K'naan - Troubadour
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Artist: K'naanEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-02-24
Music Label: A&M/Octone
Soundtracks:
- T.I.A. [Explicit]
- ABC's [Explicit]
- Dreamer [Explicit]
- I Come Prepared [Explicit]
- Bang Bang [Explicit]
- If Rap Gets Jealous [Explicit]
- Wavin' Flag
- Somalia [Explicit]
- America [Explicit]
- Fatima
- Fire In Freetown
- Take A Minute [Explicit]
- 15 Minutes Away
- People Like Me
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2010 re-issue now includes three bonus tracks; Does It Really Matter [Explicit], Wavin' Flag (Coca-Colar Celebration Mix) and Wavin' Flag (featuring will.i.am & David Guetta). Born and raised in war-torn Somalia until the age of thirteen, before moving to Harlem, New York and then on to Toronto, Canada, K'Naan is an artist with a story to tell. Troubadour, the rapper's second album features the autobiographical and heartbreaking story of a young love cut short by war, alongside more raucous material such as the rock-influenced "If Rap Gets Jealous", which features Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett. An eclectic body of work, following 2007's The Dusty Foot Philosopher perfectly.After his debut album--The Dusty Foot Philosopher--took Canada by storm and collected a 2006 Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year, the pressure was on for K?Naan?s major label follow-up. Troubadour, in a word, delivers. Lyrically, the Somali ex-pat out-rhymes the majority of his native English-speaking counterparts with a mix of violent personal history and charismatic uplift, the occasional melodic chorus, and a voice that?s fairly compared to Eminem?s but more accurately recalls the upper-register nasality of Pharcyde?s Booty Brown. Pop-leaning cuts like ?Dreamers? and ?15 Minutes Away? duck in and out of instrumentals that borrow from Afrobeat (?Fire in Freetown?), a world/soul sound that hits its apex in the gorgeous ?Wavin? Flag,? and hip-hop?s best use yet of a Bob Marley sample (opener ?T.I.A.?). Recorded at Marley?s legendary Tuff Gong studio in Jamaica, the album gets a heavy dose of collaborative energy from such diverse contributors as Mos Def, Chubb Rock, Maroon 5?s Adam Levine (?Bang Bang?), and Metallica?s Kirk Hammett (?If Rap Gets Jealous?). In a year that has already seen an early girth of really strong rap releases that eschew the superficial violence, misogyny, and inanity of most radio fare, Troubadour stands as a front-runner for Hip-Hop Album of the Year. --Jason Kirk
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