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When I first heard about 'Lil Hako' I was intrigued, I'd never come across a Kurdish, Iraqi rapper before so I decided to check him out on the old myspace http://myspace.com/lilhako. The first tune on his page titled 'Hull City Anthem' plays and I realise why I'd never heard anything like this before. Christ almighty, was this some sort of sick joke? From the first line 'Lil Hako' and the latter sounding like it should have come out of the mouth of some sort of cbeebies character, I was stunned, and not in a good way, in more of a 'What just happened?' kind of way.
Lil Hako is a chavved up Kurdish Rapper who claims to be 'hibernating' at the minute so 'just wait innit'. Who recorded his first song in year 7 and has performed in places such as Birmingham, Bradford and Pozition nightclub, Hull, which I still find hard to believe.
The tune, 'Hull City Anthem' is clearly about being proud to be from Hull, which most people are and yes we all love the place but when the lyrics 'I'm from Hull, Hull City Hull' are being played out of time and tune of the song, I don't think you'd admit it. It's like something you'd see on the comedy auditions of the X factor and pissing yourself as all 4 judges crease in hysterics.
It's not all bad, the tune does get slightly better when the second vocalist comes in with another rap, at least he can keep in time but its like hearing Ja Rule rapping about 'De Grey Street','Prinny Quay' and 'The Stagecoach 15' But before that, one of the most obscure lyrics I've ever heard in my life, 'You hate ma baby' -What?! What's all that about?! With references to Council Estates Bransholme and Orchard Park before that, Lil Hako does come out with a few skew-whiff one liners that just aren't quite right.
It's not all bad; maybe I have been a bit harsh here. Lil Hako does deserve some respect for what he's doing. After hearing his tune 'Runaway' you can hear what his lyrics are all about as this tune focuses on the childhood of him and his brother. Struggling through poverty, being in the face of drugs, getting caught crossing the country, having their home destroyed, not being able to say goodbye
to their family and working as soldiers.
This tune is on his myspace page as a YouTube video. It is the worst possible video you've ever seen, more like a kareoke video that's been made in exchange for a packet of Space Raiders but the female vocals in-between are good and the tune is there somewhere. Some lyrics don't make much sense but the message vaguely gets across and it does make you feel in touch with what Lil Hako has been through, which to be fair is more then most people in Hull will ever come close too so good on Lil Hako for trying to do something with his life after such a harsh upbringing. I don't necessarily think that his career path should focus towards music just yet, maybe after some strong constructive criticism, singing lessons, a lot of practice and help with songwriting first.
I am a little skeptical on weather I’ll still be alive after posting this review after hearing the lyrics, 'To be true I just wanna slash you with a razor', in his tune 'Taking Over' but I suppose that's a risk I'm willing to take.
Check out Lil Hako for yourself, it's definitely something different to anything you'll have heard before, that's for sure: http://www.myspace.com/lilhako
By Candice B. Fureal
Lil Hako is a chavved up Kurdish Rapper who claims to be 'hibernating' at the minute so 'just wait innit'. Who recorded his first song in year 7 and has performed in places such as Birmingham, Bradford and Pozition nightclub, Hull, which I still find hard to believe.
The tune, 'Hull City Anthem' is clearly about being proud to be from Hull, which most people are and yes we all love the place but when the lyrics 'I'm from Hull, Hull City Hull' are being played out of time and tune of the song, I don't think you'd admit it. It's like something you'd see on the comedy auditions of the X factor and pissing yourself as all 4 judges crease in hysterics.
It's not all bad, the tune does get slightly better when the second vocalist comes in with another rap, at least he can keep in time but its like hearing Ja Rule rapping about 'De Grey Street','Prinny Quay' and 'The Stagecoach 15' But before that, one of the most obscure lyrics I've ever heard in my life, 'You hate ma baby' -What?! What's all that about?! With references to Council Estates Bransholme and Orchard Park before that, Lil Hako does come out with a few skew-whiff one liners that just aren't quite right.
It's not all bad; maybe I have been a bit harsh here. Lil Hako does deserve some respect for what he's doing. After hearing his tune 'Runaway' you can hear what his lyrics are all about as this tune focuses on the childhood of him and his brother. Struggling through poverty, being in the face of drugs, getting caught crossing the country, having their home destroyed, not being able to say goodbye
to their family and working as soldiers.This tune is on his myspace page as a YouTube video. It is the worst possible video you've ever seen, more like a kareoke video that's been made in exchange for a packet of Space Raiders but the female vocals in-between are good and the tune is there somewhere. Some lyrics don't make much sense but the message vaguely gets across and it does make you feel in touch with what Lil Hako has been through, which to be fair is more then most people in Hull will ever come close too so good on Lil Hako for trying to do something with his life after such a harsh upbringing. I don't necessarily think that his career path should focus towards music just yet, maybe after some strong constructive criticism, singing lessons, a lot of practice and help with songwriting first.
I am a little skeptical on weather I’ll still be alive after posting this review after hearing the lyrics, 'To be true I just wanna slash you with a razor', in his tune 'Taking Over' but I suppose that's a risk I'm willing to take.
Check out Lil Hako for yourself, it's definitely something different to anything you'll have heard before, that's for sure: http://www.myspace.com/lilhako
By Candice B. Fureal
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Hi..
I don't think the article was fair 2 Lil Hako as u judged him on his MySpace Profile b4 he was signed 2 waxworkz.
He has a Mixtape series.. Movement Mixtape Vol.1 comin' out in a few weeks (11/09) available on CD/Download
Also expect an album (produced by Huffy & The Don Phileone (t.b.c) sometime early 2009
Cheers
Daniel (Huffy - waxworkz label owner)Oct 31 2008, 18:59 by huffy
HA just had a listen. thats the funniest thing i've heard all weekOct 14 2008, 16:56 by crankyharold
