image courtesy of Vikki Secret Myspace Page
I met Vikki once about 5 years ago at Brother B’s studio in Kenya. Brother B also known as Bruce Odhiambo to some has a nice studio house in Lavington that often is the lunch depot for many of his clients and friends – every friday we would go for some Biriyani. I am yet to meet someone as fresh as Bruce Odhiambo real talk. Bruce was working on a track for Vikki and the chile was blowing her lungs off – I was convince the fine broad wasnt a Kenya (coz she twengs 24-7). So after her recording session the chile chomokad and somehow I gathered that she was Bamboo’s sister.
So as you can imagine this might have come my way as a shocker because I didn’t know Bamboo, I only knew of Kimya (Bamboo’s Brother who is also a rapper)… but to Add Vikki to the equation it just completes a family with great musical talents and aspirations. honestly Vikki can sing point blank. She is based somewhere in Los Angeles and if you check out her myspace you will see she mingles a lot with the whose who’s of the music industry in the US. So its always nice to hear some good music from her and her brother collaborating on some heat. This is a track you typically will here on like WPGC or KBLX (local US radio stations)… No difference here apart from Bamboo throwing in Nairobi here and there – I like the track.
Bamboo seems to have a good producer by his side, I hope he can make sense of his new album direction coz the guy is fire….
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catchy hook tight flow
eh! siku mingi sija tokezea hii mitaa. ok first of all let me say that hardly ever does bamboo disapoint me and that is the case with this joint. All i have to say is that soon rather than later someone will have to discover the the immene talent that is bamboo. someone, timberland, dj khaleed, DTP, grand hustle….. i dont think bamboo will stay longer in the shadows. even when he doesnt have a tight beat still his flow is always on point, his lyrical genious mind is always playing around with words from satire to metaphors, to spitting cold reality on the mic. i dont understand how bamboo has managed to stay in the shadows for this long. i wud have thought some of these southern record houses like grand hustle, slip and slide records or dtp would have picked him up by now since bamboo chills in atlanta alot. nways thanx for blessing my day with another track from bamboo “the african bantu”
well said KENYANISED…it is safe 2 say that Bamboo has found his comfort zone…they say u can never make good music unless you start havin fun in the booth…but like his KSouth partner back mtaani…i feel they are so underated…100X better than all other artists that get more love…maybe the lyrics r too complex,maybe Kenyan r 2 dumb…who knows…but enough is enough…these guys need their shine…NOW
as 4 this joint…the beat sounds like T-Pains’ artist,TayDizm Ft Akon “Dream Girl” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vzjahwmiBI which is a nice beat n Bamboo destroys it…n big ups for not censoring them lyrics…like i always said 2 all lyrical rappers-DONT DUMB IT DOWN…great lyrics+lovely singing+banging beat=CLASSIC
kisha Bamboo+Vikki Secret+Kimya = Kenyas 1st Music Royal Family
mzuka jo
i just listened to the intro adn knew the song was fire. big up!
The song is tyt…that gal can sing…Bambooo’s great but we know he can do better…bamboo..kaza mshipi…u should be a household name in the US by now, kinda like Wale…we waitin 4 that…U can do it, u n attitude…
I love this song and this dude is representing us big tyme. Keep it that way big man!
Nice track! Congrats!
amazzzing song!!!! truly kenyan!!!
why dont you have an african hip hop category on your website? are you one of the misguided people who believe that it doesnt exist?
Good work in exposing kenya; hit me up and I will send you the song she was recording that day at my studios.
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