“Ukanzwa rwiyo rwakanyorwa zvausina kumbobvira wanzwa, kana kuona mufananidzo wakaitwa nenzira inokuita kuti uende ‘wow, handina kumbofunga kuti chimiro ichi neruvara urwu zvingapindirana,’ inovhura nzvimbo mupfungwa dzako nemweya wako yakaenzana nekukura. Iwe unotora iyo yekuwedzera uye unoishandisa kune zvimwe zvese, uye kana iwe uchigara uchifunga kumberi nenzira iyoyo, ipapo shanduko inoitika. "
Anodaro Alexei Saba Mohajerjasbi — anonyanya kuzivikanwa saSabzi, DJ uye mugadziri weSeattle akavakirwa hip-hop duo Blue Scholars. Kuvhura nzvimbo nekunzvenga gungano kwagara kuri chikamu cheM.O yeboka Musimboti wemumhanzi wavo — weSabzi's eclectic, cerebral beats uye emcee George "Geologic" Quibuyen's kutonhora, kuverengera kuburitsa - kwagara kwakamira kupfupika pamusoro pe "zvematongerwo enyika" rap. Mune izvo zvinogona kuwanzo fungidzirwa sub-genre, maScholars anosarudza kusatsigirwa mukona.
Hazvishamisi, saka, kuti payakasvika nguva yekuburitsa EP yavo itsva, OOF!, Nyanzvi dzakasarudza manyorerwo ayo, zvakanaka, asiri echinyakare. Bvisa izvo-zvinopesana netsika. "Inopfuura EP," anotsanangura kudaro Sabzi. "Zvakawanda zvekuedza-media, kuyambuka-tsika."
Zvose OOF! Pakeji-inowanikwa pawebhusaiti yavo-inosanganisira kwete kungodhawunirodha yekuburitswa kwenziyo gumi nembiri, asi posita yakaitwa nemunyori wemifananidzo Aaron “Angry Woebots” Martin, t-shirt, uye vhidhiyo yeboka revanotungamira dope “HI-12. ” akapfurwa neHawai'i-based media groups Kai Media neHonozooloo.
Sabzi anokurumidza kutaura kuti chimwe nechimwe cheizvi chikamu chakaenzana chepurojekiti, mumwe nemumwe wevabatsiri vakasiyana-siyana vachiuya nezwi rakaenzana. Nzira yacho inozorodza. Kazhinji, nzira dzakasiyana dzekutaura kwekugadzira dzinozviwana dzakaparadzaniswa uye dzakaparadzaniswa kubva kune imwe neimwe: "mimhanzi haina chokuita nefirimu," "nhetembo haina chokuita nekupenda," nezvimwe zvakadaro.
KuBlue Scholars, maitiro akadaro anoita seakamira, asiri echisikigo. Rusvingo rwesimbi rwakarembera pakati penzira imwe neimwe yekugadzira rinoratidzika serinoratidzira nzira iyo vanhu, maererano naSabzi, “vakaparadzana zvikuru—tine mitsetse yakawanda nemabhokisi akadhirowa pakati pemumwe uye akatenderedzana pane kukonzera musiyano.” Uye nepo maartist akasiyana akaungana kuOOF! emhando dzakasiyana siyana, ese akabatana pasi pemusoro wakafanana.
Dingindira irori-uye pano kunouya imwe curveball-Hawai'i. Asi vateereri vanotarisira nyaya dzemabhafu uye michindwe iri kuzununguswa nemhepo inopisa vane chimwe chinhu chiri kuuya. Nhetembo dzakarukwa naGeologic - akakurira ipapo baba vake vaive muNavy - vane chokwadi vanhu-centric. Achinunurwa nekuseka uye kutaura chokwadi, nhetembo dzake dzinodonha nekunetsana kwevanhu vechitsuwa, vachicheka nemufananidzo wakakwenenzverwa weparadhiso wemirioni inopenya makadhidhi:
“Kwete, hakusi kufamba pamahombekombe
Saka usauye uchifunga shiti inotapira kupfuura muti wenzimbe
‘Nekuti kana marova adonha, brah, usandipe mhosva
Uye ikozvino iwe unoda kutuka seInterstate 3
Newsflash jerk: Hawai'i haina kusununguka
Uye ndakapika zuva randakava emcee
Usambotaura zvandinenge ndaitwa kuti nditaure kubva"
Geo haasi kunyanya kufunga mazwi ake. Munyika yose OOF! anotaura nezve Hawai'ian kuzvisarudzira uye Seattle general kuramwa zviri nyore sekuseri kwemba uye mimhanzi yerap pachayo.
Saizvozvo, Sabzi's beats mesh pamwe nehutsva hunoratidza hunyoro kupfuura chero chinhu. Anoita seakavhunduka pandinomuudza kuti dhizaini yake inonzwika seHawai'i. “Handidi kuti hongu, asi handidiwo kuti kwete. Ndichataura kudaro somwanakomana, pandinoteerera rekodhi uye ndofunga rwendo rwedu rwekuHawaii, runokwana. "
Sabzi anogona kunge anga asinganyanyi kuzviziva, asi musimboti wacho uripo-kubva kunhengo yeHammond ine surfy kusvika kumagitare ane zvinyoro-nyoro uye madhiramu anorira. Ndichinzwa kushamisika kwaSabzi ndinoyeuchidzwa nezve chirevo kubva kune mushakabvu, Joe Strummer: "Zvinoita senge kwandiri kuti mavambo ipfungwa, kwete njere."
