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I went to Yangon, the main city in Burma, and discovered a thriving hip hop scene. I talked to musicians, found hip hop in a small village outside of town, and went to a big open air hip hop concert. In a country where censorship is a normal part of life, musicians struggle to make the music they want to make, and two rappers have already been jailed this year. Nevertheless, they keep recording and performing. This is a look at hip hop in Burma, and a window onto the kinds of lives that young people there are living.
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- gleigh
- 7 days ago
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great look at a nation whose nasty regime might be on the verge of collapsing. still, a fascinating look at how ordinary people live under military rule.
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awesome!!! I want to go make beats with these guys!
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- matt_fisher
- 6 days ago
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great pod!!
awesome burmese people!!-
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- jade_azul16
- 6 days ago
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great to see a part of Burma rarely if ever seen. The car battery powered TV and DVD amazed me!
Very good pod!-
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- SamuraiDave
- 6 days ago
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I watched this whole pod thinking, wow, music finds it's way into everything, no matter how hard you try to keep it out, it'll find a crevice and expose itself, infecting anyone who simply dares to listen. And all this times it was because of Fruity Loops. Go figure.
Where words fail, music speaks.
- Hans Christian Andersen
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awesome piece man.great to see this aspect of burmese society
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- mhauser412
- 5 days ago
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The Ghetto is just the "ghetto" here in America, but the culture of the "Black Ghetto in America", has always and will always have influence on the entire world. Hip Hop was born in the ghettos of New York city,while civil rights activice like,Stokley Carmichael and H."Rap" Brown,(aka Jameel Alimin), are the true Architects of "rap".Before the recording industry destroyed this cultural music,by creating money magnets like,"Eminem",rap had a purpose.Racist America could never accept the Black faces on the walls of their own White children,so they did what they did with Jesus,Pat Boone,Elvis Presley,and now Eminem.They stole the legacy. They why artist like,Nas and Andre 3000,say that Hip Hop is DEAD.
Hip Hop is the "Voice of Change".Always has been,and it always will be.,and if you haven't notice,"...........I'm just spittin' on the mic' right now.Rap don't need no music.Rap makes it's own music,like the ancestors did on the cargo ships,like they did in the fields,like they did during the protest march,and like they're during behind the walls of Americas racist pentitentiary walls today. So today,I praise these young people in Burma and people of all nations that have the courage to speak out against tyranny and oppression,and because it is Mothers Day,allow me please to take time now to wish "Happy Mothers Day" to all of those suffering voices that were never heard,but always felt, because they are the true mothers of "Hip Hop.-
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- keithponder
- 5 days ago
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Excellent - this is what I com to Current to see and hear - pods about what's going on in the whole world, not just NYC or DC. Love it! More!
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Awesome pod gleigh! I love hearing about the music scene in different places of the world.
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Very cool pod. I quite enjoy the music.
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Love hip hop. Thanks for sharing.
Burma/Mirarmar sufferes now. Wonder how many of these creative people survived the cyclone?
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A fine, fine pod.
It amazes me how the difference between buying a car and buying a ring in the lyrics could get a song banned in Burma. It flat out floored me to hear obviously political lyrics being spouted out at the big show without gunfire or other violence to stop it. Was the fear of rioting a factor? A serious lack of electrical power won't stop these courageous people from doing what they love and getting themselves heard. Very motivating. -
Incredible Gabriel! All the Kudos and compliments are well deserved on this awesome pod. The characters, music, shooting, writing, editing... all top notch. Well done!
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its great to hear about stories the media is blind to: the positive influences of hiphop!!!
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- misticblue7
- 5 days ago
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Beautifully captures the zeitgeist of Burma youth, and leaves you feeling quite hopeful for a country fighting to be free. Kudos to you Gabriel!
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- AnaMireles
- 5 days ago
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Wow that was so sad at the end him asking for electricity! It's a testament to the inadequacy of the Burmese government that art is hindered by something so basic...
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what an excellent documentary. great work!
has anyone ever seen charlie ahearns work? he created a hip hop film in the 80's that got me loving the genre of music. i ordered it a few months ago from www.brink.com after seeing it with a friend. it's an awesome film, check it out!-
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- asiantoast
- 4 days ago
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Its fascinating and inspiring to see these young people in Burma making hip-hop, all thanks to just Fruity Loops and that little bit of electricity that they have.
It reminds me of music in Soviet Eastern European satellite states (Poland, Czechoslovakia, etc.). The regime was oppressive and censored lyrics; however, the music of the "West" made its way even to these countries. Teenagers and young people were able to listen to the melodies from Elvis Presley or The Beatles songs covered in their mother tongue. -
Hip-Hop is bigger than the governments!!!
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- CIPHERBEY1
- 3 days ago
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Those Burmese rappers had some powerful lyrics!
I wish more rappers in America would adhere to poetic writing in their songs instead of boasting and degrading.-
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- singersteph08
- 19 hours ago
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