{"id":6556,"date":"2014-07-19T00:44:40","date_gmt":"2014-07-19T00:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/?p=6556"},"modified":"2014-07-19T02:00:32","modified_gmt":"2014-07-19T02:00:32","slug":"bawuta-kin-sans-sacrifice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/bawuta-kin-sans-sacrifice\/","title":{"rendered":"DR Congo’s rap pioneers Bawuta Kin are back with Sans Sacrifice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bawuta Kin featured in the great documentary ‘Jupiter’s Dance’ (2006) which shows many different sides of Kinshasa’s urban sound. Two years ago, Esto and Dr Kash (sans<\/em> co-founder Rocky B ‘Le Mobidick’ a.k.a. Tchekisa<\/a> who had left the group) were heard again with ‘Bo Tia K<\/a>‘, a hard hitting track & video in which they emphasized their status as pioneers with some wit. The single sounded quite different from anything else out there. A full album was announced but as far as we know, it still hasn’t come out.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xemi0Z5jCy8<\/p>\n

Two years ago, Esto and Dr Kash (sans<\/em> co-founder Rocky B ‘Le Mobidick’ a.k.a. Tchekisa<\/a> who had left the group) were heard again with ‘Bo Tia K<\/a>‘, a hard hitting track & video in which they emphasized their status as pioneers with some wit. The single sounded quite different from anything else out there. A full album was announced but as far as we know, it still hasn’t come out.<\/p>\n

Their new single ‘Sans Sacrifice’ is a similar mashup of styles, there are references to coup\u00e9 d\u00e9cal\u00e9, rumba and traditional dances (think of Classic Swede Swede<\/a> whose 1991 album Toleki Bango<\/a> is a classic), while the rapping balances between the ‘atalaku’ style popularized by the emcees who join Congo’s biggest musicians on stage and on record, and a more international flow.<\/p>\n

Bawuta Kin are produced by Racine alternative, Lexxus Legal’s non-profit which just finished the Air D’ici hip hop festival in Kinshasa – check below for a roundup of the performances.<\/p>\n