Husna was griping about being bored. Well here's something exciting (at leat to me, as an ethnographer (wot?).
The Hausa music scene has been undergoing rapid transformation since the intrusion of global media sounds in Nigerian spaces, thanks to MTV and Channel O, and the intrusion of southern Nigerian musicians into the Hausa language sphere. When Eedris Abdulkarim (Yoruba born in Kano, based in Lagos) released Jaga-Jaga in 2005 he had a catchy tune in it, SEGARIN KANO (sic, Sai Garin Kano) which provided a technopop sound to a Hausa song. This was not the first time (Funmi Adams, anyone?, and Buari in Ghana, Saadou in Niger). This provided an encouragement for young MCs in Kano already immersed in producing music for the Hausa video film soundtrack to "wake" up to the fact that their language is being domesticated by Other.
In Niger Republic, Lakal Kaney released a tape, La voix du T?n?r? in 2000, but its availability on CD in 2004 propelled Hausa rap to a new international height -- they received offers to tour U.S. If you can get it, listen to ZAKARA YA KOKA (The Cock Crows). Fantastic!
Now in Kano, young "niggaz" started taking notice, and before you know it, we now have a whole army of Hausa rappers -- Abdullahi Mighty, Shaba, 2Pack, Kano Raiders (with their hilarious BAN CIN KWANTAN TSIRE), Khalid Kaccia, Billy O (check out BA NI TIBANI). The beat is based on the same equipment "real rappers" in the U.S. use -- Cakewalk Pro, FruityLoops, CuBase and of course the Yamaha Synthesizer (with PSR 3000 leading right now in Kano). Suddenly music studios also sprang up all over the place -- more than 15 at the last count.
This is all an example of media flows and eddies impacting on traditional society -- because the old traditional Hausa musicians have gone with the wind. In fact some of the young traditional musos have gone electric, particularly Abdu Boda Katsina, the asharalle musician.
So what do we thing of this? If there are responses, I might even report on the first HAUSA speaking FEMALE rap artist....
Abdalla
Thanks, Abdallah. I would love to listen to that Lakal Kaney you mentioned. Never heard of him/them. Here in Kano, I liked Abdullahi Mighty's music. I have his first album, Taka, and it was very good. He's talented, but like most of our endevours in this part of the country, lack of sponsors, producers and continuity has always been the bane. As for Kano Raiders, I haven't heard of the song 'Ban Cin Kwantan Tsire'. I only know of the also hilarious "Muna cikin Kunci".
And, yes, who's the famale rapper ? :lol:
Quote from: "Abdalla"Husna was griping about being bored. Well here's something exciting (at leat to me, as an ethnographer (wot?).
Abdalla
Not anymore (wot?) :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
What u have posted up there is really exciting Prof. Personally never heard of any one of them, let alone their music. Still believe this is a step in the right direction. I really really climb up the wall at those critics who moan about the loss of Hausa musical culture. Lets face it, if u werent born to it, its hard to immediately like a type of musical style, and I dont see why Hausa music should be limited to ganga, shantu or goge (all boring stuff if u ask me). I cant say I am a great fan of rap either, or all types of hip hop. But I can support Hausa rappers bcos rapping in itself is a linguistic art and being in Hausa will make it doubly challenging for the artists because Hausa is a difficult language linguistically and also because so many indigenous words have been lost apparently. So its a challenge to see how they can come up with rhyming lyrics.
Abdallah
Thank you very much for the information, it is very heart warming to hear of the efforts many like you and the various artist you have mentioned, put in to ensure the sustainability of hausa as a musical language in modern times - it is an extremely difficult task.
I have not heard of any of the artist you have mentioned and living outside nigeria for so long does not help matters, recently being in some parts of the continent and watching a bit of bigbrother nigeria I was amazed and pleasantly surprised by the creativity of young nigerian musicians. It was sad though that not much of the music came from the north or had hausa used, it is important that while we may romanticise the times gone by we must remember there is also a present and try to use modern musical styles in preserving our language and culture.
Kindly let us know where we can get these CD's if they are available outside nigeria
Thank you all for your comments! Husna I agree with you that many would find the traditional instruments used in Hausa music boring, especially in these modern times of synthesizers that can mimic any sound, and computer music software. Do remember, though, that all traditional instruments are reflection of a the cultural heritage of a people and many communities strive to maintain them. I am sure you are aware that there many genres of music in Europe, for instance, ranging from Classical to World. The arrival of new musical form does not indicate the death or decline of others. The best form of fusion of new and old music in my view is in Malian music. Check out Ali Farka Toure (most especially his last album, SAVANE, released after his death in April 2006) and listen to the fusion of kora and blues guitar. Similarly, Adama Yolomba's MOUSOU is an incredible combination of the sound of Malian xylophone (don't know what they call it) and modern instruments.
I have put together a concert I call KUKUMA RAP coming up on 28th October 2006 at the British Council at 7.00 p.m. It is a world premier of Hausa Rappers jamming with Nasiru Garba Supa's band called AREWA. The Arewa would be playing kukuma, shantu, kalangu, duman garke, while the Rappers will be rapping on the beat -- all in Hausa! This is our way of combining the modern and the traiditional to show that they can in fact be combined. We are starting rehearsals on Wednesday next week during I will also introduce SHANTU RAP sol sequence -- where a rapper will overlay his voice to the sound of Shantu (and the Shantu is played by a female, who is also a brilliant Koroso dancer!)
