THE INTUITIONIST

2011-12-08T11:11:00.000-08:00

Maaaan!....Got love creativity and how we can push things withOUT no limits....Check Stalley "Go On" (Directed by Walu) Waahli

2011-12-06T13:26:00.001-08:00

Whats a futuristic appeal...dope..me like
Waahli

Charles Bradley - The World (Is Going Up In Flames)

2011-11-29T19:32:00.001-08:00

Woooah!...with a day like today; rainy, cold and grey, also, feeling a bit under the weather, after coming back from supporting Frank, a friend of mine in Harlem(NY)to shoot their video for their brand new song, It FeEls LIke feat. Meryem(Nomadic MAssive) & Joe Baatan by San Juan Hill. It felt good to bump into Charles Bradley singing THE World with so much soul and unbearable pain..all i had to do, is tO breath his vibrational frequencies...here you go...so goood!...
Waahli

BLU - DOINNOTHIN' FT. UGOD Music Video (PRODUCED BY FLYING LOTUS)

2011-11-17T08:20:00.000-08:00

Je LiKE!!! bump it in your headPhOnes
Waahli aka Gives TOrticOli

"HIP HOP CLASSICS' REVIVAL PART 4 , October 8, 2011" ///// PROMO VIDEO //////

2011-11-02T07:18:00.000-07:00

Its never too late to blog!..:)
Wyzah MUSk Productions present
Remix OF DROP from Pharcyde by Waahli
***For promotional use ONLY***
BIGUP to Sixteen pads 4 always bringing my simple ideas to LIFE into one kick ass visual, Much love to, Butta, Nik Brovkin, Rose and Pat.

Dont MIss the NEXt ONE!..
peace
Waahli

Eman feat Modlee///QUI

2011-06-30T12:08:00.000-07:00

Eman feat. Modlee beat by V-looper...ca sent la fraicheur 2011!!

SoapFactory vol.1 GET YOUR COPY!!

2011-04-15T18:22:00.000-07:00

Wyzah Musk productions
Soapfactory vol. 1
Soap (s p) n. tr.v. soaped, soap•ing, soaps
1. A cleansing agent, manufactured in bars, granules, flakes, or liquid form, made from a mixture of the sodium salts of various fatty acids of organic natural oils.
fac•to•ry (f k t -r )
1. The source of prolific production in which goods are manufactured in Waahli’s humble abode; MUSIC. Also, it’s a place like my kitchen which serves as a legal SOAP factory.
SoapFactoryVol.1, first of its series is an 11 min EP sampler, all instrumentals produced & mixed by Waahli. Using Hip Hop as a foundation, by celebrating the art of sampling /sequencing by using different musical styles. An eclectic blend of soul, gypsy grooves, jazz, electronic & obscure sounds well put together. The purpose behind this project is to ignite a full cleansing process at the 1st hearing. So go ahead clean your ears!
1- 2013
2-Les Mystérieuses Citées D’Or
3- Interlude
4-Yah Pushing
5-Futuristic Bohemian
6-Interlude
7-The Love Theme of Waahli
8-Outro
ONLY 5,99$.Your contribution shall be to support, to finalize my full length album which will include the recordings, mixing, mastering & manufactured the CD.
Enjoy and spread it widely!..
Waahli

The World Of Arab Hip-Hop

2011-03-11T16:54:00.000-08:00

A Nat Geo Music Premiere
MARCH 11, 2011
Broken Records
New Documentary Explores The World Of Arab Hip-Hop

Editor's Note: A few weeks ago, during the height of the popular uprising in Egypt, we got an email from one of our colleagues in National Geographic's Washington, D.C. headquarters. He'd been pitched on a film on Arab hip-hop by a young filmaker currently interning in that office. Since the rapper Balti had already played such a pivotal role in the uprising in Tunisia, we were intrigued. And upon watching the film, we decided that it would be a good fit for the Nat Geo Website. We asked one of the film's three co-directors, Shannon Farhoud, to tell us a little more about the project - so check out what she has to say, and enjoy Broken Records - Ed.

Documentary: Broken Records from Broken Records on Vimeo.

Majority Report by Ian Kamau

2011-03-07T08:28:00.000-08:00

Propss to my boyeeee! from Toronto Ian Kamau!...I love this song!!!...

The Peace Revolution Mixtape:" free Download"

2011-03-07T07:44:00.000-08:00

The Peace Revolution Mixtape: Exclusive tracks by the Narcysist and others HERE http://www.mediafire.com/?mbg893dznwz038d enjoy!!!

Darondo - Didn't I (Trishes Edit)

2011-01-13T10:27:00.000-08:00

A new discovery for Waahli, a Darondo's soulful joint remixed by Trishes is bananas!....Enjoy!!!

so fresh!!!

Its been a YEAR....Haiti!....

2011-01-12T17:49:00.000-08:00

Democracy NOW: Indepth look of what has happened since last year in Haiti, after a violent earthquake, cholera and now an election in process.
Highlight:Nomadic Massive'song Nap Chante Pou Ayiti with Arianne Moffat is in this Video

Youth Development Through the Arts: Nomadic Massive in Port Au Prince, Episode #1 (2010)

2011-01-12T15:30:00.000-08:00

In October 2010, Haitian NGO APROSIFA (with the support of ALTERNATIVES) invited the Montreal-based hip hop super group Nomadic Massive to come to Port Au Prince and conduct arts workshops with young aspiring artists living in the neighborhood of Carrefour Feuilles. As an exercise both in empowerment and healing, the week of workshops resulted in a unique and powerful learning experience for both Nomadic Massive and the participants. This short is the 1st of a series of shorts documenting this project, and a model of youth development that should be replicated around the world.

Nomadic Massive members present in Haiti: Waahli, Diegal, Vox Sambou, ButtaBeats and Tali

En octobre 2010, Alternatives et son partenaires haïtien APROSIFA invitaient à Port-au-Prince le super groupe de Hip Hop montréalais Nomadic Massive pour tenir une série d'ateliers avec de jeunes musiciens et artistes du quartier populaire de Carrefour-Feuilles.Puissant et salutaire, l'exercice bénéficia autant aux jeunes participants haïtiens qu'aux membres du groupe !
Ce film est le premier d'une série documentant ce projet, un modèle pour le développement des jeunes qui devrait être repris partout sur la planète.

Nomadic Massive membres presents en Haiti: Waahli, Diegal, Vox Sambou, ButtaBeats and Tali

DP/Editor... Magee McIlvaine
Director... Magee McIlvaine
Sponsors... Nomadic Massive, APROSIFA, ALTERNATIVES, Nomadic Wax
Translation.... Diegal, Vox Sambou, Magee McIlvaine

www.nomadicwax.com
www.nomadicmassive.com

Humble the Poet - Be About it (Prod. by Sikh Knowledge) OFFICIAL VIDEO

2011-01-05T17:53:00.000-08:00

Oh yeah!!!..thats fresh!...big Up to Sikh Knowledge and Humble the Poet!..FYAH!!!

enjoy!!
Waahli

HIP HOP CLASSICS’ Revival

2011-01-05T17:02:00.000-08:00

***HIP HOP CLASSICS’ Revival***

DECember 18th, 2010

with GROUNDFOOD and members of NOMADIC MASSIVE and special guests

LIVE REmixes of some Classic 90's HIPHOP
VIDEO PROMO by SixteenPadsFilms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfsUxLgRGsU

