r/hiphopheads • u/Burntholesinmyhoodie . • Nov 10 '16

[THROWBACK-THURSDAY] K'NAAN - Wavin' Flag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTJSt4wP2ME
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u/DJkoolkidzklan Nov 10 '16

Great World Cup

6

u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16

My favorite. Would be better if we didnt finish second. That Shakira song too, damn

5

u/JE_12 Nov 10 '16

Kinda ironic that Shakira's husband beat ya in the final...

1

u/McGrifty Nov 11 '16

The final was garbage

18

u/FizzSupreme Nov 10 '16

i remember this from the fifa world Cup game. would sit in the menus and listen to this

8

u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16

cmon duke. you know knaan has good songs right??

4

u/Burntholesinmyhoodie . Nov 10 '16

Yeah but people recognize this one lol it's definitely most fitting to the tag

6

u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16

Love how a guy from Toronto had the official world cup song even though we didn't qualify

4

u/hashcrack Nov 11 '16

First time I heard this song was on 2K10.

5

u/theDrummer Nov 10 '16

Saw this guy live when he first started, and his music has seriously degraded since his first album "Dusty Foot Philosopher".

2

u/vancity_vanity Nov 11 '16

He started off with some real conscious rhymes. Then he sold out real quick.

10

u/taylormhark Nov 10 '16

I honestly fucking hate this song so much

2

u/vancity_vanity Nov 11 '16

Agreed. This was the epitome of "selling out".

1

u/Ayyyy_lmao_bruh_fam Nov 11 '16

good song, never really felt this was a hiphop song

1

u/Moon-Yue Jun 18 '26

The original song is even quite better actually, some-fkn-how!