Your comments also made remember one niece of mine who saw a CD labled DAN ANACE. She wanted to know if he is a new rapper, thinking that DAN stands for Daniel!
If you live in the Kano region, I can send you an invitation to the concert (and of course others too!). Just let me know via email at auadamu@yahoo.com, so that I send it to BC.
Other comments deal with the aspect of production and distribution of Hausa rap music. This indeed is a problem. Most of the rappers are youngsters (in their early 20s) who simply can't afford the kind of money needed to produce (i.e. record, market and release) a CD. We are talking about N60,000 to N100,000 (less than $800 range). They simply can't afford that kind of money because they are either students, or working in some poorly paid job. Further, piracy is another big problem. The moment they release a CD, the next thing you know, it is hijacked by Kofar Wambai (Kano) pirates and the rappers get nothing out of it.
Most of the rap songs are now in what I can "demo" versions -- they record them in studios like Sulpher and take the MP3 versions to radio stations, particularly Freedom Radio (http://freedomradionig.com/). "Rainy Season" for instance, by Billy-O was a huge radio hit -- combining Hausa and English in a rap form (and to be performed at the Kukuma Rap concert!).
It is still abit tricky sending files to this forum, but I will try to upload samples of Lakal Kaney and others.
And the Hausa female rapper is Menne 710 -- she is not really Hausa as such, but the first Hausa female voice rapping. Her CD is easily available in Kano. It is called SOYAYYA NETASHI (Soyayya Na Ta shi). If you live in the Kano region, go to the Post Office, or the large roundabout near First Bank where the CD sellers hang out!
Abdalla
Quote from: "Abdalla"Husna I agree with you that many would find the traditional instruments used in Hausa music boring.
Not only the instruments, but the singers' voices themselves. So tuneless, one would think one was tone deaf, and so hoarse, you'd swear they were choking on a fishbone or their larynx was full of mucus. And the worst aspect was the glorification and praise singing that formed the staple for most of the lyrics. Anyway, there were exceptions to the rule as in everything and SHATA was certainly that, even though he praise sang (but he also cussed!!)
Quote from: "Abdalla"Do remember, though, that all traditional instruments are reflection of a the cultural heritage of a people and many communities strive to maintain them.
Yes well we have Gidan Makama. They can do nicely in there as acoustic RELICS :lol: :lol:
Anyway its a good thing they are getting a second chance at being appreciated by a totally different audience.
Quote from: "Abdalla"Your comments also made remember one niece of mine who saw a CD labled DAN ANACE. She wanted to know if he is a new rapper, thinking that DAN stands for Daniel!
Lol that's one of the funniest things I have heard in an age. DAN indeed!! I suppose the ANACE would sound like Anase (as in anastasia) to yr ingenius niece!!!! What a girl!! What a 'rapper'!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
(I'm still laughing!!)
Abdalla
Ferresa kenan.
Mudai rokon Allah muke, Allah yabaka rukon BUK...
Sai kayi! Sai kayi!! Sai Kayi!!! ... an all I can say here now, is just thanks. . .
QuoteIt is still abit tricky sending files to this forum, but I will try to upload samples of Lakal Kaney and others.
Just send the MP3s to me and I will make sure that all that want to listen to or download them get them from here.
"Sai ka yi?" Ina! Ai shugabanci ba nawa ba ne, domin ni dan almajiri ne, kuma saurayi mai tashe! A dai kyale masu so su yi, sai mu mara musu baya da ni da sauran nigogi kamarmu!!!
Husna, I perfect agree with you some our traditional singers are out of tune -- lousy voices and all. And I salute your bravery in coming out and telling it like it is. We often get too carried away with awe at our traditional musicians that we tend to overlook their failings -- that some of them are really horrendous!
Further, Hausa music is already categorized as a lowbrow occupation, in fact categorized by M.G. Smith as belonging to "third class" in Hausa social status. We can appreciate how a singer does his art, but we can't afford to be socially associated with him. In fact the singers themselves consider their profession so lowbrow that in interviews they state they do not wish their children to inherit them (Shata, Sani Dan Indo, Garba Supa all said this in various interviews I have). But as you said there are quite a few good gems. One of the most brilliant and up-and-coming young KUNTIGI musician is Babangida Kakadawa from Gusau in Zamfara State (Nigeria). He is nic is Dan Marayan Zamfara. He is absolutely fantastic -- uses the kuntigi and follows Dan Marajos' art faithfully. I got them to peform together in 2004 at a concert in Kano, together with Rod Paterson from Scotland. We have recorded the concert, and hopefully one day I may release it on CD. If there is interest, I may upload a smallish clip of his music -- to further confirm the superiority of the Sokoto/Zamfara axis in the sphere of Hausa traditional music.