Hey People,

Thanks to everyone who came, last August at Bobards, for the Native Tongues Revival, which was a success, big up to the whole team of MC’s, Singers, musicians, fans and supporters, including the visual editing, who believed and supported this project and made it possible. AMAZIINGLy ON POINT!!! Feedbacks were so positive that we’ve decided to bring it back; yeah!...HipHop Classics’ Revival Part 2, On December 18th, at... Bobards, 9pm, with GroundFOOD & members of Nomadic Massive + Special Guests & DJ KYOU. BigUp to Nik BroVKIN for the Flyer!...This is our gift for the end of 2010. SO Come early and Leave late!
GroundFOOD:
http://www.reverbnation.com/groundfood
NOmadic MAssive:
http://www.nomadicmassive.com/
Uno!
Waahli

2011-01-05T07:37:00.000-08:00

Word to Stix's Records for putting out these CRAZY HipHop/Reggae mashUpS!...It makes total sense knowing that rap, 1st was known as toasting in Jamaica before it was brought to NY by DJ Kool Herc, in the early seventies. Enjoy!..
Second chapter in Stix's "Hip Hop Reggae Series", collecting previous mash-ups from Mato. "Ready Or Not", "I Got 5 On It", "Music" and all the other surefire party starters on one handy disc...
http://www.phonicarecords.com/product/view/64301

TURF FEINZ "RIP Rich D" | YAK FILMS | ERK THA JERK | TURF DANCING in the RAIN | DANSE SOUS LA PLUIE

2010-10-12T08:10:00.000-07:00

Okay Thats FRESH!...Oppression is known to bring out a creative force with FULL strenght..MAD RESPECT!!!

OFFICIAL PROMO VIDEONATIVE TONGUES REVIVAL

2010-08-27T14:34:00.000-07:00

The Narcicyst + Shadia Mansour + RidzDesign = The Official Hamdulilah Video Trailer

2010-08-27T14:27:00.000-07:00

The Narcicyst + Shadia Mansour + RidzDesign = The Official Hamdulilah Video Trailer from Ridwan Adhami on Vimeo.

2010-07-14T19:24:00.000-07:00

Jay Electronica VS Waahli

2010-06-28T09:30:00.000-07:00

Jay Electronica - Exhibit A (Transformations) (Explicit CDQ)

Tribute to Michael Jackson Exhibit MJ by Waahli over Jay Electronica

Global Hip Hop’s Best of 2009

2010-05-03T08:53:00.000-07:00

K’naan – Troubadour(2009) (Somalia/Canada)
Narcy - The Narcicyst(2009) (Iraq/Canada)
Nomadic Massive – Nomadic Massive (2009) (Canada)

Global Hip Hop’s Best of 2009

Posted by Old School G on 1/16/10 • Categorized as Australia, Canada, Chile, Iraq, Poland, Senegal, Somalia, UK, USA

Canadian artists were making some serious moves in 2009! Four of my top 10 albums come from artists who make their home up north. And it was the year of the woman as three of my top 10 were from woman (not including Nomadic Massive and The Reminders who have women in their groups!). Have fun checking out these stellar groups and don’t forget to comment and post your own favorites!
CLICK!!!
Global Hip Hop’s Best of 2009

3 DAYs left before UPDT' s Art Opening!!!

2010-04-14T15:44:00.000-07:00

V E R N I S S A G E
L E / 1 7 / A V R I L / 2 0 1 0
À / L A / G A L E R I E / D E N T A I R E
1 2 3 9 / A M H E R S T
1 7 H / À / 2 0 H

A R T / O P E N I N G
T H E / 1 7 T H / O F / A P R I L / 2 0 1 0
A T / L A / G A L E R I E / D E N T A I R E
1 2 3 9 / A M H E R S T
5 P M / T O / 8 P M

The Roots x J Dilla – Dilla Jawns Mixtape..Yeaaah!!!

2010-04-14T03:40:00.000-07:00

The Roots x J Dilla – Dilla Jawns Mixtape

The Roots x J Dilla Dilla Jawns Mixtape

Philadelphia’s finest crew, The Roots, dropped a mixtape to honor the instrumental work of J Dilla. The late producer is famous for crafting beats for the likes of the Pharcyde, A Tribe Called Quest, and even a Grammy-winning track for Janet Jackson. ?uestlove and company give the beats new life thorough their own interpretations of the work. On tracks like Upper Egypt, the live instrumentation adds a completely different dimension, and the results are rich. Fans of both hip-hop juggernauts will appreciate this respectful, expansive tribute to Dilla. Hit the download link after the jump. via NahRight

> Download the Mixtape

If Your Future's bright Then My Time Is Right : 2013

2010-03-20T16:23:00.000-07:00

Many MOoDs Of Waahli:

Last Friday, on march 19th, 2010, Nomadic Massive were opening for Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, an amazing band from Chicago, at Le National on St-Catherine. WOOOOW!...Amazing show that was!!!...Maaan!..I love the sound in that room, mos def i will go back to see other shows. I'm so grateful to be surrounded by so much talents and inspirational beings....Right after the show, i was getting ready to bounce to my night; Whats COOKIN' Fridays at Korova. Outside Le National, i met three of my boys, Jon, Hitchem and Mad, a prolific crew on the rise, all three had big headphones leaning on their shoulders bumping the music of Nujabes. On the street cyphering, we started to talk about the show that they had just miss, cuz they came late, YIKESS!!...On the real, I could sense there were other things preoccupying their minds. Then our convo switched up. We started to talk about all the stuff that occurred around the globe in the last nine months..Wooow..so much has happened.Indeed!!!..These days, its hard to see what are some of the good things that's happening when we're constantly bombarded by mainstream media about tragic events. All day, Saturday, i was in a reflective mood, thinking about last night's convo; oppression in developing countries, inflation, environmental deterioration, exploitation of natural resources, sudden departure by well known & loved artists etc...
Then the myth of 2012, came to my mind, as it did during last night's conversation. Who really knows what's going to happen in 2012. I don't even know myself. There are so much theories about 2012, but I believe, we humans will undergo a spiritual transformation that's already been in process for a very long time, i mean everyhting has been moving so fast especially TIME, maybe some kind of new psychic abilities, who knows?...I mean this is what I've been feeling deeply. I am not an astronomer but I chill with real STARS, so If your future is bright, then my time is right. In my opinion, 2012 will be the end of an era and the beginning of a new one, the revival of the spirit of a new generation. What we need to focus on, is the present moment and spread more LOVE. So i've produced this little musical landscape that i have named "2013" Despite seeing the world strange lately, this song is to reflect beyond the myth of 2012, which some have proclaimed it to be the end of the world. "2013" is the art of believing in something beyond that. A reflective somber beauty laced with hopes!...

FREE DOWNLOAD
http://www.zshare.net/audio/739711348c6fdaf8/
Enjoy!
FREE DOWNLOAD!!!

The Love Theme from Waahli

2010-03-19T13:44:00.000-07:00

I woke up this morning and a song from this cool jazz cat name Yusef Lateef was resonating inside my brain, sorta like a buzzing noise from a fridge but more harmonious. The Love Theme From Spartacus, woooow..what a beautiful song!!..Yusef Lateef's music has been sampled by many HipHop 'connaisseurs' like Seb Jun aka Nujabes a Japanese DJ, who've recently passed away in a tragic car accident. May you rest in music brother, your music will live long. I was so inspired and the only way to get it out of my cranium, was to create my version and its now public domain!!. Enjoy!..Click to download FREE
http://www.zshare.net/audio/739270698a9b68b5/

Nomadic Massive at Le National with Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

2010-03-17T20:36:00.000-07:00

HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE

avec en première partie

NOMADIC MASSIVE
et les DJ : Scott C (The GOODS) / Paulo Superfly Goncalves (de Paris)

Vendredi 19 mars 2010 – 21 h
Le National, 1220, rue Sainte-Catherine Est

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Combinant le meilleur du jazz, du hip hop, du rock et du soul, le Hypnotic Brass Ensemble se fait l'ambassadeur d'un son totalement neuf qu'il nomme « Now Music ». Même après avoir joué en compagnie de grands noms du jazz et du hip hop (Talib Kweli, Tony Allen, The Roots, Maceo Parker et Erykah Badu), ces musiciens n'ont jamais abandonné l'esprit d'indépendance et la fougue acquis dans les rues du sud de Chicago où ils ont grandi. Si le son du Hypnotic Brass Ensemble est unique, sa démarche d'affaire l'est tout autant : depuis ses débuts, il a décliné toutes les offres des grands labels pour opter pour l'autoproduction de quatre albums, qui se sont vendus à plus de 500 000 exemplaires jusqu'à ce jour. D'ailleurs, les signes de reconnaissance pleuvent : on retrouve Hypnotic sur deux pièces du nouvel album de Gorillaz, Plastic Beach, dont le lancement est prévu le 9 mars 2010 - la première met en vedette Snoop Dogg, la seconde, Mos Def.

