Editorial Reviews
Somewhere South of Somalia
Music Review:
Music Review
Willem Pijper: Symphony No. 2; String Quartets Nos. 4 & 5; Piano Concerto; Six Adagios
Music: Chante Kenny Rogers [Import]
What Does Anything Mean Basically? [Import]
Vol. 2-Beatles Songbook [Import]
We Two Are One [Extra tracks] [Original recording remastered]
bigbaer.com 11/2001
ITHAKA is a hip hop adventure. Somewhere South Of Somalia is one of the most original hip hop releases ever...
Jack Baer 11/19/2001
run, don't walk, and buy this CD Don't miss one of the most original hiphop releases of the year
Album Description
SOMEWHERE SOUTH OF SOMALIA(the new album) Continuing his tradition of : live it, write about it, rap about it, Ithaka?s new action-adventure rap album, SOMEWHERE SOUTH OF SOMALIA, takes us straight outta the neighborhood and into the wilds of East Africa. Written on location during a two-month solo mission to Kenya and Tanzania, ITHAKA revisits his long explored topic of escapism. Each song reveals itself as a chapter in a hip-hop travel journal threaded together with common references and recurring themes, telling stories of: tribal folklore, urban dangers, elitist foreigners, epidemics, lives of war journalists and voodoo.