And you got it right, my niece actully pronounced Anace as Anase! Hehehe. Youngsters, eh? She is into Rahina, Ciara, Shakira, Pussycat Dolls, etc -- whom I don't know, and felt embarassed asking a shop assitant at Virgin Oxford Street in September if he could help me locate these weird-sounding musos!
BTW, there is correction to my ealier posting regarding Malian music. I incorrected stated that Adama Yalomba (not Yolomba) produced Mousou. He did not, it was infact recorded by Neba Solo, and called MUSSOW. It was part of a Mossoulou CD collection I picked in Ghana sometime ago ( beautiful country, I almost got a job there!). The xylophone-like Neba played is called BALAFON. To make up for my sorry mistake, I will also upload Mussow for all to hear. And Husna, don't close your ears to this one!
Will be posting the MP3s to our admin tonight, insha Allah.
Abdalla
Jama'a, Sallama -- I am back! I have been able to upload quite a bushel of select music for your discerning ears to our server, and Salisu will soon do the magic trix needed to make sure you can hear or download it. The full listing of what I posted is:
1. Halimatu Sadiyya (Soultan Abdul)
2. Sanya Zobe (Abdullahi Mighty)
3. Amarya da Ango (Soultan Abdul)
4. Soyeyya (Menne 710)
5. Natashi (Menne 710)
6. Zakara Ya Koka (Lakal Kaney)
7. Musow (Neba Solo)
8. Billy Tibani (Shaba and Billy-O)
9. Tuzuru (Dan Marayan Zamfara)
This is a mixture -- a sort ofgrill. Soultan (sic) is not a rapper, but a Hausa Techno (think Yanni). Abdullahi Mighty and Menne are semi-rappers, including Ragamuffin in their works (they also collaborated on Menne's debut CD). Lakal Kaney are the biggest rap act in Niger (followed by Kaidan Gaskiya). This track -- like the rest of the album (check out the MP3 tag for full details) is brilliant. Billy Tibani is a gambara (wot?) format of rap by a young dude who purchased Tibani and could not pay because he has lost his wallet. Shaba of Sulpha Studio Kano provided the music, while Billy-O was on the vocals. Tuzuru is PURE traditional Kuntigi from Dan Marayan Zamfara, lamenting the fate of a Tuzuru (twentysomething who refused to get married, although he was gender biased; he was only yabbin the BOYS, did not include the gurls!
I hope it works out. If it does not, descend on Oga Admin. He is the whiz with these things.
Enjoy this Sallah goro from Kano Online Administration. More discussions, more samples. No discussion , samples hasta la vista, kapisch?
Abdalla
Goron Sallah - Hausa Music Samplers (http://www.dandali.com/audio.html#goro)
http://www.dandali.com/audio.html#goro
The above link is where you can find the audio files in various formats (MP3, RealAudio, Windows Media, and Podcast). Please test the links and let me know as I did not have time to test each and every link.
Again thanks to Prof. Abdalla U. Adamu for these samplers. Also if anybody has any Hausa music files that needs to share with us, let me know as we can add them to our collection.
You will also notice that the link above will take you to the Audio section of dandali.com, which is one of our sister websites.
Madallah da Goron Sallar nan to Proffessor AUA, and Admin.
Barka da Sallah to all Kano onliners
Allah Ya Karbi ibadar kowa da kowa ku ma Ya Biya wa kowa bukatun su.
Amin
Quote from: "admin". Please test the links and let me know as I did not have time to test each and every link.
Well, am having difficulties opening/playing the files. Kept getting error messages. Was only able to play/download 24% of two tracks. Thanks anyway.
Thank you very much Prof and admin, they are very good indeed. Usually
i dont like hip hop, but i like this one. I've been absent mindedly humming
sanya zobe. Is it me or does the "zakara ya koka" singer sound like he
has a strong sokoto accent? He's from Nijar is it? I didnt know they have a
similar dialect.
P.S: what is Tibani? sounds like a kind of food...is it?
Quote from: "HUSNAA"Not only the instruments, but the singers' voices themselves. So tuneless, one would think one was tone deaf, and so hoarse, you'd swear they were choking on a fishbone or their larynx was full of mucus. And the worst aspect was the glorification and praise singing that formed the staple for most of the lyrics. Anyway, there were exceptions to the rule as in everything and SHATA was certainly that, even though he praise sang (but he also cussed!!)
Hehe, i must admit, some of them are boring, but some are still good.
I like those asharalle ones usually in weddings, i think it's the instruments
that attract me. Oh dont forget the katsina police band (i dunno if they
still exist) but they were really good in da late 90s. I like Sa'adou Bori....a
lot! In Katsina state there's this group of girls that go around called "yan
matan Nana Haire" from 'Baure. They r not bad even tho it's kind of the
old fashioned style of singing. What happened to Attine Jibo? Does
anyone remember her? She sang the "Mamana my devoted" song
sometime in the 90s. She had a few more songs and mysteriously
disappeared after that. :?
Quote from: "Fateez"Quote from: "HUSNAA"Not only the instruments, but the singers' voices themselves. So tuneless, one would think one was tone deaf, and so hoarse, you'd swear they were choking on a fishbone or their larynx was full of mucus. And the worst aspect was the glorification and praise singing that formed the staple for most of the lyrics. Anyway, there were exceptions to the rule as in everything and SHATA was certainly that, even though he praise sang (but he also cussed!!)
