Congo Vibes
Music => Congolese Music => Topic started by: Jdog on February 18, 2014, 02:30
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Damn his rhumbas are too nice and he arranges his music very good and his clips are excellent and notice how the girls in his clips are all dancing naturally it's not forced like other videos they can't help but have fun with his music :) ... the generique is very danceable that is true sebene. He has everything I love in rhumbas good lyrics,good choruses, nice beats, nice arrangement and the salsa type rhumba and good singing and vocals and solo guitar at the end... his music is the type where you grab your lady or man and start slow dancing to or you just want to listen to some good ole Congolese rhumba.... the only thing he didn't have is the rhumba that turns into a sebene. I'm very sad that I can't find this album on digital stores :'(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHpVSC5PKcI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ917YkmH_w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UWWRDxli6c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTrx9oIx7yk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRcq817luIk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odxnpyad4CA
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0v0KnYp-EA
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Le Karmapa is very underrated artist indeed. This man is just good, Excellent music.
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Listen to the quality of the music, no wonder koffi is having sleepless nights!!! ;D ;D
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The thing I came to know through you guys and came to admire him for is that he writes his own music unlike others who rely on others to do the work for them. I agree that he is underrated. But isn't he responsible for marketing his music and publicity? I guess that is where the game is won or lost.
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myyyyy wooooooooooorddd
i understand why wankovia olomidé tries to upset him ;D ;D ;D ;D
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NICE! i've been hearing his name for a while now but never got a chance to sample much of his music (thank goodness for youtube). he is great. will be looking into getting some of his music. thanks for this thread.
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This guy is just a great musician I'm just hooked on his music right now :) and I can see why Koffi wants to steal his artists and make music like him but it's not going to work because Le karmapa writes and arranges his own music. And another thing that girl Tatiana is just an amazing singer and she's not bad looking either ;) ::) The way this album is played is the way I taught Ferre was going to play Boite Noire because the way the promoted it saying "toko kende na bango likolo" and they always said the way the made the album is too good and it will be a classic album...wrong if it wasn't for his artists and the genriques the album would have been a flop because most of the songs sound exactly the same.
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All Congolese albums from now until the day the world ends I will have high expectations for because Le Karmapa has set a high bar for Congolese rhumba.
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NICE! i've been hearing his name for a while now but never got a chance to sample much of his music (thank goodness for youtube). he is great. will be looking into getting some of his music. thanks for this thread.
Yes if it wasn't for Youtube I would have never heard this album and the song La Tembo because only his last album is on digital stores and I can't find a website to buy the album.
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I haven't heard a Congolese album so beautifully arranged since Affaire d'État.
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you mean guys you have never heard of karmapa the king of rhumba ? I like "mobali ya bololo"
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This man has shocked all of us, I knew of him long back, but he has out done himself, I am literally listenning to his album everyday..
I love his Music, he has upped the grades, one has to work hard to beat this...This is what we like, not monotonous music of now adays.
We have to find a way to let him know that we love his music and support him...ARCHOS WHAT CAN WE DO TO ACHIEVE THIS....The man has to now that we love him
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you mean guys you have never heard of karmapa the king of rhumba ? I like "mobali ya bololo"
i heard of him on vibes d'afrique forums but only heard very short snippets of his music. from that time i never really took the time to seek him out. i'm very grateful for this thread and wish i had made the effort much sooner!
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you mean guys you have never heard of karmapa the king of rhumba ? I like "mobali ya bololo"
That's a good song as well.
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Karmapa is a great Congo Rumba artist. I have a couple of his albums/DVDs. For somw reason he has never found success as financially as Koffi or the Wenge team. One thing I have come to find out is that outside of Congo, not many Africans are into pure Rumba like Karmapa plays; it has to have a mix of strong sebene and of course prancing stage girls and boys. He needs that Europe crowd and big concerts. I have not seen a Karmapa concert though.
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Karmapa is a great Congo Rumba artist. I have a couple of his albums/DVDs. For somw reason he has never found success as financially as Koffi or the Wenge team. One thing I have come to find out is that outside of Congo, not many Africans are into pure Rumba like Karmapa plays; it has to have a mix of strong sebene and of course prancing stage girls and boys. He needs that Europe crowd and big concerts. I have not seen a Karmapa concert though.
the explanation is probably the fact like wazekwa he arrived quite old already in the world of music( both are over 50 now but have less than 20 years as professional artist) and it took them time to be accepted and considered,and financial succes depends of recognition
but both have managed to have a certain wealth,and also they dont depend only on music,both have other ways of making money here in europe
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Karmapa is a great Congo Rumba artist. I have a couple of his albums/DVDs. For somw reason he has never found success as financially as Koffi or the Wenge team. One thing I have come to find out is that outside of Congo, not many Africans are into pure Rumba like Karmapa plays; it has to have a mix of strong sebene and of course prancing stage girls and boys. He needs that Europe crowd and big concerts. I have not seen a Karmapa concert though.
He has a couple clips on Youtube, I've been trying to track down his first and and recently released album with no success.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFQ0RllWpyk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6axe2dyU9U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJwwZ8z5fvU
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We may be blaming this man for no reason, it may be just that he has not sold part of him somewhere deep so that he can cross the borders.
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We may be blaming this man for no reason, it may be just that he has not sold part of him somewhere deep so that he can cross the borders.
One thing I have noticed about Congolese music is that without proper financial backing and a good producer/promoter plus the good looks and charisma, a musician will not make it big no matter what they try. We have certain musicians whose artistic standards are very high and consistently produce and release good music but to no avail, they seem to be on the same level, I think this is the case with Karmapa, Lacoste, Kabosé and many other musicians. Other musicians including the likes of Werra made it from the start due to the fact that they were part of a major band and thrived and still thrive on polemic and rivalry to make it.
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karmapa is like his "petit" wazekwa,both have other jobs here,so even if you listen to their interviews you can clearly noticed they are not specially interested in personal success,being the most popular and all that,they keep saying they play good music and are happy if fans enjoy it and thats all
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Totally agree with you dj sly karmapa is the new prince of rhumba who unfortunately unrecognized by his people . heard his first two albums and though didn't know much about him loved his arrangement of music ... great!
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karmapa is like his "petit" wazekwa,both have other jobs here,so even if you listen to their interviews you can clearly noticed they are not specially interested in personal success,being the most popular and all that,they keep saying they play good music and are happy if fans enjoy it and thats all
It's good to know they have other things which earns them money. Had Wazekwa stuck to the arrangement of he started on Et après and Faux Mutu Moko Boye he would have really been successful, he was beginning to break ground then he joined the bandwagon of those making one generique and the rest ballads.
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Totally agree with you dj sly karmapa is the new prince of rhumba who unfortunately unrecognized by his people . heard his first two albums and though didn't know much about him loved his arrangement of music ... great!
Yes, his is proper rhumba, he's got an edge over Ferre Gola, if only Karmapa had a perfect voice, ahhh, he would have gone very far but am glad he utilises his voice effectively, it's a rough voice but when he sings he's calm and makes no errors.
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This album is now on iTunes, for those of us who don't have easy access to those European or African music stores.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/gombo/id822394256?i=822394269
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This album is now on iTunes, for those of us who don't have easy access to those European or African music stores.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/gombo/id822394256?i=822394269
Thank you for the link I will now buy the album!!!