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.
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.
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.
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.
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....
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.
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.
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....
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!
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....
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 ..
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?
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.
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
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.
Mr. Olatunji informed his students that this rhythm which he called African rock would be coming out soon. It appeared on his Soul Makossa album. The volume was one of many covers of Mr. Manu Dibangle's epic song that swept the nation. However, of all of the 20 or so versions of covers that I remember, Mr. Olartunji's was the only one performed by a West African speaker.
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!
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.
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?!?
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!!!
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
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...
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.....
@ Max Flores. The drum laying sideways is a dun dun also call Djun Djun (June Jun) the drum in between the legs is call djembe (jembe) and the ones being played by Babatunde are also djembe drums they vary in size. The tan tall drum is called ashiko or goma drum.
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!
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.
He's also a good boxer
@@glenn1001 did u also know that he turned super saiyan god
*Dissumilation
David Larsson this comment was made 8 months ago...
@@beaves7153 i know but i wanted to corect anyway
Mr Phil: Baba Tunde you should be in class right now!
He is. He's in music
@@ibrahimahmed6610 and he's the teacher!! 💯
Babatunde is in a music lesson with Mr Phil
Wata
He wants the wotah
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babatunde_Olatunji
Ksi's grandfather.
Possibly, they share the same last name
omg ksi
شرطة الشحاذين 😂💔
😂😂😂
@@ERMAC_GAMING shut up before I will report for racism dickhead bruv
I can see where Olajide got his musical skills from. Grandfadah
Disky Gaming eeh ehh comea he booi i will beat yoo ass with a foufou stick
*_my man dropped a good beat._*
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
how your life going dude?
Wow so much has happened in the world since this comment was made 😭 I hope you’re doing well
Babatunde has dropped out of Phil’s class and is now pursuing his love for music
look at his face, he knows he's the man... ;)
fasho
😂 yeee
I was thinking the exact same thing 😂😂😂😂
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.
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.
It can't be JJ has no ability to grow a beard
Jj should react to this
Babatunde...thanks man. Your good vibes just shook me out of going in a bad direction.
May you continue to find Peace and Strength
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.
EvoChanger same
Watch ksi's new video on his second channel, he never confirmed that hes his grandfather
Samee
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
whos ksi
My soul always awaken when drums are played. Ashe!
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.
how did u comment 14 years ago
@@Therealest181 don’t know maybe a message from Baba
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....
I was fortunate enough to see Baba Olatunji perform 2 times in college and meet him. Unfortunately he passed away in 2003.
Dayyyuuuummmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!! Incredible and just to think Santana loved this guys soul. May the Universe Bless Olatunji on his eternal journey(s)
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.
Paul Skiff pls refer me to more western African instrumentals
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.
I'm so proud today to listen to his music in late 80's... This guy is a Legend to me.
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....
Those guys' faces when playing explain everything. They are playing not just with their hands, but with their hearts.
Nigeria's gift to the World COMMUNITY, MASTER drummer Babatunda,HIS drums OF PASSION.....PS CAN I GET A WITNESS, SIP,IN THE AFTERLIFE......
The ,"Master," at work! Missing Chief Bey!!! R.I.P.
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!
@@robertmoray988 Well, U should meet his Grandson
@@lordzofficial8967 Lol he didn't get the joke
@@glenn1001 ksi and deji huh right?
@@HassanAhmed-rf9xr Yes
I always come back to this, can't get enough of it. The core, the heart.
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....
excellent rhytms :) hypnotic :)
Babatunde here playing drums while his grandson is playing with a viner's career
And youtuber, boxing , rapper
Proud nigerian here!
4 years later: same here
i come back to this video in my favs every now and then just to listen-never will get old. one of the masters
RIP BABATUNDE OLATUNJI.... African drum legend
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.
I want to attend at least one live drumming performance this year... And it better be as epic as this!
Sounds really really good! Babatunde drums from the heart. Feeling it!
My dad use to play with him, made me love and enjoy African dance. Miss the truly ....talented from amongst us (
no one gives a damn
OMXR03 shithouse
@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
This is awesome. Very underrated music.
Love it!!! The real thing!!
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
..
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?
this is the first verse in down like that
"From the base motherland, the place of the drum" -Chuck D.
African drumming is like the heartbeat of our civilization.
Amazing artist !!!!! Just mindblowing.......thnx for sharing. Bless...
I love this from South Africa
just the first 7 seconds alone blew my mind.
mind still blown
Melvin X What a madlad, you commented 8 years later on the same account
Melvin X you know who is grandson is?
Sidemen go back to school. BABATUNDE
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.
This is Absolutely beautiful
ksi you nailed this!
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
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.
Wow beautiful your not human if you don't feel something special when hearing this nice beats
Mr. Olatunji informed his students that this rhythm which he called African rock would be coming out soon. It appeared on his Soul Makossa album. The volume was one of many covers of Mr. Manu Dibangle's epic song that swept the nation. However, of all of the 20 or so versions of covers that I remember, Mr. Olartunji's was the only one performed by a West African speaker.
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..
I got to see him in the 80s! I feel so fortunate!
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!
Thanks for uploading. I saw Babatunde band in concert once after a drum workshop. Great memory. Great music. Great man.
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.
i met babtunde and drums r awesome!!nuff said.
We had to dance to this at my school already
RIP!
Missing You profoundly
What a Void!;!😅😅😅😅❤❤❤❤
Sanga of the Valley ..Sikiru....and Baba !!! Yes ..thank you !
the KuKu rhythm.... very well done.
Fanga
Hello broda it's me babatunde
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?!?
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!!!
iriiiieeee, mon
datta cool I-a-binghi riddim, fe true
luv & peace
Are there any videos of Baba Olatunji performing in Cuba or Brazil? I ask because of the Yoruba culture in those two countries.
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
That's awesome . It is awesome how there are so many types of music in the world.
He is the Professor !
Superb !
BRAVO!!!! I could jam to this all night long.
wow amazing vibe created :)
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...
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.....
O corpo começa a dançar mesmo que você não queira, parece magia. Adorei.
used this during my meditation n it was so magical...ty for sharing
HTis is Baba's Rock rhythm : Song : Ife Loju L'aiye!
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.
I saw him perform in Chicago. My husband surprised me with tickets
nice strong drumming skills nicely done.perfect afrobeat
Amazing....
Friendship greetings
I live in Sentul, Bogor - West Java (INDONESIA)
Always a fantastic drummer❣️❣️❣️
Thank you Lord for sharing such great talents with us! So proud to be African!
Brilliant. That's what african drumming's all about.
Delicious. Gets me every time. LOL ROLF
i like when he hits the 2 drums at the same time.
still like that part
who knew this would be the sweetest thing ever?
Wow, I Love this.
Ashe, ashe! My spiritual grandpa doing what he does. Thanks for posting this!
Good rythm...you go papa you are so good.
I love this video. One of my favourites on youtube.
@ Max Flores. The drum laying sideways is a dun dun also call Djun Djun (June Jun) the drum in between the legs is call djembe (jembe) and the ones being played by Babatunde are also djembe drums they vary in size. The tan tall drum is called ashiko or goma drum.
Fabulous. Enjoyed every moment.
Babatundes latest album
Wotaa
He was the lead drummer in my dance company Calabash Dance Theater. Epic drumming
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!
I was listening to Olantunji since I was 9 years old!!! Yes He Influenced me to play the Congas!!!
Conoci a este genio gracias a mi amado pae Humberto que Bara Lode lo tenga en su santo reino.