Babatunde African Drum Performance.

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  • Опубликовано: 26 янв 2025

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  • @kursor52
    @kursor52 5 лет назад +430

    His grandson is also a musician now. In fact, go check out his most recent album New Age.
    Edit: Dissimulation too.
    Edit: Edit: All over the place too.

    • @glenn1001
      @glenn1001 5 лет назад +11

      He's also a good boxer

    • @halalunitedf.c.5364
      @halalunitedf.c.5364 4 года назад +2

      @@glenn1001 did u also know that he turned super saiyan god

    • @davidlarsson9897
      @davidlarsson9897 4 года назад +1

      *Dissumilation

    • @beaves7153
      @beaves7153 4 года назад

      David Larsson this comment was made 8 months ago...

    • @davidlarsson9897
      @davidlarsson9897 4 года назад

      @@beaves7153 i know but i wanted to corect anyway

  • @shad0w275
    @shad0w275 5 лет назад +260

    Mr Phil: Baba Tunde you should be in class right now!

  • @ra.1674
    @ra.1674 5 лет назад +1099

    Ksi's grandfather.

    • @user-kv9uj3gn4x
      @user-kv9uj3gn4x 5 лет назад +29

      Possibly, they share the same last name

    • @LilAad_1
      @LilAad_1 5 лет назад +4

      omg ksi

    • @golden1647
      @golden1647 5 лет назад +2

      شرطة الشحاذين 😂💔

    • @bruma20
      @bruma20 5 лет назад

      😂😂😂

    • @ftn_awesome1239
      @ftn_awesome1239 5 лет назад +10

      @@ERMAC_FOOTBALL shut up before I will report for racism dickhead bruv

  • @bartleszczynski5258
    @bartleszczynski5258 5 лет назад +268

    Babatunde is in a music lesson with Mr Phil

  • @aleksadrapic1729
    @aleksadrapic1729 5 лет назад +90

    I can see where Olajide got his musical skills from. Grandfadah

    • @davidlarsson9897
      @davidlarsson9897 4 года назад

      Disky Gaming eeh ehh comea he booi i will beat yoo ass with a foufou stick

  • @andotchasinpaper5605
    @andotchasinpaper5605 5 лет назад +107

    Babatunde has dropped out of Phil’s class and is now pursuing his love for music

  • @Eyemallfunkedup
    @Eyemallfunkedup 17 лет назад +54

    You nailed it. It's not about speed, it's about being able to communicate. "I am the drum, you are the drum, we are the drum". RIP brother.
    PEACE

    • @kingofdoodoo1877
      @kingofdoodoo1877 3 года назад +5

      how your life going dude?

    • @juda210
      @juda210 2 года назад +3

      Wow so much has happened in the world since this comment was made 😭 I hope you’re doing well

  • @SPELLWRKS
    @SPELLWRKS 9 лет назад +147

    look at his face, he knows he's the man... ;)

    • @iasibey1
      @iasibey1 8 лет назад +4

      fasho

    • @spiko-ou3bp
      @spiko-ou3bp 5 лет назад +1

      😂 yeee

    • @LZ-dm8co
      @LZ-dm8co 4 года назад

      I was thinking the exact same thing 😂😂😂😂

  • @paulloarca3921
    @paulloarca3921 5 лет назад +79

    *_my man dropped a good beat._*

  • @EvoChanger
    @EvoChanger 5 лет назад +188

    So I searched "Babatunde" for some KSI clips, then this guy comes up with the surname Olatunji. A quick Google search reveals that this is no coincidence:
    THIS MAN WAS GENUINELY THE GRANDFATHER OF KSI AND DEJI.
    JJ got the name for his character from his late grandad.

