Photo Credit: Osse Photography
Kama hujawahi kusoma historia ya Vanessa Mdee, unaweza kufanya hivyo hivi sasa kwa kubonyeza hapa. Niliwahi kufanya naye mahojiano kama miaka mitatu hivi iliyopita ambapo alinieleza mengi kuhusu maisha yake. Hapa.
Okay. Lakini hicho sicho ninachotaka kukwambia hivi leo. Vanessa anajiandaa kuachia kibao kipya. Amekipa jina “Niroge”. Naam, anataka umroge. Wewe.
Huna haja ya kusubiri zaidi. Video ya wimbo mpya wa Vanessa Mdee uitwao Niroge. Wimbo huu umerekodiwa na Nahreel. Reaction yangu ya kwanza ni kwamba video ni nzuri. Pengine nimeshawahi kuiona video kama hii mahali pengine. Lakini ni nzuri.
It’s probably the most talked about song right now. That comes as a no surprise since it’s from Lady JayDee who, without a doubt, is one of the top artists in the land.
Kuna siku niliwahi kumuulizia msanii fulani wakati wa mazungumzo yangu ya kawaida na Professa Jay(Mbunge wa Mikumi-CHADEMA). Niliuliza, “Hivi jamaa kaacha muziki au?”. Professa akanijibu kwa kifupi, “Hapana, yeye ndio muziki umemuacha”. Kwa mara ya kwanza nikawa nimetambulishwa katika dhana ya mtu kuacha muziki na muziki kumuacha yeye. Ni vitu viwili tofauti.
Kwanini nimeanza kwa utambulisho huo? Madee ni miongoni mwa wasanii ambao hawajaacha muziki na muziki haujamuacha. Alikuwepo na bado yupo. Vijana wengi wamepitia katika himaya yake. Ni jambo la kufurahisha.
Huu hapa ni wimbo wake alioutoa hivi karibuni. Migulu Pande. Sijauelewa sana lakini kuna mengi ambayo siyaelewi siku hizi. Usikilize hapa chini. (Audio Source: DJ Choka)
Yaelekea WCB wameamua kujikita kwenye kujipanua na kukuza vipaji. Baada ya kupata mafanikio kupitia kwa Harmonize, sasa ni zamu ya Raymond. Atoke vipi? Kwa kutizama mazingira vizuri. Siku hizi ukitaka kutoka unafanyaje? Moja ni kupaisha kipaji chako. Mbili ni “Kutafuta Kiki”.
Unaibua issue. Unaongelewa. Instagram na Facebook zinakuwa na hashtag la beef lako. Mitaani watu wakikosa cha kuongelea, jina lako linaokoa jahazi.Mazungumzo yanaendelea.
Ila tatizo moja ninaloliona mara kwa mara kwenye hizi “kiki” ni kwamba kwanza hazina uhusiano na kipato. Kuzungumziwa, kutukanwa au kudhadhalilishwa na bila kuelekea kwa teller(bank) ni upuuzi. Pili ni kwamba unapotafuta “kiki” unahatarisha pia kujipotezea kabisa mashabiki.
Msikilize Raymond akielezea jinsi Kiki zinavyotafutwa au kupatikana. Audio By ChokaMusic
Miongoni mwa wasanii wa muziki wa kizazi kipya Tanzania ambao tunaweza kukubaliana kwamba wana kipaji cha uimbaji, Rich Mavoko hatuwezi kumweka pembeni. Kipaji anacho. Haishangazi kwamba WCB hivi karibuni wamemuongeza katika orodha yao inayozidi kukua ya wasanii walio chini ya label hiyo.
Huu hapa ni wimbo wa kwanza wa Rich Mavoko akiwa chini ya WCB. Unaitwa Ibaki Story. Pamoja na kipaji cha Mavoko, kitu kimoja ambacho kinaanza kuwa changamoto kwa WCB ni videos. Takribani zote zinafanana. Kuna theme ambayo inaonekana katika video nyingi za hivi karibuni kutoka WCB. Yawezekana ndivyo soko la leo linavyotaka. Binafsi nadhani ubunifu zaidi na utofauti kutoka video moja kwenda nyingine utasaidia lebo hiyo kuendelea kupasua mawimbi kwa mbali zaidi.