Hehe, i must admit, some of them are boring, but some are still good.
I like those asharalle ones usually in weddings, i think it's the instruments
that attract me. Oh dont forget the katsina police band (i dunno if they
still exist) but they were really good in da late 90s. I like Sa'adou Bori....a
lot! In Katsina state there's this group of girls that go around called "yan
matan Nana Haire" from 'Baure. They r not bad even tho it's kind of the
old fashioned style of singing. What happened to Attine Jibo? Does
anyone remember her? She sang the "Mamana my devoted" song
sometime in the 90s. She had a few more songs and mysteriously
disappeared after that. :?
I wasnt referring to mucisians like Saadu Bori ( I dont know Nana Haire, I remember the song Mamana though). I like Saadou Bori and Dan Asharalle and also Dan Asabe, I think is his name.
Ever heard of the song of the following lyrics?
'Jihar Kano ta Ado, ashirin da biyar kana mulki yau murna muke yi'.
Useless, tuneless, sycophantic and above all horrible! If u have heard of it at all, that is the kind of catawauling I am talking about.
Sa'adu bori and the likes of him have got their acts together of course, except that I cant stand 'Aliyaa' or any of the other songs by this female artist from...where? She's got a good voice, but she's always out of sync with the tempo of her music.
Tibani is a type of danwake that is steamed in maize leaves. Because it is wrapped in maize leaves, it looks like a lozenge. It tastes pretty much the same as danwake, since the difference is in the way it is cooked and also the shape. however, I believe it has more flavor than danwake by virtue of the fact that it is steamed, and steaming tends to preserve the natural flavor of food better than boiling.
I like the rap song by billy tibani best. It is so lyrical, and very witty and and he's also got this combination of english and hausa words which rhyme at the end of a sentence and also make sense in the context that they were put in. I believe he is quite talented. I hope that he goes far.
Prof Abdallah, is there a possibility that any of these musicians could find air time on Charlie Gillett's World of Music? an around the world musical program aired by the above named man on BBC radio?
PS I have never liked Dan Maraya's music. I cant stand the twanging of his 'molo' (kuntigi?).
Quote from: "Bakan~Gizo"Quote from: "admin". Please test the links and let me know as I did not have time to test each and every link.
Well, am having difficulties opening/playing the files. Kept getting error messages. Was only able to play/download 24% of two tracks. Thanks anyway.
Just use good old fashioned Real Player to listen and download. Then afterwards convert to mp3 or mpeg or what ever it is called in the jargon of cybernerds.
i was just listening to billy tibani, this song is real cool n funny with the mixture of english nd hausa but its all good. all of the artists listed are all new to me cos i neva heard of em b4.
Assalamu alaikum,
Oh- lots have happened while I was sick. I felt sick for about for days ago that's why I kept mute for quiet long. I'm alhamdulillah back on my feet. By the way, how are you all?
Concerning this Hausa music. At first instance I completely almost hate to listen to any. An insight came to me that; how could you just hate what you even don't know how exactly is, so, I decided to spend minutes and listen. Eventually, from there then I found out that they are really great, also doing wonderful perfomance. Wishing people like our great Professor to continue supporting them.
BARKA DA SALLAH
Quote from: "HUSNAA"Sa'adu bori and the likes of him have got their acts together of course, except that I cant stand 'Aliyaa' or any of the other songs by this female artist from...where? She's got a good voice, but she's always out of sync with the tempo of her music.
The artist you are referring to is Uomou Sangare from Mali. She has some really good albums which are hits in France.You'll appreciate her music more if you get to read an interpretation of the songs which usually comes in the original c.d's.
Thank you Prof. and Admin for the beautiful songs.
One hitch of the 'modern' hausa songs has been how to get the qualitative audio c.d's.Most of the songs come in recorded tapes which are mostly of poor quality.Sometime back i discussed with Yakubu Isa,(a producer and facilitator of some artists at freedom radio) the idea of using kanoonline to promote these modern artists such that their music can at least be introduced to the world and that their music samples could be downloaded online.He pointed out to me that most of the artists were afraid of piracy and that some of them have been lured into such agreements and it ended up with the internet people getting the money while they get nothing.I didnt pursue the issue afterwards.
wa'alaikumus salam Muhsin, well its all good to hear your back on your feet, Barka da sallah to you too!!!!!! :wink:
I was so busy laughing at tibani ,sai da na ji kauri na tuna ina girkin sahur.
More grease to their gwiwowin hannu.
I hope they also take all those traditional hausa songs da ake yi da da su shantu da kwarya etc, su rera su yadda yaran yanzu za su san traditional wakokin da mu muka ji muna yara.
Jama'a, Sallama, kuma barkanmu da Sallah. Allah Ya sa muna cikin 'yantattun watan Ramadan da ya gabata.
