Chimurenga Renaissance

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Chimurenga Renaissance is Baba Maraire and Hussein Kalonji.

Tendai “Baba” Maraire, the architect of Chimurenga Renaissance, hails from world-renowned Zimbabwean music lineage, as his father was Abraham Dumisani Maraire. Abraham came to America where he helped initiate a flourishing Zimbabwean music scene in the Pacific Northwest.

Hussein Kalonji is a first generation Congolese American born in Washington DC. His father was Raymond “Braynck” Kalonji, a world-renowned Congolese guitar legend credited with being the pioneer of the Congolese Rumba Soukouss sound.

Baba Maraire and Hussein found it inevitable that they would eventually start playing music together. After seeing each other perform at various shows, they began to blend their two areas of expertise, hip-hop and African music, and they continued to record and develop the sound that would later become “Chimurenga Renaissance”.

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Glitterbeat
05-02-2016
Girlz with Gunz
01
I See You for Who You Are
Chimurenga Renaissance
Girlz with Gunz
02:15
Composers: Tendai Maraire
02
Our Purpose Is Forever
Chimurenga Renaissance
Girlz with Gunz
01:19
Composers: Tendai Maraire
03
Everything Comes Off Tonight
Chimurenga Renaissance
Girlz with Gunz
01:52
Composers: Tendai Maraire
04
I Like You the Way You Are
Chimurenga Renaissance
Girlz with Gunz
01:33
Composers: Tendai Maraire
05
Nunya Buziniez
Chimurenga Renaissance
Girlz with Gunz
01:41
Composers: Tendai Maraire
06
Queenz with Cannnonz
Chimurenga Renaissance
Girlz with Gunz
02:54
Composers: Tendai Maraire
07
She Is the Fairest of Them All
Chimurenga Renaissance
Girlz with Gunz
02:11
Composers: Tendai Maraire
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(P) 2015 Brick Lane Records
03-02-2015
Kudada Nekuva Munhu Mutema
01
Proud to be Afrikan (feat. Nyoka)
Chimurenga Renaissance
Kudada Nekuva Munhu Mutema
03:32
Writer: Tendai Maraire
02
HomieZ (feat. Outspoken)
Chimurenga Renaissance
Kudada Nekuva Munhu Mutema
04:33
Writer: Tendai Maraire
03
Party (feat. Clyde Robinson)
Chimurenga Renaissance
Kudada Nekuva Munhu Mutema
04:17
Writer: Tendai Maraire
04
Life in the Ghetto
Chimurenga Renaissance
Kudada Nekuva Munhu Mutema
03:46
Writer: Tendai Maraire
05
Crazy (feat. H-bomb)
Chimurenga Renaissance
Kudada Nekuva Munhu Mutema
04:33
Writer: Tendai Maraire
06
Imi vechidiki Zevai
Chimurenga Renaissance
Kudada Nekuva Munhu Mutema
04:07
Writer: Tendai Maraire
07
Bloggers vs. Journalists
Chimurenga Renaissance
Kudada Nekuva Munhu Mutema
04:59
Writer: Tendai Maraire
(p) 2014 Brick Lane Records
14-03-2014
Rize Vadzimu Rize
01
Red, Black & Green
Chimurenga Renaissance
Rize Vadzimu Rize
01:29
02
The B.A.D. Is So Good
Chimurenga Renaissance
Rize Vadzimu Rize
04:14
03
Wow
Chimurenga Renaissance
Rize Vadzimu Rize
03:08
04
Nobody Think Nomo (feat. Mall Saint)
Chimurenga Renaissance
Rize Vadzimu Rize
03:05
05
Lean
Chimurenga Renaissance
Rize Vadzimu Rize
03:21
06
The Race for Cush Naptha
Chimurenga Renaissance
Rize Vadzimu Rize
03:19
07
It’s Bigger Than You (feat. Palaceer Lazaro)
Chimurenga Renaissance
Rize Vadzimu Rize
03:17
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2012 Tendai Maraire
08-10-2012
Pungwe
01
A Toast to Frame & Ro
Chimurenga Renaissance
Pungwe
07:36
Composers: Tendai Maraire
02
Boom!
Chimurenga Renaissance
Pungwe
04:22
Composers: Tendai Maraire
03
Whatulukn@?
Chimurenga Renaissance
Pungwe
03:57
Composers: Tendai Maraire
04
I Execute My Confidence
Chimurenga Renaissance
Pungwe
01:49
Composers: Tendai Maraire
05
We Need to Talk