Peter Msechu & Banana Zorro-Mama
Kama ilivyo mapenzi, nyimbo zinazohusu Mama zetu kamwe hazipotezi ladha wala nafasi katika burudani. Bila kina-mama, ulimwengu huu haupo. Unaweza kuzungumzia mchango wa kina baba lakini ukweli ni kwamba mchango wa kina mama hauelezeki. Haishangazi kwamba kwenye nyumba Mama anapokuwa namna gani vipi, mambo mengi yanakwenda kombo. Msingi wa mama katika familia sio lelemama.
Mama-Peter Msechu & Banana Zorro
Mama ni shujaa. Mama yangu ni shujaa.Mama yako ni shujaa. Mama yake Peter Msechu ni shujaa. Mama yake Banana Zorro hali kadhalika. Hivyo nina furaha kuleta kwako wimbo mpya kutoka kwa Peter Msechu akiwa amemshirikisha Banana Zorro. Wimbo unaitwa Mama. Umeandaliwa na Teaz Villah kutoka Downvilla Records.
Mara nyingi huwa natamani nisiandike kuhusu kuanguka kwa mtu. Sipendi. Lakini kama kwa kuandika kuhusu kuanguka kunaweza kusaidia aliyeanguka au mwingine ambaye asiposikia ataanguka,basi yatubidi.
Video hiyo ilimuonyesha akiwa anasaidiwa na Polisi. She was hallucinating. Inadaiwa alikuwa anataka kujidhuru mwenyewe. Ilisikitisha na kuliza wengi. Ray C ni miongoni mwa wanamuziki waliowahi kutamba na bila shaka ana kipaji. Hivi sasa kipaji kinaangamia kutokana na matumizi ya madawa ya kulevya. Polisi wale waliokoa maisha yake. Wanastahili pongezi nyingi. Wameitenda kazi yao ya kulinda uhai na usalama wa raia. Wasingejitokeza pale, wakati ule,huenda leo tungekuwa tunaongea mengine.
Habari njema ambazo zimepatikana ni kwamba Ray C amepelekwa Life And Hope Rehabilitation Centre (Sober House) iliyopo Bagamoyo kwa ajili ya kusaidiwa kuachana na matumizi ya madawa hayo. Kituo hicho ndicho ambacho hivi karibuni kilimsaidia mwanamuziki mwingine, Chizi Benz. Baada ya kutoka huko Chidi Benz ameonekana kuwa katika hali nzuri kiafya kiasi cha kuingia mkataba na WCB Wasafi. Ni jambo la kheri.
Kitu kimoja ambacho ni muhimu sana kukikumbuka ni kwamba vita dhidi ya madawa ya kulevya sio ya mtu mmoja. Ni yetu sote. Ray C amewahi kuachana na matumizi. Rais mstaafu Jakaya Kikwete aliingilia kati na kumsaidia. Ray C akawa Balozi wa kupiga vita matumizi ya madawa ya kulevya. She became vocal and for good reason. Akaanzisha mpaka NGO inayojishughulisha na vita hii nzito. Bila shaka alisaidia wengi wengine.
Nakumbuka hata ujumbe wake kwa Chid Benz pindi ilipojuliana wazi kwamba mwimbaji huyo wa Dar Stand Up alikuwa amefikia kubaya. Leo Chid Benz yupo “clean” na Ray C yupo rehab. Karudia tena. Wengi wanaacha na kisha kujikuta wamerudia tena. Tujiulize kwanini? Tunawapa support ya aina gani wakitoka? Kama jamii tunawaambia nini wanapotoka?