Thank you, thank you, thank you all for your various comments. It really warms the heart to see how the talents of these young modern Hausa musicians are being appreciated. I am a traditionalist to the core -- prefering traditional instruments over modern ones -- but avante-garde enough to realize that a chamber orchestra can co-exist with a lute; so a synthesizer can co-exist with a goge, sarewa etc. I have always liked the experimental approach in music. When I used to play the guitar in the early 1970s (horribly I must quickly add), I often forced my sister to beat empty cans of kerose to accompany me. Naturally enough, my folks did not find it amusing. And thus ends another Karlheinz Stockhausen, Luciano Berio, or Steve Reich in the middle of darkest Africa.
So the idea of combining RAP with Hausa lyrics and traditional mindset is just wonderful to me -- as noted by the positive comments on BILLY TIBANI by Shaba (real name Muhammad Kabir, and living in Gyadi-gyadi Kano) who programmed the music, and Billy-O (still hiding his moniker) who accompanied him on the vocals. What was particularly interesting about their approach is the Enghausa urban lexicon they use -- easily identifiable as a lexical marker by young urbanized Hausa. Hah, you should wait to hear RAINY SEASON which will be posted soon, insha Allah.
I noted the comments made about World Music circuit and I am encouraged that there are some who think these young boys can compete at that level. We will think about it. At the moment they are just young kids hanging around and doing concerts and shows when invited -- often furtively because of the Sharia prohibitions against mixed gender gathering during concerts (and we all know it would impossible to stop sisters from accompanying little brothers to concerts, don't we?), although I noticed of late things seem to have cooled a little. Another probem these rappers faced is lack of sponsorship -- someone to say "o.k. guys, how much do you need to produce a CD and video, and I will provide it for you and we can work out a percentage of the profits?" They don't need to be fat, cigar-chomping (greed helps, though!), but they need to be sincere and need to be THERE. At the moment, they are not.
Indeed to be quite frank, I am not sure these musicians (and the concert which I am the brainchild) would have been on this forum if my focus has not changed from video film to music (as part of ethnographic studies on Hausa popular culture). At the moment I am the only researcher working on the World/Rap of the Hausa in Nigeria. BUT research is not enough to sustain the trade. We need to do something -- so those of you out there who know of indie labels that can take on something like this, let us know and we can get in touch and take it to next level.
One further nice thing about the recent discussion is the true nature of Tibani. I noted of course one correspondent doesn't know it! Not surprsing! It is one of the fast-disappearing delicacies of traditional Hausa cuisine. I was also impressed that Shaba has brought it to contemporary consciousness in a rap form -- this is what GLOCALIZATION is all about -- using the global to empower the local. And while on that I did remember I typeset a book on Kano Traditional Cuisines over ten years ago and still have the file somewhere in my archives as PDF. Anyone interested?
Lakal Kaney are from Niamey -- and naturally the Hausa in Niamey share similar affinities in lexicon to Hausa in Sokoto basin. So yes, they sound pleasantly Sakkwato "mu ta shi mu nemi aiki, aiki za HI zaman banza". In the next round of musical postings, I hope to upload their GHETTO BOY and juxtapose it with Kano Ryders BAN CIN KWANTAN TSIRE which was sampled and based on the Lakal Kaney tune.
Music from Niger Republic generally tend to be quite different from northern Nigeria because of two reasons. First, musicians in Niger are considered ARTISTES and valued; second, they approach music with total professionalization. They follow the rites of understanding music THEORY before composition -- perhaps due to the liberal curriculum they face right from school through Music Education classes, which are noticeably absent in northern Nigerian curriculum, where a "highbrow" association with music is frowned on! I remembered the look of horror from my friends when I purchased a Kalangu in Oyo! Sigh.
So once more thanks to one and all for your wonderful comments -- keep them coming. Sorry for those who could not download, but it is clearly a local problem to the downloader -- as suggested by a successful downloader; but Salisu the Whiz is going to go over the links again to ensure they are smooth.
More samples to come BEFORE the concert, and a full concert report -- although I would prefer that to be given by an Onliner who attends!
Eid Mubarak!
Abdalla
Bakan~GizoQuoteWell, am having difficulties opening/playing the files. Kept getting error messages. Was only able to play/download 24% of two tracks.
Sorry you are having difficulties? Please give me the specific error messages you were getting and with the audio file format you were having the difficulties with.
gogannakaThanks for you response and contribution to this topic?
QuoteSometime back i discussed with Yakubu Isa,(a producer and facilitator of some artists at freedom radio) the idea of using kanoonline to promote these modern artists such that their music can at least be introduced to the world and that their music samples could be downloaded online. He pointed out to me that most of the artists were afraid of piracy and that some of them have been lured into such agreements and it ended up with the internet people getting the money while they get nothing.
This really exemplifies the mediocre and shallow thinking of these people. What does kanoonline get by posting audio samplers?? nobody pays anything to us. In normal situation, they should be the ones to pay us for showcasing them. Also, these people are not even known that much. By posting some of their works on the Internet that creates exposure and thereby could find a way to sell their CDs in the future. Also artist like that do not just make money on the sale of CD?s alone, but on other engagements such as concerts and the like.
I think they should wake up and smell the coffee? years ago I listened to an interview with Bill Gates and when the Interviewer asked that a lot of Microsoft software were being pirated in China. Gates said that they are happy that it is Microsoft products being pirated not the competition and that they will find ways to make money later when everyone must have gotten used to their software?
