Fina-finai biyar a cikin Fenian, za ka ji mawaƙin rap Móglaí Bap yana cewa yana so ya tafi ya zauna a waje da grid kusa da wani ƙaramin ƙauye a County Meath. Ya isar da shi a cikin salon sa na yau da kullun—yana farawa da “gudu, wallahi, na gaji da ku ’yan iska”—amma har yanzu yana ba ka mamaki. Bayan haka, labaran hauka da muggan ƙwayoyi a kundin Kneecap na ƙarshe, Fine Art (2024), an saita su gaba ɗaya a cikin birni. A wani lokaci, abokin ƙungiyarsa Mo Chara ya ce wurin da ya fi so shi ne “ɗakin jin daɗi na wani gidan giya mara haske, mara kyau, da ya lalace,” wataƙila kamar gidan giya mai hayaniya na Belfast inda yawancin wannan kundin ya faru. Babu wani abu game da Kneecap da ya taɓa nuna cewa za su yi marmarin rayuwar ƙauye mai sauƙi.
Amma a gaskiya, wa zai zarge shi don son ya cire haɗi ya tsere? Shekaru biyu tun bayan fitowar Fine Art sun kasance masu rikici ga ƙungiyar rap ta Irish, kuma yana da wuya a gane nawa shahararsu ta tashi game da kiɗan su. Fine Art ya sami kyakkyawan bita—ya kasance mai kaifi, mai ban dariya, kuma na asali—amma da sauri aka rufe shi da rigima. Hakan ya fara lokacin da aka zargi Mo Chara da kaɗa tutar Hezbollah a kan mataki a wani wasan kwaikwayo na London a watan Nuwamba 2024. Daga baya aka tuhume shi da laifukan ta'addanci, wanda ya musanta—Kneecap sun ce ba su taɓa goyon bayan Hezbollah ba kuma “koyaushe suna la'antar duk hare-hare kan fararen hula.” A ƙarshe an watsar da shari'ar. A halin yanzu, sun fuskanci soke wasannin kwaikwayo da rangwamen, hana su shiga Kanada da Hungary (wanda Kneecap suka yi adawa da shi sosai), da kira daga Keir Starmer da Kemi Badenoch don su bar shirin su na Glastonbury na 2025. Badenoch ta riga ta yi rikici da su game da jamhuriyar su mai ƙarfin hali lokacin da take sakatariyar kasuwanci, tana ƙoƙarin soke tallafin da suka karɓa—kuma Kneecap sun ci wannan yaƙin ma.
“PR da aka yi a madadinmu—da zarar kun fusata, mun ci nasara,” in ji Móglaí Bap a kan waƙar Fenian mai suna Big Bad Mo. Amma ba haka ba ne mai sauƙi. Kneecap yanzu sun sami kansu ana magana akai fiye da sauraron su—mutane da yawa suna da ra'ayi game da su fiye da waɗanda suka ji kiɗan su. Wannan wuri ne mai tayar da hankali kuma wani lokaci mai cutarwa ga mai fasaha.
Za ka ji daga Fenian cewa Kneecap na iya gane wannan, ko da yake mafi bayyanannen fasalin kundin shine halin sa na ƙin yarda da nasara. Yana yin abin jin daɗi sosai, wanda aka haɓaka ta hanyar ƙwarewar rap na harshe biyu na Mo Chara da Móglaí Bap da kuma kyakkyawan yanayin kiɗa daga mai yin bugun ƙungiyar DJ Próvaí da furodusa Dan Carey. Carnival yana buɗewa da sautunan duhu, irin na Massive Attack da sake ƙirƙirar shari'ar Mo Chara, yana ƙarewa da “tarihi zai tuna da ku ’yan iska kuma ba za a taɓa gafarta muku ba.” Smugglers & Scholars yana alfahari da “Ba zan taɓa koyon darasi na ba, koyaushe sha'awar gwamnati” a kan bugun trap mai ruri. Liars Tale—haɗin ban sha'awa na synths rave masu kaifi, bugun house mai ƙarfi, da bassline mara kyau wanda ya faɗi Children of the Revolution na T. Rex—yana kiran Keir Starmer “dan iska.” Kuma waƙar Palestine tana haɗa yammacin Belfast da Yammacin Kogin Jordan, tana da baƙo daga mawaƙin rap na Ramallah Fawzi, kuma tana ƙarewa da “ba za mu tsaya ba har sai an 'yantar da kowa.”
Amma a ƙarƙashin abubuwan da ke jan hankali—galibi an cika su a farkon—akwai wani gefe na Fenian. Yayin da kundin ke ci gaba, wani yanayi daban ya mamaye: ƙasa da girman kai, ƙarin rashin kwanciyar hankali. Rikicin Big Bad Mo an saita shi ga acid house marar natsuwa, mai magana wanda ya canza yanayin sosai, ya yi duhu, ya rage biki, ya fi damuwa da tsanani. A gaskiya, jin daɗin...Lokacin jin daɗi na Fine Art ba a samuwa a nan. Babban hali a cikin waƙar drum-and-bass Headcase a fili ya ɓata, ba shi da “shiri … ba zai iya jurewa ba.” Cold at the Top ya dawo da Mo Chara zuwa gidan giya na gida da ya fi so a yanayin biki, amma nauyin paranoia da ƙin kai da ke da alaƙa da shahararsa ya yi masa nauyi – “Na cika da kaina, na cika da shara.” Cocaine Hill, wanda aka yi ta hanyar maɗauran guitar masu baƙin ciki da wani mawaƙi mai ban tsoro daga Radie Peat na Lankum, yana jin hauka, firgita, da rashin bege.
