Soom T Born Again Rar
After escaping a restrictive contract with French major label Wagram, Glasgow-born MC, singer and activist Sumati Bhardwa AKA Soom T is back with her new album Born Again.Seamlessly traversing the worlds of hip hop, soul and reggae, Soom T has been a voice for the people for 25 years. She’s not an artist afraid to nail her colours to the mast.
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Tiny in stature but mighty in her message, Soom T began rapping in her teens as a way to harness her inner voice. At 15, she was a founding member of Glasgow youth group the Y Network, a political group set up to act as a direct link of communication to local councillors and MPs.She’s not an artist afraid to nail her colours to the mastFor the past two years, Soom T has been living in Bristol and her desire to connect people for the greater good is as resolute as ever. Recently helping to launch Bristol’s newest reggae night, Dub From Above, whose deeply refreshing MO is to bring big artists to an intimate setting and create a space to celebrate the true people-uniting roots of reggae music that’s often lost on the big stage – for artists and audiences.‘I was a bit of a rude girl when I was a teenager.
Totally off the rails,’ she says. ‘I think rapping is a way to reclaim your power a little bit. I saw all the big, tough guys rapping and there was always something powerful and untouchable about them, and I wanted to be like that. It was a way to share my poetry as well.’rapping is a way to reclaim your powerToday, Soom T is known almost as much for her singing abilities as her flow, although she admits that she started singing by accident. Originally singing the choruses she’d written for tracks as a demonstration of how the song would come together, her friends and bandmates encouraged her to sing them herself.‘I would probably say that singing is closer to my heart now because I do it in reggae, but the rhythm and poetry of hip hop and rap is definitely my first love. I’ve found a home in reggae, because my lyrics have always been very conscious – it’s always been about opposing what I find to be the savage, debauched aspects of society and trying to promote more of the conscious, spiritual, being good to your neighbour message. As a Christian as well, I was more drawn to reggae because it’s predominantly conscious.
Reggae is known for being a black form for spiritual voices, so it’s definitely where I feel I belong.my lyrics have always been very conscious – it’s always been about opposing what I find to be the savage, debauched aspects of societyThe new album Born Again is actually an exploration of her own journey as a born-again Christian. It’s on the more soulful end of the Soom T spectrum with clear nods to her other loves reggae and hip hop, but as the album plays out it’s unmistakably Soom. Thematically, it’s a departure from her 2017 reggae album Ode to a Karrot on indie label Khanti Records, a 19-track commentary on her views toward legalising cannabis, although she explains that this is a cause she still feels strongly about.‘Writing about ganja is probably what I’m known best for, which is mildly annoying – especially for the people in my church, but that’s the reality of being an artist.
Soom T Born Again Raritan
And it’s your honesty that allows people to really relate to you.‘Yeah, I’m a stoner, yeah I had a bit of an addictive lifestyle, but I’m older and wiser now. I’m looking to the young generations that I’m now performing to and I realise I’ve got a responsibility to try and tell them the truth. When you tell the truth, you’re not hiding anything, you’re guilt free and most importantly, you’re taking responsibility for your own actions and how you’re going to redeem yourself from those actions.I believe that the lord is actually using me to open up a new denomination of Christianity that agrees with cannabis‘I believe that the lord is actually using me to open up a new denomination of Christianity that agrees with cannabis. I’m from an Indian Hindu background and ganja is very much a part of the Hindu path.
We believe it’s a plant given to us by God to destroy your evil, because it relaxes your muscles and allows more blood to flow to the brain. We believe it treats the symptoms of schizophrenia because it allows more activity in the brain. I do believe it’s got so many medicinal properties that are far superior to anything you’ll buy in pharmaceutical companies and it has no side effects. For the government to try and ban a plant, it’s like the government trying to ban spinach because they don’t like the fact that it makes us healthy and they’d rather keep us sick because then we spend more money on medication – I believe there’s a big conspiracy going on. So I’m going to keep promoting cannabis, but I’ve got to a stage now where I want to tell young people, use it responsibly.‘Why would the Lord give us something that grows out of the ground that can be used unmodified and have the effect that it has, if it was not meant to be? We all have to take personal responsibility for our beliefs, so now I’m going head to head with people that believe you shouldn’t be promoting anything like that to young people, despite the fact that it’s okay to promote drinking alcohol.
That’s hypocrisy, so don’t tell me what to do.‘I’ve got conviction in what I believe, to promote cannabis as a medication to be used in moderation. If that’s the medication you choose and you’re using it in moderation and not detracting from your health in any way, then I don’t believe it’s a sin. I believe as soon as you abuse anything, including spinach, including apples, and it’s having a detrimental effect on your body and mind, then it becomes a problem. But if you’re using it in the right doses I think it’s something to be promoted. I think cannabis is a wonderful thing, I think it needs to be legalised and I will continue to push for the legalisation of it.’Taking such a staunch standpoint, whether that’s about cannabis, politics or her views on Syria via her contribution No More War on Vaticaen Production’s Dubs for Syria compilation, is something that’s not often seen by any commercially successful artist in the UK.
Although Soom T says she believes this is a product of the system and not something that’s missing from British music as a whole.the corporate hierarchy would rather promote some young girl flashing her plastic surgery to young people, than somebody who is promoting to young women to treat themselves and others with respect‘A lot of underground artists like Amy True, Congo Natty, Top Cat and Charlie P – very established, very highly respected artists in the scene – they’re all singing about the legalisation of cannabis. You’re just less likely to find us on the commercial platform. Because the corporate hierarchy would rather promote some young girl flashing her plastic surgery to young people, than somebody who is promoting to young women to treat themselves and others with respect and promoting free thinking – because that’s not easy to control.