Quote from: "admin"
? years ago I listened to an interview with Bill Gates and when the Interviewer asked that a lot of Microsoft software were being pirated in China. Gates said that they are happy that it is Microsoft products being pirated not the competition and that they will find ways to make money later when everyone must have gotten used to their software?
That's the spirit!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
There was also this legend about how Bill Gates was inaugurating Microsoft 2000 in china at the time of its genesis, and somewhere some blocks away the same stuff was being sold at a knock down price of between 10 to 20 Yuan!!!, while upstairs,where he was inaugurating it, it was a couple of thousand Yuan !!!! :D :D
Quote from: "amira"wa'alaikumus salam Muhsin, well its all good to hear your back on your feet, Barka da sallah to you too!!!!!! :wink:
Thanks Amira.
Quote from: "admin"Bakan~Gizo
QuoteWell, am having difficulties opening/playing the files. Kept getting error messages. Was only able to play/download 24% of two tracks.
Sorry you are having difficulties? Please give me the specific error messages you were getting and with the audio file format you were having the difficulties with.
"Windows cannot the file. An error was encountered The format was not supported". Something like that. MP3 and Windows Media Player. Could it be that my office had installed a pop-up/file download blocker? :roll:
Quote"Windows cannot the file. An error was encountered The format was not supported". Something like that. MP3 and Windows Media Player. Could it be that my office had installed a pop-up/file download blocker?
Have you encountered this error with all the songs of just some specific songs? If just some songs, which ones? And which format(s)?
It might be that the computer you are using does not have the right audio players and also as you thought, you might have your popup blocker enable.
I will also like you to try to download these files from another computer to see if you are getting the same error.
I suspect a download blocker. All PCs in the office recently went thru system upgrade. In any case the links you posted no longer work ( at least for me). I even tried accessing the audio section of dandali.com direct, but no show. Thanks anyway.
Bakan~GizoQuoteI suspect a download blocker. All PCs in the office recently went thru system upgrade. In any case the links you posted no longer work ( at least for me). I even tried accessing the audio section of dandali.com direct, but no show. Thanks anyway.
WOW... Sorry! I just checked the link again and it is there from here. I think that when they upgraded your computers, they may have implemented some sort of a Proxy Server configuration that seems to be blocking some websites including dandali.com. Please contact your Network Administrator regarding this. Also try to access dandali.com from another computer not from your office and let see...
I didn't read the bulk of what was being posted in here,nonetheless I'd like to add my 2 cents ..
I understand that the contemporary Hausa music scene is trying to incorporate eclectic sounds & sampling to make for the enrichment of the Art,which,by the way I thought is a great notion.However,the idea of ''hausa hip hop/rap'' just doesn't appeal to me.Why? 1. Rap music,unlike other genres of music is NOT just another art medium:It's the manifestation of a kind of evolution of the African American youth.It evolved as the only medium for the Black youth to get heard and I'm not refering to the ''f***k you b***tch '' or ''n*gga this n*gga that '' kind of rap.I'm refering to the Lauryn Hill,Common,Talib Kweli,Mos Def,Nas etc kind of rap.The type of hip-hop that carries a social,political substance & still retain it's fun.In essence,I don't see how one can hop on a horse with little understanding of leash-handling & then expect to make a superb ride,if that makes any sense. It's like swagger-jacking something which one has very little understanding of ..and doing it in a mediocre,tacky fashion!
What makes a great music is :great lyrics,original sound,versatility,the passion/soul with which ones sings/raps,swagger,uniqueness.I dont know if my standards are preposteriously high or that my ears are bad but I don't hear any of the aformentioned in the contemporary hausa songs.I mean like,can't we do better than ''ruwan zuma a cikin zuciya'' bla bla bla??? C'mon..
If the Hausa rappers/singers are trying to appeal to ONLY female teenage audience ,then I'd say they are on thier way to success..As for Dan-Kauye? Give me Shata,Dan Kwairo,Dan Maraya etc anyday..
That said,keep doing ya thing people...kudos for effort! :wink:
Thank you Dan Kauye for your rich and lucid comments. You are perfectly right in your perception of the evolution of rap as a social phenomenon rooted among young, disenfranchised urban African Americans. And as you correctly pointed out, there are many variants of rap -- from the standard, to aggressively sexualised and to gansta rap. At the base core of rap, though, is the poetic matrix that carries with it lyrical power of verbal expression.
And that is PRECISELY what is happening with Hausa rap. The genre itself has leapt from its New York and Los Angeles environment to other climes across the world -- performing the SAME function of social messaging. From the UK to France, Germany, Sweden, Italy and even Russia, rap has emerged as a lyrical soapbox where the malcontents of youth are dischraged. Even "conservative" climes acknowledge the vehicular power of rap -- Lebanon, Iran, Malaysia, etc. In Burma rap was banned, and an underground rap movement was created and shifted to the Internet.
At first it looks odd that rap -- a Black voice medium -- finds a ready niche in a White world. And hence lies its power -- a medium of expression regardless of color.
