Noname: Tiny Desk Concert
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- 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
@donnalawson6236 you couldn't be more wrong 😂
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
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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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.
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😂
Noname is beautiful on every level
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The whole album is a masterpeice.
"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
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 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❤
😂😂
lady on the keys fire af
Thank you!
diana damn the keys killed it plus voice. 👏😌
Ikr? I love Akenya!!!
Frfr😩❤
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!
2 years later and she wants to quit
Noname, if u ever frequent UA-cam 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 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
"Opportunity knocking, its finally time to answer.
The doorbell was only broken cause aunty was fighting cancer."
Genius
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damn
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
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!!
"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
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
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
Finally! Telefone is a masterpiece, one of the best album out there
J Diaz i agree from beginning to end
mixtape :) :s
J Diaz Follow Power2thepoetry on fb, insta, and twitter
Dope poetry Cool good awesome Cool vibe music awesome radio please sing love song poet powerful hope people black culture
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
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
I love Noname's laugh. It is the most literal sense of "HA-HA-HA-HA" ❤😂
kawhi laugh
Me too!!
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.
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*
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
"Let's heal the world with vulnerability." So true. We put up too many walls. #preach
YESSS
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She has one of the smoothest flows in Hip-Hop. I can’t help but to smile while watching her.
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. :/
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.
her skin's so beautiful; her laugh is errrrthing; her music&bandmates are perfect!!!
“Too many babies in suits”. How is she so direct/simple but intentional and powerful with her writing??
i'm in love with the way she laughs
Henry Anderson And the way she smiles
her laugh is the cutest
Best teeth in the game after .paak
Momo *fantano
@Momo teef*
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
I'm 21 and i just discovered Noname and ive been obsessed since!
Haha enjoy
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
i love how genuinely happy she looked the whole time, what a great performance
I love her style of rap it's so chill and different
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.
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 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
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 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.
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
lovely background singers!
gunterine I love their voices. They sound awesome.
I have the biggest crush on Noname. She's like that quiet girl in the corner of a house party, that's just sitting there, sipping her drink. But when you talk to her, she's one of the smartest, sweetest girls you've ever met.
hazeVLOGS thisssss is so true
hazeVLOGS You stole that from Anthony Fantano
Noa Harris got eem! lmao
Noa Harris who tf cares?xD through this comment some more people can read this
TRUUUUUUUUUE
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
the curls was POPPIN that day jeeeez
"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!!!!
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
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!!
Akenya needs to drops her own project! her vocals are too sweet
!
Aww thank you! Stay tuned, coming soon! :)
Truth.
Akenya please don't ever stop playing keys or singing because you are truly amazing !
Thank you for your kind words. Much love.
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
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
I LOVE that that her band mates aren’t just backround talent but seeing them perform and showcase their voices as well is awesome!
Her laugh is the cutest, goofiest thing I think I have ever heard.
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
Glad I discovered this sistah. The sistah on the keys got some soulful vocals
"Too many babies in suits." I felt that. As a mom, as a former child, as a daughter, as a sister, as a lover, as a friend, as a human... I felt that.
Nai Nai suits as in dresses for funerals?
It gets deep
Kayla’s Korner i think it means people growing up too fast
Robby Arruda never thought of it that way.
Robby Arruda she’s talking about kids dying unfortunately
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
Noname is one of the best. This is like art. word flow, word play, witty
davon Elliott she does slam poetry i believe
Noname reminded me why I fell in love with hip hop in the first place.
what u mean “like” art. this is art. straight up
davon Elliott *is art
Who is still listening in 2020?
here here
Germany! Here!
mexico here!
France here! 🥐🥖
2021
I love her voice, it's so unique. Normally sometimes when females rap, they put this aggression in their voice.. but she doesn't have to do that. I think that also helps with the pleasant vibes she sends off.
The Pseudo Nigo I feel the exact way about her. The smooth vibes her voice give off feel just right in a world where female rappers show off the aggression they have.
Yeah, it's nice seeing a more well known Female MC not just doing her best Lil Kim impression. Like I get that Lil Kim is influential but maybe there would be more well known Female MCs if they weren't all trying to sound the same.
