Double K
About us
Kroo Bay's music duo
We're Abubakar and Osman but we like to call ourselves Kool King and King Osu. We've been friends since we were children.
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Osman
We’ve been making music for ten years. Through music we talk about day-to-day problems that affect people. We talk about politics, but we also balance this with love songs.Abubakar
Our music is about personal suffering and about love. We make music to explain what we feel. There are messages in our music. For example, one of our new songs talks about looking to the future, not the past.Osman
My favourite songs on the album are ‘I love you’, ‘Gimme dat tin’ and ‘Me transport’.Abubakar
My favourite songs are ‘Sweet Salone’, ‘I love you’ and ‘Lollypop’.Osman
'Gimme dat tin' was very popular. All of Sierra Leone loves it. We are now planning our second album - the music is nearly ready.Abubakar
The songs are all written, we just need time in the studio to record them. It’s not easy. There are other, bigger people on the label and they take preference at the studio.Osman
It's not easy because we don’t have a manager. I have no job but Abubakar works in a factory that makes cassettes and albums. Whatever we get, we spend on our music.Abubakar
My inspiration is from reggae music - artists like Bob Marley. I used to listen to Bob Marley’s songs and other reggae artists when I was a child, imagining the process they went through to make their music. I also like Jimmy Bee, a local musician. He’s the grandfather of Sierra Leonean music.Osman
Beenie Man is my favourite musician but I also like Sean Paul. My favourite music is reggae and dancehall. My aspiration is to become an international artist.
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You are really good! You two really do have a good taste in music! I bet your next album will be awsome! You are way better than snoop dog and that lot! Hope your new album is a big hit!
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I would like to try and market your music in the UK and raise awareness of what is happening in Sierra Leone. I think you are great!
cool
you two have got soul and rythem you are great
music
The music you make sounds great I wounld love to know how you do it
WOW I LIKE YOUR MUSIC
It was a realy good song by the cool kings who is your favourite football team mine is chealse my favourite player is drogba who is yours.
i hope you get beter soon more to eat and more water.
who is your favourite band?
by bowes school
joe and sam.
hi
You are really good! You two really do have a good taste in music! I bet your next album will be awsome! You are way better than snoop dog and that lot! Hope your new album is a big hit!
hello
wazzup howzu u quite good at singing
You sound pretty good! I live in Canada and I'd like to buy a CD. Does your record company sell music in North America?
Nice rap, you could become a rapping star. What is your music mostly about?
Basically our music is mostly about love, peace and also socio- political aspects of our country. We also do dancehall songs, which is more like party music that goes in line with what young people mostly want to hear.
Wow your good how long have you been doing this for?
We've been doing music for over a decade, we're friends and have been living in the same place for many years. We started to record music in a studio about five years ago. Before that we used to do live shows in our country. It has been good. We released our first album in 2006 and right now we're working on the second one which we hope to release on 3rd May 2008.
Hi, I really like the music you make, just makes me happy! All the best whishes from Berlin.
