Hip-hop strutting

DJ Kdeb with hat, and his hip-hop crew

You may've caught the hip-hop crews strutting their stuff on the Olympic Stadium pitch during the intervals between games during the recent AFC President's Cup. Music and dance designed for the younger crowd obviously as hip-hop completely passes me by I must admit. One of the crews included DJ Kdeb, who was responsible for the Phnom Penh Crown Theme Song that made a sudden appearance a few months ago, much to my surprise. Kdeb, rated as one of the best DJs in Phnom Penh, rapped the theme song at one of the matches. Regrettably, he wasn't accompanied by Meas Soksophea, who has collaborated with him before, but not on this occasion. At the Dordoi game, before the rains came, the all-male crew were joined by six girls. I'm sure someone enjoyed it. At the first set of matches, a tiny young boy twirling around on his head won the biggest cheer. Bloody dangerous if you ask me. At the ticket-entrance for the main grandstand, there was a large team photo of Crown and fans were able to remove the faces of Khim Borey, Ouk Sothy and Yok Ary and poke their own face through the hole to have their pictures taken. Again, I'm sure someone enjoyed it.

You can see the rain clouds behind this male and female hip-hop crew

You can put your face in the place of Borey, Ary and Sothy

Hip-hop Crown

Amazing what you come across when you while away a few minutes on YouTube. Uploaded a few days ago was a video-song titled Phnom Penh Crown Theme Song mp4 (their title, not mine), which turns out to be a hip-hop rap version by persons unknown (at this stage). Certainly not the usual football song you hear but hip-hop rap is popular amongst the youth in Cambodia, so I suppose it works for some. When I find out who is responsible for it, I'll let you know. Just a pity they used an out of date poster for the video. You can hear it for yourself here.

Would you Adam & Eve it (believe it)...this hip-hop rap was commissioned by the club without my knowledge, so it's our official Theme Song. The artist is one of the hundreds of DJs plying their trade in Cambodia, but I'm told he's one of the best. His name is DJ Kdeb. He's worked with my fave Meas Soksophea, so he can't be that bad. In fact we should've asked Sophea to do our song, that would've worked well for me. I must admit I'm not a fan of hip-hop rap. The whole genre has literally passed me by.