'Mun so kawai mu hana kashe mutane': Kneecap a kan Falasdinu, zanga-zanga da tsokana
Kara karantawa
Kamar yadda Liars Tale ko An Ra mai cin mutuncin Birtaniyya suke da kaifi da kuma abin faɗi (na ƙarshe yana ba da, “mun gode sosai don raba al'adunku da mu, Jimmy Savile da HP Sauce”), waƙar da ta fi fice ita ce ta ƙarshe mai taimakon Kae Tempest Irish Goodbye. Tunanin ne game da kashe kansa na mahaifiyar Móglaí Bap. Kiɗan yana tafiya, yana jin daɗi mai ban mamaki kuma gaba ɗaya ya saba wa waƙoƙin baƙin ciki. Ƙarshe ne mai ƙwarewa ga kundin mai jan hankali, mai hankali, kuma mai ban sha'awa.
Abin da wannan kundin ba shi ba, aƙalla gaba ɗaya, shine tseren nasara na ƙin yarda da wasu suka yaba shi. Fenian ya fi rikitarwa, ban sha'awa, da tashin hankali fiye da haka, wanda yake da ma'ana. Shaharar Kneecap na yanzu yanayi ne mai rikitarwa kuma mai haɗari: Fenian yana nuna cewa suna da ƙwarewa fiye da isa don magance shi.
Wannan makon Alexis ya saurara
John da Beverley Martyn – Auntie Aviator
Labarin mutuwar Beverley Martyn ya mayar da ni zuwa The Road to Ruin na 1970, musamman Auntie Aviator tare da kyakkyawan yanayin faɗuwar rana a kan birni da kuma jin daɗin kyakkyawan fata na soyayya—ko da yake ba a cika ba.
An sabunta wannan labarin a ranar 1 ga Mayu tare da gyara: Móglaí Bap ne ya faɗi layukan da aka ambata a sakin farko, ba Mo Chara ba.
Tambayoyin da Aka Yi Yawa
Ga jerin tambayoyin da aka yi yawa game da bitar Kneecap Fenian na Alexis Petridis
Tambayoyin Matakin Farko
1 Wanene Kneecap
Su ƙungiya ce ta hiphop daga Belfast, Arewacin Ireland. Suna yin rap da Irish da Ingilishi kuma an san su da waƙoƙin siyasa da rikici game da jamhuriyar Irish.
2 Menene Fenian
Fenian shine sunan kundin farko na Kneecap. Kalmar Fenian kalma ce ta tarihi ga jamhuriyar Irish, galibi ana amfani da ita azaman zagi daga ƙungiyoyin Arewacin Ireland. Ƙungiyar tana sake ɗaukar ta.
3 Wanene Alexis Petridis
Shi ne babban mai sukar kiɗa na jaridar The Guardian a Burtaniya. Fasalin Album na Makon nasa bita ne mai daraja sosai.
4 Shin Alexis Petridis ya ji daɗin kundin
Ee ya ba shi bita mai kyau sosai. Ya ba shi kimar tauraro 4 kuma ya sanya shi Album na Makon nasa.
5 Menene babban batun bitar sa
Yana jayayya cewa kundin ya haɗu da rap mai ƙarfi na siyasa tare da bugun rawa mai kuzari. Ya ce duka magana ce mai mahimmanci da nishaɗi mai yawa.
Tambayoyin Matakin Ci Gaba
6 Ta yaya Petridis ya magance rigimar game da siyasar Kneecap
Bai guje wa ba. Ya yarda cewa waƙoƙin su ba su da uzuri na jamhuriya da adawa da gwamnatin Burtaniya amma ya sanya shi a matsayin hangen nesa na gida na gaske maimakon kawai darajar girgiza. Ya lura cewa yana da ƙarfi mai ƙarfi wanda zai iya raba wasu masu sauraro.
7 Wane kwatancen kiɗa na musamman ya yi a bitar
Ya kwatanta sautin su da farkon Die Antwoord da The Prodigy. Ya kuma lura da tasirin UK drill da grime.
8 Shin ya ambaci amfani da harshen Irish
Ee sosai. Ya yaba da yadda suke canzawa tsakanin Irish da Ingilishi, yana cewa yana ƙara wani nau'i na musamman da kuma kwararar rawa. Ya lura cewa ko da ba ka fahimci Irish ba, motsin rai da tashin hankali a bayyane suke.
9 Menene ya ce game da samar da kundin
Ya haskaka samar da Toddla T, yana kiran shi