If y'all haven't heard them check out the Seattle duo THEESatisfaction, it's great stuff.
you put exactly how i feel in words mang
Bartholomule01u
The Pseudo Nigo yeah, she's just being herself, paying her own mind.
'With stars in my pocket dreamin' making my hood glow'. Wow. i love Noname
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Ughhh the backup singing is so beautiful! Thank you Akenya!!
Aww thank you! :)
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Still here in 2024 this whole flow gives a rush of nostalgia... A true time capsule of happiness and growing up
I was just thinking the same thing. Like remembering what life was like before we switched to the dark timeline
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
"Lets heal the world with vulnerability"
So true.
right
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.
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
her tape is highly underrated
Tiny Desk Concerts have been introducing me to so many new artists as well giving me a new perspective on some of my favorites. Real shit tho
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homegirl on the keys, matter fact, all these cats are smooth! Love these tiny desk concerts. So much of that new age groove. paak, internet, anthony hamilton, and a number of new names I've come to know thanks to NPR. i'm so glad you're doing what you do.
Much love. :)
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
1:10 The bass player seemed like he wasn't confident in his vocals here, but on the track he kills the chorus. SING BRAH! Let it go. You got it.
He's got a really nice voice
sining so low (in volume) is pretty difficult and uncomfortable
Phoelix actually has some pretty good solo stuff too, very similar to early chance
I saw him open a show for Earth Gang and Smino in Montreal last summer. He had some pretty good rap songs but then they darkened up the stage and the dude just started singing and it was one of the many many highlights of that night. When Phoelix sings it cleanses your soul.
Tristan Lozuaway-McComsey that sounds like an amazing show! I really enjoy smino’s blkswn and NOIR
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
This makes me feel at home in such a good way
im sheddin tears
I feel this on so many levels
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.
s/o to her curls!!!! cos they popping
Ok akenya went OFF her voice so rich and soulful
1st time ive scrolled through comments and agreed with damn near everything said
Thomas Pointer i agree!
Thomas Pointer agreed
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.
uggggggggggggggggghhhhhh I freaking love noname and her band, especially how well akenya's vocals and keys blend together to give it a lullaby kind of feeling. hell even noname herself makes it feel like you were sleeping for years only to be gently told the truth. >_> just kinda started rambling but this is really healthy music thats eye opening.
Like she makes it so effortless. Rapping is hard but she makes it look so smooth and easy. Noname!!!
Damn , Akenya's voice is so beautiful , what a talented person !
@@Akenya the mark of such a great, confident singer is that you blended when you needed to blend, and shined when you needed to shine. For real, a lot of great singers either can’t or won’t.
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
She has that special nostalgic sound to her like frank ocean, if you know what i mean, like it reminds you of good memories and stuff
Her skin tone is just as smooth as her verbal flow.
Audio Visual Proof she’s racist
Stirlio 2x nope
@@straye1346 no
@@straye1346 no dude
StrAye 13 I swear y’all be so excited to say the other race is racist smh
That first flow gives my goosebumps every single time I hear it; its like she bottled the nostalgia and good summertime feelings from youth.
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 🔥
craziest flow I've seen in a bit. so subtle as well which adds the extra kick to the rhymes that keep me bumping to this episode
I got no health insurance so this right here is my anti-anxiety meds.
I swear!
I hear you. smart move
that could be a lyric
im on meds and this shit still works better my dude
THIS
I love her rap style! I can relate at 61. I had a saying I want someone to go down the rabbit hole with me! You know you got something when they follow you down the hole! And she says that in one of her songs! Blows mind!
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that's awesome
My admiration for this woman and what she stands for cannot be put into words. Thank you.
This is the most wholesome concert thing on the www. So beautiful on every level.
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Dope music awesome Cool good Listen wow deep vibe can rap her good poetry powered hip-hop music new poet power black
Her smile is so infectious!
Please don't let the industry change you! The best thing I've heard in a looong time. Refreshing to see a female rapper with actual skills and true beauty