Noname: Tiny Desk Concert
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- Опубликовано: 9 апр 2017
- Bobby Carter | April 3, 2017 - Here's a fun fact about Noname's Tiny Desk Concert: It almost didn't happen. Around the time of their D.C. stop, she (born Fatimah Warner) and her bandmates got their first dose of tour sickness. Thanks to rest, medicine and our mutual excitement, she made her way into the NPR offices the following day. If there ever was a 'Noname' way of doing things, this is definitely her signature method. It's in the way she's able to muster a smile while performing a heartbreaking tale of abortion. It's those sometimes bleak, melancholy lyrics over brilliant, colorful production.
These intriguing juxtapositions are what propelled Telefone to our top 50 albums of 2016. She prefaced her performance of "Reality Check" by saying: "I kind of talk in like, scramble-think, so hopefully you guys follow it." "Scramble-think" refers to the clever metaphors she weaves in detailing the many ways she's dodged destiny. On "Bye Bye Baby," she raps:
Somebody let the yellow in
Bye bye blue
I'm gonna fall in love again
These lyrics, their colors, represent the sector she commands in hip-hop today. The yellow: The bright side. (Of course, there's plenty of gloom and doom to rap about - especially coming from Chicago - but there's also plenty of light.)
There's an appropriate moment of silence in the office, before the applause, following her emotional medley. She asked us if we liked it. We loved it - and you likely will too.
Telefone is available now.
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Set List
"Diddy Bop"
Medley ("Reality Check," "Casket Pretty," "Bye Bye Baby")
"Yesterday"
Musicians
Noname (vox); Connor Baker (drums); Brian Sanborn (guitar); Phoelix (bass, vox); Akenya Seymour (keys, vox)
Credits
Producers: Bobby Carter, Niki Walker; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Niki Walker, Morgan Noelle Smith, Bronson Arcuri; Production Assistant: A Noah Harrison; Photo: Claire Harbage/NPR.
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1 dat agi
Jesus, attaching the same spiel to every NPR performance, going back like forever, it’s too much. Is your show tanking?? The 1st series was way better, btw!
Is this produced and directed by Black people, or is this white-written and performed rk further cast Black men as everyone's enemy? I'd imagine the former, but maybe you'll surprise me.
"How do you love rap when rap doesn’t love you back?" --- appropo that Noname hates her white fans & goes to predominantly white countries & is confused why most of her audience is white & says she will quit rapping if the majority of her listeners continue to be white. imagine being this racist & still being able to be hosted on respected platforms like Tiny Desk smh
Noname is beautiful on every level
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"Stealing that $20, like baby just ask me". Single Black Mother Proverb
I listen too this over and over.
baby just aks me! Caribbean pronunciation :)
@joakim does it mean the same thing still? X
hannah orford yeah lol
we all know momma was gone say no
Had to come back to this one now the new one has dropped, what a masterpiece
MEEEE TOOOOOOOOOO
Me three
Me too
Girl me too😂
She makes me want to drink tea and buy books that I won't read
She has a book club too. It's on Instagram. She does monthly book meet ups.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm listening to this while reading a book😂😂😂
😂😂😂
😂 right
Girl on the keys is straight killin it ... that voice too
Appreciate you!
@@AkenyaIf you are the lady on the keys then your voice is so rich, perfection.
Maceo? Is that your real name? like antonio maceo?
@@Akenya WE LOVE AKENYAAA
@@Akenya You low key stole the show, although everyone was great.
I don't remember mom signing my permission slip for this feels trip.
Haha dope comment
retweet
same
The Girl Talk its at 444 and I'm scared to be 445
lmao good one
This woman has dope players
i swear i see you everywhere lol
Truly
It looks like you too love hip hop and rap.
She also has dope bars
I LOVE that that her band mates aren’t just backround talent but seeing them perform and showcase their voices as well is awesome!
Noname always has this kind of look on her face that reminds me of the hope and happiness you'd usually only see on the face of a child. I know it sounds weird, but it really gives me a great feeling every time I see her.
Man i could never put my finger on it, but yeah man, perfect description
Innocence
I agree! She has an innocence about her that is so adorable!!
I was just thinking this!!
Protect this woman at all costs.