Fait frappant, les huit cuivres du Hypnotic Brass (quatre trompettes, deux trombones, un euphonium et un sousaphone) sont des frères de sang qui cultivent collectivement l'héritage musical de leur père, la légende vivante Phil Cohran (Sun Ra Arkestra, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians). Se produisant dans le monde entier – au célèbre Shrine de Fela Kuti à Lagos, au Nigéria, ou à la première londonienne de Blur à Hyde Park –, le Hypnotic Brass est aujourd'hui l'ensemble à ne pas rater. Préparez-vous pour un voyage du corps et de l'âme vers la musique du futur. Un événement à ne pas rater. www.hypnoticbrass.net

Nomadic Massive, est le solide amalgame de neuf musiciens et artistes locaux. Ensemble, ils forment un puissant consortium de hip hop socialement engagé, alliant musique live, échantillonnages et poésie urbaine. Ses membres sont originaires d'Argentine, de France, d'Algérie, du Chili, de la Barbade et de la Grenade, autant de sources fraîches où Nomadic Massive puise ses rythmes, chants et mélodies. Le groupe a lancé récemment Nomadic Massive, un opus éponyme en cinq langues enregistré entre La Havane et Montréal. www.nomadicmassive.com

Nomadic Massive's new Video Trailer ''MOVING FORWARD'' Full Video coming out end of March 2010

UPDT '' Une Partie De Toi'' Chopin's new Exhibition 2010

2010-03-17T05:56:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone!!!I'm so proud of my brother Chopin!!

I'm honored and pleased to invited you to Chopin's exhibition(UPDT aka Une Parti De TOi)from April 17th to May 14th, 2010, at La Galerie Dentaire, 1239 Rue Amherst, Montreal. Last year, Chopin created a facebook commotion by creating 500 portraits in 40 days, using a unique technique known to him. Obviously, with the permission of his subjects, Chopin used people's photos that he carefully selected from their facebook's profile, taping into their personalities and started to deconstruct their facial structure, adding new shapes, forms and colors, the result makes it very stimulating for the human eyes. The positive feed backs came like a thunder lightning bolt and created this huge hype over the social network. Also, last year Chopin participated at the FIMA 2009(Festival International Montreal en Arts) this festival gives a space for artists across the world to show and sell their artworks aka hardwork to the public since 1999 and Chopin was given the price of La découverte de l'année 2009, which gave him the opportunity to expose his artwok, as you know now, at la Galerie Dentaire. So come by and discover the world of Chopin seeing through his eyes. On April 17th, 2010,I will be DJing for the evening for the official vernissage, UPDT aka Une Partie De Toi, same place. I Hope to see you in big numbers & keep supporting your local talents.

Chopin's Website www.oxbolab.com
Peace
Waahli

NightWoodBand "Dressed In Black" series

2010-03-11T10:14:00.000-08:00

WaassssUp! People
I've partaken in this cool 5 questions series interview, called Dressed In Black, by a good friend also H&H co-worker, Amber from NightWoodBand.
Enjoy
Waahli

Check it OUT!!!
Dressed in Black: We’ve named this blog column in honour of the tune by The Shangri-Las cuz it’s a little moody sounding…like us! Check out other entries in this series by clicking on the Style & Fashion category. Now without any further ado, our fifteenth interviewee, Waahli! http://nightwoodband.com/2010/03/11/dressed-in-black-waahli/

2010-02-19T17:23:00.000-08:00

Nomadic Massive photo by Pat(16pads)

Exiled Haiti ruler can reclaim $4.6M: Swiss court

2010-02-03T07:35:00.000-08:00

You know you done F%$*UP!....
Peace
Waahli

By The Canadian Press, cbc.ca, Updated: February 3, 2010 9:24 AM

Exiled Haiti ruler can reclaim $4.6M: Swiss court

The family of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude (Baby Doc) Duvalier can reclaim at least $4.6 million US from Swiss bank accounts that had previously been promised to aid groups, Switzerland's highest court said Wednesday.

The Federal Supreme Court in Lausanne reversed a lower court's ruling that the money should go to charities working in the impoverished Caribbean country. The decision was reached hours before Haiti's devastating earthquake on Jan. 12 but was not published until Wednesday. Such delays are common in Switzerland's legal system.

The decision cannot be appealed, but the Swiss Foreign Ministry said it would try to keep the money blocked while it works on a new law dealing with assets of "criminal origin." It said the amount of money actually totalled $5.7 million, though the reason for the discrepancy was unclear.

The government "wants to avoid the Swiss financial centre serving as a haven for illegally acquired assets," the ministry said a statement, adding that a new law working retroactively could be ready later in February.

Duvalier succeeded his father, François (Papa Doc) Duvalier, Haiti's president from 1957 until his death in 1971.

By the time the junior Duvalier was ousted in 1986, he and his entourage had robbed millions from public funds, Haitians have alleged. Duvalier is believed to be living in exile in France and has always denied wrongdoing.

Family a 'criminal organization'?

The top court said the alleged crimes in the case fell outside the statute of limitations, reversing an August decision by a lower court that found the Duvalier family had acted as a "criminal organization" by diverting public funds through a Liechtenstein foundation to accounts in Swiss bank UBS AG.

The Supreme Court said it was unhappy about the ruling released Wednesday but its hands were tied because the statute of limitations expired in 2001. It urged lawmakers to make it easier for assets belonging to deposed dictators to be repatriated to national governments.

Haiti made its first request for the money in 1986, shortly after Duvalier's ouster. The cash has been frozen ever since, but Switzerland has refused to give it back to Haiti because the Haitian government wasn't charging Duvalier with any crimes in its own justice system.

As a way out, the Swiss government had proposed giving the money to aid groups working in Haiti.

Montreal hip-hop band talks disaster relief

2010-01-28T09:44:00.000-08:00

While waiting to conduct an interview with TVA News, members of Nomadic Massive hang out. PHOTO RILEY SPARKS
Montreal hip-hop band talks disaster relief
Nomadic Massive is holding a concert for Haiti, but worries about what will come next

by Stefan Christoff

As world attention turns to Haiti in the wake of the massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince, hip-hop ensemble Nomadic Massive has come into focus for many in Montreal searching for a cultural expression of solidarity with the victims.

Montreal is home to the largest Haitian diaspora population in Canada. A city-wide wave of artistic solidarity with Haiti was launched in the hours after the quake hit; hundreds of artists and cultural workers have taken to stages and to the airwaves appealing for people to extend support towards relief work.

Among them was celebrated Montreal hip-hop ensemble Nomadic Massive, who launched Artists for Haiti, aiming to extend the current outpouring of support for Haiti towards long term solidarity projects lead by artists focused on the island nation.

“We need planned and structured long term solidarity projects, not just immediate aid,” said Vox Sambou, a vocalist in Nomadic Massive. “Continuity is key, as hundreds of thousands of Haitians are being moved around Haiti, from the capital to smaller cities. Often the places that people are going to don’t have proper infrastructure to tend to [their] needs.”

