AFRIKA BABY BAM
Lyricist, Rapper, DJ, Producer and Actor Nathaniel Hall is most commonly known by his musical alias, ‘Afrika Baby Bam’.
Having co-founded the legendary ‘Native Tongues’ hip hop super group, named ‘A Tribe Called Quest’ (and Q-Tip!), and of course pioneered Hip Hop into it’s oft-cited “golden era” with his own group, ‘Jungle Brothers’, Afrika is something of a hip hop legend.
His socially conscious positivity and eclectic sampling led JB’s first album “Straight Out the Jungle” (1988) to receive a perfect 5-of-five rating from Allmusic and 5mics in The Source Magazine. The album included dancefloor classic ‘I’ll House You’.
The follow up ‘Done By The Forces of Nature’ (Warner Bros, 1989) is considered a masterpiece, “One of hip-hop's most imaginative, engaging records” - as The Chicago Tribune's Rick Reger aptly put it. Not to mention it received a 10 rating in NME and 5 stars in Mojo. He has also produced records by Neneh Cherry, Stereo MCs, Caron Wheeler and Monie Love and remixed tracks for Quincy Jones.
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Lyricist, Rapper, DJ, Producer and Actor Nathaniel Hall is most commonly known by his musical alias, ‘Afrika Baby Bam’.
Having co-founded the legendary ‘Native Tongues’ hip hop super group, named ‘A Tribe Called Quest’ (and Q-Tip!), and of course pioneered Hip Hop into it’s oft-cited “golden era” with his own group, ‘Jungle Brothers’, Afrika is something of a hip hop legend.
His socially conscious positivity and eclectic sampling led JB’s first album “Straight Out the Jungle” (1988) to receive a perfect 5-of-five rating from Allmusic and 5mics in The Source Magazine. The album included dancefloor classic ‘I’ll House You’.
The follow up ‘Done By The Forces of Nature’ (Warner Bros, 1989) is considered a masterpiece, “One of hip-hop's most imaginative, engaging records” - as The Chicago Tribune's Rick Reger aptly put it. Not to mention it received a 10 rating in NME and 5 stars in Mojo. He has also produced records by Neneh Cherry, Stereo MCs, Caron Wheeler and Monie Love and remixed tracks for Quincy Jones.
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