NDIDI CASCADE – ‘AFFIRMATIVE’ feat. Oluwa Toni
Vancouver, British Columbia (right up the freeway about 120 miles from Seaspot’s Seattle offices) is one of North America’s most celebrated cities – tucked firmly in the northern edges of the Puget Sound. The city’s beautiful skyline is legendary, the night life is truly international (formidable Caribbean, Asian and Hispanic communities) and the social environment has the reputation (especially among U.S. citizens from the hoods and communities of color) as being especially welcoming and friendly.
What is also not such a quietly kept secret is the fact that Van City has a tradition of great international culture and second-to-none Hip-Hop representation. The truth remains with Ndidi Cascade. The former (and STILL COULD BE) model, brilliant mind, educator, artist and activist keeps the tradition of dope Van City Hip-Hoppas alive – in the vein of DJ Flipout, The Rascalz, Swollen Members, Sazon Diamente, Langdon Auger, DJ Physik and more than can be named in this piece. With her latest single, Ndidi (In-Deed-Dee) (born of a mixture of Nigerian, Italian and Irish ethnicity) delivers a dope and positive-vibed Caribbean, confidence-laden, ‘danceable (if you can do more than two-step) end of the summer track with ‘Affirmative’ feat. Oluwa Toni. Peep the steelo and the flow…
Ndidi presents a dope Afro-Beat focus and flavor with a refreshing truth that ladies can look good without having to be one-dimensional (against popular sexualized depictions of females) and the presence of youth in the video are a subtle reminder of who is watching when we’re rappin’, DJayin’, B-Boying/Girling, Writing or just straight up iiving…
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