More breaking of the footballs. This footballs are so flimsy man. I've never seen flimsier photo walls than this one. These are these are made out of drywall. This is drywall photos just need. To blow on them lightly anyway. Pause music. Anyway, Don't look at me like. That new music, man. New music moving swiftly. The. What's going on, everybody? Welcome to episode. What are we doing now? This is 545354. 84 man 805050 what are you?
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Alpha, What's up? Great reach my intro. What was that? Do you want me to reach your intro? I am going to give you a solid 10 out of 10. Whoa. I did all around just. No, that's that's what. That's condescending, what you just did. Wait, wait. No. Oh my. It's condescending. No, no, no, let's believe that it's condescending. It's condescending and that. AFAM is no longer the what did I say in the intro? He's no longer that.
He's just AFAM now. I didn't mean it to be that OK, Genuinely, I was, I, I actually, I was just going to give it the 10 out of 10. Genuinely, I can't even say what else I was going to give it is. Cap as cap BMI. Oh, man, that's a music joke. This is you. You know what? I'm turning this on you. This is you turning the audience against me. Sam, I I see what you're doing. You're you're weaponizing your audience. You're weaponizing the fanbase.
Wow. Thank you, Sam. Do you guys see what's happening here? Do you see the gas lighting that's happening? Can you just? Tell the fanbase how you're doing. They're not. They're not here for all this runs you're doing. I I'm doing fine. Yeah, thanks for asking. First, I'd like to start this speech about my. Why you so saucy by? Just saying what it's. Saucy. I don't like it. That used to be my tag anyway. No genuinely I'm doing fine. This week has flown by but been super creative.
I'm working on a bunch of projects, music projects for sure. So you know, that's been keeping me going. So that's just what I have really indulged myself. In making music last week, you said you weren't into doing much of that. I, I know it's, you see, it's just a, it's a, it's a yo-yo
like of emotions. Like I was going through a bit of a, I was going to like a bit of a identity crisis where, you know, I feel like I'm interested in so many different things and just going through so many different like paths. But I all, I forget that like what brought me into like this music space was like production, you know, that's, that's, that's who I am. I'm a, I'm a producer, you know, I had to remember that. Like that's, you know, despite, OK. Like I love, like, I love this
podcast and stuff. Like I love managing the artists that I manage. But like, I am a music producer and I, and I was like, I need to get back to basics. This is what I'm here for. This is, this is what I've been, this is what I'm passionate about music production. And so, yeah, I, I, I decided, you know, I'm going to like, really, really go hard on the music production aspect of things. And that's been going great. How was your week? I'm doing, how am I doing?
But Speaking of confused, I've also been this week, I've been, I think I've, I've realized that I'm doing entirely too much in terms of production. Like I've been making, I've been working at least trying to be creative, but then my, my creativity has been going in so many different directions.
And it's, it's like in just terms of the beats, one of the things I like to pride myself on and not in a proud, full, boastful way, but one of the things I pride myself on is I'm, I'm able to do different genres rather decently, I guess. But now how I've, I guess I've been trained since I started is I didn't focus specifically on one like genre and beat it down
to its death. Like I'd do an Afrobeat instrumental or beat one today and then like right, right after that I'm jumping into like hardcore EDM and then after that I'm going into like lofi music. So that's, that's beneficial because I'm able to tap into so many different energies and many different, different energies, different sounds and, and you know, zones and spaces. But then the problem with that is I just get very disillusioned in terms of what, which
direction to go in my release. So that's what I've been bugged about this whole week. It's just, I have just, I have so much music sitting around that in so many different camps, it's hard to figure out how to move forward. And I think there's a lot of artists who struggle with that too. So I don't know. I can't figure out. Trying to figure out how how to
go about that. It's all about figuring out how to harness that because I get it man, like you, but you have to harness that like that chaos in some way and like direct it and get it for. Sure. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, The the, the, the, I guess the the problem comes in because I feel like I feel like being multi genre is is like a superpower.
So I feel like if I stick to one, if I stick to here, if I stick to one genre, I feel like I'm, I'm giving up a lot of my, myself if it feels like this kryptonite in front of me. But I guess it all it all boils down to discipline. Yes. Boils down to discipline. So yeah, that's that's been that. Apart from that, I mean, I've been following what's been going on in the country still. Yeah, things are things are.
