SHANGHAI MASAI by Shinjuku Zulu
SONG STORY:
I lived in Tokyo for about 5 years and traveled extensively throughout Asia. One of my favourite things was to pick up cassettes or CDs (bootlegs) and hearing the local live folk or traditional music, including songs used in religious form. In larger cities (Hong Kong, Tokyo, etc) you would of course also hear major contemporary artists, and at that time the new music that was sampling or referencing “global music”. So the mash up of cultures, and the futurism of Tokyo mixed with the ancient temples (in Nepal, etc.) eventually led to the song Shanghai Masai (itself a bit of a play on the band name Shinjuku Zulu.) The song is a celebratory mashup of rap, beats, chants, and hybrid phrases re: global culture…
The song appears on the albums “Various Chimeras” as well as the compilation “Boomhitech Alittlebitwreck”.
LISTEN:
Hear it on SPOTIFY HERE
Hear Shanghai Masai on APPLE MUSIC HERE
LYRICS:
Wo ho, wo ho, wo howa howa ho
Shanghai Masai, hybrid worldwide
Boom boom hustle, hustle hustle boom
Shuffle, bubble, jack, boogaloo and krump
Caper, jive, cavort, locomote and strut
Shanghai Masai quake the place, Shinjuku Zulu shake the place
Hey Ya
Wo ho, wo ho, wo howa howa ho
Hey ya hey, hey ya hey ya
Boom high tech
A little bit wreck
Tokyo gringo with the bass low
Kicking out tracks that make you flow High tech boom
Cut with voodoo
Ku Lu bringing bad ace bass
Shinjuku Zulu shake the place Jambo, sayonara,
hello, how are ya Ola, au revoir, ciao, nihao
Urban turbans takin turns turntabling
Shanghai Masais do the beat praising
Junk bonders bumping and jumping on the job
Ipodding Bedouins crash the mob
We cowboy mofo and cholo Cherokee
We poMo eskimo and digi gypsy
A culture cross speaker invasion
A mash up no border nation
Boom high tech
Just a little bit wreck
Tokyo gringo with bass low
Bumping beats, make you go go High tech tunes
Scratch with juju The ku lu can′t be replaced
Shinjuku Zulu quake the place
Ku lu cooking voodoo
Caper, jive, cavort Locomote and strut, Shuffle, bubble, jack
Boogaloo and krump
Hey ya hey, hey ya hey ya
Boom boom hustle, Hustle hustle boom
Worldwide
Hey ya, hey ya, hey ya ya hey ya ho
Hey ya, hey ya, hey ya ya hey ya ho
Jambalayan Mayans meaning modifying Operatic Rastas, genre defying
Coming on strong with the cross culture
throng Binary shaman make collage songs
We jitterbug dub and hoedown stylee
We capoeiring pharoahs and daoist Maori Chimeric
chameleons, unite and undivide The global local, the hybrid worldwide
Boom high tech,
Just a little bit wreck
Tokyo gringo with the bass low
Bumping beats, make you go go
High tech tunes
Scratch with juju
The ku lu can't be replaced Shinjuku Zulu quake the place
Boom high tech
A little bit wreck
Tokyo gringo with the bass low Kicking out tracks
that make you flow High tech boom Cut with voodoo
Ku Lu bringing bad ace bass Shinjuku Zulu shake the place
Caper, jive, cavort Locomote and strut
Shuffle, bubble, jack
Boogaloo and krump
Caper, jive, cavort Locomote and strut
Shuffle, bubble, jack
Boogaloo and krump
Caper, jive, cavort Locomote and strut
Shuffle, bubble, jack
Boogaloo and krump
The xenophile wildstyle
OTHER SONGS similar to Shanghai Masai:
Dirty Liar (Original edit): rap & blues & regret
Da Riddim Griffin : cheerleaders and cities
Slow Is the New Fast: jazz and blues and rap
TO LICENSE K.I.A. and Shinjuku Zulu songs for productions:
Master and synch licenses held 100% both sides by the artist. Quick clearance. To license this song or any other Shinjuku Zulu or K.I.A. song for use in film, tv, or other productions worldwide, contact HERE (subject line: Licensing). Various songs have appeared in movies, tv shows, MOW’s, soundtracks, etc.