Author Topic: Karmapa reveals indirectly to be the original author of Kaokokokorobo  (Read 1168 times)

Mfumu Vata on: February 06, 2022, 01:38

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Karmapa reveals indirectly to be the original author of Kaokokokorobo credited by his friend Timololo who used to play as rhythm-guitar in Viva La Musica and indirectly says that Kilimanjaro is the same song but a modified version. Hearing him saying that made me wonder if Karmapa used to be a thug in Kinshasa or having friends who were gangsters. But when he listen to Kaokokorobo about a guy living in Europe while Kilimanjaro is about a shegue being in love with a woman of a wealth family and for a part singing about his life how he used to struggle. I wonder how the original acoustic version was. I also wonder if Karmapa speaks slang and used to be a gangster or having friend who used to be thugs, because  Kaokokorobo is in slang while Kilimanjaro was just normal Lingala or was the text modified by Timololo










archos #1 on: February 06, 2022, 18:48

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 bro it was the matete influence i think with all those sportsmen and yankees,like wazekwa always says it was impossible in some areas of matete not to have smelled weed and seen gangstas smoke in front of you,so surely he took it from his experience with those guys

Mfumu Vata #2 on: February 07, 2022, 14:20

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The way Karmapa wrote Kaokokorobo really fits to Viva La Musica. It made me wonder what kind of he had ready for his big brother Emeneya. Sad that they didn't collaborate well knowing each other well since Kinshasa, where he got close to him and Joly Mubiala for a moment.