I don't say things are mellowing out, but it's it's just doesn't seem to be as heated as it was the past couple of weeks now. But. Things are still going on. Things aren't mellowed out. It's just that their tactics, are they, they've been by day, I mean the enemy, they've been really implementing their tactics. And it was felt a lot like on on Tuesday when they when they infiltrated the peaceful protests with all their goons
and everything. And, you know, it's just leaving such a bad taste in people's mouths because, like, it's really, like, hijacked what the protest was about initially. And these tactics of theirs have made, like, our generation have to kind of like, OK, let's pivot and let's figure out different ways of protest. That's why things feel like they've mellowed out, but they haven't. I feel like in people's hearts, in people's minds as at the core of it all is still the primary focus.
Yeah. The fight is still on. So yeah. And yeah, I mean, not that we're here. Like that's how Tuesday went. And it's just disappointing, man, that like our own government can pay goons to, like, destroy the their own city. Like it was like, think about how ridiculous that is. It's, it's, it's crazy. It was funny seeing and again, I, I don't know if it's true, but then it just the, the thought of it, it's funny seeing the goons coming out saying we've not been paid like.
Yeah, I saw that as well man bro like pay your own. Goons like what to pay your goons? Pay your goons at least. At least give them the money if they're going to destroy the anyway. Me, if I'm me, if I'm a goon, I'm taking that money. Are you suing? Can you sue? If you're a goon? Would you sue? You can't. But you take you take that money and then you just don't do anything like this agreed to be paid. It's like, you know how they usually pay people like during election they'll be like.
Yeah, or they'll give me. 1000 vote. I'll take that money. Give me 2000 the way. Yeah, give me the 1000 vote. But I'll still vote the way I want to vote. You know what I mean? Free money. So unfortunately that's what happened on Tuesday. Thursday was also very muted. But I think the biggest like success is was today when we record this podcast, which is Sun. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
And obviously, you know, like it was planned, it was always planned that today would be the day in which they we did the the Shujaz Memorial concert, which was always meant to honour the Kenyans who were killed during the protests. And, you know, it's been it's been difficult like, because I feel like I've just been seeing a lot of funerals and stuff like that for the people who've died. And it's sad. But ultimately these are these are people who died for the
country. These are the true Shujas for real. And so, yeah, seeing that, seeing, seeing the concerts. Go ahead in the Hulu park. Memorial concert. That's Sunday. Yeah, it's today. Yeah, that that's today. Like that's what happened today. And today's Wednesday. No, today's Sunday. No, today's Wednesday. Why are you doing this? OK, OK. Actually, it's happening. We're breaking the 4th wall. We're breaking the 4th wall. So when we do this podcast, do
we require is this podcast on? When is this are we talking of like? Wednesday when we're recording, when we're recording, it's both, it's both. It's whatever you want it to be. Anyway, she just, yeah, shout out to the there's a big shout out to the artist who came out. I mean some of the the likes of of of and it's good to see some of our like our, our goats. Yes, two of the goats were there Calligraph Jones and BN. We have Fenna, nameless Octopiz.
Also, you don't think nameless is a is a good? You said two or no good. The the term goat is kind of now it's it's been. No, no, no, no, actually like interesting. Some just said I'm sorry some. Are stitching you think that? No, I am stitching you up. You said there are two goats on this list. So are you saying so you're either saying calligraph BN nameless or Octopus or one of them or Eric Y Niner. So Oh my. So you don't think Eric Y Niner is a good? Oh wow, Sam.
Actually meant M singer. I meant M Singer. No, I'm talking about. Remember when you had the conversation about about about the The Who is the the GOAT? Like we we had put calligraph bien and and Nyashinski. So that's why I'm saying 2 two of them. That's what I'm talking about. Anyway, we had we had nameless was there octopizo charisma. I'm going to break the 4th wall again, but it's raining. So if you guys hear rain in the background, my bad. Juliani raining by Wednesday.
No, it's not. It's raining on. It is raining on the day we recorded it. Ericoinaina Sarabi Band Graffiti Mutoria Was there. DJ Double Trouble? Not to be confused with DJ Triple Trouble Field Marshall's band Jerry, which is really interesting. DJ Lord. Lord Do. How do you pronounce that Lord the box MC Is that actually how you say it? I don't know why. I said. That I don't know why you do that either.
