Author Archives: IanKamau

K’Naan ft. Nas_ Nothing To Lose (Remix)

I like this song. I haven’t been into all the pop stuff K’naan has been putting out. I’m interested to see what he does for his next record, would love to see him go back to his roots, this feels like an attempt. #toronto

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Studiofeed_ Short Documentary

Spoken Honestly: Ian Kamau from StudioFeed on Vimeo. A few months ago I was asked by an independent music blog called Studiofeed to do a short doc piece. I’ve been wanting to do something like this for a while so of course I accepted, it was an opportunity to speak about my art in some […]

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Favela On Blast_ Mad Decent

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M.I.A_ Bad Girls (The Making Of)

For some reason the documentary of the making of Bad Girls by M.I.A. makes me like the song better (is that wrong?) The video is obviously crazy, but seeing the process makes makes me understand some things I didn’t understand before.

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Generation OS13_ Dazed TV

I stumbled on this short documentary by Dazed TV on the Dazed Vimeo a few weeks ago after watching another doc on Grimes (who supposedly only showers once to five times a week, that is grimy). Anyway, The Generation OS13 documentary is an interesting look at contemporary culture and recent resistance to the powers that […]

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Steve Carty_ Hermann & Audrey

My friend Steve Carty is a photographer. Him and a small collective of talent people at Hermann & Audrey do creative work; what they describe as ‘image work.’ This is Steve’s short piece describing his style and his approach to photography. So many talented people in Toronto.

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A LONG WALK (3 OF 3)_ The Village

This is the final instalment of the short video, spoken word series of mine directed by Marcos Fantu in different parts of downtown Toronto (click to see Part 1 and Part 2). It is an acapella version of the song ‘The Village’ that appears on the album ‘One Day Soon.’ Order One Day Soon on […]

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Some Times_ Om’Mas Keith

I don’t know much about Om’Mas Keith but I like this video and what he’s doing musically doing interesting. I know more about his production partner in Sa Ra, Shafiq Husayn who did a crazy joint (with a crazy video) with Bilal not too long ago (posted below).

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The Roots_ Legendary

The Roots are some of the hardest working musicians in hip hop and certainly one of the best live hip hop shows you will ever see in your life. Legendary.

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Juan Carlos Noria_ Two Artists in Juan

Quentin Vercetty has the bad habit of calling me ‘Unkle Kamau’ he spells ‘Uncle’ with a ‘K’ for some reason. I hate it. He also has the habit of posting videos that he thinks I will like on my wall, I enjoy that. Mr. Vercetty posted this on my wall earlier today and it made […]

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