Don't even worry about what she be doing, it's Noname !
Na fam, she bout to get got by the Grace of God
lol
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Her flow is like she free styling and don’t know what to say or like she forgot the words then at the last possible minute she suddenly remembered
don't hate, she can spit.
@@shtickeh9715 its a compliment she sounds authentic
@@shtickeh9715 she was saying she just flows. That’s how smooth she is it’s like she’s free-styling and doing it for the first time
her flow got a strong swing to it for sure, love it tho❤
😂😂
This just made me smile so hard. "When the sun is going down and the dark is out to stay, I picture your smile. Like it was yesterday." snaps
On my soul shed some tears
My jaw legit dropped when shorty on the keys started singing
Thank you and much love!
Akenya. You are so dope! I love your voice
On the keys and vocals. Beautiful delivery
She is fucking amazing
You are so lovely. Thank you!
I love the guitarist taking in the emotion, his face says it all haha... nice touch
watched this like 10 times now in 12 hours xd
That's Brian
I've heard Pheolix's stuff but do any of the other bandmates like Akenya and Brian have music I wonder?
YES! Akenya's music is here: akenya.bandcamp[dot]com, and Connor Baker the drummer can be found playing around NYC in a lot of jazz, rock, and freely improvised groups
forced to make an account people make funny faces when they sing really hard he's just like that with his instrument
"Lets heal the world with vulnerability"
I loooooooove her spirit and how she can seamlessly weave it into her poetic flow; you make me feel it
11:11
minus the part where shes a raging racist yeah cool.
@@itsthatginger1 yo bruv get off the video then
She’s got a certain type of calm, chill charisma that mixes in an interesting way with her radical politics. She’s going places, whether that’s starting a new socialist society or just becoming a superstar I can’t tell yet, but Noname is on the rise.
Isn't it interesting though? It speaks to me strongly, like CHIKA. You can feel her-love for her community, her grief for her community, her longing for a better country. It keeps me coming back.
lady on the keys fire af
Thank you!
diana damn the keys killed it plus voice. 👏😌
diana im in love with her lowkey
Ikr? I love Akenya!!!
Frfr😩❤
Finally! Telefone is a masterpiece, one of the best album out there
J Diaz i agree from beginning to end
mixtape :) :s
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Dope poetry Cool good awesome Cool vibe music awesome radio please sing love song poet powerful hope people black culture
She has one of the smoothest flows in Hip-Hop. I can’t help but to smile while watching her.
“Too many babies in suits”. How is she so direct/simple but intentional and powerful with her writing??
"Opportunity knocking, its finally time to answer.
The doorbell was only broken cause aunty was fighting cancer."
Genius
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damn
Her laugh just makes me feel like there is some hope in the world
Patrick Mason this is exactly how I feel! so comforting (sorry about my name, it's directed towards google)
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She just announced on Twitter that she's working on a new album.
Ok
Cool that she didn't quit music in the end.
But I understand why she would want to quit music for the reason she wanted to. She's literally giving black momma/auntie proverbs and it's majority white people showing up to her shows
She is black separatist and is hella racist.
@@brian8507Im white and wanting your music to reach a black audience is not racist or being a separatist
Who is still listening in 2020?
here here
Germany! Here!
mexico here!
France here! 🥐🥖
2021
Dude on guitar feeling this music on a whole different level.
Josiah Fowler 😂😂
For real 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I got him the first minute. So amazing
Guitar stank face is absolutely a thing, especially with jazz musicians!
He could taste the melody before it dumped off in his soul
2 years later and she wants to quit
Noname, if u ever frequent RUclips comments I want you to know you’ve reached the ears and hearts of so many black kids and adults. You’ve inspired many of us to great and been a muse to us when we figured that chasing music or art in was nothing more than a pipe dream. U made it seem real, u made it seem possible.
Shadrach Wilson gotta support racism lets go
on my momma how is she racist
Major Belanger she’s quitting because she says she has too many white fans
@@tavawesome3812 it's _not_ that she doesn't want white people listening to her. It's that she wants her message to *predominantly* reach Black people. Y'all just butthurt.
@@onmymomma1766 you can't be racist to white people.
This performance of Reality Check is tear-worthy. She's amazing live and makes the room feel connected
She is a racist
I tear up a lil every time.
