#Waajeed

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I'll go back to a song from 2013 but it's worth it. This is a rap song by the Catalan band At Versaris ft. the American MC Invincible and DJ Waajeed. The song is mostly in Catalan with a last part in English.

The song is titled "No fear" because the rapper talks about fighting back against fear, which is the feeling the used to keep people in place in the capitalist system.

I translated the part in Catalan, but in the original language it's better because the lyrics are very well written to create sound repetitions. Anyway, here's the original lyrics (in red) and translation of the part that was in Catalan (in black), and the part of the song in English I leave it as it is (in purple).

[Chorus:]

[Cap por, cara a cara, tots junts, colze a colze, apreta els punys.

Cap por mira'm als ulls, apunta al cor, un altre juny.

No fear, face to face, all together, side by side, close your fists tight.

No fear, look me in the eyes, aim for the heart, another June [June means a time to fight because of a historical reference in Catalonia's anthem].

No fear: never a phobia ever controlling ya, build a utopia

No fear: when you're courageous the feeling's contagious I'm willing to wage it.

Cap por, avui la claca clar que no s'aplaca. Ataca.

No té cap por, chapeau l'actitud de capo

No fear, today of course the chatter isn't abated. It attacks.

It has no fear, bravo to their mafia boss attitude

No fear: ain't nothing stoppin' this, love is the opposite

We got no fear: world is ours, building power, say it louder]

Calla, domina la por.

Doctrina, morfina, les mans sobre el capó.

Una fina cortina de fum, estímul, resposta, rutina, consum,

governa la fòbia, l'escòria, la pasta i la làbia.

Obre la gàbia, fuck religió, crida cap por i autoorganitza la ràbia.

Quiet, control your fear.

Doctrine, morphine, your hands on the hood [of the car].

A thin layer of smoke, encouragement, response, routine, consumption,

the phobia, the scum, the cash and the glibness is what governs.

Open the cage, fuck religion, shout "no fear" and self-organize the rage.

Controlo el tempo, més viu que mai,

jo estic atent, tu al ciberespai.

Jo rebento i tu caçant el hype,

assaltem els bancs com Bonie & Clyde de la mà.

Ara tenim un pla, volem un plat a taula i un tros de pa.

Prou, no demanem si us plau, som el monstre si la nit cau.

I control the tempo, more alive than ever,

I'm paying attention, you're in the cyberspace.

I blow up and you hunting the hype,

let's rob the banks like Bonie & Clyde holding hands.

Now we have a plan, we want a dish on our table and a load of bread.

Enough, we're not asking "please", we're the monster if the night falls.

Cap por, saps, no? Hem assumit el risc,

no guardem el crit a la boca, hem creuat el límit, idiota.

Sóc prop del precipici intentant no perdre el cap,

com Grandmasterflash i Furious 5, com al principi.

No fear, you know, don't you? We've accepted the risk,

we don't keep the shout in our mouth, we've crossed the limit, idiot.

I'm near the cliff trying not to loose my head,

like Grandmasterflash and Furious 5, like at the beginning.

Malson, Barna en flames, columnes de fum,

ningú no dorm quan cau la nit Diagonal amunt,

és l'u per cent contra el sentiment de tot el conjunt,

una altra esquela i La Vanguardia plora els seus difunts.

Nightmare, Barcelona in flames, smoke columns,

nobody sleeps when the night falls from the Diagonal above [note: the rich neighbourhoods of Barcelona are above the Diagonal avenue]

It's the 1% against the feeling of the whole rest,

another obituary and La Vanguardia cries their deaths. [note: La Vanguardia is a centre-right newspaper]

[Repeat chorus]

La por d'una xavala que s'amaga entre la gent quan sent

un mirada de babosa prepotència.

La por a que s'acabi l'idil·li amb foli i el boli que neix a la infància.

El pànic a la repressió que cala a cada militant

et va minant perquè és quinta essència

de l'estratègia capitalista per excel·lència

The fear of a girl who hides among people when she feels a glance of creepy arrogance.

The fear of the end of the idyll of paper sheet and pen that's born in childhood.

The panic of repression that seeps through every activist

and slowly undermines you 'cause it's the quintessence

of the capitalist strategy par excellence.

La por a la mala imatge, t'esquitxa el rumor?

Mostrar el dit del cor i fer el cor fort,

riu-te del mort i el que el vetlla.

Viuen vides de tedi, tu al podi i ells són morralla.

I no falla: quan calla el pobre el ric no trontolla.

Ens podreu xapar a la trena, però tenim cinc mil homes de palla

The fear of looking bad, does the rumour taint you?

Giving the middle finger and being courageous [literally: giving the heart finger and making the heart strong],

laugh at the dead one and at the one who keeps the vigil.

