American-Japanese Hip Hop: Kenso Kuma and DJ Cloude NI9E

Thu 29 Aug 2013, 9 pm
ATK

From the organizer:

Bilingual rapper, Kensho Kuma and Tokyo based beat maker Cloud NI9E celebrate the launch of their latest EP, The Program, with a South East Asian tour that’ll bring them to Hanoi.

A 15 year veteran of West Coast American Hip Hop culture & community, Kensho Kuma’s bilingualism and slick rhymes have seen him share the stage with hip hop heavy-weights Talib Kweli and Hieroglyphics, to name just two. His collaborations with producer and DJ Cloud NI9E are a match made in beat-heaven with their latest EP garnering plenty of attention both in the US, Japan and Europe. Cloud NI9E rose to prominence in Japan with the jazz and soul heavy compositions that saw some of the world’s best lyricist looking to collaborate with the far Eastern beat-maker.

Kensho’s double edged rhymes, and Cloud NI9E’s smooth-as-Sake beats promise a glimpse of Hip Hop inspired by the golden age of 90’s Wu Tang Clan.

Entry VND 100,000 (free before 8 pm).

“Concrete Tears” Video: 

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