I think it's Punjab and MC Jorah, you had mentioned like it's really interesting seeing MCS as performers. Why? Why is that an interesting thing to you? This is just a breaking the 4th war, I said because I mentioned about seeing MCS prior to the US recording the podcast. So this whole podcast is just breaking the 4th I'm. So sorry. Like we're human beings, bro. Like it's, it's, we'll have,
we'll have more. Future because people listen people listening to this are like wait what did afam say that I. Didn't I? Didn't. Oh, my bad. Yeah. So you were having a conversation before. Oh, this is horrible. This is so bad. Anyway, shout out to everyone who came out and performed. It would have been really good to go for that on Sunday Salve. I'm so sorry. Continue OK, no, but you know, like honestly, shout out to all
these people. I'm really happy when Jerry though, like Jerry is really like. Just like she's climbing up, yeah. She's climbing up the ladder and that's, it's really good to see, man. I feel like for me it's like, yeah, mutorial as well. I feel like that song OTD is like that's the catalyst that just like put everything in motion. Fire. Yeah, so Charlotte in July, obviously Charisma had to be there. Charisma has been one of the most outspoken artists like during this period.
And obviously BN, Calligraph Jones, you know, Fenna, Nameless, those are names which actually I've also been very vocal to be honest. It will have been good to see. It will be good to see S to Seoul up there like this will be. This will be a good one for them to come together, right? We saw, we saw BN, we saw BN. I'm saying together if I see like all three, only if I see BN, it's enough of it. You see? You see all of them. OK, Yeah, it's all right, man.
But yeah, no, this is really. Good, that sounds mean. Sorry, I'm joking. This is no, no, I mean, this is really cool. It's cool to see our artists come out and support. I do think that they, I mean, I wish there were more names, but I do understand maybe short notice and there's a lot that goes into planning this kind of things individually as if you're treating yourself as a business.
So but it would be cool to see like a lot more names on their names who have been outspoken about not just now, but then like in previous times about the government and all that business. But anyway, hey, we can't we can't just say, you know, we want more. This is like really, it's a really good thing that happens, so, and they made it free too, so.
So, yeah, and, and, and obviously the, the main, the main, main point of it all, to memorialize the people who lost their lives, unfortunately, you know, may they rest in peace. And yeah, that's, that's just the most important part. But that's just seeing the videos. I saw them playing like unboggable and like everybody in the crowd singing it. And I'm just like unboggable. I I think, bro, it's safe to say that's like one of Kenya's biggest songs ever. It's in the top three.
And it's not three, like in terms of country music. Yeah, and it's not 3. Like that song is so impactful. All these years later, it's still so entrenched in Kenyan culture. We played it last week and I I noticed this. Yeah, this is just a, this is a side like production technical talk. But I noticed it's in mono. Like I've not had unbolgable in stereo. I don't really exist anywhere in stereo except probably the producers.
What do you call it on DSPS? It's in mono and that was that was I was really confused about that. But anyway, anyway, petition to replace it with the stereo version, please. Thank you. All right. Yeah. So, so I guess, you know, we can, I think we can, we can, we can talk about a few. So, you know, this past few weeks we've, we've really been hyper focused and the whole country has been on what's been happening, you know, with our politics, so much so that nothing has been moving.
People have barely been releasing music and stuff like that. But I've noticed this week people have been releasing a little bit more music. There's, there's a little bit, there's a little bit more conversation outside of what's happening, which is not to say that the main focus isn't still to like get these politicians out of here. But you know, life continues.
Life does continue. So one thing, one thing, one thing that just happened this past few weeks that we, we really didn't even, we didn't even have the time to like talk about it was camp. Did you see the news with camp recently? Some more news with camp. Yeah. So I mean, you can enjoy it, but basically it's the dance still continues. I guess with these guys it does. The dance is ever going to stop. So I don't think so. So because there's so much money out of our money that's involved.
So we, we talked about Camp in the last podcast we had that was focused on music. We talked about them holding they held like a press conference where they awarded like BN with with money and stuff like that. So Camp apparently have been granted permission by the High Court to continue its operations. Obviously we've reported about how Kobo granted POV Risk the sole right to collect royalties as the sole CMO in the country, and they gave them a contract for a year to do so.
Camp said. Nah, bro, listen, run that back. That shit's that's just not right. It's not right Michael, it's not right. Anybody who watches F1 will understand what I mean. So essentially for so this follows the decision to challenge Kobo's move to license a single CMO.
So we, so this is a quote by, I want to say Angela Dambuki, where she says we are pleased to announce that on 24th June 2024, Camp obtained a stay against the irregular and unlawful decision by Kobo licensing the POV risk formerly known as Prisk as their sole CMO. So essentially I'm just going to like summarize, they are essentially claiming that Kobo choosing to license Prisk as the sole CMO is actually unlawful. And it's, it's, it's, it was, it was not, what's the word?