As a progressive hip-hop ensemble, Nomadic Massive has long extended support towards grassroots community-based projects in Haiti and the burgeoning hip-hop scene in that country. Members from Nomadic Massive with roots there organized a trip to the island nation last year. They held a concert in Port-au-Prince and distributed their music by hand across the country.

In Limbé, Sambou’s hometown, the Jean-Baptiste Cinéas High School has been a concrete local project that Nomadic Massive has focused on. Offering tangible and direct support, choosing to lend solidarity to a community-based education project rather than towards large international aid organizations, the group helped the school get new chairs and desks.
“[The high school has] approximately 2,000 students, boys and girls and 100 staff but no funding, no library, no cafeteria, no computer labs, no court to play in,” said Sambou.
In the shadow of the current crisis Nomadic Massive is again working to lend its support towards the high school. Their concert at La Sala Rossa on Feb. 1 will go to benefit the high school.

As Haiti’s government ministries have largely been reduced to rubble, schools outside the capital will see little or no state funds in upcoming months. The public infrastructure in Haiti was already seriously weakened in recent years by a Canadian-backed military coup in 2004 against left-leaning, populist then-president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the first democratically elected leader of Haiti.

“The coup undermined all public institutions in the country, weakening the government and the ability of public institutions ability to respond to the recent catastrophe,” said Yves Engler, author of The Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy.

“The destruction of the government-subsidized bus company was carried out by the Canadian-backed paramilitaries in the wake of the coup in 2004 and the UN military forces occupied the only medical school in Haiti, reducing the number of trained doctors in the country,” continued Engler.

Beyond the charity that has poured in across Canada, serious questions as to how Haiti will rebuild after the quake remain—often absent from mainstream media coverage. International politicians converge this week for the first major international reconstruction conference—not in Haiti, but in Montreal.

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon, American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, French Foreign Affairs Minister Bernard Kouchner and Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive met in Montreal Monday to map out a reconstruction plan with representatives from major corporations.

“It is great to see all the support that people have been giving to Haiti, it is as if the earthquake touched a sensitive nerve across the world,” continued Sambou.
“But the people in Haiti are suffering and not involved in the conference in Montreal,” Sambou pointed out. “We have to stay vigilant to keep the focus on supporting the people in Haiti [...]. Haitians must be in control of their own destiny.”

Artists for Haiti will be holding a benefit concert at La Sala Rossa (4848 St-Laurent Blvd.) on Feb. 1. Nomadic Massive will attend.

The Militarization of Emergency Aid to Haiti: Is it a Humanitarian Operation or an Invasion?

2010-01-26T06:59:00.000-08:00

A very interesting article which takes a closer look to the US military forces in Haiti. Peace
Waahli

The Militarization of Emergency Aid to Haiti: Is it a Humanitarian Operation or an Invasion?

By Michel Chossudovsky

URL of this article: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=17000

Global Research, January 15, 2010

Haiti has a longstanding history of US military intervention and occupation going back to the beginning of the 20th Century. US interventionism has contributed to the destruction of Haiti's national economy and the impoverishment of its population.

The devastating earthquake is presented to World public opinion as the sole cause of the country's predicament.

A country has been destroyed, its infrastructure demolished. Its people precipitated into abysmal poverty and despair.

Haiti's history, its colonial past have been erased.

The US military has come to the rescue of an impoverished Nation. What is its Mandate?

Is it Humanitarian Operation or an Invasion?

The main actors in America's "humanitarian operation" are the Department of Defense, the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). (See USAID Speeches: On-The-Record Briefing on the Situation in Haiti, 01/13/10). USAID has also been entrusted in channelling food aid to Haiti, which is distributed by the World Food Program. (See USAID Press Release: USAID to Provide Emergency Food Aid for Haiti Earthquake Victims, January 13, 2010)

The military component of the US mission, however, tends to overshadow the civilian functions of rescuing a desperate and impoverished population. The overall humanitarian operation is not being led by civilian governmental agencies such as FEMA or USAID, but by the Pentagon.

The dominant decision making role has been entrusted to US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM).

A massive deployment of military hardware personnel is contemplated. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen has confirmed that the US will be sending nine to ten thousand troops to Haiti, including 2000 marines. (American Forces Press Service, January 14, 2010)

Aircraft carrier, USS Carl Vinson and its complement of supporting ships has already arrived in Port au Prince. (January 15, 2010). The 2,000-member Marine Amphibious Unit as well as and soldiers from the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne division "are trained in a wide variety of missions including security and riot-control in addition to humanitarian tasks."

In contrast to rescue and relief teams dispatched by various civilian teams and organizations, the humanitarian mandate of the US military is not clearly defined:

“Marines are definitely warriors first, and that is what the world knows the Marines for,... [but] we're equally as compassionate when we need to be, and this is a role that we'd like to show -- that compassionate warrior, reaching out with a helping hand for those who need it. We are very excited about this.” (Marines' Spokesman, Marines Embark on Haiti Response Mission, Army Forces Press Services, January 14, 2010)

While presidents Obama and Préval spoke on the phone, there was no discussions between the two governments, regarding the entry and deployment of US troops on Haitian soil. The decision was taken and imposed unilaterally by Washington. The total lack of a functioning government in Haiti was used to legitimize, on humanitarian grounds, the sending in of a powerful military force, which has de facto taken over several governmental functions.

TABLE 1

US Military Assets to be Sent to Haiti. (according to official announcements)

The amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) and amphibious dock landing ships USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) and USS Carter Hall (LSD 50).

A 2,000-member Marine Amphibious Unit from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit and soldiers from the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne division. 900 soldiers are slated to arrive in Haiti by January 15th.

Aircraft carrier, USS Carl Vinson and its complement of supporting ships. (arrived in Port au Prince on January 15, 2010): USS Carl Vinson CVN 70

The hospital ship USNS Comfort

Several U.S. Coast Guard vessels and helicopters

USS Carl Vinson

The three amphibious ships will join aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy and guided-missile frigate USS Underwood.

USS Normandy

Leading Role of US Southern Command

US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) with headquarters in Miami is the "lead agency" in Haiti. Its mandate as a regional military command is to carry out modern warfare. Its stated mission in Latin America and the Caribbean is "to conduct military operations and promote security cooperation to achieve U.S. strategic objectives." (Our Mission - U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) The commanding officers are trained to oversee theater operations, military policing as well "counterinsurgency" in Latin America and the Caribbean, including the recent establishment of new US military bases in Colombia, within proximity of the Venezuelan border.

General Douglas Fraser, commander of U.S. Southern Command has defined the Haiti emergency operation as a Command, Control, Communications operation (C3). US Southern Command is to oversee a massive deployment of military hardware, including several warships, an aircraft carrier, airborne combat divisions, etc:

"So we're focused on getting command and control and communications there so that we can really get a better understanding of what's going on. MINUSTAH [United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti], as their headquarters partially collapsed, lost a lot of their communication, and so we're looking to robust that communication, also.

We're also sending in assessment teams in conjunction with USAID, supporting their efforts, as well as putting in some of our own to support their efforts.

We're moving various ships that we had in the region -- they're small ships, Coast Guard cutters, destroyers -- in that direction, to provide whatever immediate assistance that we can on the ground.

We also have a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson, moving in that direction. It was at sea off of Norfolk, and so it's going to take a couple of days for it to get there. We need to also just resupply it and give it the provisions it needs to support the effort as we look at Haiti. And then we're looking across the international agencies to figure out how we support their efforts as well as our efforts.

We also are looking at a large-deck amphibious ship with an embarked Marine Expeditionary Unit on it that will be a couple of days behind the USS Vinson.

And that gives us a broader range of capability to move supplies around, to have lift capability to help support the effort there also.

