1) Judith Wessendor… Read Full Bio ↴There are multiple artists by the name of Juju.
1) Judith Wessendorf (born 20 November 1992 in Berlin), better known under the stage name Juju, is a German rapper.
2) American Rapper/Producer The Beatnuts - Junkyard Juju
3) Finnish rapper, who mixes Hiphop and Reggae sounds
4) American Jazz group
5) A Drum ´n´ Bass / Dubstep producer
6) Dutch Hip hop producer
7) Mid 70's afrobeat group from Mozambique
8) American post-punk/darkwave group
9) Rapper from Glasgow
10) Chinese pop/R&B singer-songwriter
1) Born as the daughter of a German mother and Moroccan father, Juju grew up in a poor area in the Berlin district Neukölln. As a child, she listened to German gangsta rap (Bushido, Aggro Berlin, Sido, etc.) and since she was 14, Juju started rapping as a hobby in her free time. In 2010, she met Nura for the first time. Later they formed the German rap crew SXTN. Their first song was Deine Mutter and their most successful Von Party zu Party (which reached 30 million views on Youtube two years later) and Bongzimmer. In 2018, Nura and Juju separated and began their solo careers. Juju reached the top of the German single charts with the singles "Melodien" (with Capital Bra), "Vermissen" (with Henning May) and "Kein Wort" (with Loredana).
2) Juju aka Junkyard Juju is a Producer / Rapper from Queens, New York and 1/2 of the The Beatnuts.
The Beatnuts are 1 of the most legendary Hip Hop production crews of All-Time. With production from all the legends of Hip Hop such as Mos Def, Common, MC Lyte, Fat Joe, Big Pun, Terror Squad, Tony Touch and hundreds of huge productions on huge hip hop records going all the way back to 1991 with production on Stereo M.C.s and Monie Love. Jujus group The Beatnuts as a Rap Group have sold millions of records and are known worldwide through the 10 classic Beatnuts records out as well as the cult following on Intoxicated Demons released in 1993.
3) Juju (Julius Kivi) is a Finnish rapper, whose style has vibes of hip-hop and reggae. Born in 1984, currently living in Tampere. Has released "Juju ep" in 2005, and his debut album "Sekavuudesta selvyyteen" in 2008.
After his solo album, he started to be known better for his own music, and not just for a couple songs with Opaali.
His second album, "Mustavalkosta" was released in 2011.
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4) A New-York based Afrocentric Jazz group based around the saxophonist James Plunky Branch. This group recorded two LP´s in the early seventies for the Strata East Label. The Soul-Jazz project Oneness of Juju is an offspring of this group.
5) The other artist by the name of Juju is Drum´n´Bass & Dubstep DJ and producer.
Born and raised in Colombia, South America until the age of 16, Neil Zarama, aka Juju, developed and nourished his musical palette from his diverse background. From one country to another, Juju’s musical tastes as a teen expanded through an array of styles ranging from Punk and Metal to Latino-Afro rhythms and Dub culture. Juju began his DJ’ing career in 1991 playing Dub, Reggae and Dancehall music. He secured his first Drum and Bass residency in late 1994 at “The Jungle,” the first exclusive Drum and Bass club in San Francisco, making him a pioneer key player in the San Francisco and US Drum and Bass scene.
PRESENTE
Juju is currently one of the busiest and most established DJ/Producers in the Americas. Respected for his fierce DJ’ing, programming and exclusive dubplate selections, Juju is in heavy demand throughout the States, Asia, Europe and South America. In San Francisco, Juju hosts his own club night, PHUTURO, one of the nation’s longest running and most respected Drum and Bass weeklies (8 years). Abroad, Juju has been shaking international dance floors from the UK to South America. Juju is also tearing up dance floors in Asia, playing gigs throughout Japan and holding down for 2 years an exclusive DJ residency at Hong Kong’s (now defunct) largest Drum and Bass party, HARD DRIVE (cloud 9). In South America he has become a favorite, hosting a string of collaboration parties in conjunction with Simpl3 Crew (Venezuela) and now teaming up with Seven Records in Mexico City to collaborate with parties across the border!
On the production front, Juju has been setting high standards being one of the first American Drum and Bass artists to be signed to multiple top-notch UK labels, including Liquid V, Renegade Recordings, Trouble on Vinyl, Soul:r, Invaderz Transmission and Advanced/CIA. Ranked as one of the top Drum and Bass producer of the moment, Juju has set the pace for international artists in the genre. In the States, Juju has had a string of successful releases on almost every major Drum and Bass label, making him one of the most prolific and well established artists around. His studio projects have included working with Spirit, Digital, Calibre, K [Polar], Abstract, UFO, Hive and his label partner DJ Craze.
In 2001, Juju launched his own imprint Phuturo Recordings via S.T. Holding Ltd (UK). The label has been making waves throughout the Drum and Bass scene worldwide. Phuturo’s release schedule is pure class with an eclectic mixture of international Drum and Bass artists including Juju, Calibre, Klute, Baron, Greg Packer and Drumagick.