It wasn't done with like. It wasn't above board, essentially. And people feel like, yeah, people feel like it's just a ploy to kind of like eat more of the money and stuff like that. Because like we said, an audit was done for Prisk and it was found to be the CMO that distributed the least money in 2023. So there's definitely issues there some how do you feel about like camp, like fighting back? I feel like camp, I think camp have some really good points like in their argument you, how
do you feel about it? Yeah. If we're talking about argument, yes, they in the recent past have I mean, and I've seen support for camp from some people in the industry that we would consider a little bit more knowledgeable rather than and I've not seen much support to the other two, Pavrisk and MCSK. But in all honesty, I do feel like artists at this point, we should I, I, I love what the parallel. I would like to make a parallel with what's happening in like the country, like artists.
We, we, we should all seriously band together and try and figure this out now. We should I mean, I need to occupy one of these places at some point because. Some, some. You're speaking the language right now. This is ridiculous. Yeah. It's what we're doing currently in the country is amazing because we've seen how how just banding together and demanding for what should be to happen from the people who've entrusted this too. We need to do that in the music industry.
We need to take these guys to task the days of MCSK paying out 12 shillings for the whole year or 100 shillings 1200 for the whole year when we know that that isn't right. Like it, if we let that keep going on, it's just on us. So this whole thing with with Kekobo and them saying, OK, do this person can have the licenses and they take it back. No, you can't have it. Let's give it to this other
guys. And then now this other guys come and complain like this whole thing, this shouldn't be how how our royalty collection is run. This shouldn't be how the music industry, this shouldn't be the reputation of the Kenyan music industry. But unfortunately that's all we see except now the little pockets of people who are doing distribution with other, other companies and mostly companies from outside, not companies from within Kenya, right? So we do need to do that.
I think, I think I, I would really honestly charge the people who and we might need to follow the, the blueprints too. Like everyone just needs to band together in no matter what happens. And we've seen, we've seen other industries do this, like even the, the, the medics, like, you know, they, they do the interns and everything like going on strike. Honestly, Sam, there is so much money being finessed. We did the math, bro, in that
one podcast. There's so much, the, the only reason they're fighting tooth and nail for this whole CMO thing is because there's just so much money that that's owed to us creatives and artists that bro, we just can't sit by and watch them, like watch them like this. Clamour for it. Yeah, while we are getting like, drops, yeah, man. Like artists, producers, whoever
you are. Like we really need to start banding together and purposefully working to ensure that the music industry works how it's. Supposed to work, Sam. It's so embarrassing that the international community is even taking note of the mess that's going on with our CMOS because listen, recently the the CEO of IFPI actually issued a statement over what's happening with our CMO like Saga and I'm reading now in a joint statement issued
by IFPICEO. So basically IFPI are the guys who you know, the guys who usually do the yearly report over what's. Around them, yeah. Yeah, like they give all the statistics what is, is streaming still the biggest like way music is being confirmed, IFPI have all the data about that. So they're really a good data source of what's happening in the music industry. So anyway, so in a joint statement issued by IFPICEO, Victoria Oakley and Sizak Director General Gadi Oron, I
hope I've pronounced that well. The two organizations asked Kekobo to reconsider its decision to award a license to PAV Risk to collectively manage performance and broadcast rights as a single window licensor in the country. The statement continues. In order to protect and ensure the future sustainability of the music sector in Kenya, we urge Kakobo to reconsider its decision.
With its rich musical heritage and abundance of diverse and talented artists, Kenya is one of the leading music markets in sub-Saharan Africa, the fastest growing recorded music region in the world. A well functioning and efficient CM collected collective management system that effectively manages the rights of music creators and producers and act actively no and accurately distributes revenues to them is fundamental to its continued growth and success.
Essentially, they're in line with what Camp is raising in terms of the concerns about what's happening with this whole risk and POV risk thing. Yeah, essentially they're also just kind of agreeing that this whole pub risk thing looks sketchy. And listen, if, if, if, if, if I have one thing on their side is data they have. They know how much money these guys are eating. They know how much money should be distributed to our artists.
And so for them to come out of the statement, it, it holds a lot of weight. In fact, I would, I wish we could talk to the CEO just to find out like the real numbers because Sam, that's always been one of my biggest like concerns is that no matter what they tell us, if they tell us that, remember we came up with a calculation and, and we, we calculated that it's about 530 million like Kenya shillings to be collected this year. Like, but even that might not be
an accurate figure like number. Yeah. So I'd I'd really want to know like what's objectively like supposed to be collected in Kenya so we know to the extent of which these people are stealing from us. So. Once, like if we get that information and put that out to the people, yeah, If that doesn't get people going, then I don't know what will at this point. We need to organize. We actually need to organize a protest against this, this, this CMOS. No, I'm more.