    • @0subsnovids363
      @0subsnovids363 5 лет назад +1

      EvoChanger same

    • @mouadgranderson9618
      @mouadgranderson9618 5 лет назад +9

      Watch ksi's new video on his second channel, he never confirmed that hes his grandfather

    • @Hv4h
      @Hv4h 4 года назад

      Samee

    • @worlddomination4840
      @worlddomination4840 4 года назад

      Wait so KSI Liberian and not Nigerian? Or both? Edit: Nvm, I'm dumb. Mr. Oltunji was Nigerian and was just playing a Liberian rhythm

    • @LilAad_1
      @LilAad_1 4 года назад

      whos ksi

  • @shahinafg2940
    @shahinafg2940 5 лет назад +51

    Jj should react to this

  • @babaolatunji
    @babaolatunji 17 лет назад +34

    Thank you for this video. It shows his greatness. He is my spiritual and musical mentor. I was lucky enough to have accompanied Baba to Ghana three times in the 1990s and Baba performed an African wedding ceremony for my wife and I. We are blessed.

  • @disguy6775
    @disguy6775 4 года назад +28

    0:45 That man on the right is actually JJ. He stopped making videos, grew out his hair and joined his old tribe to reunite with his grandfather, Babatunde the 3rd.

    • @toasternuts
      @toasternuts 4 года назад +6

      It can't be JJ has no ability to grow a beard

  • @MuhammadAhmad-ed3ou
    @MuhammadAhmad-ed3ou 5 лет назад +27

    Babatunde here playing drums while his grandson is playing with a viner's career

  • @yungoe
    @yungoe 13 лет назад +3

    I was fortunate enough to see Baba Olatunji perform 2 times in college and meet him. Unfortunately he passed away in 2003.

  • @vesselnyc
    @vesselnyc 17 лет назад +11

    I saw this amazing soul years ago. There was no division between him and the audience it's as thought he was in everyone and around us at once. He opened the stage to all who dared to be free and dance on it. I played his drum and still feel his vibration. All he wanted was peace and unity.

    • @sleepy_dawgg1
      @sleepy_dawgg1 3 года назад

      how did u comment 14 years ago

    • @vesselnyc
      @vesselnyc 3 года назад +2

      @@sleepy_dawgg1 don’t know maybe a message from Baba

  • @SweetRefreshment
    @SweetRefreshment 11 лет назад +44

    My soul always awaken when drums are played. Ashe!

  • @Edcoleman0811
    @Edcoleman0811 12 лет назад +6

    The ,"Master," at work! Missing Chief Bey!!! R.I.P.

  • @ademunch651
    @ademunch651 8 лет назад +41

    Proud nigerian here!

    • @iretola1641
      @iretola1641 4 года назад +2

      4 years later: same here

  • @theshakerman5757
    @theshakerman5757 6 лет назад +11

    I was so thrilled to have Baba as one of my many teachers. He was a man of depth- rhythm touched him deeply and it was evident that he lived his goal of empowering others with the drum, the voice and rhythm in general. I remember him playing Fanga in Nevada City when he'd come play there. I am so happy to share with so many people now in his honor!
    RIP, my friend! THANK YOU for the music!

    • @lordzofficial8967
      @lordzofficial8967 5 лет назад +4

      @@robertmoray988 Well, U should meet his Grandson

    • @glenn1001
      @glenn1001 5 лет назад +2

      @@lordzofficial8967 Lol he didn't get the joke

    • @HassanAhmed-rf9xr
      @HassanAhmed-rf9xr 4 года назад

      @@glenn1001 ksi and deji huh right?

    • @glenn1001
      @glenn1001 4 года назад

      @@HassanAhmed-rf9xr Yes

  • @kheiba2425
    @kheiba2425 4 года назад +2

    Hello broda it's me babatunde

  • @chrisstewart8424
    @chrisstewart8424 6 лет назад +1

    I took care of Baba when he lived in Washington, DC, briefly. Taking him to dialysis and helping him in any way I could while he was here... Then he moved to Esalen Institute, in CA, to live out his last days. I will always treasure the time I had with Baba while he was here on the East Coast.

