Ode To The Final Feeling

When I listened to The newly released Few kings album "The Feeling Ain't Fair,"
The feeling wasn't fair as songs I had heard before, I had to sit and hear,
This poor attempt to rhyming is my best description of what the album did to me with its timing,
With the final track dubbed "The Final Feeling,"
It reminded me of the struggle they have faced,
A fresh track I had never heard until that point,
That saluted all the supporters who believed in them,
As they saluted Star FM Zimbabwe, Mom, Dad, Zi FM, Walter Wanyanya, girlfriends, friends, management and fans,
I couldn't help but notice the special mention of Power FM, the station that failed to recognise their brand,
 "Ndiri kuda kubiggawo Harare yatatibereka musana, Zi FM, Base naStyles Power Chaiyo hapana,"
The sampling of your interview with Zam,
Makavharisa vakomana, ndakangozhamba kuti DAMN!
And as a fan that I am, I salute the kings outro,
It has been cool to see you boys grow,
And to Take 5, Tehn and Jimmy I disappointed,
I wrote a slight review of the album against what I promised,
The track was that good, I could not sit and stay silent,
That was the best way to conclude a masterpiece, taking it to another level, absolute brilliance.

Much Love
@thenextowne
E.Q.K.

Download Few Kings "The Feeling Ain't Fair" Here

Famai Zvakanaka Gwenyambira - My Eulogy to Chiwoniso Maraire

Since I finished high school, I never missed a show of yours ku book cafe. I would come and be the only teen black young man in the crowd singing along. I loved how you connected with the crowd and gave a world class performance no matter what the size of the crowd looked like. I thank God for the friendship we had and the few times we got to hang. I will always remember Belgium with Smoove Barney and Mucha. I will always remember in Gunhill with Alice, Webber and Mr Mujuru tichiridza mbira as you were drinking wine preparing for a show the next day. I will always remember you introducing me to Chengeto and Chiyedza "say hi, this is my friend Kuda." I will always remember the first time I saw you perform with Baba Shupi and the shock on my face when I realised that you were performing an unwritten song.

I will always remember the last show of yours I attended when you supported young blessing Chimanga together with Tariro, Dudu and the children.

I will miss your smile as I walk into the book Cafe wakagara na Tsungi drinking wine and I will miss the Chiwoniso trademark greeting, kiss on the cheek. I will miss the lectures on how we as fans can do more for our Zimbabwean musicians. I will miss seeing your face on posters and telling people "ishamwari yangu iyi," and most of all I will miss you.

Here is a clip from the last show of yours I attended about a month ago!

Rest in Peace Sister

Always Loved

Kuda
@thenextowne
E.Q.K.

The Dawn of The Morning Glory

In 2005, 44 Gelcon Ave Greendale, That Squad Studio, is where I first met Jnr Brown. He was a Hip Hop/Dancehall artist working on the unreleased "Bad Boys of Chamhembe" with Tatenda "Take 5" Jenami, Batsi Musuka and John now known as "King" Ngugi. During this period the artists that were working with this team were Trinity, Jabulani "Jay Boss" Hove, Lady Thanda, Sharon, Cindy, XQ, Stunner, Tricky T, Roki, Tererai and Mafriq. Of all the artists that where around at the time Stunner was hot with his song "Dhaf Korera," Trinity had just released their only "ini iye naye" and Roki was working on "Chidzoka" however 2 artists caught my attention above all of these "popular" artists  and achievements. They were little known Jnr Brown and Jay Boss and their album  "The Bad Boys" was on it's way.

The Bad Boys of Chamhembe to me was a combination of all the boys that were based at That Squad Studio going hard on music, ridding riddims collaborating and showing what they were made of. Queued up where some of the best songs Take 5 has ever produced. J-Brown brought what at the time I , uneducated in hip hop, thought was humor to his music and his vernacular ability topped with  Jay Bosses lyrical ability brought the studio to a halt with lyrics like "5 meter just for one night, usaita seune gambi rakagadzirwa ne NIKE" . "King" Ngugi corrected my perception and redirected it from humor to straight poetry and talent  as he dubbed Jnr as the king of the punchline.

Skip a few episodes, the bad boys was not released.

The failure to release the album kept a lot of people curious on what would be next from Jnr Brown. In the mean time Jnr Brown has been producing and writing songs for himself and other renowned artists, with some songs staying on the top of the charts for a long time. He worked on the Zim Imagination album with Kae Mate which led to his collaboration with MC Chita in 2010 "Kings Rendezvous" which won an award at the 2011 Hip Hop awards.

To cut this long story short, I have waited for 7 years for Jnr Brown to release his album and he says it will be here soon on a project he will call The Morning Glory. He recently released a single from the album "Madrinks" (See link below) which has gotten hip hop loving Zimbabweans talking.

This video above is a clip of Jnr in his rawest form doing what he does best "punchlines"

Enjoy

@thenextowne
E.Q.K.