First and foremost I have to say I am glad to be working with Bamboo on some upcoming projects. I think once guys listen to some of the new music coming from Bamboo and they get to sample the Nairobery II project then they will know we are armored and ready for 2009. It’s taken Bamboo a while to get back to the basics, but I have to say finally i feel as though this project is going to take the direction I’ve always been needing it to be on.
I told Bamboo one day the only other MC I would be scared of, if I were him, is a guy called Chris Kantai – both these two MC’s can flow in English, flip it to Swa and Sheng – Both these two artists can freestyle so effortlessly in both languages, a future collabo is wanting. But for now I still think Bamboo is one of Kenyans number one MC’s (ps. Bamboo Kenya Tour is coming soon, details drop soon).
As an artists Bamboo has done a lot, much like Hardstone, they both have gone soul searching, looking for what they think will be their future sound. Being in the US can skew your ideas of success and entertainment. Ultimately once an artist settles and realizes that he/she is KING doing what they originally started doing and what made them KING, they end up on top of their game. Bamboo is now working on his NAIROBERY vol II album which in my opinion is SICK. I have leaked two songs now – because the tracks are just that good.
BAMBOO IS BACK – // This track was produced by an Atlanta based producer called Wallstreet. Its amazing how you can take a western producer lace up a Kenyan rapper and still have a tight Genge track ready to battle on the Kenyan charts. //
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I cant lie…. I love this track.. the beat… the lyrics, the delivery…. Man its amazing how you can stay in the US for a minute but you still a Kenyan damu…
Ati bado dem ni kitu,… siku hizi dem ana biashara yake, na pengine atanialika kwake, atanipikia stew na chapteeee
ha ha ha BAMBOOOO African Bantuu
walapa….aaight the beat is tight ..no doubt,and Bamboo is deep…lakini as a critic lets sema we atchana with that tone of t-pain…am not talkin abt the auto tune…. homey u just stole that same rythm from that t-pain /weezy song say yeeaah’ yeeah’….and flipped it to swahili…cmon now we know u can do better …and aint hating …i gots ur music ..but dude…lets get to it…edu listen to both of the tracks and tell me if am wrong…lets be open if we serious abt music …no disrespect…
bloody tpain ripp off! i can take to a condo, somwhere in toronto, gal you look good…….rip off!
Damn Guys are harsh and I thought I was harsh ha ha ha…. This song is fire!!! ati t-pain ripoff.. ha ha lol
Gogo yani!!! but everyone is entitled to their own opinion…
1ST OF ALL……..BIG UP 2 BAMBOO…….BUT AS LONG AS I’VE SIKIZAD BAMBOO,THIS GUY HAS HAD HATERS…….WHEN HE RAPS IN ENGLISH,ITS WRONG…WHEN HE SINGS,ITS WRONG…..SO WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE TPAIN…..WOULD U GUYS RATHER HE RAPPED N SANG THE SAME OLD WAY…..SO THAT HIS SHIT SOUNDS LIKE ALL THE OTHER COMMERCIAL STUFF….THEY TOLD KANYE NOT TO SING…..HEBU SIKIZA LOVE LOCKDOWN NA HEARTLESS-FRESH,NEW,SIO KUSNAP MA FINGAZ ALL THE TIME….BAMBOO IS AN INNOVATOR….HE IS UNLIKE ANYBODY…..ALL UPCOMING ARTISTS (KENYAN) RAPPERS SHOULD EMULATE HIM….BIG UP M2 WA URIOBA……….NAIROBERRY 2 TUMEINGOJA
I agree with 2K,I mean whatever this dude does its always inventive and pushes the envelope by taking the music in a different direction.Would you rather Nameless with lyrics like “I wish i could be your saliva,so I can taste your lips foreva”…lol thats like the worst line Ive ever heard! Everybody uses autotune whether you like it or not.Thats whats goin on right now so get on the bus or get run over!
Kenyans usually hate what they don’t understand,shutup and enjoy the music,lol…you know you like it!!
Bantu
Relax, get the facts str8 before yapping! We just saying he copied the tune from tpains’s ‘I can’t belive’ the singing is good but he ought to sing original tunes! Just a fact and easy on the caps!
Bamboo is working very closely with konvict thats why the music has a ‘konvict’ sound..
I dissagree with this gogo fool ‘T-Pain rippoff’ I mean where in the song did you hear ‘condo,
somewhere in toronto’? Or like this hater chick called Wa-njeri said,where did you hear ‘lemme hear ya say yeaahh’? or did T-Pain write the swahilli lyrics? Wow Im glad Im Nigerian,we support our own,
not like you kenyans who hate on your best artists…lol
you de crezz!!