Protests no more protest era. While the spirit, yeah, while the spirit of protesting is still within a of protesting, yeah, for real, because. Bro anyway bro a protest not OK. There isn't protest now. Peaceful, of course. Yeah, a revolt, I guess in the music industry is long overdue. Like it's long overdue. We should have been doing this for a while now because this is ridiculous and how they're that
it's been treated. And like I said, for the international people to to notice that because now if IFPI noticed that and then now all the other, all the countries that are sort of tapped into what IFPI is doing and they look at Kenya's, they mess happened in Kenya. It's going to deter a lot of people from wanting to invest in Kenyan music. It might deter a lot of labels from asking the artists to come and sort of collaborate with African artists. So it does this.
We report on we report on this a couple of a couple of times and it might seem very trivial, like OK, they're just infighting. But it has a lot of implications in the grand. Like if you look at it on a wider scale, you look at the bigger picture, there's a lot of implications of us of the turmoil and just the indecisive nature and the weirdness going on with just royalty collection and just how music is being
administrated in the country. So we definitely need to get on track because it's I think it's it's a it's an important part of the Kenyan music industry gets get into that next level growing. So yeah, sad that we keep talking about this though. Sad. Really annoying. Speaking of, Speaking of the US getting to, Speaking of us getting to the next level, Sam. Yeah. When are we going to have a Kenyan artist like at the BT Awards? When see I can't really say what I want to say.
Let me see if this is like an PC. That says everything. That was that was going to come out. That was that was you almost got me there. You almost you almost got me. Put me in trouble. Don't blame me. No, I mean, that would be great to see, right? That would be great to see, Yeah. The last, what was the last, actually, we need to do some research. That was don't I don't tell me the last people we had on BT was Kampala, because that would be really. Some I will.
I will cry. I will, no. Maybe somewhere there, maybe, I don't know. But if it's Kampala Sam, I will break down in tears. On my knees right now yeah. So I hope I hope we have a name like I'm pretty sure Saudis. So what there sometime maybe hopefully praying. But yes, I, I, I think, I think we're getting there. I think we have a few names that will potentially. Might still have a way to get us on that, if I'm being honest, but but it's doable. It's doable in the foreseeable future.
I see it, I see it. There has to be a lot of work done. I don't sound like a like a it's. It's it's def. Pessimistic, but it's doable. No, no, it's definitely doable. So basically, Sam, did you, did you pay attention to the BT
Awards that happened last week? I paid attention to it, but I didn't, I, I didn't give I, it was it, my attention wasn't specifically on the BT Awards. It was just more about the talk around it. So I guess I, I probably should have done a little bit more research, but then it was more about the talk around it, you know, the tribute to Usher and just the nature of how the whole thing went down, the apparent lack of male performance performances. But yeah. To be honest, to be honest not.
What you're talking about? To be honest, I'm, I'm not really too into like the BT awards anymore. I, I feel like there was a time in my life when the BT Awards held such a big part of my, my just even what my identity as a human being. Like if I didn't watch the BT Awards, who are my but nowadays I don't feel that anymore. But anyway, I I want to say they, you know, yeah, they but but they did acknowledge a few African artists.
And this year three African artists were notably won awards, the artist in question being Tyler Thames and Mahadzi. So obviously Tyler, bro, Tyler is getting the push of a lifetime. Like so Tyler. Yeah, yeah, bro. She she better have some shit in the talk though, like for this second album that I'm sure she's working on and thinking about. Right now, her sophomore album has to it really she can't she can't hit us with a sophomore slump. The the music industry does not
care. It's. Brutal. I I can really just be working on. Some anxiety. She has some. Proper music she needs. She needs another water. But that's the thing though, you can't make a delicious hit, though. You can't get another water. You can't make another water. That's the problem with being an artist. Like people think it's just like, oh, just make another water and you'll be fine. How you can't. And then the, the, the, the, the biggest crossroad is like, OK,
I, I need to also evolve. But evolving sometimes alienates your core fan base. So like even that's what's kind of happening with the Remmer right now. Although I must say, me, I'm a fan. Me, I'm a fan of what you're doing. I stepped away from that poppy sound. Like Duck, I like that stuff. It's good. It's different. Villain before her eyes. But but some, there's a lot of people who don't like the direction that Rama is going on. And that's the that's the fear.