So bottom line to it is, we don't have a clear assessment right now of what the situation on the ground is, what the needs within Port-au-Prince are, how extensive the situation is.

We also, finally, have a team that's headed in to the airport. From my understanding -- because my deputy commander just happened to be in Haiti when this situation happened, on a previously scheduled visit. He has been to the airport. He says the runway is functional but the tower doesn't have communications capability. The passenger terminal -- has structural damage to it, so we don't know what the status of it is.

So we have a group going in to make sure we can gain and secure the airfield and operate from it, because that's one of those locations we think we're going to have a lot of the immediate effort from an international basis going into.

And then we're out conducting all the other assessments that you would consider appropriate as we go in and work this effort.

We're also coordinating on the ground with MINUSTAH, with the folks who are there. The commander for MINUSTAH happened to be in Miami when this situation happened, so he's right now traveling back through and should be arriving in Port-au-Prince any time now. So that will help us coordinate our efforts there also, because again, obviously the United Nations suffered a significant loss there with the collapse -- at least partial collapse of their headquarters.

So that's -- those are the initial efforts that we have ongoing And as we get the assessments of what's coming next, then we'll adjust as required.

The secretary of Defense, the president, have all stipulated that this is a significant effort, and we're corralling all the resources within the Department of Defense to support this effort." (Defense.gov News Transcript: DOD News Briefing with Gen. Fraser from the Pentagon, January 13, 2010)

A Heritage Foundation report summarizes the substance of America's mission in Haiti: "The earthquake has both humanitarian and U.S. national security implications [requiring] a rapid response that is not only bold but decisive, mobilizing U.S. military, governmental, and civilian capabilities for both a short-term rescue and relief effort and a longer-term recovery and reform program in Haiti." (James M. Roberts and Ray Walser, American Leadership Necessary to Assist Haiti After Devastating Earthquake, Heritage Foundation, January 14, 2010).

At the outset, the military mission will be involved in first aid and emergency as well as public security and police activities.

US Air Force Controls the Airport

The US Air Force has taken over air traffic control functions as well as the management of Port au Prince airport. In other words, the US military regulates the flow of emergency aid and relief supplies which are being brought into the country in civilian planes. The US Air Force is not working under the instructions of Haitian Airport officials. These officials have been displaced. The airport is run by the US Military (Interview with Haitian Ambassador to the US R. Joseph, PBS News, January 15, 2010)

"The FAA's team is working with DOD combat controllers to improve the flow of air traffic moving in and out of the airport. The US Air Force reopened the airport on 14 January, and on 15 January its contingency response group was granted senior airfield authority ... Senior airfield authority enables the Air Force to prioritise, schedule and control the airspace at the airport, ..." (flightglobal.com, January 16, 2010, emphasis added)

The 1,000-bed U.S. Navy hospital ship, USNS Comfort, which includes more than 1,000 medical and support personnel has been sent to Haiti under the jurisdiction of Southern Command. (See Navy hospital ship with 1,000 beds readies for Haiti quake relief, Digital Journal, January 14, 2010). There were, at the time of the Earthquake, some 7100 military personnel and over 2000 police, namely a foreign force of over 9000. In contrast, the international civilian personnel of MINUSTAH is less than 500.MINUSTAH Facts and Figures - United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti

TABLE 2

United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)

Current strength (30 November 2009)

9,065 total uniformed personnel

7,031 troops
2,034 police 488 international civilian personnel
1,212 local civilian staff
214 United Nations Volunteers

MINUSTAH Facts and Figures - United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti

Estimated combined SOUTHCOM and MINUSTAH forces; 19,095*

*Excluding commitments by France (unconfirmed) and Canada (confirmed 800 troops), the US, France and Canada were "partners" in the February 29, 2004 Coup d'État.
Haiti has been under foreign military occupation since the US instigated February 2004 Coup d'Etat. The contingent of US forces under SOUTHCOM combined with those of MINUSTAH brings foreign military presence in Haiti to close to 20,000 in a country of 9 million people. In comparison in Afghanistan, prior to Obama's military surge, combined US and NATO forces were of the order of 70,000 for a population of 28 million. In other words, on a per capita basis there will be more troops in Haiti than in Afghanistan.

Recent US Military Interventions in Haiti

There have been several US sponsored military interventions in recent history. In 1994, following three years of military rule, a force of 20,000 occupation troops and "peace-keepers" was sent to Haiti. The 1994 US military intervention "was not intended to restore democracy. Quite the contrary: it was carried out to prevent a popular insurrection against the military Junta and its neoliberal cohorts." (Michel Chossudovsky, The Destabilization of Haiti, Global Research, February 29, 2004)

US and allied troops remained in the country until 1999. The Haitian armed forces were disbanded and the US State Department hired a mercenary company DynCorp to provide "technical advice" in restructuring the Haitian National Police (HNP). (Ibid).

The February 2004 Coup d'État

In the months leading up to the 2004 Coup d'Etat, US special forces and the CIA were training death squadrons composed of the former tonton macoute of the Duvalier era. The Rebel paramilitary army crossed the border from the Dominican Republic in early February 2004. "It was a well armed, trained and equipped paramilitary unit integrated by former members of Le Front pour l'avancement et le progrès d'Haiti (FRAPH), the "plain clothes" death squadrons, involved in mass killings of civilians and political assassinations during the CIA sponsored 1991 military coup, which led to the overthrow of the democratically elected government of President Jean Bertrand Aristide." (see Michel Chossudovsky, The Destabilization of Haiti: Global Research. February 29, 2004)

Foreign troops were sent into Haiti. MINUSTAH was set up in the wake of the US sponsored coup d'Etat in February 2004 and the kidnapping and deportation of the democratically elected president Jean Bertrand Aristide. The coup was instigated by the US with the support of France and Canada.

The FRAPH units subsequently integrated the country's police force, which was under the supervision of MINUSTAH. In the political and social disarray triggered by the earthquake, the former armed militia and Ton Ton macoute will be playing a new role.

Hidden Agenda

The unspoken mission of US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) with headquarters in Miami and US military installations throughout Latin America is to ensure the maintenance of subservient national regimes, namely US proxy governments, committed to the Washington Consensus and the neoliberal policy agenda. While US military personnel will at the outset be actively involved in emergency and disaster relief, this renewed US military presence in Haiti will be used to establish a foothold in the country as well pursue America's strategic and geopolitical objectives in the Caribbean basin, which are largely directed against Cuba and Venezuela.

The objective is not to work towards the rehabilitation of the national government, the presidency, the parliament, all of which has been decimated by the earthquake. Since the fall of the Duvalier dictatorship, America's design has been to gradually dismantle the Haitian State, restore colonial patterns and obstruct the functioning of a democratic government. In the present context, the objective is not only to do away with the government but also to revamp the mandate of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), of which the headquarters have been destroyed.

"The role of heading the relief effort and managing the crisis quickly fell to the United States, for lack -- in the short term, at least -- of any other capable entity." ( US Takes Charge in Haiti _ With Troops, Rescue Aid - NYTimes.com, January 14, 2009)

Prior to the earthquake, there were, according to US military sources, some 60 US military personnel in Haiti. From one day to the next, an outright military surge has occurred: 10,000 troops, marines, special forces, intelligence operatives, etc., not to mention private mercenary forces on contract to the Pentagon.

In all likelihood the humanitarian operation will be used as a pretext and justification to establish a more permanent US military presence in Haiti.

We are dealing with a massive deployment, a "surge" of military personnel assigned to emergency relief.

The first mission of SOUTHCOM will be to take control of what remains of the country's communications, transport and energy infrastructure. Already, the airport is under de facto US control. In all likelihood, the activities of MINUSTAH which from the outset in 2004 have served US foreign policy interests, will be coordinated with those of SOUTHCOM, namely the UN mission will be put under de facto control of the US military.