Now to Kano. In the city alone I know of about 8 rap groups. It is very easy to dismiss them as copycats -- DIY clones of DMX, Jay-Z, etc. But LISTEN to their lyrics, and you can appreciate what Grand Master Flash was all about those centuries when Sugar Hll Gang started out in NY. The Kano rappers -- just like their brethren in Niger Republic -- are inceasingly getting adept at using their poetic license in communicating about social issues. I wish you could listen to Kano Ryders's BAN CIN KWANTAN TSIRE -- a sharp indictment of the disparities in social wealth distribution among urbanites. Absolutely brilliant. And real Old Skool (and I am mired to the East Coast sound!). These kids do not sing to appeal to squealing girls -- they sing to communicate to fellow youngters about the disparities of life; or if it gets too much, make light hearted comments about life in general (DO download Billy Tibani from our Dandali site and give it a go to see what I mean).
Your observation about the love themes of Hausa modern music are perfectly valid. However, I want to point out that there are FOUR types of Hausa modern music.
1. Hausa Soundtrack Music. This is pioneered by Alee Baba Yakasai and his Yamaha PSR series of soft synthesizer. It is the sound you hear in ANY Hausa video film, usually with either Sadi Sidi Sharifai, Mudassir Kassim, or Nura Yakub and Sani Danja on vocals. This is the one you are referrng to about zuma etc. Its motif is fundamentally a love story.
2. Hausa GLOCAL music. Pioneered by Sadi Sidi Sharifai. This relies on Alee Baba's synthesizer to APPROPRIATE music from other national or transnational sources and reproduce them with Hausa lyrics, often with a gambara-like intention. For intance:
Jalof, jalof
Jalof sai da rice
to the tune of
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
(try singing it and you get the picture -- go on, try, no one is listening!!!)
Sadi has done such "treatment" to over 30 songs (which cost me lots of time and money to collect for documentation).
3. Hausa Techno. This is a straightfoward Hausa vocals with a computer music background, usually FruityLoops or Cakewalk Pro. A strong proponent of this is Abdullahi Mighty in Kano, while in Kaduna it is Soultan Abdul. Check out TAKA and AMARYA DA ANGO. And a female entrant, Menne 710.
4. Hausa Rap. Rap as rap is. With the swagger, the chains, the gestures, the fake Nikes and trainers and the attitude. In Hausa language. IN perfect rhymth to a drumbeat (churned by FruityLoops or most commonly, Cakewalk Pro). Exponents are Billy-O, Kano Ryders, K-Boys, Shaba, Nani Yakasai and a host of others.
So as you can see it is not a monolithic mass -- but subtly differentiated. Give it a go and see what you can really think about it.
Shata, Dakwairo, Dan Anace are excellent repertoires of Hausa TRADITIONAL music. I love them. But then I am extremely eclectic, going into World Music while Peter Gabriel was still wearing foxhead customes on stage in Japan and warbling about Lambs laying on broadway.
Arrival of modern music does not eclipse the existence of traditional music -- note how many different genres keep coming up. In London the Royal Albert Hall can play host to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra one night, and the next it is Snap! dishing out Madman Returns! That is why we call our concert (Saturday 28th October) Kukuma Rap -- to keep alive the beauty of kukuma instrument, and at the same time take it to a New World platform. Come along and be part of of the joy of life!
Abdalla
You know Prof, nothing impresses me as to find a person with a depth of knowledge on any topic, no matter how light or weighty. You have tickled my interest in Hausa contemporary musicians and the technicalities of their art, which most of us are apt to readily dismiss bcos of some misconceived prejudgements. I think u really ought to organize a seminar also apart from the night of entertainment that u have planned for all and sundry. It should be interesting.
@ Abdallah..
Ah-kay,I see.I'm somewhat convinced,perhaps I've been way too presumptious.I'll definately give you the benefit of the doubt & throw in some songs in the mix..I'll get back to you after a listen.Thanx.
Have you attended the event? I hope you do if not you really missed a lot.
Muhsin, Dan kauye lives in the United states of Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld ( :lol: ) somewhere between kauyen kauye and kauyen kayayau (from cheatin' steven's billboard, i'm guessing its NYC). So unless his pockets are very deep or bottomless like billy the microsoft kid, i think a little night's entertainment at the BC in kano will be at the bottom of his to do list on that day :D :D.
Quote from: "HUSNAA"Muhsin, Dan kauye lives in the United states of Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld ( :lol: ) somewhere between kauyen kauye and kauyen kayayau (from cheatin' steven's billboard, i'm guessing its NYC). So unless his pockets are very deep or bottomless like billy the microsoft kid, i think a little night's entertainment at the BC in kano will be at the bottom of his to do list on that day :D :D.
Teasing uh? I don't have to say a word since he'll read you. Fadan da babu ruwanka...........right? :roll:
Not teasing....guessing :P
HUSNAA how did you know that dan kauye lives in the United States?
Uh-huh Husnaa ..How did you know that Dee-Kay lives in the states when his location reveals else where?????? Get to explaining..lol..
Quote from: "sdanyaro"HUSNAA how did you know that dan kauye lives in the United States?