  • @theskiff7
    @theskiff7 8 лет назад +14

    This is a great outtake from an instructional video Baba did back in the early 1990's. It's Babatunde Olatunji, for those of you unfamiliar with his music. That's the magnificent Sanga of the Valley on the right side of the screen and another of Baba's longtime collaborators Sikiru Adepoju on the left. Both also played on Planet Drum, the full length CD that won the Grammy for best World Music recording in 1991, I think it was. That recording stayed at the top of the charts longer than any other recording in its category.

    • @victoriketalu7424
      @victoriketalu7424 6 лет назад +1

      Paul Skiff pls refer me to more western African instrumentals

  • @whereisyourhumanity7557
    @whereisyourhumanity7557 4 месяца назад +1

    Babatunde...thanks man. Your good vibes just shook me out of going in a bad direction.

    • @Music--ng8cd
      @Music--ng8cd 4 месяца назад +1

      May you continue to find Peace and Strength

  • @lunaravenstorm2025
    @lunaravenstorm2025 11 лет назад +2

    Those guys' faces when playing explain everything. They are playing not just with their hands, but with their hearts.

  • @mistimo1st
    @mistimo1st 13 лет назад +4

    RIP BABATUNDE OLATUNJI.... African drum legend

  • @VoidShadow66
    @VoidShadow66 8 лет назад +31

    excellent rhytms :) hypnotic :)

  • @ethanhill9460
    @ethanhill9460 4 года назад

    My sister studied dance at the lead drummer's studio in central Harlem. She was 4, 5 or 6. I was 9, 10 or 11. She's now a grandmother.
    I knew the lead drummer's son, Kwame. Played football at Harvard. Drowned and I still miss him. Visited their apartment on WEST END AVE, NYC. The father was never there but the setting was indeed regal.
    That's a great man, the lead drummer.

  • @TemplarX2
    @TemplarX2 10 лет назад +9

    This is awesome. Very underrated music.

    • @YAHSHAYA777
      @YAHSHAYA777 10 лет назад +3

      Love it!!! The real thing!!

  • @theshakerman5757
    @theshakerman5757 4 года назад +3

    Though this sounds like Fanga, according to my good friend Zorina Wolf who worked/studied and played with Baba for MANY years, this song is actually called "Ife Loju L'aiye" - I was just about to go re-write my charts to Fanga! LOL - I also got to study and play with him but only a half a dozen times, including when he came out to Hawaii to be with us at Village Music Circles Hawaiian Drum Circle Facilitators Camp. It was WONDERFUL. Baba, Songo, Sikuru, and Gordy Ryan on Sanban when they were out west... what a hell of a team! :) East Coast had Bob Bloom playing with Drums of Passion. God Bless you Baba, RIP....

  • @Pestyfield
    @Pestyfield 17 лет назад +6

    Lovely! A great reminder of how fortunate I was to spend two week-long workshops w/Baba at Esalen in the early nineties. There was something innately special about him that made one feel extraordinaily privileged to be in his presence....

  • @ThePublicEnemyNo1
    @ThePublicEnemyNo1 12 лет назад +2

    Dayyyuuuummmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!! Incredible and just to think Santana loved this guys soul. May the Universe Bless Olatunji on his eternal journey(s)

  • @swamisnyc
    @swamisnyc 14 лет назад

    Baba gets total respect from West African drummers, so all the self proclaimed "virtuosos" out there who can not appreciate the beauty of joyful, (slower=more traditional) djembe drumming, you just don't get it. I enjoy and play the faster urban style myself, but I also love this. Peace.

  • @MelvinatorX
    @MelvinatorX 13 лет назад +3

    just the first 7 seconds alone blew my mind.

    • @MelvinatorX
      @MelvinatorX 4 года назад +1

      mind still blown

    • @Yeatbetterluckiass
      @Yeatbetterluckiass 4 года назад

      Melvin X What a madlad, you commented 8 years later on the same account

    • @vinsmokesanji9575
      @vinsmokesanji9575 4 года назад

      Melvin X you know who is grandson is?

