Cambodian rapper PraCh Ly. PraCh Ly, who has two previous albums in English, has said the capital "C" in the middle of his name is for "Cambodia."
By Nuch Sarita, VOA Khmer
Washington
11 May 2009
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Cambodian rapper Prach Ly has released his third album, “Memoirs of an Invisible War,” a compilation of songs in Khmer and English that range in subject from Pol Pot to modern Cambodian politics and the problems of the next generation.
“Everyone has their own invisible war inside their mind,” Prach Ly, 30, told VOA Khmer recently. “This album is about mine.”
“Hells Gate” is a powerful track that recalls the Long Beach rapper’s family experience in refugee camps at the Thai border.
“Lucky for us we were all OK,” he said in an interview. “Not like the others, losing arms and legs and stepping on bombs or grenades.”
This album has 19 songs in Khmer and 25 in English on two CDs, a broad expansion from his first album, which he produced in his parent’s Long Beach garage in 1999.
A copy of that album made it to Phnom Penh and took Cambodia by storm. Prach Ly has since garnered national US media attention, putting out a second album in 2003.
In the third album, also called Dalama 3, he said “the music is more mature than the previous two albums. The lyrics are more fierce.”
“The last two Dalamas were more about the ‘killing fields’ and my past,” he said. “This Dalama is more about the present and future.”
“Everyone has their own invisible war inside their mind,” Prach Ly, 30, told VOA Khmer recently. “This album is about mine.”
“Hells Gate” is a powerful track that recalls the Long Beach rapper’s family experience in refugee camps at the Thai border.
“Lucky for us we were all OK,” he said in an interview. “Not like the others, losing arms and legs and stepping on bombs or grenades.”
This album has 19 songs in Khmer and 25 in English on two CDs, a broad expansion from his first album, which he produced in his parent’s Long Beach garage in 1999.
A copy of that album made it to Phnom Penh and took Cambodia by storm. Prach Ly has since garnered national US media attention, putting out a second album in 2003.
In the third album, also called Dalama 3, he said “the music is more mature than the previous two albums. The lyrics are more fierce.”
“The last two Dalamas were more about the ‘killing fields’ and my past,” he said. “This Dalama is more about the present and future.”
10 comments:
Congratulation for your success! He is one of the Cambodians who lighten/brighten up Cambodia. Keep up the good work for Cambodia’s spirit!
Coo............l yo.......... :)
Keep it up!!! Bring it to the next level.
good job PraCh for reminding our past for the new khmer generation to remember.
What's wrong with you bozos? What's there to appreciate this pathetic bullshit?
Another scumbag tries to make a living by Khmer Rouge stories again.
Get a real job, chump. Go rewrite your so-called rap craps & make yourself famous like 50cent. Dont brand Cambo with Khmer Rouge Shits!
Thank Prach Ly for bring history and rap together.
Our khmer history is very crucial to not forget and past onto the next generation and people around the world.
4:12PM is just stupid donkey who don't know and don't appreciate where is come from. Don't mind him, his is not " krup tirk ". LOL
My great respect to you, Mr. Prach Ly. My selft, left Cambodia before 1970. I know the story, from my experiences with the Khmer Orphans children (most of them worked in Phnom Penh during the Khmer rouge regime) and refugees.
Khmer from Europe
Yo Yo! Yo Yo! Yo Yo!
Fuck u, 6:25 PM, I bet you mom loves my donkey dick. Yes I know you're are from.
I would like to thank every one who been supporting and not supporting me. Its not the matter of hate or love but the matter of choices. I always have and will be a supporter of the freedom of speech. We should not argue among each other but try to understand and respect each other opinion. We need to knock down the wall and start building bridges.
I would like to thank this site ( KI Media ) for help spreading the word of my music.
I would like to invite all of you to visit site ( mujestic.com )and share your comment on our guest book as well.
Once again, thank you for your support.
-praCh-
prach@mujestic.com
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