This is over 2 years old. I was sleep on this lady.
Same
You can play in her band though...
Y‘all, let us white folks just appreciate her talent without taking someone else‘s spot. It ain‘t all about us.
She never stated that...just that her music is not catered to a certain audience. Feel however you want about it, but she is a black activist...
This doesn't even sound good. Sounds like some cafe cartoon music.
her skin's so beautiful; her laugh is errrrthing; her music&bandmates are perfect!!!
I wish this Tiny Desk was a 3 hour long special.
FREAQU they have a song called sparring I think
Afro Mechlord That song is called Israel.
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The sad thing is she doesn't even have 3 hours worth of music. :/
If Tyler the Creator collabed with Noname, the flow would be crazy
I pray it'll happen
Add Tank from Tank and the Bangas and that would be a wrap!
tyler is a small artiste
@@bmbacchus FUCKINGGGH FACTTTTSSSSSS!!!!!!
@@bmbacchus Tank so slept on
Wait, did y'all even realise that half the band (Akenya and Phoelix) are artists in their own right? Returning to this Tiny Desk with this new information makes me appreciate this set SO MUCH more!!
This is jazz, rap, and blues put together and it comes so smooth. I love it.
Do u know Lauren Hill, One of Noname's inspiration. If u like jazz, rap, and blues mixed with a hip hop beat then u would like Lauren Hill.
New here I see, enjoy
@@kayd.926 Lauryn*
"Let's heal the world with vulnerability." So true. We put up too many walls. #preach
YESSS
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This music feels like family, It makes me think of my late awkward childhood moments. The sound is melancholy but comforting at the same time.
That diddy bop hit different live
Noname: I'm sorry, I can't really sing.
Noname: *proceeds to snatch souls with her beautiful voice*
mihlali vezi RIGHTTT
When is this
But she can't really sing tho. Doesn't mean she doesn't make good music.
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her skin is flawless
it has a beautiful red ⛺
UnnoticedThing #blackdontcrack
i mean that kind of just refers to old black people, doesn't it? I've seen tons of black people with bad skin
someone had to start some racist shit lol 😂 the fuckery
V Lone i'm confused >_> If I started something, I didn't mean to... I'm spanish and unaware.
Glad I discovered this sistah. The sistah on the keys got some soulful vocals
I'm a miserable motherf*cker n this really made me smile.
if you like that, we are friends. i only have cool friends
hope you been feeling better :))
Stay up family.
her flow is RIDICULOUS.
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Lol
ZAD PARTOUT
I agree so glad to hear and see real musicians and lyrics love it from 80’s baby 👶🏼 nas tribe called quest Erica Badu all wrapped in one 👸🏽
her flow is like butter. Its so smooth that every word just flows into the next one
Exactly.
mellow B.I.G.
Still racist
@@domtgtheonly1 bye tf
@@domtgtheonly1 she's far from it
She is adorable. You can tell she enjoys making her music
She said she wants to quit making music because theres many white folks at her gigs
@@mistahmaskapone3577 im sure this was WAY before that tho
She said there’s no enough black supporters
@Ch33zyBreadTrellie yeah Mistah told me some years back
Noname has got to be one of the more underrated hip hop artists out there. I wanna hear her guest on a Kendrick track, or vice versa.
YES OH MY GOODNESS
i'm in love with the way she laughs
Henry Anderson And the way she smiles
Can we talk about how amazing Akenya (the girl on keys) is? I wants more.
Album in the works. Stay tuned. :)
@@Akenya Yes girl
Actually she should be in the front, and the other girl should be in the back.
She sucks
akenya was gonna tour with hayley williams! hopefully they still do since hayley rescheduled cause corona
The transition from casket pretty to bye bye baby is something I keep coming back to. It’s just so flawless. Everything about it even to how you can hear her start to smile when she says the first lyrics to bye bye baby. Seriously a national treasure
This comment section is so positive. I love that her energy bought us all together ✌❤
I love her style of rap it's so chill and different
the curls was POPPIN that day jeeeez
She is sooo BEAUTIFUL. That is all.
That’s not all sir
Ain't she beautiful🥺❤️
Recontra linda :)
SHES EXTREMELY UNDERRATED......but I think she wants it that way.
