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Klanhattan KlanVillage Documentary ep1: Had Time Interview

2017-08-17
By: kevlexicon
On: August 17, 2017
In: Documentary, Music Video, Uncategorized, VLOG
Tagged: .pdf, Alexander Hamilton, American History, Anticolonial Resistance Movements, atomization, Audio Kusini, bangladesh, black panthers, Blind Willie Johnson, brats, C.L.R. James, capitalism, Christian Parenti, Demographics, drones, East African History, econkkklan, Economic Inequality, Economic Neoliberalism, Economic Racism, Exploitation, gentrification, Had Time, Hbo, Hip hop documentary, Imperialism, jacobin, jeezy, Kenya, Kevlexicon, Kitu Sewer, Klanhattan KlanVillage Mixtape Median Income Edition, lucky dube, Maji Maji Rebellion, Manville, Mau Mau Rebellion, Mayflower, Mike Davis, Mombasa, Nairobi, New Jersey, plantation, PlantationOwners, Programmed Economic Failure of the Village, Qama, rape, refugees, Research Materials, segregation, slavery, South Africa, The Economist, Turkana, ukoo flani mau mau, vice news, Yuppies

Kevlexicon – Klanhattan KlanVillage Documentary ep1: Had Time Interview published August 27, 2015   This Economic History documentary has a free companion .pdf you can download here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByizAe4GpB1ARmtpbGNSUEpnUjA Check out all of Kevlexicon’s Research Materials (.pdfs) on: Google Drive Dropbox   Video Playlist for Klanhattan KlanVillage Mixtape & Documentary ( and vimeo ) Download Klanhattan KlanVillage Mixtape – Median Income Edition on Bandcamp.   Klanhattan KlanVillage Documentary episode 1 Kevlexicon talks about the situations that inspired the mistari (lyrics) of his new song, “Had Time”, off the Klanhattan KlanVillage Mixtape. Using the song as an entry point, Kevlexicon begins to talk about the larger global economic forces and hip hop histories that inform his recent works. Living in Kenya and reading The Economist, growing up broke, going to a decent college, talking about economic inequality, the Klanhattans and KlanVillages… *edit: yeh, the pic of Mumbai, India is actually Sao Paulo, my bad. (conflicting google image search references, wups)   Excerpt from the .pdf:     Reading Hamilton From The Left – Jacobin Mag https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/08/reading-hamilton-from-the-left/   “Two hundred years ago, Alexander Hamilton was mortally wounded by then Vice President Aaron Burr in a duel at Weehawken, New Jersey. Their conflict, stemmingRead More →

Had Time

2017-08-17
By: kevlexicon
On: August 17, 2017
In: Music Video, Uncategorized, VLOG
Tagged: apartheid, Debt, Economic Inequality, Had Time, Kevlexicon, Klanhattan KlanVillage Mixtape Median Income Edition, lyrics, Manville, Mshamba Guilty, New Jersey, NJ Hip Hop, Poverty, Programmed Economic Failure of the Village, social justice, ukoo flani mau mau, Washamba Wenza

Kevlexicon – Had Time published August 27, 2015   Video Playlist for Klanhattan KlanVillage Mixtape & Documentary ( and vimeo ) Download Klanhattan KlanVillage Mixtape – Median Income Edition on Bandcamp.   Lyrics: had time This is such a bad time to be alive, u realise, u wish u had time, to go back, it doesn’t last, it doesn’t work, you’re on your ass and it hurts Pain in the life, the silences and the absences and the holes, that swallow u whole, Opportunity, nothin new for the youth, approachin 30, I kno its no longer about me, Tools to lead, withheld by those that inherit wealth, and they don’t share it well, Can’t expect that to change, so u deal wit it, Starin down hard facts, in the mirror, every mornin, I don’t write bcoz it’s boring, I don’t fight bcoz am warrin, Am not worried, this a warnin, Eyes closed like, minds in a poison dimension, Privlives in transit, rural poor in suspension, Life’s not like a movie, it’s like a quest to get (scene)seen, High (div)visibility, hostility, on the road to get cream, Not-so-clean lottery dreams, bank slaves to debt schemes, You take me but u don’tRead More →

Kevlexicon, Nafsi Huru, & Nje – Still Strong

2017-08-17
By: kevlexicon
On: August 17, 2017
In: Music Video, Uncategorized, VLOG
Tagged: #KeHipHop, African Jazz Vibe, African Socialism, Audio Kusini, Conscious, Kenyan Hip Hop, Kevlexicon, Mombasa, Nafsi Huru, Nairobi, Nje, Okoa Hip Hop, Political rap, Poverty, Pwani, Roots Reggae, social justice, Still Strong, The Kevlexicon Mixtape, Ufuoni Records, Vijana

Kevlexicon, Nafsi Huru & Nje – Still Strong Published on April 3, 2012.   Download  The Kevlexicon Mixtape on Bandcamp. Video Playlist for The Kevlexicon Mixtape.     Beautiful floez, Nafsi goin in kila time, na Nje on the hook and production. Recorded in Nairobi with Nafsi Huru and Nje of Ufuoni Records with help from Audio Kusini in Nairobi.   Asante Sana, Contact: Kevlexicon@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/kevlexicon/ https://www.facebook.com/kevlexiconRead More →

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