The Militarization of Civil Society Relief Organizations

The US military in Haiti seeks to oversee the activities of approved humanitarian organizations. It also purports to encroach upon the humanitarian activities of Venezuela and Cuba:

"The government under President René Préval is weak and literally now in shambles. Cuba and Venezuela, already intent on minimizing U.S. influence in the region, are likely to seize this opportunity to raise their profile and influence..." (James M. Roberts and Ray Walser, American Leadership Necessary to Assist Haiti After Devastating Earthquake, Heritage Foundation, January 14, 2010).

In the US, the militarization of emergency relief operations was instigated during the Katrina crisis, when the US military was called in to play a lead role.

The model of emergency intervention for SOUTHCOM is patterned on the role of NORTHCOM, which was granted a mandate as "the lead agency" in US domestic emergency procedures.

During Hurricane Rita in 2005, the detailed groundwork for the "militarization of emergency relief" involving a leading role for NORTHCOM was established. In this regard, Bush had hinted to the central role of the military in emergency relief: "Is there a natural disaster--of a certain size--that would then enable the Defense Department to become the lead agency in coordinating and leading the response effort? That's going to be a very important consideration for Congress to think about." (Statement of President Bush at a press conference, Bush Urges Shift in Relief Responsibilities - washingtonpost.com, September 26, 2005).

"The response to the national disaster is not being coordinated by the civilian government out of Texas, but from a remote location and in accordance with military criteria. US Northern Command Headquarters will directly control the movement of military personnel and hardware in the Gulf of Mexico. As in the case of Katrina, it will override the actions of civilian bodies. Yet in this case, the entire operation is under the jurisdiction of the military rather than under that of FEMA." (Michel Chossudovsky, US Northern Command and Hurricane Rita, Global Research, September 24, 2005)

Concluding Remarks

Haiti is a country under military occupation since the US instigated Coup d'Etat of February 2004.

The entry of ten thousand heavily armed US troops, coupled with the activities of local militia could potentially precipitate the country into social chaos.

These foreign forces have entered the country to reinforce MINUSTAH "peacekeepers" and Haitian police forces (integrated by former Tonton Macoute), which since 2004, have been responsible for war crimes directed against the Haitian people, including the indiscriminate killing of civilians.

These troups reinforce the existing occupation forces under UN mandate.

Twenty thousand foreign troops under SOUTHCOM and MINUSTAH commands will be present in the country. In all likelihood, there will be an integration or coordination of the command structures of SOUTHCOM and MINUSTAH.

The Haitian people have exhibited a high degree of solidarity, courage and social commitment.

Helping one another and acting with consciousness: under very difficult conditions, in the immediate wake of the disaster, citizens rescue teams were set up spontaneously.

The militarization of relief operations will weaken the organizational capabilities of Haitians to rebuild and reinstate the institutions of civilian government which have been destroyed. It will also encroach upon the efforts of the international medical teams and civilian relief organisations.

It is absolutely essential that the Haitian people continue to forcefully oppose the presence of foreign troops in their country, particularly in public security operations.

It is essential that Americans across the land forcefully oppose the decision of the Obama adminstration to send US combat troops to Haiti.

There can be no real reconstruction or development under foreign military occupation.

Ariane Moffat feat. NOmadic Massive, Wesli and Dorianne(DobaCaracol)

2010-01-23T17:34:00.000-08:00

As we all know by now, a disastrous historical event happened in Ayiti, an earthquake which destroyed most of Port-au-Prince, the capital, nearly two weeks ago. A delegation of Quebec artists, musicians, singers and dancers gathered to combine their efforts in a benefit concert to support Ayiti. Nomadic Massive was part of this event which was broadcast live across Canada via TVA. I am proud to be part of this amazing super-group also to have worked with such talented artists such as Ariane Moffat, Wesli and Doriane. The title of the song is An Chante pou Ayiti which will be released soon and be on a compilation, more info coming soon. Our hearts and efforts goes to Ayiti. Kinbe la!
Waahli
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Mos Def - [History] (Ft. Talib Kweli) Official Video 2010

2010-01-06T06:48:00.000-08:00

Maaaan!.....Off Mos Def new album "The Ecstatic" OFFICIAL NEW VIDEO History..FRESH!! Mos def and Talib are reunited to bring real hiphop into a world in desperate need of some truth to chew on! Sharing their history and the importance of knowing where you from to know where you're going!!!...Simple as that!!..Enjoy!!!
Waahli

OKAY PLAYER's review of NOMADIC MASSIVE 2nd LP

2010-01-06T06:15:00.000-08:00

Group:Nomadic Massive
Album title: Nomadic Massive
2009
74%
Posted on 12/21/2009 (www.okayplayer.com)

Hip-hop was global well before the arrival of DJ Khaled. In fact, with roots in the Jamaican dance hall and sound system culture, hip-hop music was global the moment it was birthed in the Bronx. Still, the rapid evolution of the genre has occurred almost entirely within U.S. borders. More recently, with the success of artists like Wyclef Jean,Michael Franti, K’Naan, and M.Anifest, internationally flavored hip-hop has started to carve a niche for itself, and it is within this tradition that we find Montreal-based Nomadic Massive. With their latest self-titled studio effort, Nomadic Massive sets out to produce a truly global hip-hop record, incorporating musical traditions from all over the planet. While clearly an ambitious goal, Nomadic Massive’s global aspiration serves as a double-edged sword, providing some exciting musical moments, but also spreading the final product a little thin.

Nomadic Massive is all over the place. All sorts of languages are spoken, a ton of instruments are played, and countless musical traditions make an appearance. From the acoustic guitar groove and Portuguese rapping of “Au 21ie Siecle,” to the electric blues of “Higher,” Nomadic Massive leaves no musical stone unturned. The lyrics address everything from the needs of developing nations to nothing (“Non-Sensical Bars” is a track of exactly that), and the 10-piece ensemble is made up of a diverse collection of instrumentalists that are clearly comfortable in a variety of settings. While there really isn’t much to complain about on Nomadic Massive, there isn’t a ton to praise either. Nomadic Massive manages to create a beautifully multicultural aesthetic, but fails to establish a musical identity outside of its expansive worldview.

On their own, many of the songs on Nomadic Massive are creative pieces of globally conscious hip-hop, but as a whole they suffer from musical schizophrenia. If Nomadic Massive could condense their multinational influences into a more cohesive vision, the results would be breathtaking. For now, Nomadic Massive serves as a collection of positive, thoughtful, and globally conscious songs that are a welcome addition to the burgeoning world of internationally informed hip-hop.

-Matt Scroggins

WE FUNK RADIO SHOW 586 DJ Static and Professor Groove

2010-01-03T19:40:00.000-08:00

DECEMBER 4TH, 2009 TRACKLIST....Big Up to Stats and Groove for holding we funk radio for more than a decade.... BEST MUSIC ON THE NET.... trust me!!!!..
peace
Waahli

* intro
* metazon feat. kev brown - the man (incubator remix)
* talk (over moonstarr feat. l.a.l. - tiger funk)
* moonstarr feat. l.a.l. - tiger funk
* lotus & troy dunnit feat. fyba optyk - the big dirty
* diamond district - something for y'all
* waahli - mj50
* roy ayers - a wee bit
* free life - there's something better
* spam allstars - ochimini
* talk (over puccio roelens - northern lights)
* salsoul orchestra - ooh i love it (love break) (beginning of platurn's mix)
* soul searchers - ashley's roachclip (platurn rework)
* eric b & rakim - paid in full (platurn rework)
* ofra haza - im nin'alu (platurn rework)
* nu-mark vs. dennis edwards - imagine not looking any further (platurn blend)
* pleasure web - music man (platurn rework)
* fred wesley & the j.b.'s - more peas (platurn rework)
* grandmaster flash & the furious five - superrappin' (platurn rework)
* grand wizard theodore & the fantastic romantic 5 - can i get a soul clapp "fresh out the pack" (platurn rework)
* indeep - last night a d.j. saved my life (platurn blend)
* señor coconut - trans-europe express
* talk (over kraftwerk - musique non-stop)
* nina simone - sinnerman (platurn rework)
* a tribe called quest - electric relaxation (remix)
* madlib - mystic bounce (end of platurn's mix)
* donald byrd - night whistler
* brian bennett - prowler
* shuggie otis - inspiration information
* jackson 5 - buttercup
* norman feels - i'll show you the way
* donny hathaway - valdez in the country
* q-tip - breathe & stop (anthos flip)
* common - heat
* fly gypsy feat. lauryn hill & busta rhymes - block rockin'
* dynas feat. slick rick - family jewels
* d.j. format feat. abdominal - the hit song
* beastie boys - alive (evidence remix)
* afroskull - redemption
* talk (over ahmad jamal - the world is a ghetto)

This is NOT it...

