Bongo Barbershop - Wild Style & African rapper
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Uploaded by juma4 on Feb 22, 2009
Short film (2005) by Charlie Ahearn, director of the classic movie 'Wild Style', showing hip hop gone full circle. Starring some of the pioneers of hip hop music from the Bronx, including Grandmaster Flash's original partner DJ Easy Mike and Grand Master Caz, as well as Tanzanian hip hop pioneer Balozi a.k.a. Dola Soul from the Deplowmatz.
Balozi wanders into a Bronx barbershop on his pilgrimage to find the real hip-hop. The barber, DJ Easy Mike, calls out Grand Master Caz, who spits a rhyme on how we are in the place of hip-hops origins. Shop sweeper DOA adds vocal percussion to the mix and Balozi Dola rhymes back in his native tongue, Swahili. Bongo is the Swahili expression for brain used in local hip-hop slang.
This short is available as an extra on the 25th Anniversary Edition DVD of Wild Style.
Also check out the documentary 'Hali Halisi - rap as an alternative medium in Tanzania', shot in 1999, featuring interviews with the old school of Tanzanian rappers including Balozi.
Available in three parts on Youtube:
Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYCycR2vfpA
Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE3UiNfQIaw
Part 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8mCZI3IcRM
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cool one
WizKhalifaRap 8 months ago
he should have freestyled in english as well, but all respect!
DaMostEnigmatic 10 months ago
whats good brothers...i posted a video response which is a swahili freestyle. hope you guys like it!!!
KidFlowKilla 1 year ago
They had this in the Bronx museum, with another film by the fantastic romantic 5 mc's I wonder if they have that film here on youtube too ?
SupaStarVideos 1 year ago
vc cantou swahili but not underground swahili hip hop go to fresh g, d-loby swahili underground rap, ww balozi unazingua bangi kajifunze kurap swahili hip hop
hadijabrown 1 year ago
Very nice! I love this. Great video, well done, very artistic!!
renaissancea 2 years ago
dula sooo balozi keep it up
lisally09 2 years ago
dis shit its hell Nice ma country
hassani713 2 years ago
shit was awsome!!!
okellookello 2 years ago
damn it official and l like it, huyo Mbongo anatapaka na mchezo kali. Viva swahili
Msonjo916 2 years ago