all images courtesy of Blackstar and Lyrical Assassins
all images courtesy of Blackstar and Lyrical Assassins
all images courtesy of Blackstar and Lyrical Assassins
all images courtesy of Blackstar & Lyrical Assassins
// all images here were taken during the video shoot for their hit single Chini Chini //
I met Lyrical Assasins once or twice through my random street encounters in the streets of Nairobi. They are based on Mada/ West Area and at the time they were recording at Duplex Studios (which I think is where this video and song were shot and also produced).
I probably have been jamming to this song for longer than usual, simple because for one – the video is a Blackstar production, and probably for two – The song just cracks me up. As much as Blackstar did the video, I think it was a whack video, we (they) could have done way better on this video and I wasnt totally impressed. The set sucked, the backdrops weren’t as interesting and mostly the wardrobe was not appropriate. In my opinion the video killed the song – but the SONG was sick.
No disrespect to all my Brothers at Blackstar (Edu Gee in particular) Ive seen you guys do better work before, ama the video was low budget.. he he he. Either way. If you pay attention to this song, the lyrics can grown on you. Probably the only cool part of this video is throwing in Yolanda and that other chile I think her name is Myra – he he he … kudos for that move.
listen to Lyrical Assassins Chini Chini here:
[audio:http://getmziki.s3.amazonaws.com/lyrical_assasin-chinichini.mp3]download the main track here: (quality not the best – courtesy of Dj Dona)
listen to the instrumental here:
[audio:http://nvvbiw.blu.livefilestore.com/y1p7GgBissuL721sW3Sb5qN9sNH2kWmXQv7Bu11qGpGkF48xENY9oDQ1Bz-IY4Q53yH6z76uomnFsy0ECBxo4fOtg/LyricalAssasins_ChiniChinInstr.mp3]Download the instrumental here:
Watch the video here:
