We’ve been sleeping a lot on Ian Kamau this year…for those that don’t know this Canadian mc, is up there with Shad in terms of lyricism and depth. His body of work is original, and soulful, always true to the bone, and you can feel it in it his music.

We talked about him a lot back in 2010 as his album “Love and Other Struggles” was one of the best of that year.

He’s been up to a lot in 2012, and I’ll be posting over the next few days some of the work this brother has been releasing.

First up, the video above “Black Bodies”, track taken from his latest album “One Day Soon” released late last year.

PURCHASE & SUPPORT VIA BANDCAMP —-> http://iankamau.bandcamp.com/album/one-day-soon-lp

This video release is accompanied by a very Interesting write up by Ian Kamau over at his blog. Below a snippet:

As I write this I am sitting in a cafe in Junction in Nairobi, Kenya; one of the places that made me decide to record the album One Day Soon. I came here after spending two months travelling through South Africa (Capetown, Port Elizabeth, East London, Grahamstown, Durban, Pretoria, Johannesburg) and am now on the verge trying to confirm a trip/show in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

I have been away from Toronto, for almost twelve weeks in a particularly violent summer for the city. Anyone who has worked with young people in the areas affectionately branded (yes I mean branded) as