Hardstone

Hardstone

Hardstone (real name Harrison Ngunjiri, born 1977) is a Kenyan musician. His music is a mixture of ragga, reggae and hiphop. He sings in English, Swahili and Kikuyu languages [ [http://www.visarkiv.se/mmm/media/africa/hardston.html Rap, Ragga and Reggae in Nairobi] ] . He is a pioneer urban style artist in Kenya and topped the Kenyan music scene for a while in the late 90's Daily Nation, June 22, 2003 [http://www.nationaudio.com/News/DailyNation/Supplements/lifestyle/22062003/story22067.htm Pioneer Kenyan hip-hop star on a comeback trail] ] .

He emerged in 1997 with popular hit "Uhiki" and an album named "Nuting but de Stone", produced by Tedd Josiah of Sync Sound Studios and released internationally by German-based Kelele Records [ [http://www.pgmediaservice.de/html/hardstone.html Kelele Records - Hardstone] ] . Guest artist on the album were Fiona Mungai (of Shadz O'blak) and Eric Wainaina [Amazon.fr [http://www.amazon.fr/Nuting-But-Stone-Hardstone/dp/B000028E63 Hardstone - Nuting but de Stone] ] . The album contained two versions of he Uhiki his, original and Pinye's remix. The latter version contains samples of Sexual Healing by Marvin Gaye ["Nuting but the Stone" CD notes] . At the 1997 Kisima Music Awards, Hardstone won the "Best new artist of the year" category [ [http://members.aol.com/dpaterson/kintpop.htm International Pop Sounds from Nairobi] ] .

He recorded a second album known as "Ziwe Nkulu", but it was left unreleased while he moved to the United States in 1998 [ Nation FM: [http://www.nationaudio.com/96-4NATION/feature6.html Like A Rolling Stone] ] . He left Kenya to enhance his career, but since then has been without much success c] . In 2003 he released another album "Hardstory" c] . The song "Uhiki (Pinye's remix)" was also on "African Groove" compilation released by Putumayo World Music in 2003 [ [http://www.putumayo.com/en/catalog_item.php?album_id=40 Putumayo World Music - African Groove] ] .

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External links

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040613122755/http://hardstone.org Hardstone website through archive.org]


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