  • @Eyemallfunkedup
    @Eyemallfunkedup 17 лет назад +2

    This was a special man. If only more people in the world were like Baba, the world would be a much better place. Alafia----PEACE AND LOVE TO YOU. R.I.P. Brother....

  • @fidziek
    @fidziek 6 лет назад +5

    I'm so proud today to listen to his music in late 80's... This guy is a Legend to me.

  • @stephanomarr6829
    @stephanomarr6829 6 лет назад +2

    Nigeria's gift to the World COMMUNITY, MASTER drummer Babatunda,HIS drums OF PASSION.....PS CAN I GET A WITNESS, SIP,IN THE AFTERLIFE......

  • @pondlife9931
    @pondlife9931 8 лет назад +5

    I always come back to this, can't get enough of it. The core, the heart.

  • @jank_memes
    @jank_memes 5 лет назад +17

    this is the first verse in down like that

  • @kouranko
    @kouranko 13 лет назад

    Love djembe, spent long time in Guinea/Gambia. But to insult Baba not respectful of his achievements-wonderful recording Drums of Passion really brought WA drum to western ears,he popularised drumming, taught with love,got people drumming,having fun,loving the drum. I think you are doing this man a great disservice, underestimating the importance of his impact. Nigerian tradition uses different drums but your comment verges on snobbery. Don’t put it like that! Don’t like it ok. But don’t insult!

  • @Fiktion7
    @Fiktion7 12 лет назад +1

    "From the base motherland, the place of the drum" -Chuck D.
    African drumming is like the heartbeat of our civilization.

  • @MartyredxMaiden
    @MartyredxMaiden 9 лет назад +12

    I want to attend at least one live drumming performance this year... And it better be as epic as this!

  • @bearmacmahon6731
    @bearmacmahon6731 8 лет назад +6

    the KuKu rhythm.... very well done.

  • @thekelvinproductionlore
    @thekelvinproductionlore 4 года назад +1

    His grandson dropped out of school, defeated Logan Paul and almost got a number one album
    You've done your grandad proud, Babatunde Olatunji The Second

  • @kevvs7525
    @kevvs7525 7 лет назад +5

    We had to dance to this at my school already

  • @ididntbitem
    @ididntbitem 14 лет назад +1

    i come back to this video in my favs every now and then just to listen-never will get old. one of the masters

  • @desmonmakaringe5196
    @desmonmakaringe5196 6 лет назад +4

    I love this from South Africa

  • @mpolson74
    @mpolson74 16 лет назад

    nadanbrahma11
    The way he brought the basics to the common western type was brilliant. Brilliant in the fact that he traveled elsewhere and had the gift of giving. Which is a sort of mastery of ego in itself. Do not envy this man for what he did or his success. Your apathy is weakness a shortcoming your teachers should be humbled by. Who are your teachers?

  • @respecthewoman
    @respecthewoman 11 лет назад +28

    My dad use to play with him, made me love and enjoy African dance. Miss the truly ....talented from amongst us (

    • @Klipz.Central1
      @Klipz.Central1 7 лет назад +1

      no one gives a damn

    • @AbsoluteAbsurd
      @AbsoluteAbsurd 5 лет назад

      OMXR03 shithouse

    • @NuttyCuts_
      @NuttyCuts_ 4 года назад

      @Min Kim bruh i dont like fascists either but how is he one? also he just wants to make a joke, if he ment it then it would be written differently

  • @trueandliving
    @trueandliving 17 лет назад

    I remember Babatunde Olatunji We thank The God for his existance and his coming to America to reconnect us the X slave with our Mother Africa..

  • @terrisarb
    @terrisarb 11 лет назад

    I had a healing moment in Malcolm x park ;Washington,dc the spirits were all through the treees the ancestors were fluttering up around high with the swirling of the leaves on and about...I transcend to a higher level that body needed from so much treatment ;steroid,chemo;radiation and h med.....I am so grateful so grateful so grateful
    ..

  • @firehandszarb
    @firehandszarb 16 лет назад +3

    Sounds really really good! Babatunde drums from the heart. Feeling it!