They live tedious lives, you in the podium and they're rabble

And it doesn't fail: when the poor man is silent, the rich man doesn't tremble.

You might be able to lock us up, but we have 5000 frontmen.

Que el què et pot tombar no és tenir por sinó mostrar-la a un poli.

Jo me la guardo per mi.

Que la cel·la és petita però el somni és immens:

Tombar el capital, per fi.

Teniu fotos dels tatoos, empremptes i el meu adn.

Teniu el TN.

Però jo una germana de mil cares de nom "subalterna" que em guarda l'esquena.

Having fear isn't what can knock you down, it's showing it to a cop.

I keep mine for me.

'Cause the cell is small but the dream is huge:

finally knocking down the capital.

You have photos of the tattoos, fingerprints and my DNA,

you have the TV news

but I have a sister with 1000 faces called "working class" that keeps my back.

A cada burgeset: la por com xarop.

Que solidaritat és set de tot i viure amb poc.

Ric, sents el tic-tac?

La tropa de xusma que et posa en escac.

Ni caritat, ni 0,7, ni paritat.

La massa el què vol és pitet.

Babejant de veure de un banquer entre el poble i la paret com va reculant

amb cap por.

To every little bourgeois: fear as a syrup.

'Cause solidarity is being thirsty for all and living with little.

Rich man, can you hear the tick-tock?

The riffraff troop that puts you in checkmate.

No charity, nor 0.7, nor parity.

What the masses want is a bib

they're drooling seeing a banker between the people and the wall,

how he walks back.

With no fear.

[Repeat chorus]

No fear:

whether you board a flight although you scared of heights

or a kid getting bullied when you go to school but you train up and

you go prepared to fight

you got no fear

now the bully chills to a lower Fahrenheit and they freeze, or they

try to be your friend and appease, then the plane lands in a place

with a warm breeze

No fear

that's what I tell em- only way to deal with an unfree world is to be

so free, your existence is rebellion

and I'm so clear

that fear debilitates and it could seal your fate when they manipulate

but my amygdula's irregular transform the molecular, fear it ain't protecting ya

No fear-

immigrants internationally

no papers so they try to deport ya

but fuck their borders

you gonna still raise your family

we got no fear-

cuz you're queer or trans and they hate you with judgement

be who you are and love who you love and still hold hands and date you in public

We got no fear-

from foreclosing and eviction

if you can't pay the loan gotta reclaim your home

cuz we chose to be brave not frozen as victims

we got no fear-

it's not when fear is absent

it's when you absolutely passionate bout the life that's past it

battle trance shit.

[defjux]

I was tagged by @lostintheunicornland (thanks by the way, i hope you're doing well) to put a playlist on shuffle and post the first 10 tracks. I'm going with a playlist of music released in 2022, also doing 25 tracks instead of 10 because it's more fun that way.

Vic Spencer & August Fanon - Only Ignorance Wins Nilüfer Yanya - Midnight Sun MIKE - nuthin i can do is wrong Sudan Archives - Yellow Brick Road KILLVONGARD - Small Steps Mavi - My Good Ghosts Ghost Funk Orchestra - Rooted Bloodmoney Perez - Well Wishes Moor Mother - WOODY SHAW Waajeed - The Ballad of Robert O​’​Bryant Theravada - With All Grace HYLDA - Red Dreams The Orielles - Beam/s Ivan Ave - Orbit (feat. MoRuf, Zee & Jay Prince) Teddy Faley - Paper Plates And Sodas Boldy James & Futurewave - Jam Master J SolarFive & Iceberg Theory - Fly Far Wormrot - Desolate Landscapes Lukah - RAWDERVES YUNGMORPHEUS - Distant Place Show Me The Body - Trouble The Water AKAI SOLO - Musashi Natalia Lafourcade - Pajarito colibrí DoomCannon - Amalgamation Jimetta Rose - Still Here (prod. Denmark Vessey)

I never know who to tag in these anymore so i'll just @ the same people I did last time and a couple others- If you want me to keep tagging you for these in the future, or to stop doing it because you find it annoying just let me know. Anyone else who sees this feel free to post your own though, i'd like to see what you get. Hope this holiday season is a great one for you all. Peace. @moorrockin @newkindofcozy @hidden-forbidden-holy-ground @freshwoner @suitthehellhounds @nonsensejunkie @mingusdewofficial @satins-finest @oddiology @maldoror-est-mort @brownyuio @komplikacije @kimmyvondoom @flyloseed @oddtonehenri @lexvillain @theforestofuncertainty @stylesthatfadeaway @outmymind--justintime @unkanny @newplaces2drown @quenchx @rhymewithme @thebonesofhoudini @ominoushuman @soulknowledge

[beatsforbrothels]

Waajeed - The Ballad of Robert O’Bryant

[thewaysoundtravels]

(via It's Alright (Waajeed's Conant Gardens Remix) [feat. Ideeyah & Neco Redd] by Amp Fiddler)

Another tasteful treatment of a little known tune by Amp Fiddler.

Full album:

https://soundcloud.com/ampfiddler/sets/amp-dog-knights-2

https://ampfiddler.bandcamp.com/album/amp-dog-knights

[omanxl1]

Defected Radio Show Hosted by Rimarkable 25.08.23

Digital Crate Digging Continues as we come through with this Flashback Friday  / Fabulous Friday edition! It’s now shifted into our Friday Night Fever edition! the saga  / struggle continues, life goes on as the toil and strife goes on but we’re O-Dog Day Partying in the midst of the ongoing madness! this is how we’re living! Brotha O? I was feeling / filling the void! walking through the…

[radiophd]

waajeed -- right now (12″ version)

[lyrics724]

Memoirs of Hi Tech Jazz

Memoirs of Hi Tech Jazz

[Intro: Black Nix] Okay [Spoken Word: Black Nix] Open minds (Open minds, open minds) Open hearts, people A history lesson that’ll thread the needle In a haystack, I’m Black Proud and groovin’ Two-steppin’ down a beaten path, massed (Massed) Oblivious to greatness in our sight With this unknown embedded birthright Diamond in the rough or D. Mecca for short Our sound’s being packaged for…

[stradarecords]

WAAJEED / MOTOR CITY MADNESS (REMIXES) : TRESOR(12") これぞデトロイトのテクノとジャズ 融合の系譜！デトロイトのアーティストWaajeedのアルバム"Memoirs of Hi-Tech Jazz"からのシングル・カット！ホーンとサックスがシンセサイザーとエレクトリック・ピアノに解け合い、疾走するドラムが軽快すぎる一曲！さらにデトロイト・テクノの伝説Underground Resistanceによるリミックス、ザンビアの新星テクノ・プロデューサー She Spells Doom によるGQOMリミックスも収録！オススメは、デトロイトの若き才能 Zo!、Tall Black Guy、Michele Manzoを集結させ実験的なJAZZ TUNEに変貌させたA-！大推薦盤！(KEYWON) #Waajeed#TRESOR#deephouse#house#12inch#deephouse#house#vinyl#record#stradarecords#dj#vinyljunkies#kobe#motomachi#strada#recordshop#recordstore#神戸レコード#元町レコード#レコード店#レコード#アナログ https://www.stradarecords.com/shop/item/27922/index.php (Strada Records) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClpfekaBIEz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[kickmag]

Waajeed Releases Memoirs Of Hi-Tech Jazz Album

Waajeed's Memoirs Of Hi-Tech Jazz is an ode to Black resistance and the automobile's significance to life in his native Detroit. The producer set the tone for the album with his cinema-worthy video for "Motor City Madness." The car ride around the city in the visual is described in the liner notes as a trip from "labor to pleasure" because the music reflects the people's need to work and play. There are plenty of electronic keys and synthesizers meeting up with horns from soul-jazz traditions. The album is longer thanks to six 12-inch versions of songs like the party anthem "Snake Eyes." But "Rouge" is a reminder of Detroit's history of Black protest with its chants of "No justice no peace." Waajeed's jazz-imbued house fuses two of the city's favored genres together in a salute to Black political agency and pleasure. 

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rules: 🎵 when you get this, list 5 songs you've been listening to. tag 5-10 followers to do the same 🎵 WEEE I WAS TAGGED BY @djmiffy YAAAY

Faidra - The Depths (WONDERFUL MINIMAL BLACK METAL)

Severed Heads - Cyflea, Rated R (Early industrial/tape dance-ish music!)

Waajeed - Motor City Madness (Detroit jazz/acid house/techno... so lovely)

CAN - Vitamin C (Actually this whole album! CRAZY COOL KRAUT CLASSICS)

Drexciya - Black Sea (Old favorite!! Experimental Detroit techno/electro)

I TAG @blackricelady @blastbeatbutch @lovewhatsurvives @lobsterwall @miss-ereignis @drumandbassdoll YAAAAY

[priokskfm]

