ITHAKA: Somewhere South of Somalia

Ithaka

Somewhere South of Somalia

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Alternative hip-hop called one of the most original hip-hop albums of the year...

tracks

1 So You're Going There?
2 What U Gotta Do
3 My Mind and My Body (interlude)
4 Dugout Canoe
5 Snakes in the Rafters
6 Three Shots (interlude)
7 Rana Linda
8 Mr. Mosquito
9 Ugly American
10 Dear Hillary (interlude)
11 Black Rock
12 Lapis Lazuli
13 Visit With Nagawa
14 Upendo
15 River Road
16 Nagawa's Revenge
17 Endless Bummer
18 Mwajuma
19 My Mind and My Body (reprise)

notes

ITHAKA's storytelling lyrics often reflect his personal global travels and were taken to a new level when the artist disappeared into East Africa to write new material for his third coming album, SOMEWHERE SOUTH OF SOMALIA.

Two months later, he reemerged in Lisbon with a travel journal full of adventurous rap-tales exploring; tribal folklore, urban dangers, elitist foreigners, epidemics, lives of war journalists, near death experiences and voodoo.

ITHAKA then flew back to Los Angeles to work with producer/engineer Conley 'Conman' Abrams.

Abrams has worked for TuPac, Queen Latifa, Heavy D, Montell Jordan and Snoop Dogg, and produced the hit 'No Woman' on Polybeat/Virgin artist General Grant charting at #6 on Billboard's Rap Chart.

Together they are musically recreating Ithaka's experiences in a cinematic Afro hip-hop vibe.

SOMEWHERE SOUTH OF SOMALIA stretches hip-hop in fresh directions both musically and lyrically and ITHAKA's laid-back narrative rap-style lays smoothly in the cut.

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