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The highlights of the albums by the Herbalizer for me have been the tracks featuring female MC What What. Does anyone know any more about her or if she has any releases of her own? Not surprisingly, it's a pretty tough search term on the search engines :) -- Rev Simon Rumble Current physical location: London, UK simon@rumble.net http://www.rumble.net Oatmeal raisin. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

At 13:30 2001-02-26 +0000, Rev Simon Rumble wrote:

quoted 4 lines The highlights of the albums by the Herbalizer for me have been the

>The highlights of the albums by the Herbalizer for me have been the >tracks featuring female MC What What. Does anyone know any more about >her or if she has any releases of her own? Not surprisingly, it's a >pretty tough search term on the search engines :)

i've been wondering about that as well and i second your opinion on the herbaliser albums. the only appearance i've seen by what what except for those on the herb records is one on the (completely brilliant) ep "hiphop for respect", out on rawkus. there's a LOT of different people involved in that project (the 12" was released after the amandou diallo shooting in ny), mos def, talib kweli, invincible, kool g. rap, rah digga, sporty thievz, shabaam sahdeeq, common, pharoahe monch, posdnous... among others. really good and highly recommended. other than that, i've seen nothing. cheers, /franz --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

Maybe I'm just talking out of my ass again, but wasn't she in those Sprite ads with Kool Keith as one of the seven deadly women/venoms/whatever? and she's got a pseudonym which i can't fucking remember that was reviewed a while ago in Vice. could i be any more vague? i think not.

quoted 23 lines At 13:30 2001-02-26 +0000, Rev Simon Rumble wrote:

>At 13:30 2001-02-26 +0000, Rev Simon Rumble wrote: >>The highlights of the albums by the Herbalizer for me have been the >>tracks featuring female MC What What. Does anyone know any more about >>her or if she has any releases of her own? Not surprisingly, it's a >>pretty tough search term on the search engines :) > >i've been wondering about that as well and i second your >opinion on the herbaliser albums. > >the only appearance i've seen by what what except for >those on the herb records is one on the (completely >brilliant) ep "hiphop for respect", out on rawkus. >there's a LOT of different people involved in that project >(the 12" was released after the amandou diallo shooting >in ny), mos def, talib kweli, invincible, kool g. rap, rah >digga, sporty thievz, shabaam sahdeeq, common, >pharoahe monch, posdnous... among others. really good >and highly recommended. > >other than that, i've seen nothing. > >cheers, >/franz

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She also appears on the last Tek 9 album "Simply" but i was not very impressed with those tracks ----- Original Message ----- From: "franz enmark" <franz@8noll2.se> To: "Rev Simon Rumble" <simon@rumble.net>; <idm@hyperreal.org> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 5:42 AM Subject: Re: [idm] What What from Herbalizer

quoted 30 lines At 13:30 2001-02-26 +0000, Rev Simon Rumble wrote:

> At 13:30 2001-02-26 +0000, Rev Simon Rumble wrote: > >The highlights of the albums by the Herbalizer for me have been the > >tracks featuring female MC What What. Does anyone know any more about > >her or if she has any releases of her own? Not surprisingly, it's a > >pretty tough search term on the search engines :) > > i've been wondering about that as well and i second your > opinion on the herbaliser albums. > > the only appearance i've seen by what what except for > those on the herb records is one on the (completely > brilliant) ep "hiphop for respect", out on rawkus. > there's a LOT of different people involved in that project > (the 12" was released after the amandou diallo shooting > in ny), mos def, talib kweli, invincible, kool g. rap, rah > digga, sporty thievz, shabaam sahdeeq, common, > pharoahe monch, posdnous... among others. really good > and highly recommended. > > other than that, i've seen nothing. > > cheers, > /franz > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >

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On 26 Feb 2001, at 13:30, Rev Simon Rumble wrote:

quoted 2 lines The highlights of the albums by the Herbalizer for me have been the

> The highlights of the albums by the Herbalizer for me have been the > tracks featuring female MC What What.

I could be totally wrong - but I do believe that she's a Cape Town grrrl (just like myself) from here in South Africa, the daughter of Abdullah Ibrahim, famous composer / pianist (in a more jazzy vein). He himself became famous under the name "Dollar Brand" way back in the 60's, his hugest hit being "Manenberg" (which you might well find on compilations featuring SA music). When he converted to the Muslim faith, he took on the name Abdullah Ibrahim. Asked and answered, and I hope I'm right. I * ------- End of forwarded message ------- ** You know, if you're upside down, things fall up ** --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

What What is in fact the daughter of Abdullah Ibrahim. She re-named herself Jean Gray recently. Last places I heard her were on the last High & Mighty record (great track with Kool Keith and Bobbito) and on M-Boogies "Laid In Full" record. Great M.C, somewhat elusive. Jeff on 2/27/01 12:52 PM, substar at substar@iafrica.com wrote:

quoted 27 lines On 26 Feb 2001, at 13:30, Rev Simon Rumble wrote:

> On 26 Feb 2001, at 13:30, Rev Simon Rumble wrote: > >> The highlights of the albums by the Herbalizer for me have been the >> tracks featuring female MC What What. > > I could be totally wrong - but I do believe that she's a Cape Town > grrrl (just like myself) from here in South Africa, the daughter of > Abdullah Ibrahim, famous composer / pianist (in a more jazzy vein). > > He himself became famous under the name "Dollar Brand" way > back in the 60's, his hugest hit being "Manenberg" (which you > might well find on compilations featuring SA music). When he > converted to the Muslim faith, he took on the name Abdullah > Ibrahim. > > Asked and answered, and I hope I'm right. > > I > * > > ------- End of forwarded message ------- > ** You know, if you're upside down, things fall up ** > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >

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On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 01:43:01PM -0500, Jeff/Ninja Tune uttered:

quoted 4 lines What What is in fact the daughter of Abdullah Ibrahim. She re-named herself

> What What is in fact the daughter of Abdullah Ibrahim. She re-named herself > Jean Gray recently. Last places I heard her were on the last High & Mighty > record (great track with Kool Keith and Bobbito) and on M-Boogies "Laid In > Full" record. Great M.C, somewhat elusive.

That would be Jean Grey with an E, for those of you frantically typing it into Napster et al, as I just discovered after a bit of hunting :) -- Rev Simon Rumble Current physical location: London, UK simon@rumble.net http://www.rumble.net If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. -- J.R.R. Tolkien --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Rev Simon Rumble wrote:

quoted 8 lines On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 01:43:01PM -0500, Jeff/Ninja Tune uttered:

> On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 01:43:01PM -0500, Jeff/Ninja Tune uttered: > > What What is in fact the daughter of Abdullah Ibrahim. She re-named herself > > Jean Gray recently. Last places I heard her were on the last High & Mighty > > record (great track with Kool Keith and Bobbito) and on M-Boogies "Laid In > > Full" record. Great M.C, somewhat elusive. > > That would be Jean Grey with an E, for those of you frantically typing > it into Napster et al, as I just discovered after a bit of hunting :)

She also seems to be spelled 'Jean Grae' on napster. Anyone know the 'correct' spelling? Adam

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> > -- > Rev Simon Rumble Current physical location: London, UK > simon@rumble.net > http://www.rumble.net > > If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would > be a merrier world. > -- J.R.R. Tolkien > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > >

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