I like it this way too tbh lol
that's quite presumptuous to say. musicians do want to make a living out of what they do, and it doesn't necessarily conflict with being a humble person
Okay also her BACKGROUND VOCALIST YES GIRL
Many thanks. :)
Amen. Amen. Amen 🔥
I know right? Dream woman right there imo.
@@Akenya Great stuff.
@@Akenya loved your track decay, looking forward to some new track akenya x
Lost my legs almost four years ago and this was what put me on Noname roughly around the same time. She’s an amazing artist in the truest sense.
Stay strong. Thinking of you. ❤️💕
I’m watching this so late. I’m mad at myself for not giving her more of a chance sooner. I couldn’t hear it the right way until now I guess. She is so dope, listened to her recent tiny desk as well. I got a lot of music to listen to I guess.
lovely background singers!
gunterine I love their voices. They sound awesome.
her laugh is the cutest
Best teeth in the game after .paak
Momo *fantano
@Momo teef*
every so often I come back to rewatch this and admire the performance like I'm watching it for the first time
always regret not recommending this for music class when I was asked to share a 15 minute concert
She has a more récent one I hope you saw it. It's fire 🔥
My admiration for this woman and what she stands for cannot be put into words. Thank you.
I love Noname's laugh. It is the most literal sense of "HA-HA-HA-HA" ❤😂
kawhi laugh
Me too!!
She is so fucking smooth, that flow is UNREAL. I have a new fav artist I think
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Young Winner dealio 🤘🏼
I appreciate that she had musicians that are singers too
It's sad that TALENT real artistic talent doesn't make it to main stream
I love NoName. Such a fresh collective coming out of Chicago right now - NoName, Smino, Saba, Micj Jenkins and of course Chance. I'm so Happy for her.
CS Bean smino not from Chicago
Brandon Jones yeah but he's HEAVILY associated with that clique. I put him with all them.
Agreed!
Brandon Jones My bad but he's down with them and I'm a fan of all of them.
Smino is based in Chicago tho
Sister on the keys is the truf
Thank you!
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Akenya. You sound a little bit like Macy Gray but better like man....dont ever stop.
La soeur sur les clefs est la truffe
J cole brought me here but still here 'cause Noname's talent.
Respect for admitting it
she fr is good tho
bruh💀you’re telling me u didn’t hear of her from chance first??
KungFu Kenny i don’t listen to chance :/
KungFu Kenny ong them noname gypsy days
Thank you Cole for putting alot of us newbies on to this lovely Queen ❣
She looks like a cartoon character. So pretty
Like the black girl from jimmy neutron grew up and got into music
Bruh.
Lol that's so funny
Akenya please don't ever stop playing keys or singing because you are truly amazing !
Thank you for your kind words. Much love.
The beautiful thing that is going to come out of this “beef” between her and J. Cole is that the rest of us (black people) will be open to her ... the ones who weren’t hip before are about to get hip to a beautiful soul with a music past so beautiful I hate she felt the need to quit rapping ... power to my people. We need to be unified a song with the both of them would be so dope right now.
Got hip to her on Pandora years ago.
Oh she quit rapping that sucks I just discovered her cuz of the beef and now I'm getting into her music :(
-c i n n a m o n - she quit to start a book club to get black people to read and be empowered
@@ashnicole9354 so you telling me that I discovered a gem of an artist way too late and she doesn't even make music no more?????
Honeysuckles In winter nah she does she was just considering stop touring because all the audiences were white and her music is about the black experience. She’s still an artist
Cole brought me here. Her delivery is INSANE
Loved her music but this is the first time im seeing her. How did i not know she was this beautiful
Black Girl Magic truly mesmerizing
I wish Noname and Sza would make a song together😍 I actually feel connections within their songs and it has meanings😌
Kay Kay facts
Word
This band prolly chills mad hard, no one there looks like they be stressing about much, super comfy
i absolutely adore her musiccccc!!!!!!!!!! i play this tiny desk almost every week. Her flow, her words, the rhythm and her voice! the poetryyyyyy, i keep listening and find new things in the same songs.
s/o to her curls!!!! cos they popping
Why hasn't NPR made an album for their Tiny Desks? Forget the totes and coffee mugs, cut an album and I'm sure they'd have no problem meeting their donation goals.
