Rafsanjan A. Tatya
2 November 2009
Bobi Wine employed wordplay and taunts, towards Bebe Cool to bring down the house during the Club Beer-sponsored Unplugged show in Silk Lounge on Thursday.
The Ghetto President said he sometimes gets "bored" of singing his common lyrics so he fixed new lines in the songs and used his nemesis' love troubles to offer his views on several social issues.
It was full house and the audience kept Bobi Wine going as they sang along and cheered every time he launched an attack on Bebe Cool.
As he did Kiwani, a song about deception for survival, Bobi Wine sang of how 'he' connived with his wife to leave so he could organise a concert about their separation to make money - insinuating that Bebe Cool took people for a ride in regard to his split with Zuena who has since returned.
Bobi Wine sings during his Unplugged session. Right is a traditional drummer during the show. PHOTOS BY EDDIE CHICCO
In the other song, Carolina, Bobi Wine sang that he found this girl (Carolina) in Jinja suffering and she told him she had fallen in love with some musician but he mistreated her besides renting a single roomed house for her.
The Firebase chief, however, had the audience giggling while meditating when he performed his new song Ekirooto (dream).
He was given a standing ovation when he said, he dreamt of President Museveni chatting with Kabaka Mutebi with the president wishing he could have left the king to visit his territories.
Bobi Wine performed in two turns, the first one done on live western instruments whilst the next session was on traditional instruments.
He did a number of songs including, Mazzi Mawanvu, Wendi and Kagoma, the song that launched his career in 2001. People loved his break out hit Kagoma most and even asked him to do it for the second time.
Before Bobi came to the stage, it was Navio who raised the curtains, appearing twice - at the beginning of the show and when Bobi Wine went for a break. The hip-hop kingpin got a long time slot on stage and he used that opportunity to play all his popular songs much to the delight of the girls in the house.
Nubian Lee and Bobi Wine's elder brother Eddie Yawe were not to be outdone as they also gave superb performances leaving the audience asking for more.
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