What Puff Daddy told Ngouma...and HOW can soukous grow?

In this thrilling interview clip, Congolese bassist Ngouma Lokito tells the sad story of his meeting with a very blunt and truthful Puff Daddy, who calls attention to a significant cultural problem confronting the progress and potential of Congolese music in America. Not disagreeing with Puff Daddy, Ngouma Lokito goes further, citing some of the crucial, basic challenges that musicians face in his country (Congo, the former Zaire). Can Congolese soukous music thrive and grow? In a touching conclusion to this interview clip, Ngouma Lokito points to the lack of guitars and recording studios and asks the simple plaintive question..."How?"

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Music

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• ngouma
• lokito
• congo
• music
• puff
• daddy
• soukous
• rumba
• martin
• sinnock
• totally
• radio
• zaire

[bigdeee27]

the music is da best,so fuck puff daddy

[jackmarrin]

This music is so good! They are so talented!

[ckmissghana]

This is very true..

[000BIE]

puff is a bitch dat stillz beats . ,he can never conpair tu african muzik

[bellemskey]

Professor Lokito Ngouma is absolutely correct... This is called African time and its very sad... Africans need to wake up and start doing things the right way...We got the music, we've got the rythm, we've got the people... But we need to do things the right way...:-)

[thierrykonde]

yeah ngouma you're right and puff daddy was right as well because congo's people aren't serious they say the show starts at 9pm but when you arrive there they start at 11pm its very bad .

[Shellydelite]

I'm African American and puff daddy can get his thumb out of his ass... if I had the money I would promote and produce the Musicians there and throughout Africa Myself the Congo music is the best music out here the dancers are off the chain,I simply love it... don't worry Africa is rising and so are the many artist that are they much Love My Brotha Your time will come as well as the other talented Brothas and sistahs there throughtout the Motherland

[dogblessamerica]

Yep, we've become so habituated to time-keeping in our working lives that it spills over into the way we spend the rest of our lives... in between scheduled 'events' we go on 'standby' rather than just being in the present!

5 hours late was probably pushing it though!

[ebfisa]

The meaning of time, time, time, is our problem, and its a big reason why we are backwards in Africa. Time is money. The interpretation of time is very mystical that Africans have not been able to harness this aspect, and is costing us alot. My brothers we all should start changing out minds towards the meaning of time.

[mrcurrency]

Vieux oyo a lingi lukuta fort, He is right about the actual subject but he never seen puff in his life, Coco ya lukuta.

[madmadblkman]

true dat!, i went to an alpha blondy show one time in DC, was there from 8.00pm, he didn't show up till few to 1.00 am, then played and hour and half set, very disappointing! african gotta respect the time men!