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Singende Caballeros auf’m bombigen Beat!

Last week one of the second-year Latin Americanists introduced me to Seeed, a German reggae/dancehall group that sings in German, English, and Jamaican Patois.

I’m unfamiliar with reggae/dancehall as a genre, but Seeed are clearly some super-chill dudes, because they make the German language seem like a never-ending party (with a little help from its buddy Patois). The trio of lead singers (that’s why there’s three e’s in the name) are half-Ghanaian, half-Guinean, and half-French/Basque, giving the group some serious multikulti cred.

“Dickes B” was their first hit single, and the video should inspire nostalgia in anyone who has spent time on the Berlin public transport system:

I also really liked this song, which features my favorite German thing, namely the Wild West:

Oh man, and this one is trippy as all get out:

They were also responsible for the first-ever German-language hit in Trinidad and Tobago.

And check this out, guys, they have a collaboration with Cee-Lo Green!

In short, the department continues to enrich my life in completely unexpected ways, and I am better for it, and now so are you. Happy Monday, everybody!

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