And for Tyler, Tyler can't because she's very new. So she can't do what Rama is doing. Grandma has had like five years to establish himself. Tyler has only had one year. So it's and it's it's hard, but like and it's hard. And then when she releases her project, everyone is like like, oh, all the songs sound the same and stuff like this. It's like, what do you even do, man? It's anyway this?
Is some of the pains that a new artist have to has has to has to face like hey, you came into the game this figure it out. She's she's still relatively new, even though she's kind of been doing music for a while, she's still relatively new. So let's give her time, man. That's that's not true. But shout out to her man. Congratulations, she won.
So she won, yeah, she she won best international act over Asha K, Ira, star vocalistic Aya Nakamura, BK Cleoso, Carol Conquer Ray and even Ray. She beat Ray and Tiakola. Bro and song could do so much for you. It can change your life. Literally the viewer's choice. Best new international act went to Mahadzi who beat Tyler, ICU, Shay vibes, Bella, Crystal Duques, Holly Ji, Jungali and Oram. I really need to get more into
like reggaeton and stuff. And then the other African winner was Thames who I believe won gave me. OK, well first best new artist went to Tyler. That's huge because she beat out 41 four bats Ira star boss Mandino Friday, October London and sexy Red. Sexy Red must have been fuming, especially considering Sexy Red perform and she must have been like what? Everyone you're going to make me perform and then yeah, everyone expected. But I would have given it to
Friday though. I know that's controversial, but given Friday that. I haven't had, I haven't heard much about Friday ever since the whole thing with. Oh, I have, I have. I like I like his music, so I've been following him. Yeah, but to us on that list, but to us mainstreamers, like we don't see him on our like, because I can't say I'm a Friday fan. I'm just a casual. Like we don't get, we don't see him on our, like he doesn't pop up on our timelines.
Yeah, Tyler does a lot. And sexy red but sexy red must be fuming. But shout out to Tyler. So Tyler won two so far. So there was also the Doctor Bobby Jones best gospel slash inspirational awards and terms one with her song Me and you bro. She beat out people like Kirk Franklin and CeCe Winans Franklin. First of all, was was was nominated twice and he and she still beat him. This is some heavy heaters that she she beat out. So shout out to Thames. Let's see.
And the other is there another one? Oh, this is cap. I'm sorry, this isn't really like music, but listen, best movie went to Bob Marley for one love listen. I love Bob Marley as much as the next person, and I watched that movie, but that movie. Was the new one best movie? The. New the latest Bob Marley movie. I'm so sorry. That I've seen so many of them. That I'm sorry bro. It won over Spider Man, Across the spider, Vice the spider. Vice, I'm sorry. See, see, see, that's see.
That's wild. Now we need to, we need to stop that. I'm sorry, that's blasphemous. It wasn't, bro. I'm sorry. I listen. I love Bob Marley as much as the next person, but like, that movie was that movie was. Over the scoping, please. Are you afraid? You're afraid they're going to do something to you. They're going to try to cancel me, man, because I have dreads, man. They're going to be like, brah, cut those dreads. Hey, they're Rastas. They're Rastas. Oh, they are Rastas.
Sorry, we were told not to call them dreads. How? Am I collecting you and I don't have any? Those are the African winners of. Those are the African winners of from BET. Next time we want to see names like BN. What's the Kenyan name, man? Want to see Bien? Want to see Caroon? You want to see Alpha Mephena? You know, I don't know. Don't mean I'm just throwing names out there, you know? Just. Yeah, you know. Just part of it, Yeah. I mean, I mean, let's do music,
man. And I I I wish that for you, my guy. I wish that for you, my friend. I wish nothing but the best for you. What did Adele say? Never mind. I'll find Someone Like You. I found out something. But the best? I just want to tell you guys I found out some very interesting information about Adele. But anyway. I'm not ashamed to say it. I'm not ashamed to say it though. I won't say it though. But I'm not ashamed to say it, no. No, it's OK. It's OK. It's. Cool. I'm standing on.
I'm standing on business. I'm standing on my square. You can knock me out of that square. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Standing on it. The last thing we should talk about before music, before music, before the last thing I saw blankets and wine was was was postponed. So it was, yeah, it was supposed to happen this Sunday. But obviously they said that they weren't sure because of security concerns and some roads would be closed here and then stuff like that.