Soom T Born Again Rarity
After escaping a restrictive contract with French major label Wagram, Glasgow-born MC, singer and activist Sumati Bhardwa AKA Soom T is back with her new album Born Again.Seamlessly traversing the worlds of hip hop, soul and reggae, Soom T has been a voice for the people for 25 years. She’s not an artist afraid to nail her colours to the mast. Tiny in stature but mighty in her message, Soom T began rapping in her teens as a way to harness her inner voice. At 15, she was a founding member of Glasgow youth group the Y Network, a political group set up to act as a direct link of communication to local councillors and MPs.She’s not an artist afraid to nail her colours to the mastFor the past two years, Soom T has been living in Bristol and her desire to connect people for the greater good is as resolute as ever. Recently helping to launch Bristol’s newest reggae night, Dub From Above, whose deeply refreshing MO is to bring big artists to an intimate setting and create a space to celebrate the true people-uniting roots of reggae music that’s often lost on the big stage – for artists and audiences.‘I was a bit of a rude girl when I was a teenager.
Totally off the rails,’ she says. ‘I think rapping is a way to reclaim your power a little bit. I saw all the big, tough guys rapping and there was always something powerful and untouchable about them, and I wanted to be like that. It was a way to share my poetry as well.’rapping is a way to reclaim your powerToday, Soom T is known almost as much for her singing abilities as her flow, although she admits that she started singing by accident.
Originally singing the choruses she’d written for tracks as a demonstration of how the song would come together, her friends and bandmates encouraged her to sing them herself.‘I would probably say that singing is closer to my heart now because I do it in reggae, but the rhythm and poetry of hip hop and rap is definitely my first love. I’ve found a home in reggae, because my lyrics have always been very conscious – it’s always been about opposing what I find to be the savage, debauched aspects of society and trying to promote more of the conscious, spiritual, being good to your neighbour message. As a Christian as well, I was more drawn to reggae because it’s predominantly conscious.
Reggae is known for being a black form for spiritual voices, so it’s definitely where I feel I belong.my lyrics have always been very conscious – it’s always been about opposing what I find to be the savage, debauched aspects of societyThe new album Born Again is actually an exploration of her own journey as a born-again Christian. It’s on the more soulful end of the Soom T spectrum with clear nods to her other loves reggae and hip hop, but as the album plays out it’s unmistakably Soom. Thematically, it’s a departure from her 2017 reggae album Ode to a Karrot on indie label Khanti Records, a 19-track commentary on her views toward legalising cannabis, although she explains that this is a cause she still feels strongly about.‘Writing about ganja is probably what I’m known best for, which is mildly annoying – especially for the people in my church, but that’s the reality of being an artist.
And it’s your honesty that allows people to really relate to you.‘Yeah, I’m a stoner, yeah I had a bit of an addictive lifestyle, but I’m older and wiser now. I’m looking to the young generations that I’m now performing to and I realise I’ve got a responsibility to try and tell them the truth. When you tell the truth, you’re not hiding anything, you’re guilt free and most importantly, you’re taking responsibility for your own actions and how you’re going to redeem yourself from those actions.I believe that the lord is actually using me to open up a new denomination of Christianity that agrees with cannabis‘I believe that the lord is actually using me to open up a new denomination of Christianity that agrees with cannabis. I’m from an Indian Hindu background and ganja is very much a part of the Hindu path. We believe it’s a plant given to us by God to destroy your evil, because it relaxes your muscles and allows more blood to flow to the brain. We believe it treats the symptoms of schizophrenia because it allows more activity in the brain.
I do believe it’s got so many medicinal properties that are far superior to anything you’ll buy in pharmaceutical companies and it has no side effects. For the government to try and ban a plant, it’s like the government trying to ban spinach because they don’t like the fact that it makes us healthy and they’d rather keep us sick because then we spend more money on medication – I believe there’s a big conspiracy going on. So I’m going to keep promoting cannabis, but I’ve got to a stage now where I want to tell young people, use it responsibly.‘Why would the Lord give us something that grows out of the ground that can be used unmodified and have the effect that it has, if it was not meant to be?
We all have to take personal responsibility for our beliefs, so now I’m going head to head with people that believe you shouldn’t be promoting anything like that to young people, despite the fact that it’s okay to promote drinking alcohol. That’s hypocrisy, so don’t tell me what to do.‘I’ve got conviction in what I believe, to promote cannabis as a medication to be used in moderation. If that’s the medication you choose and you’re using it in moderation and not detracting from your health in any way, then I don’t believe it’s a sin. I believe as soon as you abuse anything, including spinach, including apples, and it’s having a detrimental effect on your body and mind, then it becomes a problem.
But if you’re using it in the right doses I think it’s something to be promoted. I think cannabis is a wonderful thing, I think it needs to be legalised and I will continue to push for the legalisation of it.’Taking such a staunch standpoint, whether that’s about cannabis, politics or her views on Syria via her contribution No More War on Vaticaen Production’s Dubs for Syria compilation, is something that’s not often seen by any commercially successful artist in the UK.
Although Soom T says she believes this is a product of the system and not something that’s missing from British music as a whole.the corporate hierarchy would rather promote some young girl flashing her plastic surgery to young people, than somebody who is promoting to young women to treat themselves and others with respect‘A lot of underground artists like Amy True, Congo Natty, Top Cat and Charlie P – very established, very highly respected artists in the scene – they’re all singing about the legalisation of cannabis. You’re just less likely to find us on the commercial platform. Because the corporate hierarchy would rather promote some young girl flashing her plastic surgery to young people, than somebody who is promoting to young women to treat themselves and others with respect and promoting free thinking – because that’s not easy to control.
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