2009-12-26T22:42:00.000-08:00

"This is NOT it" COMING OUT SOON a compilation which pays hommage to one of my greatest inspiration of all time; Michael Jackson, the man, the artist, the humanitarian, the gifted, the lover and the father. A tribute to MJ featuring dope remixes from local producers compiled by Waahli. Thanks to Conn Shawnnery, Ken-lo, ButtaBeats, Dj Phatcat, Ilya and Elokan for their contribution. Also big up to Chopin for the crazy graphic design. Stay Tuned!!!
peace
Waahli

Nomadic Massive ''Moving Forward'' VIDEO TRAILER

2009-12-25T22:03:00.000-08:00

Get a sneak preview of Nomadic Massive's new video "MOVING FORWARD"Coming out Soon...so stay tuned!...yeaah...Big Up to 16pads!!...Onward!!

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Waahli's tribute to MJ over Jay electronica beat by Just Blaze

2009-09-25T11:48:00.000-07:00

Free Download click here
http://www.zshare.net/audio/655741294b7f1b6e/

Scream Out Loud Nomadic Massive by Voting!!!!

2009-08-20T08:01:00.000-07:00

Yeaaah!...Nomadic Massive has been nominated for HipHop Album of the Year 2009 at la Gamiq(Gala de l'Alternative Musicale Indépendante du Québec )....What would be amazing is to hear all of you scream out loud by VOTING..thanksss in advance...we love you!!!.
here's the link: www.gamiq2009.com...

Nomadic Massive Review - By Magee McIlvaine

2009-08-07T13:23:00.001-07:00

An international hip hop head since…well…before it was cool — I have always been drawn to music that mirrors my own personal experience. Growing up between hectic Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania), gritty Nairobi (Kenya), sleepy Lusaka (Zambia), and the capitol of the Western world (aka Washington, DC), I have always been drawn to the urban sounds that reflect my own nomadic upbringing. But in those days, living in another country did not make it any easier to get away from American hip hop or music that imitated it. Naturally, American hip hop dominated my case-logic (remember those days?), as it did everywhere else (obvious highlight: Fugees, The Score).

So when I stumbled onto French super group Saian Supa Crew, the tables began to turn. Saian Supa Crew was the first hip hop crew to solidify my interest and appreciation for hip hop’s various and always unique manifestations around the world. It turned out to be a slippery slope. Instead of going to grad school or ‘growing up,’ I find myself completely and helplessly immersed in the world of international hip hop music and activism. Who woulda known?
Enter Nomadic Massive (www.nomadicmassive.ca). Several years ago, I booked a good friend of mine, an extremely talented Canadian/Iraqi emcee by the name of Narcy (or the Narcicyst) for a Festival I’d organized in Connecticut. Narcy, of course, murdered his set and solidified his place in my all-around top emcees list. He was affiliated with a crew back in Montreal called Nomadic Massive. Some internet research and a CD purchase later, I became the Nomadic Massive superfan (little known to them). I like to call the crew the greatest international hip hop concept group that I’ve ever heard. By that, I mean that the crew actually, physically, represents the global phenomenon that hip hop has become. Made up of 9 official members (and many affiliates), the crew includes musicians, singers, and emcees, who perform in English, Spanish, French, Haitian Creole, Arabic, and more. Their sound runs from the French Banlieue’s to the Pyramids and North African sand dunes, up into the Brazilian Favelas, through the surf of Haitian/DR/Carribean beaches, and finds itself half-frozen in Montreal’s frigid winters. Their first release “Nomad’s Land,” is an interesting piece (complete with the International Hip Hop Anthem “Nofy’s Peace”), albeit too short. Finally, the crew has released a full length album entitled Nomadic Massive.

What is there to say about this album other than I am really feelin’ it! There is a fine line to be drawn when hip hop groups use or incorporate live instrument sounds into their albums. The danger is in going too far and losing the hip hop sound that should be the album’s core. On the other hand, too many albums today lack any kind of musical sentiment. Nomadic Massive does a nice job of finding a balance. The album incorporates live music and instrumental sounds from all over the world without giving you that “oh no, not another world music album” feeling. Trust — the beats here are not only gonna have you head-nodding like a classic Primo album, but also moving your hips like your favorite salsa album and stamping your feet like the illest djembe percussion solo (it’s even got a bluesy banger with “Higher”). Lyrically, the emcees aren’t playing games. In fact, they aren’t playing games in not one, but up to three different languages. So, as far as I’m concerned, not many emcees out there are touchin’ em. Another refreshing aspect of the album is the strong presence of female singers, rappers, and dancehall emcees. Narcy comes correct on multiple tracks, especially murdering his verse on “Where I’m From”.

To recap, you better buy this album before it sells out, and you better watch out for when the crew tours your area so you can catch their live show which I have heard is extra dope. There are so few albums that, when listening to them, you feel like you are at a live show, and you start getting tired from the dancing you are doing in your head (or in your chair). Even better, each artist in the crew has solo projects which are extra dope. My particular favorite is Haitian emcee Vox Sambou’s solo project Lakay.

Buy their album here.

By Magee McIlvaine for Nomadic Wax

(For your records: Nomadic Massive is not affiliated in with Nomadic Wax. We just love the group, and the name!)

I LOVE MicHEAL...forever!!!!!

2009-06-25T16:42:00.000-07:00

Thought me the ABC of Soul music, even though BEN was your best friend i felt close to you. I WANT YOU BACK so i can ROCK WITH YOU again again I CANT HELP IT was caught OFF THE WALL when i heard the news. I LOVE YOU MICHAEL.We all knew BILLIE JEAN was not your lover,gossips are part of HUMAN NATURE. The MAN IN THE MIRROR was your messed up CHILDHOOD 'em TABLOID JUNKIE.Rest in Music!You'll forever live in my (HE)-ART!

