"Guess I’ll surf in the wind / Miss myself when I had some common sense / All my shirts hanging in the closet / Outlast me when I’m no longer here..."
The hybridized indie rock / hip hop / alt pop flights of fancy and ruminations of "COMMON SENSE", by Gambia born, Minneapolis based Papa Mbye, feels raw yet flamboyant, laser focused yet loose and jammy, soulful yet post rock. The genre blending feels effortless as a pastiche of nostalgic funkified pop fusions (90's hip hop leanings) cuts against chunky rock guitars is so magnetic. Papa mbye's vocals, whether rapping or crooning, always draw you in and take you away. His flow has an improvisational sweep, effortless and saturated in moody dynamic propulsions as his poetry tumbles off of his lips.
Miss myself when I had some common sense
All my shirts hanging in the closet
Outlast me when I’m no longer here
Question why ya
Question why ya sittin' here
In the middle of my mind
Take a lap around the city dear
In the middle of the nighttime..."
All my shirts hanging in the closet
Outlast me when I’m no longer here
Question why ya
Question why ya sittin' here
In the middle of my mind
Take a lap around the city dear
In the middle of the nighttime..."
LINER NOTES:
[COMMON SENSE explores the unraveling of a phrase often used to define simplicity, turning it into a reflective journey. The song pokes fun at the idea of common sense as a fleeting, almost mythical quality, tied to naivete and unfiltered perceptions of life. Through an evocative soundscape, this record delves into the tension between youthful clarity and the nuanced complexities of adulthood, inviting listeners to question the very framework through which they see the world.]
Director, Editor: papa mbye
Official Video / Track Credits:
Director, Editor: papa mbye
Footage by Sawyer Brice, Braden Lee
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Performed by papa mbye
Produced by papa mbye, Zakariya Khan
Written by Papaneneh Mbye, Zakariya Khan
Mixed by Zakariya Khan
Mastered by Alec Ness
-Robb Donker Curtius
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Papa Mbye’s new EP PARCELLES 16 (out Aug 23) came out of a trip to Senegal and The Gambia, the latter of which is the country where he was born. While there for a family member’s funeral, he experienced a layer of grief common to the immigrant experience. A certain sadness for roads not traveled and paths not taken. He went to his origins looking for answers, but came back with more questions. If he never moved, would he still be making art? Was trying to be an artist as an immigrant in America wasting a precious opportunity? “I ended up flipping around that confusion and guilt into a conviction that I should be telling these stories,” said Papa. “I wanted to make something for young immigrants who have all this baggage they’re trying to work through,” he said.
After Papa returned to Minneapolis, he channeled that dissonance into an experimental sound that never settles in one box long enough to call any one genre home. Named after the address of his uncle’s house in Senegal, PARCELLES 16 is grandiose in its sonic ambition, intricately threading bits of hip hop, alt-rock, soul, electronic and new age African music. Yet it’s grounded in Papa’s raw and introspective songwriting, which is sweet to the ears but tugs on the heartstrings. “One of my biggest fears was putting myself out there and being vulnerable,” said Papa. “So on this I decided to lean into that fear and strip everything down to only what’s necessary.”
Papa Mbye, folk, acoustic folk, flow and vibes, moody, emo, fluid storytelling, love streams, dreamy, alt pop, indie rock, "COMMON SENSE", Official Video, poetic, beat poet, performance artist,
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://soundcloud.com/papambye
https://papambye.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/papambye_
https://www.facebook.com/mbyepapa
https://x.com/papambye_
Papa Mbye’s new EP PARCELLES 16 (out Aug 23) came out of a trip to Senegal and The Gambia, the latter of which is the country where he was born. While there for a family member’s funeral, he experienced a layer of grief common to the immigrant experience. A certain sadness for roads not traveled and paths not taken. He went to his origins looking for answers, but came back with more questions. If he never moved, would he still be making art? Was trying to be an artist as an immigrant in America wasting a precious opportunity? “I ended up flipping around that confusion and guilt into a conviction that I should be telling these stories,” said Papa. “I wanted to make something for young immigrants who have all this baggage they’re trying to work through,” he said.
After Papa returned to Minneapolis, he channeled that dissonance into an experimental sound that never settles in one box long enough to call any one genre home. Named after the address of his uncle’s house in Senegal, PARCELLES 16 is grandiose in its sonic ambition, intricately threading bits of hip hop, alt-rock, soul, electronic and new age African music. Yet it’s grounded in Papa’s raw and introspective songwriting, which is sweet to the ears but tugs on the heartstrings. “One of my biggest fears was putting myself out there and being vulnerable,” said Papa. “So on this I decided to lean into that fear and strip everything down to only what’s necessary.”
Papa Mbye, folk, acoustic folk, flow and vibes, moody, emo, fluid storytelling, love streams, dreamy, alt pop, indie rock, "COMMON SENSE", Official Video, poetic, beat poet, performance artist,
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