Lol by reading his posts on the forum of course....... :)
Quote from: "dan kauye"Uh-huh Husnaa ..How did you know that Dee-Kay lives in the states when his location reveals else where?????? Get to explaining..lol..
Yr location reveals nowhere, but some of yr write ups plaster it all over the screen :lol: :lol: . You and admin have doubly confirmed it. Admin by being curious and u by not outrightly denying it, and both of you by phrasing the que as 'how DID u know?', instead of 'how DO u know?' :P :lol: :lol:
BTW do u live in NYC? at least that's the trickiest part to deduce.
Hehe, Good Observations Husnaa, but me i know where
dan kauye lives and its definitely not in da USA.... :wink: :wink:
Thanks for that info Fateez. Hmm.... I'm not the Sherlock Holmes I think I am then hehehehehe!!! :wink:
Quote from: "Fateez"
Hehe, Good Observations Husnaa, but me i know where
dan kauye lives and its definitely not in da USA.... :wink: :wink:
Fateez tell us. Or you are afraid of him? :roll:
Koba hakaba Husna?
No Ba haka ba, Muhsin. That is confidential information. If u want to know where dan kauye lives, he has to tell himself, not Fateez even if she knows.
One good thing i like about kanoonliners is their style of changing a topic, we were talking about Hausa Rap and now is location finding, abi dis na some trivia game? But if u must know Husnaa, Kauyus doenst live in the states, as a matter of fact yana kauye..lol, i know him very well, he is my close friend, we have been friends "from sands to Snikers" u made quite an impressive observation though which however diverted u to the sea..lol!
Anyways back to ze tofic op magana...lemme say a lil' about rap and its relationship with hausa hip hop and Dee Kays response. I believe that Hausa Rap or rap in hausa can be greatly improved, this is simple and plain, language can not be a barrier to express social feelings in a particular tune. Whut i mean is this, rap music is now versed in thousands of languages just like professor Abdallah said, and having in mind that hip hop is kind of assuming the position of the evolution of music that has the most audience whom majorly are youths, musicians now tend to diverge their music with a little taste of hip hop on it, one may doubt but there is actually rap in Arabic language, there is rap in so many languages worldwide that one can begin to wonder why and how hip hop is taking over because most of this rappers are real good with skills, Senegalese rappers got skills, also the Chinese rappers got skills, and they got talent too.
Relating this with our contemporary hausa language which music style is completely lyrical, with melodious end rhymes in choruses, I believe the hausa language really is an indispensable tool for rap music up north, I know that the quality or lyricism of our artist here in the north is poor due to the rhythm and blue concept of always singing love songs, but that I think its also guided by our religion and cultural practices which forbids gangstarrism, therefore hausa rap artist tend to abhor from explicit and violent content In their lyrics. However, a good artist who really has a good notion on hip hop can ?dry our tears? and cure our said rap songs from only feminine diseased lyrics, a talented artist can actually deliver a hausa rap song with great lyrics, original sound, versatility, swagger and uniqueness. what I mean is he can deliver a song which can carry its social and political substance and I bet you dan kauye that the song will still retain its fun, hausa language is blessed with uncountable rhymes, there is a word for virtually everything in existence. So may be we should just sit back and wait for our ?Neo? to surface and deliver us from some of these crap theyr are producing now...lol
Muda what are feminine diseased lyrics? U sound positively femophobic if there is such a word!!! :shock:
Location finding:Lol!! :P Never mind where Kauyus lives; whereever that is, long life and prosperity to all and sundry. :D :D
Awwww! How I love speculations.Keep riding till the wheels fall off LMFAO!!!!
Quote from: "HUSNAA"Muda what are feminine diseased lyrics? U sound positively femophobic if there is such a word!!! :shock:
Location finding:Lol!! :P Never mind where Kauyus lives; whereever that is, long life and prosperity to all and sundry. :D :D
Lol....well i meant ze ''ruwan zuma a cikin zuciya ta'' bla bla bla??? (Just like noble Dee Kay futs it), u know our music is inpested by it, u only need to listen to Preedom Radiou prequently.
Are you a linguist by chance?
Quote from: "dan kauye"Awwww! How I love speculations.Keep riding till the wheels fall off LMFAO!!!!
Well dont sound so smug about it lol :roll:
I still maintain that even if u are a full citizen of nigeria, u are an expatriate somewhere at the moment. :wink:
Quote from: "Mudacris"Are you a linguist by chance?
No, what makes u think that?
Sometyms ur use of words can be breath-taking!
Quote from: "*~MuDaCriS~*"Sometyms ur use of words can be breath-taking!
take care that u do not get asphyxiated then :D :D :lol: :lol:
Here are the links. Test them and let me know....
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Songs:
http://www.kanoonline.com/mb/index.php?option=com_artistavenue&task=singleCd&id=1&Itemid=31
Musicians:
http://www.kanoonline.com/mb/index.php?option=com_artistavenue&Itemid=31
Downloads:
http://www.kanoonline.com/mb/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=30
Video Clip:
http://www.kanoonline.com/mb/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
Thanks oga admin. The 'new look' kanoonline site look nice.
Has anybody successfully downloaded the concert video?
I did not.But the video plays well in the media player provided in the website.Great work indeed.