Musical Interlude

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Fleetwood Mac - Dreams

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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

Really good stuff. The Zimbos seem to have a natural gift for excellent guitar work.

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Trip down memory lane. When Kwaito was kwaito!!

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First time I ever visited Gauteng 
These types of jams were on heavy rotation on all the FM stations back then...

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This Old School kwaito mix took me through a heck of a workout, I was bringing out my chop di grass moves at the end  .  I'll try it with the second mix and see how that goes.

Ilog Drum by the prolific Kabza de Smalls.  Nice for cruising.

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This Old School kwaito mix took me through a heck of a workout, I was bringing out my chop di grass moves at the end  .  I'll try it with the second mix and see how that goes.

Ilog Drum by the prolific Kabza de Smalls.  Nice for cruising.

Chonjo sana. That beat is infectious. Speaking of moves. I need to learn this one and unleash it with vigour at all those weddings hapa where furious dancing is the norm. Once again the zimbos seem especially talented in this department.

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2000-2010 was an awesome decade man. All these songs take me back to those glory years.

Mzeks' tunes never gets old man

Brown Dash..gone too soon RIP

50-50 Mandoza. I did not know he also died in 2016!  RIP

The Blast- Talib Kweli  and Hi tek. Kweli this song ruled Summer 2000. Reminds me of my graduation and looking forward to life ahead.

Houston manenos...Mike Jones. Reminds me of Tanzanians in Houston and their crazy parties.

Dbanj before he became very famous. Reminds me of drinking very bad wine and Nigerian mamas.

Reminds me of Naija movies and Furahiday nites back then for some reason.

Jamyeakan/Caribbean bashes mems... that's one thing I miss about the USA..crazy diversity everywhere. You meet people from all over the world daily.

2008 was quite a year, man.

What a decade that was.

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Bamboo before he okokad. These one these one these one reminds me of Takeover DJ's and the Annual Kenyan ATL Thanksgiving bashes.

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Mzeks, Spikiri, Mdu, Mawillies etc marked a shift from apartheid era bubble gum to straight up urban kwaito; miros tasting freedom.  Most of the modern stuff like GQOM, Amapiano is just a branch of what these guys created.

I had completely forgotten about Wayne Wonder. 

Talking of Jamaicans, this number reminds of going to parties in Wrigleyville the smell of weed wafting in the air back when it was illegal  .

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Kamo Mphela(Babes latest replacement) and MFR Souls, another recurring theme in recent times.

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Mzeks, Spikiri, Mdu, Mawillies etc marked a shift from apartheid era bubble gum to straight up urban kwaito; miros tasting freedom.  Most of the modern stuff like GQOM, Amapiano is just a branch of what these guys created.

I had completely forgotten about Wayne Wonder. 

Talking of Jamaicans, this number reminds of going to parties in Wrigleyville the smell of weed wafting in the air back when it was illegal  .

Indeed @ raw urban Kwaito. That, mawillies beat, that beat I tells ya! Too thorough. The young'ins of these days don't know what they missed. Nice throwback@ Brick and "Lee-ace". They disappeared from the scene despite a strong showing with this song. This was Cookie's SC nemesis (the golfer in SC..forgot his handle) 's favourite song on rcb Furahiday nights

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Kamo Mphela(Babes latest replacement) and MFR Souls, another recurring theme in recent times.

Very catchy tune. Slim homegirl has dance moves man. Good stuff.

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Magesh 2012 smash

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Dunia ina mambo. Reminds me of my dad's old vinyl record player. The haunting words of this song still apply to date.

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From the Tsotsi (2005) soundtrack.

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Trompies - SIkia hio Ngoma  .
Whoever arranged this song is a genius

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Karish - talk of a gifted storyteller. Funny guy who believe it or not is now and MCA! These songs remind me of the dark days of 2007/2008 when Kwiinya was rocked to its roots. Watching events unfold flom ablod was not fun.

Muthoni kifagio

Sad song. Seems like it was shot on the same day, scene and set as Muthoni Kifagio (to save money)

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Karish is indeed funny.  The guitar work is not shabby either.  I would know, I have tried learning it.

Another blast from the past is Kamaru "Rais wetu alinguruma huko".

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Tabu Ley was among the last of the great Congo generation, when Congo music was Congo music.  It's now struggling for relevance with the flood of so-called Afropop(which can be instantly catchy but also fades just as quickly like used chewing gum).

Tabu Ley - Tempelo

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Karish is indeed funny.  The guitar work is not shabby either.  I would know, I have tried learning it.

Another blast from the past is Kamaru "Rais wetu alinguruma huko".

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Good stuff. Reminds me of those dark dark days. Hearing Shariff Nassir blurt "Wapende wasipende" on the daily news bulletins, Kuria Kanyingi saying " Wacha tuponde mali kama  Moi bado yuko," and the man from Sacho himself saying "Obhosishen, obhosishen gitu gani!" while skulls, limbs and necks were being crushed at Nyayo House. All of them now six feet under. Life is like vapour, man..