  • @desireejoyorozco
    @desireejoyorozco 13 лет назад

    i met babtunde and drums r awesome!!nuff said.

  • @Fabiocarton
    @Fabiocarton 13 лет назад +1

    I keep on listen this tune over and over again, and I never got tired of it. Gos bless Master Babatunde. Best regards from Guadalajara, Mexico.

  • @sableindian
    @sableindian Год назад

    I saw him perform in Chicago. My husband surprised me with tickets

  • @itsCostas
    @itsCostas 2 года назад +1

    ksi you nailed this!

  • @harrywise8746
    @harrywise8746 5 лет назад

    I'm a professional drummer, and a big KSI fan!!! how great is this??!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @nubianqueen20
    @nubianqueen20 17 лет назад

    nice strong drumming skills nicely done.perfect afrobeat

  • @sisternyabinghi
    @sisternyabinghi 13 лет назад

    iriiiieeee, mon
    datta cool I-a-binghi riddim, fe true
    luv & peace

  • @LadyAbyssinian
    @LadyAbyssinian 9 лет назад +5

    This is Absolutely beautiful

  • @janicebarile8685
    @janicebarile8685 10 лет назад

    I got to see him in the 80s! I feel so fortunate!

  • @rmbarata
    @rmbarata 17 лет назад

    Fantastic ;)
    Don't know who Babatunde was or did but certainly knew were to put his hands... Together with "Drums of fire" are are in my top 5 videos ;)
    Read somewere he was blind?!?

  • @MelvinatorX
    @MelvinatorX 13 лет назад +2

    i like when he hits the 2 drums at the same time.

  • @NoahHornberger
    @NoahHornberger 7 лет назад

    It is extraordinary that this exists, more extraordinary that its in a playable form anyone can access. If the world did not know what blessing was happening at that time, at least there are generations now and later who will all get to see and hear the heart!

  • @mayandecendent31
    @mayandecendent31 3 года назад

    Wow beautiful your not human if you don't feel something special when hearing this nice beats

  • @arriedemarco
    @arriedemarco 14 лет назад

    Amazing....
    Friendship greetings
    I live in Sentul, Bogor - West Java (INDONESIA)

  • @maveDady
    @maveDady 16 лет назад

    Good rythm...you go papa you are so good.

  • @mattdeans9873
    @mattdeans9873 3 года назад

    I had the extraordinary experience of seeing Olatunji in Boston during the 60's at what was known as 'Winterfest' - a weekend of various arts performances and exhibitions. I was hooked on African percussion and sill am. He was a triple WOW

  • @raydelavega7457
    @raydelavega7457 8 месяцев назад

    I was listening to Olantunji since I was 9 years old!!! Yes He Influenced me to play the Congas!!!

  • @smilingcoastbah4507
    @smilingcoastbah4507 10 лет назад +4

    Amazing artist !!!!! Just mindblowing.......thnx for sharing. Bless...

  • @NJtoTX
    @NJtoTX 18 лет назад

    Yay Baba, Sanga and Sikiru! I believe this is from one of Baba's teaching videos - they do it so simply. Even then, Baba could not see - he had to be led up to the drums. Aah, but once he was there...

  • @JFAcoustic
    @JFAcoustic 14 лет назад

    That's awesome . It is awesome how there are so many types of music in the world.

  • @berial016
    @berial016 11 лет назад

    esto es fenomenal......yo que soy un amante a la buena salsa.......ahora si...me doy cuenta de donde vienen los ancestros del bongo............netamente africanos.....excelente

  • @rols4567
    @rols4567 9 лет назад +3

    wow amazing vibe created :)

  • @barryfix
    @barryfix 9 лет назад +2

    He is the Professor !
    Superb !

  • @mandlebot990
    @mandlebot990 8 лет назад +16

    Holy fuck that was metal.

