and this is once nice mix of Jamaican dub/roots reggae and Maasai chants:
yVBpwhLNoRM
And here you can download their first album Maasai Hip Hop:
http://www.mediafire.com/?nmz3ytwmcy4