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Hardstone (real name Mbaruku Harrison Ngunjiri Maina, born August 17, 1977) is a Kenyan musician. His music is a mixture of ragga, reggae and hiphop. He sings in English, Swahili and Kikuyu languages.〔(Rap, Ragga and Reggae in Nairobi )〕 He is a pioneer urban style artist in Kenya and topped the Kenyan music scene for a while in the late 90's.〔Daily Nation, June 22, 2003 (Pioneer Kenyan hip-hop star on a comeback trail )〕 He emerged in 1997 with popular hit "Uhiki" and an album named "Nuting but de Stone", produced by Tedd Josiah of Sync Sound Studios and released internationally by German-based Kelele Records.〔(Kelele Records - Hardstone )〕 Guest artist on the album were Fiona Mungai (of Shadz O'blak) and Eric Wainaina.〔Amazon.fr (Hardstone - Nuting but de Stone )〕 The album contained two versions of he Uhiki his, original and Pinye's remix. The latter version contains samples of Sexual Healing by Marvin Gaye.〔"Nuting but the Stone" CD notes〕 At the 1997 Kisima Music Awards, Hardstone won the "Best new artist of the year" category.〔(International Pop Sounds from Nairobi )〕 He recorded a second album known as "Ziwe Nkulu", but it was left unreleased while he moved to the United States in 1998.〔Nation FM: (Like A Rolling Stone )〕 He left Kenya to enhance his career, In 2003 he released another album "Hardstory".〔 The song "Uhiki (Pinye's remix)" was also on "African Groove" compilation released by Putumayo World Music in 2003.〔(Putumayo World Music - African Groove )〕 In 2008, he recorded Stone Republic 12 tracks on Vigintillion Records. Featuring the music of Hardstone, the Godfather of Kenyan Hip Hop, with producers include Edward "Eddie Hands" Rollins, and Paul "Arkitekt" Himmel. In 2010, Hardstone created "Stone Island Entertainment" an Independent Record Label. His new album project, "Stone Island" is due to launch early fall 2010 and will accompany his scheduled world tour returning to his homeland of Kenya to perform then Denmark and London. On 9th March 2015, he landed a recording deal with Atlantic Records, making him the first East African to sign for the label. == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hardstone (musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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