Naijaboy
No way,Gogo is wrong again!
The tune of this song sounds nothing like ‘cant beleive it’..
I mean the melody the progression is completly different!
You dont know anything about music!
gogo you a hater! and you ppl dont even buy music!!lol
Naijaboy
i agree with ATLien…….even saying bamboo sounds like TPain is ACTUALLY a compliment……..i wonder what these haterz will say when they hear Bamboos new track, “Go Hard”-a definite Konvict child…..i bet u they will say he is copying Akon……only forgetting that this guy is dropping some of the hardest 16′s u will ever hear-better than any kenyan-shit better than most americans…….theres nuthin wrong with beeing a critic-but dont critic hiphop how u critic gangsta rap,or critic r&b like neo soul,even kapuka like genge……ohhhh
First off this naija guy is a fake …if ur soo nigerian how do u jua wa-njeri is a chick..u dumb-nuts…ur kenyan ur kenyan….dont fake it…oh well and if u were nigerian then will call u …SUZEE!….again we aint hating on Bamboo…he kills alot of tracks…but on this one…its not even the auto tuen …its a stolen melody plain and simple…do u guys listen to music or do you just skeem thru it??? i mean its like a a cat like eminem starts singing hearless…it just don make sense…stay to your path my nigga…these fools are lying to you if they tell you this shit is hard… how did it even get out of the studio…Mr producer call me urgetly…Yes we can! oh and again u nigerian wannabe… matako wewe …lets see if u get that…itina rere!
wanjeri it seems like we are the only ones that know what is going on here! like wanjeri i wanna point out the fact that he copied the melody from tpain’s song! WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE AUTO TUNE OR NOTHING! UNDERSTAND THE ARGUMENT BEFORE DIVING IN WITH OYUR TWO CENTS OF NONESENSE! I DONT think a kenyan calling himself naija boy should even lecture me about kenyan music, relax and get your facts and name right!
ati bamboo with convict music!!!!thats a big joke and am saying this with all due respect, he is working with local producers in atlanta and thats about it so dont force it!BAMBOO HAS TRIED ALL THAT OVERDONE I AM GANSTER…HUSLTER DRUG PEDDLER…YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD GANGSTER….SHIT FOR THE PAST ONE YEAR AND HASNT MADE ANY PROGRESS AND MOST KENYANS DIDNT LIKE HIS GANGSTER IMAGE….AND HE REALISED IT AND NOW IS BACK TO HIS OLD STUFF, THE MUSIC THAT MADE HIM BAMBOO!
I like bamboo and have all his 2008 music that has been trashed by kenyans! and i also have knaan’s album ‘the dusty foot philosopher’ and i cant compare the two! while knaan keeps it real and doesnt go with that gangster image, simon kimani tries to make us believe he is the gangster who shot 50 cent!
Hmmmmmmmm wa njeri,,,,,,,,,that name sounds familiar,,,anyway nice track bamboo
waleva
Ok 1st of all Mr Gogo wannabe music critic who cant make any music himself so does not deserve a respectable position as a music critic,you don’t know whats going on with Bamboo in atl and you don’t know who he’s working with,you have no idea that he’s working closely with konvict artists and A&R’s and his sister Vicky has written quite a few songs for konvict artists.If Bamboo comes across as gangsta to you then its probably because he grew up in inglewood california surrounded by real gangstas so a violent persona is expected. I don’t think Bamboo cares about what kenyans think of his english rap because kenyans don’t buy music anyway,they download it for free from sites like this one,lol then they complain about the music they got for free..lol!! I am from Benin city Nigeria but I traveled to kenya and I had a girlfreind called ‘Wangare’ who’s cousin was a Wanjeri which is a common kenyan kikuyu girl name so thats how I know about kenyan music,artists,women,culture etc…I am a fan of Bamboo’s and Ive witnessed how diverse an artist he is and this Gogo fool is probably some hater who found out that Bamboo fucked his girl!!! lol Now your on a lifelong mission to hate the guy that girls love so much!!!lol You gotta love haters though,its like the Maino hit, “Hi Hater”!! the remix should be “Hi Gogo” you see me?! “HI GOGO”!!! You see meoooo!!! You need to hear Bamboo’s new english gangsta shit so you can hate more!! The swahilli music is for his kenyan fans who love swahilli you idiots! The english music aint for you kenyans thats why its in english!!! Bamboo’s blowin up and we see the moves he’s making in ATL,I know it eats you up to see the guy doing well!! If your a better rapper why don’t you come out with your own music so we can see how wack you are Mr Homo Gogo!!! Lol…thats a dance style in washington DC,are you a Gogo dancer?!!
