Haitian vibrations...

On the last post about rapper Okai, there was a link that took you to a page of Okai's label/crew Regime Change. In case you didn't check it (which I hadn't really either yet), the featured video was of Haitian artists Negus (pronounced nee-GOOSE') World Order, doing a song called "Fret Kash", which features Okai, and other Haitian artists Sha and Siameze (who is a dope Haitian female MC). The beat is a little on the cornball side (kind of repetitive dance-hall pop), but I just love the way the language sounds...all the MC's are really dope, with unique and versatile styles. The dance steps are pretty funny...Siameze is superhot, and her voice is like butter. I'm feelin' the guy that comes on right before her, too. I wish I could understand what they were saying...big ups Okai and Negus!

AYITI REPRESENT!!



Okai on Regime Change Music Website

Okai tellin' it how it is...

I discovered this artist by making a station for Pete Philly and Perquisite on Pandora. A couple different Okai tracks popped up, and I really liked what I heard. After checking his whole album, Dekonstruktion of the Mind (which you can listen to for free here on LastFM), I was unfortunately more impressed by the production than the vocals. Most of it sounded a little unmotivated and lackluster compared to the live energy captured in the performance above, maybe I got spoiled by seeing that first. I did read somewhere that he was donating a portion of the record sales to Action Against Hunger, and I really respect that. Check out a couple of his tracks on the album, I did like "Phish To Come", and here is the video for another of the albums better tracks.