#MixOfDay #Podcast #Radioshow #LiveDjset Even Funkier @ Radio 1001, 15th March 2024 Here's what happened when I headed down to Cafe 1001 to spin a few tunes. A distinctly African-inspired first half, building the pace into something a bit housier with a sprinkling of vintage disco magic! Watch the video version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWreZbtt2b8 TRACKLIST 1 Haute Pression - Pil Ou Face 2 Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - Che Che Cole (Makossa) 3 Ebo Taylor - Odofo Nyi Akyiri Biara (Chillum Trio Afrobass Flip) 4 Ashiko - Gumba Fire (Madlakadlaka) 5 Jack District, Marelua - Essa Menina 6 Woolfy - AEROPLANE (Dub Dub Mix) 7 Kassav - Avèou Doudou 8 Even Funkier - Moon To Medina 9 Saltywax - Onye Manya 10 De Gama - E.T.A. 11 Dames Brown, Waajeed - Glory (Kelly G- Shelter Stomp Club Mix) 12 Sirhan - Le Flute 13 Mishal Moore - Oh Lord (Kenny Dope Remix) 14 Manuel Kane, Mo-Cream - Nightvision (Mo-Cream Remix) 15 Apparel Wax - 005A1 16 Bunny Mack - Let Me Love You (DJ Gregory Pepsi Dub) 17 Wallace - Whirl 18 Paradise - Keep the Fire 19 Colors - Am I gonna be the One 20 Atlantic Starr - (Let's) Rock 'N' Roll 21 Zetbee - Together 22 Ce Ce Rogers - Someday Mixtape, afro, African, "cafe 1001", "radio 1001", "dj set", "dj mix", "afro vibes", "african vibes" www.priokskfm.online https://ift.tt/imfGuMS

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My WVUD playlist and stream, 4/22/2023

The Pop Group - We Are All Prostitutes Mark Stewart - Passivecation Program The Pop Group - War Inc. Mark Stewart - Forbidden Dub Sun Ra Arkestra - Angels and Demons at Play Sun Ra & Nu Sounds - Stranger in Paradise Sun Ra - Images DJ Muggs - There Are Other Worlds Conic Rose - Gleisdreieck JUZU a k a  MOOCHY meets MOTOHARU - Untitled Movement 1 Waajeed - The Ballad of Robert O'Bryant Minimal Orchestra - Tight Schedule Rami Atassi - Yuma Soul Natural Information Society - Moontide Chorus Shake Stew - I Am the Bad Wolf Blue Cranes - Brave Little Girl (feat. Holland Andrews) Fire! Orchestra - ECHOES: Cala Boca Menino Luca Scherani - Un Viaggio Verso Un Sogno MultiTraction Orchestra - Reactor One, Part Two Alfa Mist - BC Ishkero - Retro

(listen on Mixcloud)

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THIS IS GRAEME PARK: LONG LIVE HOUSE RADIO SHOW 27SEP24

THIS IS GRAEME PARK:

LONG LIVE HOUSERADIO SHOW27SEP24

In this week’s Long Live House Radio Show:

Purple Disco Machine x Friedrich Liechtenstein

Chez Damier

Gene Farris

Fred Everything & James Alexander Bright

Yuu Udagawa

Gab Rhome

Philippa & Jimpster

Maze feat. Frankie Beverley

Dames Brown feat. Wajeed

John Rocca

Serge Santiago

Hatiras

Donna Allen

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

Angie Stone and more.

LONG LIVE HOUSE RADIO SHOW 27SEP24

Title (Mix), Artist

Carnival '93 (G's Oye Mi Pana Mix), Club Ultimate

Die Maschine, Purple Disco Machine x Friedrich Liechtenstein

Can You Feel It? (Martin Ikin Remix), Chez Damier

Good Love (James Curd Remix), Gene Farris

Fresh Air, Mike Agent x Clark

Breathe (Rocco Remix), Fred Everything & James Alexander Bright

Believe In A Brighter Day (Micky More & Andy Tee Remix), Platinum Doll feat. P.Y. Anderson

Ride It, Yuu Udagawa

Let Go (Acid Version), Gab Rhome

Glory (Atjazz Galaxy Aart Remix), Halo feat. Maiya

Say What?, Philippa & Jimpster

Twilight, Maze feat. Frankie Beverley

Glory (Floorplan Remix), Dames Brown feat. Waajeed

I Want It To Be Real (Late Nite Tuff Guy Edit), John Rocca

That's The Way Love Is (Soul Avengerz Remix), Ten City

The Real Life (David Penn Remix), Raven Maize

Transition (Nolan Remix), Serge Santiago

Fire, Hatiras

Serious (Michael Gray Remix), Donna Allen

Don’t Leave Me This Way (Dave Lee Philly World Mix), Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

Wish I Didn't Miss You (Pound Boys Stoneface Bootleg Mix), Angie Stone

[omanxl1]

DJ Steve Adams Presents... Alli's Mix Vol. 11

Digital Crate Digging Continues as we proceed and continue with this O-Dog Day Party in conjunction with the HumpDay Extravaganza! The saga  / struggle continues as we broadcast live and direct from our remote outpost out here off of I-20 in Atlanta! Somebody will understand a brotha as we span the globe brainstorming, actually this science is local  / national  / international and…