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Mar 22 • 17 tweets • 5 min read
This is a thread of threads on my reinterpretations of @manifestive's songs.
01. Babylon Breakdown
02. We Ate Hearts And Drank Beers
03. Hubris
04. Over and Under
05. Kilimajaro
06. Sankofa
07. Ghana @ 52
08. Ozymandias
09. No Long Talk
10. Bob and Weave

Technically, this isn't a reinterpretation. It's more of spotting the references. I will do a proper reinterpretation at some point.
11. Madina to the Universe (album)

Like the previous, this is not a reinterpretation of the album or a song. It's just book & movie references on the album
12. E No Easy

This is also not a complete reinterpretation. It's just a look at some of the verses
13. Madina to the Universe

This looked at some of the DC Comics on the #MTTUAlbum
14. Scorpio Flow

This is just half a line. In due course, I will do a proper review
15. Mind Games

One line/phrase in this one. This song will be reviewed soon
16. Invisible

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Mar 24
If you want to understand how magical this will be, listen to Lolo & Follow-Fashion on the Rocket Juice and the Moon, both of which featured M.anifest & Fatoumata Diawara Image
Lolo
Follow-Fashion
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Mar 24
Invisible
————
M.anifest has captured the underbelly of society exposing its rot, hypocrisy & the survival pathways of the unseen. Invisible is an essay on hypocrisy of society & the sweltering sweat of the unseen economic agents in a country
that does not seem to care about the economic & psychological well-being of its citizens.

Mdot paints vivid pictures of the things we will wish to turn a blind eye—the "Invisible".

———
[Chorus: M.anifest & CBC]:

Invisible, nobody sees me
Goodbyes and hi's, nobody greets me
Can I be a member? I do surrender
I have no agenda
Just see me
Ah (Just see me)
———
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Mar 22
Most of the young folks today think African music has been limited to the continent & that it's today's musicians who are exporting our music to the world. Nothing can be far from the truth than this conception/perception.

These is a list of a few African musicians
1. Hugh Masekela
britannica.com/biography/Hugh…
2. Fela Kuti
britannica.com/biography/Fela…
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Mar 22
Baseline knowledge vs Legacy knowledge

Legacy knowledge is the entire set of knowledge one depends on without really adding on. People who stop learning depend on legacy knowledge all through their life. In old age, we virtually depend on legacy knowledge for every day tasks.
This is why rapid changes, especially technological, ruffle old people; because they are unable to rely on their legacy knowledge & must give up or call for help.
Baseline knowledge is the sum of knowledge a person has at any point in time. Baseline knowledge changes over time. It's what you know at any point excluding the tools (like the Internet & libraries) that opens up immeasurable knowledge.
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Mar 20
No Long Talk
———
Yes that’s my son
And indeed he’s taken to music
And I’m very proud of that because I wish
I had those kinds of creative skills
The lyrics are tremendou
———
The intro is from a man who's proud of his son's career path/choice. In reality it's from Mdot's father, Tsatsu Tsikata. It should be stated that this statement was made during an interview with the dad, on CitiFm.
Contrast this with what one pundit said (see tweet)

No Long Talk is a one verse rap with no hooks, chorus, refrains, nothing. It's from a rapper who wants to address some issues that's been on his mind. Hence, this is a no-holds barred delivery.
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Mar 5
Ghana at 52 — M.anifest
———
Dokita Kwame Nkrumah
Yɛ frɛ wo
Gye yɛn so
Osagyefo gye yɛn so
———

This is how libation to the gods & ancestors begins. We first call on them & beg them to hear us out. As a direct translation:
Dr Kwame Nkrumah
We call you
Respond to our call
Osagyefo, respond to our call

Nkrumah is one of those ancestors you can call upon. Usually, the ancestors who're remembered are those who played significant role—through their bravery, selfless acts, magnanimity, etc—in society.
Merely growing up & dying doesn't make one a worthy ancestor to call upon.
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