Tag Archives: Poetry

One Day Soon / Because We Were Born Release Gathering (11/11/11)

Sometimes we don’t know what we have when we have it. After the release of my album, One Day Soon, I experienced one of the longest and lowest periods of depression in my life thus far. I suffered it mostly alone in my apartment during a cold, grey winter in Toronto. Most people I know […]

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As I Am_ Chris Dean & Adam Spearman

As I Am from alan spearman on Vimeo. I haven’t blogged in a long time, but when I saw this posted on my friend Luam Kidane’s wall I had to share it. I don’t really have anything to say about it, just watch it. Thank you Luam Kidane and Jamilah Malika for putting me on.

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BLACK BODIES_ (ONE DAY SOON)

This video was directed by RT for The NE the song ‘Black Bodies‘ is available on the album One Day Soon// As I write this I am sitting in a cafe in Junction in Nairobi, Kenya; one of the places that made me decide to record the album One Day Soon. I came here after […]

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KJ_ Bossed Up

AHRfilms Presents – KJ “Bossed Up” from Mark Valino on Vimeo. KJ of the 88 Days collective is one of the hip hop artists in Toronto that I check for, he is one of the most interesting young rap artists coming out of my city right now. Looking forward to what he does in the […]

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The Village (Full Video)_ (One Day Soon)

Ian Kamau_ The Village (One Day Soon) from Ian Kamau on Vimeo. This video for The Village is the first full video of of the album One Day Soon. The video was directed and edited by Marcos Fantu, who lives just down the street from me in Esplanade. Both the song and the album are […]

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11/11/11 (event promo video)

11/11/11 Ian Kamau / Keisha Monique (event promo) from Ian Kamau on Vimeo. This little video was directed and edited by myself and shot by Andrea Roberts. I am officially releasing ‘One Day Soon‘ on 11/11/11 (November 11, 2011) with my friend Keisha Monique who is pre-releasing her first book entitled ‘Because We Were Born.’ […]

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One Day Soon_ Finally

After three years of work One Day Soon is finally here. Today (Oct 7) is my fathers birthday. People who purchased the physical CD will read in the (32 page hand-written) booklet that I dedicated this album to my parents. Without them there would be no me, so who better to dedicate it to. My […]

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D’bi Young_ Sorplusi Principles

D’bi Young is a hero of mine. She also a friend. We came up in the Toronto poetry scene together. D’bi is an example of a free person and a true community artist in every sense of the word. She has been pushing the boundaries of what it means to be a community oriented creative […]

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Cocoons EP_

GET COCOONS EP (PAY WHAT YOU CAN) Yesterday I decided to let go of some songs that I’ve been holding onto. The songs on the Cocoons EP are songs that didn’t make it onto One Day Soon, the album that I’ve been working on that is due out Oct 7, 2011. Cocoons like One Day […]

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Misunderstood_ (2010 Lil Wayne/Nina Simone DUB)

I shot this simple video for Misunderstood over a year with Nabil Shash in Esplanade. I came up with the basic concept and we rented a camera using his fathers credit card (thank you Nabil’s Dad) and shot two videos in a weekend. It is not the first of our collaborations as Nabil shot Love […]

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