MC Yogi
From the moment I heard MC Yogi for the first time last year, Live in San Francisco on Friday, April 17, 2009, I was hooked. It was no surprise then, that Esalen last month would rock the house. With captivating rhythms, catchy and entertaining lyrics, and the fascinating and unlikely marriage of two seemingly irreconcilable worlds–hip-hop and yoga, MC Yogi skillfully unites hip-hop and yoga as though this union has always been around, and if you question these two worlds coming together in this way, you can quickly catch yourself thinking that you are so last year, duh! and that you should really get with the times. MC Yogi is doing truly revolutionary work, helping yogis reconcile their love for hip-hop with their love for yoga, that the two worlds do not have to be mutually exclusive. A true Tantrika, MC is weaving together polarities like nobody’s business! Perhaps more importantly than bringing hip-hop to the yoga world, MC Yogi brings yoga into the hip-hop world, though the carry over may be small, imagine a world where hood music was regularly infused with some Jai Ganesha music!
There is no part of me that thinks I ought to like MC’s music, I don’t have to convince myself that this is good music, it just is good music. It is edgy enough to be artistically compelling from a hip-hop perspective, and definitely wholesome enough to be (traditionally) yogic.
Check out the videos from Esalen below! In the first video, MC Yogi answers how his week at Esalen went. In the next 3 videos, MC rocks the shakti with his live performances of my favorite songs, Ganesh is Fresh, Rock on Hanuman, and then a darker and more intense kirtan crescendo of Ganesh is Fresh with Saul David Raye.
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MC Yogi, how was your week at Esalen?
Ganesh is Fresh, MC Yogi Live in Concert from Esalen
Rock on Hanuaman, MC Yogi Live in Concert from Esalen
Ganesh is Fresh, Kirtan Version, MC Yogi Live in Concert from Esalen with Saul David Raye
For more MC Yogi, check out his website, http://mcyogi.com and come hear MC Yogi this week at Wanderlust!
Wanderlust Festival: Yoga, Music, Nature
July 29-Aug. 1
Squaw Valley, CA
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