Kiufupi tuna wajibu wa kupiga vita biashara hii kutokea katika kiini chake (kwa wauzaji na wasambazaji). Kuwepo kwa madawa haya mitaani, ni chanzo cha kuendelea kwa matumizi. Yapo.Yanapatikana kirahisi. Wanaomuuzia Ray C na wengine,wapo. Hatuwajui? Ray C hamjui anayemuuzia? Hatujui wanapoyapata? Eeenh…polisi hamjui? Kwanini wananchi tunaishia tu kusema “fulani ni zungu la unga” na kutokwenda mbele kuwataja? Tunaishi nao mitaani. Hatuwajui? Hatuwaoni wakiingia na kutoka?
Serikali inajaribu. Jeshi la Polisi linaonekana kuwa na dhamira fulani katika vita hii. Ni jambo zuri. Ila serikali ilichukulie hili kwa mapana zaidi. Sio la Wizara Ya Mambo Ya Ndani tu. Wizara ya Elimu na Wizara Ya Afya ziungane pia. Utafiti unaonyesha wengi huanza matumizi ya madawa haya wakiwa mashuleni. Wazungu wa unga wanawanyemelea wakiwa mashuleni. Wanaweka kambi pembeni ya mashule. Tupanue vita huko pia. Wanafunzi waelimishwe kuhusu athari na jinsi ya KUSEMA HAPANA.
Vijana wengi wanajiingiza kwenye madawa ya kulevya kutokana na ukosefu wa shughuli maalum za kufanya. Wanakuwa wamekata tamaa. Wengi huanza kama kuonja ili kupunguza msongo wa mawazo (stress). Wengine ni tabia ya kuiga tu. Kitu ambacho hawajui ni kwamba madawa ni “addictive”. Ukianza huwezi kuacha kirahisi. Unakuwa “addicted”.Teja. Wanapomaliza rehab tunawapa muelekeo gani mpya? Tunawapa shughuli za kufanya? Kama ni La… si ni wazi kwamba baada ya muda mfupi tu wanarudia tena?
Chid Benz na Ray C(na hivi karibuni Fanani kutoka HBC) ni wanamuziki wenye majina makubwa. Wanafahamika. Ni rahisi kwao kusaidiwa hata kutokana na michango ya mashabiki zao. Huko mitaani wapo vijana wengi wanaoangamia. Hatuwajui kwa majina wala sura. Lakini ni watoto wa watu,kaka,dada,mjomba,baba,ndugu,rafiki wa wengine. Tuna wajibu. Wewe na mimi.
Ray C kila la kheri.
KIJANA SEMA HAPANA KWA MADAWA YA KULEVYA. FUATA NJIA HIZI.
Kassim Mganga
Sina shaka kwamba Kassim Mganga ni miongoni mwa vipaji vikubwa vya muziki tulivyonavyo nchini Tanzania. Kwa muda sasa nimekuwa nikifuatilia kazi zake na sasa naweza kusema wazi kwamba he’s one of my top favorite artists from motherland. Ninaamini kwenye mpangilio wa mashairi na ladha ya muziki wake.Unbelievable talent.
Hii hapa ni single yake mpya iliyopewa jina “Manuari” ikiwa ni production ya genius producer,Sheddy Clever kutoka Burn Records.
Kassim Mganga-Manuari Produced By Sheddy Clever-Burn Records
Kassim Mganga ambaye anajiita Tajiri wa Mahaba, anaendeleza simulizi nzuri ya kimapenzi ambayo kama huna uelewa wa haraka wa lugha ya Kiswahili itabidi usikilize zaidi ya mara moja kuielewa.Ukishaielewa utaiweka kwenye auto-replay. Twende…
Linex and Christian Bella are two heavyweights vocalists. One hails from Kigoma. The other is from DRC. He consider Tanzania to be his home for now. Anyone who brings to the land such a talent is welcomed.(you know). They are hereby collaborating in a song titled Hewala. Listen below(support them for finishing the legal download). You can also listen to the audio version posted here.
