showcases fluid raps over a range of rock, hip hop and reggae
read entire articleWar Child, Story of a Sudanese Child Soldier Turned Hip Hop Star, is Horrifying, Humanizing, Edifying. Copy and paste the following link to view article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tonya-plank/war-child-story-of-a-suda_b_143276.html
Former child soldier uses rap to spread peace. Copy and paste the following link to view article: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20081119/tpl-uk-jal-4b8df73.html
Hopefully Hip-hop will be the perfect platform for this talented revolutionary to spread his message.
read entire article5 STARS
read entire article4.5/5
read entire article"...einer der Authentischsten." 7 Punkte
read entire articleread entire article
"He's going to have a huge influence in the world beyond music"
read entire article“I became a soldier very young; like many other children. I wanted to help the fight. At that time, all I thought about was killing. I trained and learned how to fire a gun. We practiced on killing animals. We would kill the animal and then have to bury it, so the Arabs wouldn't find the body. I just wanted to kill as many Arabs and Muslims as possible.”
read entire articlehttp://hawk.dmsukltd.com/pictures/0136/9746/multiple_artists_r_scotland_on_sunday_REVIEW_14.pdf
http://hawk.dmsukltd.com/pictures/0136/9807/multiple_artists_r_scotland_on_sunday_REVIEW_15.pdf
http://sonic360.com/presspacks/EJal_Paste_2008.pdf
read entire article
Emmanuel Jal - "potential of Bob Marley."
read entire article"He did not love power so much, and left it and gave it to someone else" - Emmanuel Jal on Mandela
read entire articleEmmanuel Jal has the "potential of a young Bob Marley".
read entire articlePeter Gabriel popped up to introduce Sudanese rapper and ex-boy soldier Emmanuel Jal, whose vivid and eloquent performance suggested the arrival of a star-in-waiting.
read entire articleRead full article here: http://sonic360.com/presspacks/06-25%20FUG%20-%20Emmanuel%20Jal.pdf
Emmanuel Jal has "the potential of a young Bob Marley".
read entire article"The more we finger point him (Mugabe), the more the people in Zimbabwe suffer."
read entire article"Scarred by war, Emmanuel Jal found redemption through music." Read the full article at: http://hawk.dmsukltd.com/pictures/0123/3096/emmanuel_d_independent_TRIUMPH_05.pdf
"I survived for a reason, to tell my story" Read the full article here: http://www.sonic360.com/presspacks/SonglinesArticl2copy.jpg
Brimming with African chants and uplifting beats
read entire articleDespite the gritty, true-life tales of strife, the tone of Jal’s message is ultimately a hopeful one.
read entire articleEmmanuel Jal talks Books, Music, Film and Theatre
read entire article"It took me long time to actually say I believe that I survived for a reason."
read entire article"Genocide is happening before our eyes..."
read entire article***
read entire articleRead full feature here: http://sonic360.com/presspacks/04-06-08%20Q.jpg
***
read entire article"If I described everything I've seen and done, this record would be too harrowing"
read entire article“Sudan is my country. WARCHILD is my struggle”
read entire article"I'm not turning away from the world-music audience which has supported me," Jal says. "There's still an African influence in my music. I don't try to sound American. I rap like an African, because that's what I am."
read entire article"None of my dreams are good," says the 28-year-old. "Sometimes it feels like I'm in the war. I'm fighting, then my bullets run out, and my enemies are coming to cut my throat."
read entire articleread entire article
“If I described everything I’ve seen and done, the record would be too harrowing”
read entire article**** - Seriously Strong Stuff
read entire article***
read entire article***
read entire articlePart 2
read entire articlePart 3
read entire article"There are some other tracks that are too deep...I haven't brought them out. They are too personal."
read entire articlePart 1
read entire articlePart 4
read entire article"...Warchild’s the first in which he has found the voice and courage to articulate his experiences as a rebel soldier with the SPLA"
read entire article"...musically diverse and polyrhythmic; the rapping, direct; and the vocabulary, plain."
read entire article****
read entire article7/10
read entire articlePart 1
read entire articlePart 2
read entire article"He wants to use music to speak out to children..."
read entire articleRead Article and listen to the interview here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90517634
read entire articleEmmanuel Jal is a worthy hip hop artist that shouldn’t be missed.
read entire articleA conscious slice of hip hop drawing on both his African roots and London's mean streets, and a lesson to deluded gangsters.
read entire articleAs a piece of recorded life, this 15-track disc is an occasionally jarring and brutally honest trip by this 28-year-old London-based Sudanese rapper.
read entire article"I respect 50 Cent for what he has done, but he should see what his message does to the community. Tell them to go to school and think. Black people killing over drugs or civil war is always wrong."
read entire article...You have more than just a good album... You have a life experience.
read entire article...casually globe-tripping tracks whose warm melodicism recalls recent work by Wyclef Jean
read entire articleNo Bling
read entire article"Skirt to Short" and more
read entire articleHe mixes traumatic memories from the battlefield and its aftermath
read entire articleOver music grounded in soukous and roots reggae, [Emmanuel Jal] fires off straightforward lyrics in a sweet voice.
read entire article**** - A powerful album
read entire article**** - WARchild isn't hip hop, reggae, world music or R&B. Rather, Emmanuel takes elements from each of those genres and creates something more akin to a didactic, campfire tale for Facebook Nation.