Mass(ive) Education Photo by Waahli

2009-06-24T12:22:00.000-07:00

Mass(ive) Education
Nomadic Massive in Brazil
vendredi 12 juin 2009 par Parker Mah , Violaine Brisebois-Lavoie
is a two-way street – or so the members of Nomadic Massive experienced during a short jaunt to Brazil last November, a follow-up to a similar visit here by Brazilian hip hop artists earlier in 2008. The multi-ethnic, socially-engaged hip hop collective, based in Montreal, hit the road with more than just a few performances on the agenda – a heavy dose of musical and cultural exchange were also in the mix. They paid a visit to the Brazilian chapter of the international hip hop awareness group Universal Zulu Nation, held an informal talk at Fundação Casa, a juvenile youth detention center in São Paolo, and hung out with legendary b-boy Nelson Triunfo. But what marked them the most was more intangible : an exposure to a society that was open to discussing hip-hop as a valid cultural phenomenon, from government officials all the way to street level.
“There’s a lot of things Montreal has in common [with Brazil], but hip hop as a model officially in the educational or political sphere doesn’t exist here like it does there. There’s a much stronger validity in terms of the relationship between hip hop as a cultural phenomenon and [its use] as an educational tool to reach out to kids who are on the margins of society. It’s just more culturally acceptable to consider music as a valid profession there,” says Butta Beats, beatboxer and drummer. They would experience this first-hand during a visit to Eremim, one of Brazil’s many alternative community schools, which heavily integrate art and music into the curriculum through participatory educational methods. “Eremim was paid for by the union of the neighbouring businesses,” recalls guitarist Ali Sepu. “They would go into the communities and interview potential students and families to design a program which was apt for the students of that particular neighbourhood. And hip hop was one of the things that came up, along with more practical things, and learning about the historical links between Africa and the ancestry of many of those kids.”
Brazilians, it seems, feel closer to Africa - and not just geographically. Their concept of diaspora, according to bassist Diegal, aka Rawgged MC, is more far-reaching and universal than it is in Canada. “As a Haitian, we always talk about the Haitian diaspora – those who have left Haiti to come to Montreal, Miami, New York and so on. But there, when they talk about diaspora, they really mean the African diaspora, meaning those who were displaced to Europe or the Americas to work [as slaves].” Diegal and bandmate Vox Sambou stayed in the country an extra 3 days to travel north to Salvador da Bahia and attend ‘Estratégia Quilombola’, a 4-day event packed with performances, discussions and workshops with other local artists active in their communities. “Quilombos are communities of marooned, fugitive slaves who gained their independence or freedom from colonial powers. I believe hip hop is one of the remnants or offspring of that culture of resistance,” he says. Both of them discussed the day-to-day experience of being Haitians living in Canada, and Vox Sambou also used the trip to complement his own research into tracing the path of the Haitian diaspora.
Nomadic Massive returned in December charged with new knowledge and, most of all, new energy. “It comes naturally with the sharing of cultures,” says Ali Sepu. “We come from out of town, and we stimulate the vibe that’s already there, but also renew the energy that we bring back. We have to continue to do these cultural exchanges to kindle just that : the spark.”

Solar Plexus Chakra Meditation (Manipura)

2009-06-22T09:50:00.000-07:00

The gate keeper of confidence and sense of identity...Enjoy!!!!

Many Moods of Waahli...

2009-06-04T13:17:00.000-07:00

"Sometimes I feel..." produced by Waahli

Watch this video ''SUNDANCE'' by Waahli

2009-05-22T12:48:00.000-07:00

Word to the intuitionist...Its been a while, I'm back blogging!!!. I'm sharing this amazingly done video of Sundance, written and produced by Waahli and created by Noe Sardet. A silent cry to First Nations' presence in the Urban landscape. ...''Saskatchewan sounds Indian to me!!!....Enjoy!!!..Peace and dont debate!!
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Waahli

Sundance - Waahli aka Wyzah
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Glamourizing materialism while people are getting kill over oil money!!???

2008-12-12T11:42:00.000-08:00

Busta Rhymes lyrics "Arab Money"

Ron Brownz
Yes!!..im way back in the most amazing way
Well lemme introduce you to the new talk
Lets get straight to it..cmon

LaLaLa HaleHeloHaLow
HelaBalaHeHeleBalo
We gettin Arab Money
We gettin Arab Money

HaLaShegeHaLitlFaLa
MiliAlaySheNitiMala
We gettin Arab Money
We gettin Arab Money

Now there aint no way that you could kill the beats dead
Middle East women and Middle East bread
I got Oil Well money in the desert playin Golf
Dont ??? with a Louis Scarf
Chest cold diamonds make a --- wanna cough
In Dubai 20 million on a few lofts
I stay up in da club ------
The way i make the people wanna sing the hook in Arabic

LaLaLa HaleHeloHaLow
HelaBalaHeHeleBalo
We gettin Arab Money
We gettin Arab Money

HaLaShegeHaLitlFaLa
MiliAlaySheNitiMala
We gettin Arab Money
We gettin Arab Money

Seven Star Hotels, Maybach, Movies
Sick big --- knock -- cameltoe --
Women walkin around while security on camelback
Club on fire now -- dunno how to act
Sittin in casino's while im gamblin with Arafat
Money so long watch me purchase pieces of the Almanac
Ya already know i got the streets bust
While i make ya bow down makes salaat like a muslim

LaLaLa HaleHeloHaLow
HelaBalaHeHeleBalo
We gettin Arab Money
We gettin Arab Money

HaLaShegeHaLitlFaLa
MiliAlaySheNitiMala
We gettin Arab Money
We gettin Arab Money

Heyyy!!
See now i take trips to Baghdad ---
Use a stack of chips to count Arab money now
I dont need to get fresh im bout to grow a beard dude
So much cake even the money look wierd too
Dont mess the bread and the broad im tryna eat like
Prince alwaleed bin talal alsaud respect the value of ma work
In Maui, Malaysia,
Iran and IraQ, Saudi Arabia!

LaLaLa HaleHeloHaLow
HelaBalaHeHeleBalo
We gettin Arab Money
We gettin Arab Money

HaLaShegeHaLitlFaLa
MiliAlaySheNitiMala
We gettin Arab Money
We gettin Arab Money

Busta Apologizes For 'Arab Money' Misunderstanding

2008-12-12T10:46:00.000-08:00

By Tai Saint Louis

Only hours after expressing his outrage over Busta Rhymes’ controversial song “Arab Money,” Iraqi-born rapper The Narcicyst told AllHipHop.com that he received a personal phone call from Busta himself last night (December 8), apologizing for the misunderstanding created by the song.

According to Narcicyst, the two rappers spent nearly half an hour on the phone discussing Busta’s original intent in making the song, which the veteran rapper says was meant to pay homage to Arab culture.

The Narcicyst, whose family fled Iraq years ago after they were displaced by the political turmoil said he came to understand that there may have been a bigger culprit in Busta’s lyrical misstep.

“It was a thorough explanation and he was a very respectful man,” the Narcicyst told AllHipHop.com. “He explained to me his experience as an African-American man in the States and [it] seemed to me as an experience that I can correlate as an Arab being in the Middle East and having been displaced from my nation and seeing my country being bombarded in the media, being misrepresented.”

According to Narcicyst, Rhymes revealed that he didn't purposely disrespect Arab culture and that representing it "in a positive light" was important to his fellow rapper.

"He also acknowledged that it was definitely something that spun out of control," Narcicyst continued. "You know, when you put out a song, you can’t really put out an essay on why you put out the song. And it’s always hard to explain to the masses.”

While some YouTube posts of the song and/or video have already been removed from the popular website, there is no word on when or if the controversial song will be officially removed from rotation.

The song is already banned in the U.K., where award winning DJ Steve Sutherland was temporarily suspended by Galaxy FM, for playing the song.

As a result of Busta’s apology and The Narcicyst has also agreed to pull his response to the song, a track titled “The Real Arab Money.”

“This is an example of how two people can come together and create something bigger than them,” The Narcicyst concluded. “I’m a strong believer in truth and breaking stereotypes down and not allowing people to box you in. And this whole experience has been a huge eye opener for me. This is what Hip-Hop is about. Two brothers from another mother can come to a peaceful and just conclusion for all sides.”

"SAD BUT TRUE" video

2008-04-01T09:19:00.000-07:00

Sad but true - Nomadic Massive
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The Intuitionist

2008-03-06T17:57:00.000-08:00

Hi this is Wyzah aka Waahli

This blog is called ''The intuitionist'' everyone's got an intuition and in these days and time it is a must to trust our intuition.