Musical Interlude

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ALL of these ones remind me of being fresh off the boat in the USA (mid 90s) after high school. My first Spring Break, my first jalopy (a huge deal for a 19 year old!), my first summer, winter,  my first apartment off campus in the Spring semester..name it!  I remember my first day on campus and this pretty African American chick in a drop top Geo (do they still make these cars?  ) was blasting TLC's I've been watching you at full decibel cruising down campus bass and all......

Foxy Brown ruled 1996 with this album, man. Classics tupu from start to end

Big nostalgic tune, 1995

Another big one..hit the charts in 1997

Jalopy cruise music

This one never gets old for me

This one reminds me of ATL sana

This song always reminds me of the last days in Kenya, at Carni, before I left!

Where did the time go bro?

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This one reminds me of tuning in to YFM (SA) online on weekends, for the Kwaito Top Ten around 2013. Pitch black afro's matofo tofo too. Those were the days, man.

and of course our boy Brickz used to rock all speakers with this one..

I am trying to find Ditaba (whether audio or video) by Lebo Mathosa. Cannot find that song anywhere!

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The chick I had a crush on back then (who introduced me to Kwaito in '96) is now a mother of many in Azania sasa hivi!

Biological clock is not to be denied .  There was one I knew who used to bandisha picha of every mundane activity on instagram and then then radio silence.  I later learned she was grappling with twins.

Thanks for the links.  I can see candidates for my spotify library.  You can find Ditaba by Lebo on spotify https://open.spotify.com/search/ditaba%20lebo. 

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The chick I had a crush on back then (who introduced me to Kwaito in '96) is now a mother of many in Azania sasa hivi!

Biological clock is not to be denied .  There was one I knew who used to bandisha picha of every mundane activity on instagram and then then radio silence.  I later learned she was grappling with twins.

Thanks for the links.  I can see candidates for my spotify library.  You can find Ditaba by Lebo on spotify https://open.spotify.com/search/ditaba%20lebo.

he he he he he @ twins.. life has all sorts of crazy twists and turns. Asante but I'm denied on Spotify! They do not allow listens from outside the US. Let me use tunnelbear and see if I can be able to listen to and rip it.  Meanwhile ngamatta another classic from those bygone days...

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https://www.mboxdrive.com/Ditaba%20(128%20kbps).mp3

Managed to rip a copy at long last via tunnelbear. Asante tena!

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Big Fun - Gap band.
It always amazes me how Kenyans ablod spend 99.99% of their waking moments discussing hopeless Kiinyan siasa 24/7
Life is passing folks by shwaaaaa.
Wacha sisi tunjienjoy jiii
By Dec I must summit Kili.
Ni hayo tu

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Zola Don't Cry

2004...Before Loyiso got born again and went 100% Gospel (in 2012)

Those three above remind me of the post apartheid first (honeymoon) decade .

Another song that reminds me of drop topping in ATL. 

R.I.P Tuku. Saturday morning music manenos right here

Houston manenos. Houston is just a terrible city overall, my fren. Whenever I would visit, a day or two was more than enough..needed to get out of that place fast! But the music was good though 

Summer 07 smash. Time seems to move faster the older we get. Pause button iko wapi?
Throw some D's on that

[KenyanPlato]

Smooth

Sema Kizee.. Mambo nii Swaaah hapa

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In the face of Fascism and the dystopia that this world has become here we go

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Smooth

Sema Kizee.. Mambo nii Swaaah hapa

Good stuff Njamba. My favourite Marley jam of all time  is this one ..

Reminds me of a dingy apartment house party I went to in my freshman year where they were smoking ndhom like it was Christmas. Beat up ghetto cars outside. Baafrika students and Jameeyakans live live. When Amerikkka was brand new and exciting to us. You got stoned just by being in the room. And the next day classes and McDees shifts ndizo hizo hizo. Kweli tumetoka mbali.

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I used to be a reggea nut

At midnight most satos I would be at a Brilliant pale parkland karibu na uhunye high school. Some days we would go to KU HARAMBEE HALL. djs those days were oboho..s Akina Lefty, Papa Charlie, Jack Marley, Bongoman..at ku after midnight it was weed hour. I never liked weed I feared losing my mind so I stuck to miraa and beer. I would occasional hit mama Pima on kamiti road hit two pure shots of nubian gin and they take a mathree.. hapo rounda ya roysambu..I had a membership at brilliant..at coast I would hit reggea nights in south coast and dance with silky silky tugals from Europe. On Sundays we would hit toyz and Florida hapo mombasa town and at night we would go pussy chasing at Eastern Bull. Good times

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I used to be a reggea nut

At midnight most satos I would be at a Brilliant pale parkland karibu na uhunye high school. Some days we would go to KU HARAMBEE HALL. djs those days were oboho..s Akina Lefty, Papa Charlie, Jack Marley, Bongoman..at ku after midnight it was weed hour. I never liked weed I feared losing my mind so I stuck to miraa and beer. I would occasional hit mama Pima on kamiti road hit two pure shots of nubian gin and they take a mathree.. hapo rounda ya roysambu..I had a membership at brilliant..at coast I would hit reggea nights in south coast and dance with silky silky tugals from Europe. On Sundays we would hit toyz and Florida hapo mombasa town and at night we would go pussy chasing at Eastern Bull. Good times

he he he he he uliona maisha kweli kweli. I remember you mentioning many years back that you also used to go to makuti roofed Shak-a-tak on Diani Beach road. I remember going there around 2010 Dec only to find tusungus and local ngels dancing vigorously to a furious sweat with the ocean breeze cooling the open dancefloor. Visiting Kwiinya from US during dec hols was fun, man. Kila kitu seemed different and exotic. This song below reminds me of those likizos. South Coast is awesome, man.

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My favourite "Nostalgia for days gone" songs

Ahmad..back in the day

This Don Henley song reminds me sana of (again) summer road trips with buddies

Summer of '69

Makamero na makaboti...

Remind me

Usher version

"If you love someone you better tell them often..because you never know when they will be layin' in a coffin'" ...word!

"Even the gangstas was dancing like New Edition"

'95 clubgoing and housepartying teens, stand up

Time keeps on slippin' away...

Wawesh homesick...used to love this song while in the USA. Life is interesting..Homesick no more! 

[Nefertiti]

I am disappointed RV Pundit has nothing to say about Rhino Kaboom.

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Songs about my favourite cities in the USA

No place like L.A.

South beach, Miami

Chi-raq

ATL

Philly in the Summer

Honolulu hawaii

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Who can forget Apache Indian?

"Number 1 inna de Bombay chaaarts" 

To be young and dumb was fun jameni.

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Smooth,

These good sounds are from back when akatas(and other Americans) were at the top of music still producing things worth listening to.  Very nice.

This one brings long dormant memories to life.

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Biggie Tembo and Bhundu Boys.  Put on a nice pair of earphones to do justice to these guitar geniuses.

Kupedza Muto

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I am disappointed RV Pundit has nothing to say about Rhino Kaboom.

Sad.  I had never heard of him.  Such a young fella.

The Kale musician I liked from way back is Tumbalal Arap Sang.