Kunyanya, pane zvakawanda nezve EP iyi ine musikirwo wakasarudzika-zvese maererano nezviri mukati uye chimiro. Blue Scholars 'yake nhoroondo ndeimwe yekuwana isingaperi mapoinzi umo mimhanzi nekuratidzira zvinopokana. Nziyo dzakapfuura dzakatarisana nemisoro yakaita seHondo muSeattle uye kutorwa kweIraq nenzira inobatanidza ruzivo rwemunhu nechisimba chakasimba. Kubva 2002 vakatora ratidziro yavo yehupenyu kwete chete munzira nezviito zvakaita seKanye West uye De La Soul, asi kumabasa ekuronga makonferensi, nzvimbo dzevechidiki munharaunda uye May 1st "Zuva Pasina Mutorwa" kuratidzira.
Saka zvakangokodzera kuti pakutsvaga forum yepurojekiti ine shungu se OOF!, Blue Scholars yakapfuura iro rekodhi rekodhi bhizinesi zvachose. "Chaizvoizvo, kana uine homwe hombe yerekodhi chero ipi yezvinhu izvi," Sabzi anozvimisa, "zvakanaka, vangangove vasiri kuzozvipa mari nekuti havanzwisise rudzi urwu rwekutaura."
Ichokwadi sei. Iyo yakajairwa schematic rekodhi dhizaini ndiyo inotaurirwa mazwi kune muimbi. Kana iwe usingazvifarire, unorova nzira. "Muchibvumirano ichocho, iyo label inoguma-nekuda kwemitengo yekugadzira uye muridzi wenzira dzekugadzira uye iyo jazz yese-iine basa guru muhukama. Kudai taizosaina zvibvumirano zvataive tichipihwa nemamwe mavara aya, taizofanira kusaina humwe hutongi.
Kuisa kutonga kune yakakura label kunogona kuve nemhedzisiro yakakura kupfuura mimhanzi pachayo. “Rudzi rwekudzora rwandinoda muchibvumirano chemimhanzi, semuenzaniso, kubvumidza kushandiswa kwemari—uye kugovera—zvinhu zvekusimudzira. Iyi inyaya yakakosha kana munhu anotarisira akabviswa mutsika nemagariro aari kusimudzira — zvinowanzoitika.”
Haisi chokwadi chekuti maScholars'asingazungunuke, mweya wekuzvimiririra waizodzingirirwa pasi pehuremu hwechinyorwa chikuru. Asi sei kutora mukana? Kugoverwa kweiyo limited-edition CD vhezheni ye OOF! ichatorwa naDuck Down Entaprizez, kunyangwe sekuburitswa kweboka kunoratidza kuti boka harina kusaina kuDuck Down. Asi, maBlue Scholars akaunza mazwi kuDuck Down, uye Duck Down akasaina kwavari. Ruzhinji rwerutsigiro rwerekodhi rwuri kuuyawo kubva kuCaffé Vita, Seattle-based coffeehouse inozivikanwa munzvimbo iyi nekuda kwekufambira mberi kwebhizinesi maitiro. Mukupedzisira, zvakadaro, mari mune iyi yakasarudzika dhiri inomira nevaimbi ivo pachavo.
Makore gumi apfuura, rudzi urwu rwepurojekiti isiriyo yaigona kunge isingagoneki-kana kwete kana muimbi aida kuratidzwa kune vakawanda. Kunyangwe kusambove pane chikuru, maBlue Scholars haana kuita dambudziko rekutsvaga mafeni. Kuburitswa kwavo muna 2007 Bayani (zvakare ichangobva kuburitswa mu redux neDuck Down) kusvika parizvino yakatama pamusoro pemakumi maviri ezviuru-nhamba inoshamisa yekuburitswa kweindie-uye boka racho rakawana kuvimbika kunotevera mumakore mashoma apfuura. Panguva iyo pasina ruzha rwumwechete rwuri kutonga hip-hop uye pesvedzero yemarekodhi makuru inoratidzika kunge iri kupararira kumhepo, nhamba iri kukura yevanhu vari kuwana hudyu kumharidzo yeScholars 'yakakura yehunhu.
Kana pakambove nemukana wekuti nzvimbo itsva dzivhurwe, ndizvozvo. “Nyika yanyanya kuipa kupfuura kare,” anodaro Sabzi, “zvinhu zviri kuramba zvichiipa chaizvo.” Kana paine chero chinhu chinopfupisa maonero ake, zvakadaro, itarisiro:
“Vanoona nezvezviono nhasi, vana vanoita sevanozviona vari kufunga zvemberi… Pane tarisiro yakati muvana vadiki nhasi. Zvakafanana nekuti vanoda zvese, uye zvakadaro havasi kutenga uye kutengesa panguva imwe chete. Ndiri kudzidza kubva kwavari uye ndichiedza kuisa izvo mune zvatinoita. "
Chokwadi, pane imwe nzvimbo yekudzidza kubva kune mumwe nemumwe mazano uye zviitiko kupfuura nakare kose. Kana chimwe chinhu chiri nani chichibvira, saka nhaurirano dzakadaro hadzisi dzinongodiwa chete-dzinodiwa. Pakupedzisira, vanozobudirira chete kana vari iwo mhando yemafungiro anogona kuputsa miganhu uye kukwevera vanhu pamwechete. Uye kana vakakwanisa kubvisa masimba ari mukuita, zvese zviri nani.
Alexander Billet, mutori wenhau wemimhanzi uye muratidziri anogara muChicago, anomhanyisa blog Rebel Frequencies (http://rebelfrequencies.blogspot.com) uye munyori wechikamu cheSleptOn Magazine uye Sosaiti yeCinema uye Arts. Zvinyorwa zvake zvakabudawo muSocialist Worker, CounterPunch, ZNet, PopMatters.com, MR Zine uye Razorcake.org. Anogona kusvikwa pa [email inodzivirirwa].
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