Chimurenga Renaissance
Pungwe
04:12
Composers: Tendai Maraire
06
F U
Chimurenga Renaissance
Pungwe
03:43
Composers: Tendai Maraire
07
How This All Started
Chimurenga Renaissance
Pungwe
04:13
Composers: Tendai Maraire
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℗ 2012 Chimurenga Renaissance
02-10-2012
Pungwe
01
A Toast to Frame&Ro
Chimurenga Renaissance
Pungwe
07:36
02
Boom!
Chimurenga Renaissance
Pungwe
04:25
03
Whatulukn@
Chimurenga Renaissance
Pungwe
03:58
04
We Need to Talk
Chimurenga Renaissance
Pungwe
04:16
05
F U
Chimurenga Renaissance
Pungwe
03:44
06
Boy Wonder
Chimurenga Renaissance
Pungwe
04:13
07
Like...That
Chimurenga Renaissance
Pungwe
03:55
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EPs
Chimurenga Renaissance
22-01-2024
Now Is The Time (EP)
01
Shapeshifters (EP)
Chimurenga Renaissance
Now Is The Time (EP)
03:24
Writer: Chimurenga Renaissance / Composers: Chimurenga Renaissance
02
Taj (EP)
Chimurenga Renaissance
Now Is The Time (EP)
05:04
Writer: Chimurenga Renaissance / Composers: Chimurenga Renaissance
03
Say Less (EP)
Chimurenga Renaissance
Now Is The Time (EP)
03:43
Writer: Chimurenga Renaissance / Composers: Chimurenga Renaissance
04
Now Is The Time (EP)
Chimurenga Renaissance
Now Is The Time (EP)
04:27
Writer: Chimurenga Renaissance / Composers: Chimurenga Renaissance
℗ 2013 Chimurenga Renaissance
06-12-2013
Defenders of the Crusades
01
Don't
Chimurenga Renaissance
Defenders of the Crusades
02:01
02
Pop Killer
Chimurenga Renaissance
Defenders of the Crusades
03:47
03
It's All 4U
Chimurenga Renaissance
Defenders of the Crusades
01:46
04
I Will Always Love You
Chimurenga Renaissance
Defenders of the Crusades
04:05
Singles
℗ 2022 The Buddy System
18-04-2022
Zimlife
01
Zimlife
Chimurenga Renaissance
Zimlife
03:46
Writer: Tendai Maraire - King Britt / Composers: Tendai Maraire - King Britt
℗ 2021 The Buddy System
16-04-2021
Zimbabwe
01
Zimbabwe
Chimurenga Renaissance
Zimbabwe
03:24
Writer: Tendai Maraire - King Britt - Nadine Stoddart / Composers: Tendai Maraire - King Britt
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Sub Pop Records
14-07-2017
Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines
01
Welcome to Quazarz
Shabazz Palaces
Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines
03:48
Writer: Ishmael Butler / Composers: Ishmael Butler
02
Gorgeous Sleeper Cell
Shabazz Palaces
Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines
02:13
Writer: Ishmael Butler / Composers: Ishmael Butler
03
Self-Made Follownaire
Shabazz Palaces
Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines
04:14
Writer: Ishmael Butler / Composers: Ishmael Butler
04
Atlaantis
Shabazz Palaces
Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines
02:18
Writer: Ishmael Butler / Composers: Ishmael Butler
05
Effeminence
Shabazz Palaces
Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines
05:42
Writer: Ishmael Butler / Composers: Ishmael Butler
06
Julian's Dream (ode to a bad)
Shabazz Palaces
Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines
04:12
Writer: Ishmael Butler / Composers: Ishmael Butler
07
30 Clip Extension
Shabazz Palaces
Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines
05:07
Writer: Ishmael Butler / Composers: Ishmael Butler
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℗ 2015 Chimurenga Renaissance
04-05-2015
Zvichapera (feat. Chimurenga Renaissance) (Chimurenga Renaissance Remix)
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Zvichapera (feat. Chimurenga Renaissance) (Chimurenga Renaissance Remix)
Chiwoniso
Zvichapera (feat. Chimurenga Renaissance) (Chimurenga Renaissance Remix)
04:25