West African Hip Hop

Frank

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Delay

this dude in Munich gave me a mix of African hip hop a couple years ago. I remember it being suprisingly good.

willie_fugal

I ride hard for this comp from Senegal: a href="http://www.nomadicwax.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=41" target="_blank"1African Underground Vol. 1/a1 b,121b,121Really liked the Shiffai and BMG44 tracks. Don't know if you came across any of these guys Frank, but maybe you can cosine on them.b,121b,121I also have a comp called Africa Raps, which is pretty good, but I haven't gotten nearly as into it.b,121b,121Lastly, just wanna give a big up to the blog Frank shouted out, Comb & Razor. Been a favorite of mine for a few.

DrBorisQ

Thanks for this Frank. I've found it quite difficult to track this kind of stuff down on the internet. I've got a stack of Senegalese hiphop tapes, but I have no idea what most of them are.b,121b,121I've been bumping a cassette of M.I's stuff that a colleuge hooked me up with for a couple of weeks now - although It doesn't get a great reaction here as it's in English.