Licensing other people's music is expensive in its own right. They'd have to sign a different deal with each artist, and a lot of them don't want to appear on an album with someone else's music.
You can also listen to audio-only versions in their NPR Tiny Desk podcast. You can stream them or download them from iTunes. You can even make your own album out of your favorites!
Please please make an album of this music that feeds my soul from outside within. I needs this!
@@alwaysfallingshort Or they might write it off as a donation knowing that it will be used for fundraising for NPR. Just one or two tracks for a space that gave them a platform when they needed it and that they may believe in? They may even see it as an extension of whatever deal they have to allow it on so many different platforms for streaming. You never know unless you ask.
The new Putumayo!
Keep coming back to this. Amazing poetry and love the music. Some of her phrases have stayed in my head since I first heard this performance over 3 years ago.
I don't care what she does in her private life besides books, and outside music... A true one, I love and respect her 🌱
everything about noname is amazing, her hair, her skin, her voice, the lyrics, the flow, the sound, her dressing style, she's quite the character
Akenya needs to drops her own project! her vocals are too sweet
!
Aww thank you! Stay tuned, coming soon! :)
Truth.
It so feels like there is a constant stream of intelligent info and vibes flowing thru nonames mind and she merely has to open up and let it out. Like a translator of the soul. She is a gem.
This is soulful, powerful, vulnerable, simply beautiful. We need more of this in this world. Noname is what the future of rap could be.
In her song Yesterday she says “you can read this book with me” and that’s what I think love feels like
It's like she foreshadowed her book club years ahead of time *mind blown*
Aawww
No....the song you're referring to is called Forever
i love how genuinely happy she looked the whole time, what a great performance
I love her so much. I listen to her album over and over and over again, every time I hear something new. A new message, a new musical note, a pain, a new cry. She, and her musicians, are incredible. Thank you Noname.
This is easily my favorite Tiny Desk, I try and listen to to it once a month and it always gives me goosebumps
Her laugh is the cutest, goofiest thing I think I have ever heard.
This was poetry
Shifty failure She was a poet before becoming a rapper and it shows.
this proves it, we need more poets and less rappers
ecoflow analog rappers are pretty much poets just more aggressive (although some poets put they soul into it)
the best rappers ARE poets
Yup, like Nas and Kendrick
Love me some Noname, cannot wait for her new album it's been so long 😭😭
Came to listen to this after all that drama, to find I've listened to this beautiful artist on here already
gonna be on repeat today baby
SHE POETICALLY PAINTS PICTURES OF HOW I VISUALIZE CHICAGO.... THIS GOOD MUSIC RIGHT HERE!!!! THIS SHIT TOUCH MY SOUL... I THINK OF BETTER DAYS WHEN MY MOTHER WAS HERE!!!!
yea
"Diddy Bop" 0:00 | "Reality Check" 3:06
"Casket Pretty" 6:00 | "Bye Bye Baby" 7:07
8:34 Animated Ambition | "Yesterday" 11:36
Thank You Noname & Tiny Desk!
8:34 Animated Ambition
Ayyyy my dude! Teamwork makes the dreamwork
I wish she did shadowman omg
Nicholas Yuan that's like one of my favorite songs like ever such a good song omg
Hey Group Genius!!!! Thanks!!!!
Beautiful Voice,’Yesterday’ was especially touching for me personally, nearly got me in tears during class.
Just seeing this. Checking her out after the J Cole beef. I’m mad late.
she a treasure fr
debut is even better, i dont even know how's that possible
Same and I love her song
SunOnShine right. I wish ppl will quit calling it a beef. They just had a respectful disagreement.
'With stars in my pocket dreamin' making my hood glow'. Wow. i love Noname
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I saw her live in summer. She is such an amazing artist
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リック・サンチェス R i c k S a n c h e z where did you see her?
Haha Powzow Roskilde Festival in Denmark
I wrote a song inspired by Noname's Telefone album. I would greatly appreciate the listen. mrruiz.bandcamp.com .
i saw here there too. amazing artist indeed.
4 years later and I’m still here. Favourite tiny desk of all time! ❤️