Kaleidoscope World (song)
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Kaleidoscope World is a 1995 song performed by the late Filipino rap
artist Francis Magalona
. It was first included in his 1995 studio album Freeman. The song is also included in a later album, Best of FrancisM.
The song went on to win 1996 Awit Award
for Best Produced Record of the Year, and the 1996 NU 107 Rock Award for Song of the Year. Its music video was directed by the celebrated director/cinematographer Raymond Red, and showed Magalona, his band Hardware Syndrome, his backup singers "the Evil Stepsisters", and the respective children of Magalona and Red at that time.
After Magalona's death the song was the one used in many of the tributes to the artist, including an audio-visual presentation from Eat Bulaga!
, the noontime variety program of which Magalona was a co-host, and a short rendering of the song at the Eraserheads' "Final Set" reunion concert, which the band dedicated to Magalona.
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
artist Francis Magalona
Francis Magalona
Francis Michael Durango Magalona , also known as FrancisM, Master Rapper, MC The Mouth and The Man From Manila, was a Filipino rapper, entrepreneur, songwriter, producer, actor, director, and photographer. He was the first Filipino rapper in the Philippines to cross over to the mainstream...
. It was first included in his 1995 studio album Freeman. The song is also included in a later album, Best of FrancisM.
The song went on to win 1996 Awit Award
Awit Awards
The Awit Awards is the longest-running award-giving body of the Philippines that gives recognition to Filipino musical talents, performing artists and producers it was Philippines equivalent to Grammy Awards, organized by the Philippine Association Of The Record Industry .-Objectives and Winner...
for Best Produced Record of the Year, and the 1996 NU 107 Rock Award for Song of the Year. Its music video was directed by the celebrated director/cinematographer Raymond Red, and showed Magalona, his band Hardware Syndrome, his backup singers "the Evil Stepsisters", and the respective children of Magalona and Red at that time.
After Magalona's death the song was the one used in many of the tributes to the artist, including an audio-visual presentation from Eat Bulaga!
Eat Bulaga!
Eat Bulaga! is a noon-time variety show in the Philippines produced by Television And Production Exponents Inc. and aired by GMA Network. The show is broadcast from The New TAPE Studios at the GMA Broadway Centrum in New Manila, Quezon City. Eat Bulaga! is aired Weekdays at 12:00 pm to 2:30 pm ...
, the noontime variety program of which Magalona was a co-host, and a short rendering of the song at the Eraserheads' "Final Set" reunion concert, which the band dedicated to Magalona.