So it looks like it's been pushed to the 28th of July. So I mean that's not too that's three weeks from now. So that's not too bad. So I'm sure all ticket holders. Are just some more time to. Prepare appointed. It does. I think it's OK. I think yeah, I think this Saturday I think is not bad. Let me see who do you know who was scheduled to be on this week on this? On the line up.
This month, yeah, the line up. On the blankets line up, line up Yeah, I can see we have Yaba, Sun IP, because that's Sun IP. Tandy, where is she? It's kind of been disappearing. Nikita Kerring, we have Dagos, yeah, Bensol something Soweto from South Africa. I wonder if he's from Soweto. I mean that's just and then we have Savara and I'm sure there's going to be like other like I don't say smaller to minimize them, but then so. This and this and this and this and. Line up so.
This and line up. This and line up man yeah, so. Listen, you, I'm not seeing how many fam when I look at this line up. So when I look at these line ups, I don't see so many hip hop acts. That's like a thing like we don't have a lot of hip hop acts. It's just a lot of Afro beats, yeah. But hip hop isn't like big big like. That it's not yeah, we need to have that composition at some point because. It's only niche. It's very niche. Like to like specific audiences, Yeah.
Back then hip hop used to be really cool, like it was the Tanzania and Kenya, like there's some good hip hop coming out. But then now it's just it's so quiet. I mean, someone needs to start a riot. Someone needs to Kendrick Kendrick the game and start a riot in the Kenyan hip hop scene. You can do that. Some you can do be the.
Producer who sparks you have actually thought about that I've actually thought in fact this is this is embarrassing, but I've actually D I've deemed a couple of artists with that specific angle like listen the Kenyan game yeah the Kenyan game needs to be needs to be turned upside its head. Sadly, I don't think they are the. People who would deliver that message really well would be Kanakili Hippie. Yeah, but it needs to be like a,
it needs to be like a spark. It needs to be a, a, a very big kerfuffle, like a, like a talked about thing where artists stop jumping into, Yeah, artists stop jumping into, into, into. No, let me. Let me drop some buzz. I know who I target, but I wouldn't say I know who I would. Target on the podcast. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I can't give everybody all myself. It's keeping information. Another way in music you are. Complaining about gatekeeping and here you are gatekeeping.
More breaking of the four musics. These four walls are so flimsy man. I've never seen flimsier 4 walls than this one. These are. These are made out of drywall. This is drywall. Photos just need to just need to blow. On them lightly, anyway. Oh, that pause music. Anyway, don't look at me like. That new music, man, New music moving there's. Been a lot of music. That has come out there. Yeah. There's been a lot of music. Of course, we're still in the era of the protest, protest era.
So there's a lot of music that's very protest based, protest themed. We have I don't, I, I, if you, if you, if I miss out a couple, please put them. I want to put those ones in the spotlight 1st and then we get into the rest. Whip Zazakayo by It's Deco and fancy fingers, of course. Zakah is the nickname of Yeah, let's see Freedom by Yani again based around that theme we do have. Willie Paul has a song in that also. It's just a special outside.
I like it when the younger, the younger artists chime in on their opinion, which is really cool. I've I've seen some really creative. There are people who are doing creative things out there with just the whole the whole protest music. But that's cool. Yeah. But apart from that, we have a couple of drops Brooklyn boys released into that. Let's see, Let's see. Let's see, Let's see, let's see, let's see. He's going to run through them quick. Parotti Tiami official banner with Tiba.
We have all with Sam Anami. Feel free to chime in whenever you can. I'm, I'm, I'm just going through the long, long. Method you're going through everything. OK, so for me, I listen to to Chase by zero, Sufuri YBW Smith and Sean MMG. That's that classic classic urban tone sound. I'm also listening to Tajirisha Make yourself very rich or actually I think they were saying that make this girl very rich. Anyway sound craft spoiler and tipsy G shout out to them. More urban tone for your head
top. There was also killer Siku by master VK and Iano ranking. There was Samanami by Ori. Shout out to Ori, I think she's new ish so shout out to her. There was Zakayo Shuka by Master VK making the total number of songs that came out this week with the name Zakayo in them too. There was Why you rude by blocker beats Hiribai and Jiggy Yo. I'm always down to listen to some Hiribai production. Man Hiribai has been a staple since EA Wave. Oh my God, when's the last time somebody said?
SoundCloud days. Legendary, Legendary, legendary. Yeah. For me, that's kind of all I listen to this week. It's good to see people are starting to release more music, though. Yeah. I mean, it's not much, but then it's something. Yeah, it's something. It's something. Outside now.