Lol you a wack nigga,I dont even have to see you to know that! The tune and the melody of this song sound nothin like T-Pain and if it does to you then it further proves that you know nothing about music!! and I dont even have to know swahilli to hear the melody you hater!!!! I bet if you said that Bamboo aint a gangsta to his face you’d get your fuckin ass kicked you broke hater!!!
Get a fuckin life and quit hating on talented people who can do things you could never dream of doing on your best day!!!! That goes for that wanjeri hater too! Looks like you the one who “dont listen to music you just skim thru it”!!! Bamboo has american/European/westafrican fans who love his shit!! Get on the fuckin bus or get run the fuck over ho!!!
ATLien Naija in this muthafucka!!!!!
Yo Fam // Gogo & Atlien } I admire you passion but we gotta keep it cool, this is not the appropriate forum to get personal. Please lets respect each other opinions and critic without getting personal or offensive.
This site exists to get feedback, whether positive or negative – but feedback just has to be objective and impersonal. So please lets put the harsh words aside. We will appreciate deeply.
Thanks for being such avid fans
GM 2009
hehehehe……this shit is funny as hell…i think someone is on their periods…atlien it aint that serious pappi…be easy i mean dont u have a life looks like u took sometime to write that man…anyway sawa so i guess u want us to like Bamboo right ??? and the track right??? ok….WE LOOOOOVE IT…happy now? we didnt mean to hurt ur feelins in anyway…pole sana …soon u will understand….i mean f ur naija what the **** are u doin on…anyway …lets leave it at that…back to regular scheduling….Gogo guess its only us seeing this again or guys are afraid to speak…dont matter …all we tryna do is make bamboo a better artist… i mean if shit is garbage Dude it is Garbage…if its Lobster & shrimp then it is…the freestyle wit bamboo and attitude and some chap…pure fire…this …nah we ait buying…real talk…lets get back to the “kondo gakwa” kind a shit…again no hatin…but if u guys cant take this and wanna take us off the site its fine…again we just givin u as it is..no sugar coated….admin/dru pole sana… love the site tho’ lets get it crackin…aaah Gogo u crack me up dude…shit is hilarious…ati now ade want u to go studio…dis ful suzee fo ri (real)….geico commercial…. pamoja lets get to the next song…jiachilie is a really good single…thats my take…One
wa-njeri,you made my night,hehehehe,lolest!!was not gonna comment but ATlien,RELAX,hehehehe,RELAX!!!!…my opinion,it sounds more akon than tpain,i wudnt have clicked on genge if i wanted to listen to Konvict songs…Bamboo shud just do a hot remix of compe,n tek it from there!
f.uck the haterz…keep hating. Bamboo do your thang homey
showing love all da way in Philly…you dig
When the intro starts, you’re thinking, “Ok I hope the beat isn’t this lightweight mpaka mwisho” but not so, coz what follows is nothing but light.
The track is well-manufactured. Instrumentation iko sawa pia. And Bamboo is still doing his thing. You know, sometimes we critics pretend to be the best players and are always so quick to pick out stuff in music that he should have done or she should have included etc. But If 10 years later Bamboo is still in love with mziki, you know a dude is committed. And for that sort of commitment, the rewards are such that whatever Bamboo will need to shoot back to the top, will come to him in due time. It happened to Madonna. It happened to Kylie Minogue. But sadly, It won’t happen to Micheal Jackson!!
So although, I feel Bamboo has lost something that I can’t quite put my finger on, I salute his commitment. Tubambiane may not hit anywhere, but it’s a sign of a man’s dedication to his art. To that, I take my hat off.
Not hating,i give it a B for effort, but this guy is joke, Bamboo! when will u stop imitating other artists or using the same lines all the Time “Ugali na Nyamachoma” Lame! This song is a Tpain style,in TOD mixtape, it was Timbaland’s version & lastly Mr. Leo pliz get it right, Kenya’s no.1 MC is Collo.
This is straight up Tpain ripoff, puhlease. Denial aint just a river in Egypt people!!!
the guy grew u in the US but he is still reprentin. i like what he is doin. some say he soundz like t-pain. its not even close. he is very talented and i like this song