Rama Dee is crazily talented. One of the best vocalists. The first I heard him was in Dar. I had got a ride from one of my partners in crime, Othman. Enjoying the rare rides where I get to be a passenger, the song “Kama Huwezi” featuring Lady Jaydee came on. I didn’t know who he was. Othman happened to be his number one fan too. Long story short, we kept that song on repeat. The usual traffic jams of Dar didn’t bother us. I became a fan.
Few months later I got in touch with him encouraging him to never stop doing music. He was in Australia. I am glad he listened. Not to suggest he was about to quit.Nah. I just felt we need to hear a lot more from him. Here is one his latest songs, Kipenda Roho. The video is simple yet unique from what I constantly see. He didn’t go far to South Africa..I guess…Watch
Msanii Abbas Hamisi Kinzasa almaarufu kama 20% (Twenty per Cent) wakipongezana na producer nguli wa muziki nchini John Shariza a.k.a Mann Water baada ya kuwekeana saini mkataba wa kufanya kazi pamoja chini ya lebo ya KOMBINENGA kwenye studio za Combination Sounds Kinondoni Studio jijini Dar es salaam.(Picha na Sultani Kipingo)
Kama kuna msanii alizipaisha tuzo za muziki za Kili (Kilimanjaro Music Awards) mwaka 2011 basi msanii huyo ni 20% (Twenty Percent). Alinyakua tuzo tano kwa mpigo. Ilikuwa historia. Baada ya ushindi ule, Twenty Percent akapotea. Alipoibuka ilikuwa ni aidha amekamatwa na madawa ya kulevya au lingine ambalo halikumsaidia. Akawapisha wengine. Mwenyewe anasema aliamua kwenda kulima. Yote heri.
Yote ameamua kuyaweka kando. Anarejea. Kwa mujibu wa blog ya Ankal Michuzi, Twenty Percent anarejea akiwa msanii wa kwanza kusaini mkataba na lebo mpya ya Kombinega inayoendeshwa na producer wa siku nyingi, John Shariza almaarufu kama Mann Water.
Twenty Percent Akisaini Mkataba
Katika hafla fupi ya kutiliana sahihi iliyofanyika katika ofisi/studio za Combination Sound zilizopo Kinondoni Mkwajuni, imewekwa wazi kwamba 20% anajiandaa kutoa album yake mpya itakayoitwa Sauti ya Gharama. Single ya kwanza kutoka kwenye album hiyo itatoka tarehe 18 mwezi huu.
Tunasubiri kwa hamu ujio mpya wa Twenty Percent.
Kila binadamu hukumbwa na matatizo. Kuna ya muda mfupi na kuna yale ambayo huweza kukuandama kwa miaka nenda rudi. Yanaganda kama mdudu ruba. Maisha bila matatizo hayapo. Masikini wana matatizo yao na matajiri wana yao. Pengine ndivyo Mwenyezi Mungu alivyotaka. Kuna watu wangekuwa hawashikiki.
Nafurahi kwamba katikati ya nyimbo lukuki za mapenzi, Harmonize ameamua kuimba kitu tofauti. Kitu ambacho kila mtu anaweza kuhusiana nacho.
Ila jambo moja ambalo ningependa kuligusia hapa ni kwamba ukubwa au udogo wa tatizo unategemea na jinsi unavyolitizama. Matatizo ni fursa pia. Liangalie tatizo kwa mrengo tofauti na utaona kila kitu kinabadilika. Ndio maana, Mungu hakupi mtihani ambao anajua hutouweza.La Hasha! Anakupa mitihani ya saizi yako. Itizame kwa makini, utaona fursa kedekede.
Huu hapa Matatizo kutoka kwa Harmonize aliyepo WCB.
Kuna kitu ambacho kinanivutia sana kuhusu muziki kutoka kwa Shaa hususani tangu alipoamua kufanya muziki ambao mimi nauita “wa kwetu”. Ni aina fulani ya muziki ambayo naamini kama tungeamua kuipa nafasi isingetulaza kama tumekunywa klorofomu.