read entire articleB+ - Warchild is a resounding success.
read entire articleForced to Sin
read entire article"I'm a warrior, I went to war and killed six adults, and I still have my cows, I have four women behind me, no one can sing better than me in this place, I am the toughest, I'm strong, I'm big."
read entire articleVagina
read entire articleMany Rivers to Cross
read entire articleThe concert is one event in a three-day period of celebrations that will pay tribute to one of the world's most loved leaders, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and icon of freedom, Nelson Mandela, who turns 90 later this year.
read entire articleSouth African and African artists including Johnny Clegg, Sipho Mabuse, Loyiso, Kurt Darren, the Soweto Gospel Choir, Aids orphan choir The Children of Agape, Papa Wemba and Sudanese rapper Emmanuel Jal are also on the bill.
read entire articleJal’s sound is reminiscent of a cross between Wyclef Jean and Nas, and the end result of Warchild embodies not only all of the best elements of early Fugees records, but encompasses the groove-laden African poly-rhythms via hand drums and singing straight out of the African deserts and savannahs.
read entire articleOne of the Lost Boys of Sudan has found himself through music.
read entire articleI'd put money on a Chris Martin duet before the year is out
read entire articleIf you take somebodies life, for the rest of your life it will haunt you
read entire articleI want to be the voice of the voiceless
read entire articleChild soldier Emmanuel Jal has honed his life in Sudan into song
read entire articleTalking openly about his harrowing past, he says in the selfsame fluid voice that, just moments earlier, had ordered the soft drink: "I remember seeing the army come and burn our villages to the ground, killing everyone. What else was I to do but fight back?"
read entire articleThe album of the summer - 4/5
read entire articleIn times of war, starvation, hunger and injustice, such tragedy can only be put aside if you allow yourself to be uplifted through music
read entire article"I like the way Americans make fun of their president, and their president doesn't mind," he says. "You do that in Africa, you're asking to die."
read entire article“Warchild,” has Emmanuel Jal’s life exploding in front of us, being brutally open and honest in the process. All that’s left when the shells fall, is a life tremendously changed.
read entire articleHe's very nice and laid back. I was impressed to see a guy like him be so humble and talk to me like a normal person on the street.
read entire article"I'm doing this music to deal with my issues," he said. "I make it to make me happy, it heals me as a person and then the impact goes onto the next person."
read entire article"Music helped me as a person, and it creates awareness about my people. I've lost my childhood. I don't want other kids to lose theirs."
read entire article"I am a great fan of 50 Cent. But can’t help thinking that the generation that has grown up to respect and love him are not being given the right message." - Go to the article web page to read users comments on this.
read entire article"Maybe the human spirit does like nature, fight its way back to beauty."
read entire article"Jal has managed to make War Child a riveting listening pleasure, and I strongly recommend this piece of work to anybody who appreciates heartfelt, introspective and literate music."
read entire article"I am a great fan of 50 Cent," confessed Jal, "but can't help thinking that the generation that has grown up to respect and love him are not being given the right message. I feel that he could be professing more of a positive influence with his young fans."
read entire articleEliteWiitard – “A rapper actually getting it right? Crazy.” ----------------------------- arod95 – “I mean...dude is Sudanese so if anyone is going to lecture 50 about gun violence it might as well be him...” ------------------------------ firefist – “Finally, a dude that gets it.” ------------------------------ R. Lee Gordon – “As director of youth education for the The Hip Hop Congress, I believe the opportunities for hip hop music to influence and even teach our youth is amazing if we apply it on a more comprehensive and less destructive basis. One in UniTee and all the blessed . . . http://www.uniteedesign.com”
your views at clashmusic.com/feature/niche-or-naff
read entire article“I’m doing it because it’s a healing passion, and I am representing my nation, my people. I’m their voice now,”
read entire articleIt tackles the spectacular rise of Emmanuel Jal from former Sudanese child-soldier to international hip-hop star.
read entire articleChristian Karim Chrobog's War Child tells the story of Emmanuel Jal, now 28, who made the transition from child soldier in Sudan to a successful hip-hop musician.
read entire articleMusician/songwriter/rapper Emmanuel Jal has one of the most extraordinary life-stories you'll ever hear...
read entire articleFormer child-soldier to release album as a rapper
read entire article"...make them secure..."
read entire article"My music is for the children of slaves, who sang the music of pain. People heard their cry and listened. I have put my struggle in the music so the music will reach you."
read entire article"I didn't enjoy my childhood, I lost it," says Jal. "I don't ever want a child to go through this. I feel I owe them something."
read entire articleJal is a reminder that, despite the keeping-it-real apologetics of so many rappers these days, there is a distinction between realism and glorification, and evidence that realism may coexist with optimism, and may fuel hope.
read entire article"The higher you go, the bigger the responsibility, the more the pressure and the higher the demand for people to expect you to do things" - Jal
read entire article“I Can’t Believe I’m a Human Being”
read entire article"I had a lot of hatred, I had a lot of bitterness"
read entire articleHis music leaps in the choruses with dub beats, powerful backup vocals and the intermittent twanging riff of a Fender guitar...
read entire article"...make the people secure..."
read entire article