For me, bro, I think the song that I'd like to highlight this week just also because it's still within the themes of what everybody's thinking about right now, would be to Mechoka by Keithan. Because actually, genuinely, we're tired. We are very tired with this current regime in government. And I like, I like Keithan's. I like Keithan's. I like his approach. I like his creativity. He obviously posted that video of him making the beat with the instrument and stuff like that.
Shout out to him. Yeah. Yeah. Sam, did you? What did you think of the song? It's cool. It's cool. I mean, we're definitely tired to me, Chaka. We're also tired getting to my wit end with all this Kobo drama to me, Chaka. Yeah, but that's someone needs to make a different song for that. Yeah, it's cool. Kitan is obviously a he has a lot of support and he's a well loved artist so it's it's good to see.
Oh he's well loved. I went through the comments and everybody was just like in support. So shout out to Kitan. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. He's built. I think he's built. He's built his people, which is really good to do as an artist. So shout out to him for doing that. Yeah. So this is Kitan with Tumay Choka I. That was Keithan with Tummy Choka again, very, very good to hear some music about what we're dealing with. And yeah, I'm sure there's going to be more continuing.
But then as people keep releasing music, yeah, it's I want to see artists back outside, man. I know it's, I'm not trying to minimize what's going on, but I'd just like to see more artists get, get back outside and, and let's, let's, let's, let's keep going and working on music, trying to release, getting better, aiming for our collective goal as the music industry in Kenya is to get a BT award. I don't know if this is the bad thing to say. No, it's not a.
Collective goal. It's just it's. Part. It's part and parcel of that. It's part of it, OK? I'm sorry. I'm sorry. But like, it's not, it's not the main goal. Our main goal is world domination, Sam. Everybody needs to be singing. Of course. Oh, come on. Yeah, yeah. March into our. Domination. Yes man. Anyway. Anyway, shout out to you guys as always for listening to this fantastic podcast about the music industry in the East African country called Kenya.
That was episode 84, Man of the 30% podcast. We've been doing this for a while, Sam. I feel like I feel like, is that 84 now? 5. This is 84. This is 84100%. Don't, don't, Don't put your spirit of doubt into my soul, Sam. Anyway that. Sounds so serious, I just tried to. Yeah, because you made me doubt myself. Of doubt. Yeah, what did you make me doubt? Myself, I'm so sorry. I believe in you bro, believe in
you. Speaking of believing in me, I also believe in you guys listening to this podcast, and I know I haven't done this in a while, but I want to regale you guys with my three CS, which I usually push at the end of the podcast. And those are the first one is confidence. Guys. I need you guys to be confident in your art. Like I know we're coming out of a very difficult period.
I'm in the country and you know, confidence has been at a all time low and when it comes to like all these other like creative aspects, but I feel like people are are slowly getting that confidence to like get back into things and get into the swing of like creating. So be confidence, please be confident, please consistency. You all need to be consistent. Now I understand with what's been happening music wise, like it was hard to be consistent, especially when your mind is
thinking about other things. But in general I'd love you guys to just be consistent because you never know, you might release music at the right time and only because you've been consistent with releasing music. One person who showed me that consistency's keys like Sabi Wu. You know, like Sabi Wu is somebody who's consistently making music and you'd for him, like I've seen people releasing like music that's protest based, like like now for example. And that's fine and that's fine.
But you see, because Sabi Wu is always recording music and he's always ready. Like that's why he released that song like instantly. And for him, like it's done wonders, like just being there at the right time. So shout out to Sabi Wu, shout out to him being consistent and always work on your craft. I need you guys to every day at
least do something small. Even if it's something that takes 5 minutes, just do it. If you want to watch like brah, I was telling some before the podcast I watched a tutorial that literally changed my production. Like just because I even if you you've been making music for a while, always be open to watching a tutorial, learning something new because you can learn something so small that goes a long way in changing everything for you.
So always work on your craft and those are the three C's by me. Yeah, man, I was. Looking for something? Yeah, I, I, I most of what I say at the end is geared towards like new artists, but it also could, could work with like fatigued artists. But this one today is just for new artists. Like just something to think about. Imagine if you began when you said you were going to begin like you would be so much. Farther. Now than you are so somebody to
think about like the best. Time to start to think about. The best time to start to start, Don't wait, don't procrastinate. There's your rhyme, yo. Episode 84 bro. Thank you for listening to us. We're done. I don't know. See you guys on episode 85. Oh my gosh.