  • @BackCarePlus
    @BackCarePlus 15 лет назад

    I believe that Babatunde came from the Ewe people of Nigeria. The djembe is used all over West Africa and I'm not aware that it is exclusive of the region where Baba came from. He also played Ashiko, as seen here on his right, and at one time he played the smaller talking drum. But as fine a drummer as he was, he was even more regarded as a vocalist, which is not featured in this version of Fanga. A complex and inspirational figure to many, myself included.

  • @worras2007
    @worras2007 16 лет назад

    Hey, Big Man - dat is great!!! Super super super...Hypnotizing (in the good sense) - just close my eyes and see the horizons of African savanna!!! Keep going and take care!!!

  • @perothing
    @perothing 16 лет назад

    What the guy with the Dun Dun and the cowbell rhythmically does is astonishing and amazing.
    I tried to focus only on his two different rythems - dundun and bell - and to copy this myself on a tambourine-skin together with an ashtrade made from steel just for fun....but my both hands refuse to work independently.
    It sounds soooooooooo simple.....

  • @melchorvds
    @melchorvds 4 года назад +1

    Babatunde III needs to see this someone post this on his reddit

  • @ThePublicEnemyNo1
    @ThePublicEnemyNo1 13 лет назад

    That must have been an honor to play with Mr. Olatunji

  • @johnnycoyo
    @johnnycoyo 14 лет назад

    Sanga of the Valley ..Sikiru....and Baba !!! Yes ..thank you !

  • @nodlew1943
    @nodlew1943 14 лет назад

    I miss Baba. I saw him at S.O.B's (Sounds of Brazil for those who may not know). He was and is so inspiring.

  • @1oolabob
    @1oolabob 17 лет назад

    Ashe, ashe! My spiritual grandpa doing what he does. Thanks for posting this!

  • @atwaterpub
    @atwaterpub 10 лет назад

    Thanks for uploading. I saw Babatunde band in concert once after a drum workshop. Great memory. Great music. Great man.

  • @june3588
    @june3588 13 лет назад

    Fabulous. Enjoyed every moment.

  • @visionfire1
    @visionfire1 9 лет назад +1

    Delicious. Gets me every time. LOL ROLF

  • @gloriamurphy9842
    @gloriamurphy9842 7 месяцев назад

    RIP!
    Missing You profoundly
    What a Void!;!😅😅😅😅❤❤❤❤

  • @scorepyo
    @scorepyo 15 лет назад

    BRAVO!!!! I could jam to this all night long.

  • @LesPaulExpress
    @LesPaulExpress 13 лет назад

    I had never been around a Djembe until I started attending our church. It is my favorite of the drums there. It's amazing how many different sounds you can get from just one drum, from Caribbean steel to bass.

  • @snapdrakon533
    @snapdrakon533 4 года назад +2

    JJ should sample this fir his next beat

  • @memebarbee2126
    @memebarbee2126 9 лет назад +2

    used this during my meditation n it was so magical...ty for sharing

  • @daisy100100
    @daisy100100 15 лет назад

    I play the djembé too at my school. +) His rythem sounds like the ones we played.

  • @haquadmumtaz1708
    @haquadmumtaz1708 5 лет назад

    My research brought me here. God bless you @derbeno

  • @nitinkain1432
    @nitinkain1432 4 года назад +1

    Wow, I Love this.

  • @foolsauce420
    @foolsauce420 13 лет назад

    who knew this would be the sweetest thing ever?

  • @lauraevaescobar8879
    @lauraevaescobar8879 2 года назад

    Conoci a este genio gracias a mi amado pae Humberto que Bara Lode lo tenga en su santo reino.

  • @DeafCoustics
    @DeafCoustics 14 лет назад

    Beautiful, Djembe playing should be about the feeling it brings out and gives to both the player and the audience, not tecnics, this is soooooo primal and free, I adore it :)

  • @MsOsnizinho
    @MsOsnizinho 11 лет назад

    O corpo começa a dançar mesmo que você não queira, parece magia. Adorei.

  • @nassor02
    @nassor02 17 лет назад

    a great display of rythm & soul. i'm glad this was posted.