Ila hayo tutatafuta muda tuyaongelee. Ngoja kwanza nawe usikilize “Sawa” kutoka kwa Shaa. Sawa eenh!
As Friday looms, we thank God it is here. Music is always a great company. The new joint is even better. Talking about new joint here is a new one from Chege featuring Diamond Platinumz. Waache Waoane is the name of the song. Literal translation; Let Them Marry Each Other.
The East Coast Team
Leo naanzisha kipengele kipya. Kila Alhamisi nitakuwa natupia nyimbo,video nk kutoka katika harakati za mwanzo za Bongo Fleva/Hip-Hop na pia muziki wa Afrika kwa ujumla bila kusahau ile kutoka ughaibuni au Marekani ambayo kwa njia moja au nyingine ilisaidia kuibua “za kwetu”. Tutakuwa na Throw Back Thursday(TBT). Zamani tuliita “Zilipendwa”. Bado zipo za kale nyingi sana kwenye blog hii. Andika tu kwenye search button juu kulia “Zilipendwa”. Nakuhakikishia utafurahi na roho yako.
Baadhi ya hizi nyimbo ndizo zilitengeneza njia kufikia hapa ulipo muziki wa Tanzania. Naelewa bado tunahangaika kupata authentic Tanzanian music. Naamini tutafika. Tulipotoka sio mbali sana. Taifa letu bado ni changa ukilinganisha na mengine. The struggle is real.
Hii hapa ni Hii Leo kutoka East Coast Team vijana waliokuwa na makazi yao mitaa ya Upanga jijini Dar-es-salaam. East Coast team iliundwa na vijana wengi wakiwemo Crazy GK, AY,MwanaFA,Abbas nk. MwanaFA na AY waliendelea kivyao baadae na kuwa na mafanikio makubwa. Lakini hawajawahi kuondoka East Coast. Mara kwa mara pamekuwa na tetesi za East Coast kurudiana na kutoa project ya pamoja. Tunasubiri.
Wacheki hapa kwenye wimbo wao Hii Leo
Hii hapa ni video mpya kutoka WCB kwa msanii Raymond. Wimbo huu unaoitwa Natafuta Kiki ni production ya Lizer Classic kutoka Wasafi Records. Wimbo umeandikwa na Raymond huku video ikiwa ni kazi ya Kwetu Studio
On a daily basis, we receive many new songs/artists requests for publication of their content. I wish I could keep up with everything sent in. I can’t. However, I try to listen to everything sent in. There are lots of talents out there. There are surprises. I mean surprise in a bad way. You listen and go WTF. Who took this man/woman into a studio? Trust me; I get a lot of those.
Among listenable stuff, here is Maumivu by Esaya. You may not have heard about him before. I understand. Keep watching and listening. Moreover, listen to this one. The details are on the image above.
Back in the 90s, Judith Wambura emerged as one of few female artists in Tanzania. The “movement” of the new generation music had started. I am not sure if we referred her as “Lady” then. She understood that haste makes waste. Slowly but steadily the lady we now know as Lady Jaydee became dominant.
When I look back and ask myself how has she maintained her position even in the industry full men, the simple answer could be “knowing thyself.” She knows who she is. Those who thought she is a sitting target have come to realize they were/are wrong.
The fans have showered her with different names including “Commando.” They refer to her toughness to fight injustice, sexism and all the above. Among multiple names, however, Lady Jaydee suits her life and persona.
Under Rockstar4000 Management, here is the official video for her latest single titled Sawa Na Wao. The notes from publication reads;
‘Sawa Na Wao’ is all about life, love, relationships and portraits life through the lens of a relationship and some of those temptations distractions that often disrupts or destroy those relationships. Lady Jaydee’s next smash hit release through her exclusive worldwide partnerships with her record label and management company ROCKSTAR4000, publishing collaboration with ‘Rockstar Publishing’ and Content Partnership with RockstarTV.
The ‘Sawa Na Wao’ music video was Directed by the phenomenal Director Meji.
You can watch it below