PHUTURO
Juju has just finished remixing two classic Drum and Bass anthems, Source Direct’s “Yo Bitch” and Spirit’s “Moving Target,” which have been causing damage in the dubpate circuit. Also, Juju has teamed up with Dj Craze to form cartel recordings and with Spirit [metalheadz] on a side project label called Phuturo Inneractive.
In 2006 Juju started a new label called Narco.Hz with the intention of pushing his dub/dubstep production, which has already taken off with a bang! Booked for Dubstep gigs all over America, Japan and leading the Dubstep movement worldwide. Expect to see Juju touring Japan, the Americas and Europe extensively in 2007. You can catch Juju DJ’ing at his weekly Phuturo/Narco.Hz in San Francisco at The Top or in top-notch venues worldwide!” (source: http://www.myspace.com/jujutek)
6) A Dutch hip-hop producer from Urmond, The Netherlands. His production style varies from a dark sound to very moody and relaxed productions
7) Juju is a psychedelic jam band from Pomona, CA. The band consists of Phil Pirrone (ex-Casket Salesmen) and Andrew Clinco (Incan Abraham). Visit their Facebook page for more information http://www.facebook.com/261840337204911.
8) Juju, a mid 70's afrobeat group from Mozambique, released the polyrhythmic, somewhat psychedelic album "A Message From Mozambique" in 1973, and may have released others.
9) JUJU is a Japanese pop/R&B singer-songwriter under Sony Music Japan Associated Records label. She has released three albums thus far and gained recognition in the music industry in 2008 with her collaboration singles with Spontania.
JUJU wanted to be a jazz singer since the age of 12, and at 18 years old, she went to the US from Kyoto, Japan.
She performed live in New York’ famous JAZZ MUSICAL, and has been establishing her own sound in the center of music of the world with influeces such as R&B, HIP HOP, SOUL, LATIN and HOUSE, besides Jazz.
Since 2001, she has been featured in more than 10 songs. On 10 October 2007, she released her first full album, Wonderful Life.
On 12 December 2007, she released her first doube A side single, Wish for snow / 奇跡を望むなら…Xmas story. is the ending song (October) for the dorama, たけしの誰でもピカソ (Takeshi no dare demo PIKASO), and the dwango.jp TV-CM song.
She gained recognition in the Japanese music industry in 2008 with her collaboration with Spontania on the track "君のすべてに" (Kimi no Subete ni) and the answer song "素直になれたら" (Sunao ni Naretara).
In 2009, the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) certified her 2009 singles "やさしさで溢れるように" (Yasashisa de Afureru you ni) and "明日がくるなら" (Ashita ga Kuru nara; a collaboration with JAY'ED) double platinum for Chaku-Uta digital sales denoting more than 500,000 legal downloads.
Her 2006 single, "奇跡を望むなら..." (Kiseki o Nozomu Kara...) was also certified platinum (250,000 downloads) the same year.
Vapaana
JUJU Lyrics
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En haluu enää lisää. Yritän pois, mut se imasee mut takas sisään.
Synnyttiin kahleisiin, sekoitetaan vilpittömät naamat ahneisiin.
Tyytyväisii, vast ku kuolleena makaava. Aion kuolla vapaana.
Suomalainen mies on rautaa, mutta vaan valmistua eläkkeelle hautaan.
Suomalainen mies onkin sitten nautaa, ja läski leidi laulaa.
Miksen voi laittaa päätäni puskaan? Ajatuskin sellasesta aiheuttaa tuskaa.
Kai mus on liikaa tunnetta. Nykymaas sitä ei juurikaan tunneta.
Eikä tunteita punnita, ja hyvyydel ei saavuta kunniaa.
Sun pitää repii kaikki mitä saat, mitä vaan, ja kaikki otetaan mitä jaat, mitä jaat.
Ja mitä jää käteen, sen hölmöstä ilmeestä naamassa näkee.
Ku pässii narust tääl mua vedetään, niinku ravut katiskas me tääl eletään.
En haluu enää lisää. Yritän pois, mut se imasee mut takas sisään.
Synnyttiin kahleisiin, sekoitetaan vilpittömät naamat ahneisiin.
Tyytyväisii, vast ku kuolleena makaava. Aion kuolla vapaana.
Ku ymmärtää kaiken, antaa kaiken anteeks. Ei mitään henkilökohtasta.
Kaikkeuden pyörteet ja kaarteet. Onhan näitä jo kannettuki tarpeeks.
Nyt tässä, eli ei missään. Mennee sissään, ihan ihimeissään.
Se on liian helppoa kertoa, mutta liian vaikeeta vaieta.
Se meni läpi jo, emmä vihaa säilöö. Tyhjät säiliöt ja näihin mahtuu paljon.
Purjeet on nostettu, pursi on putsattu, kurssi on asetettu. Nyt se on vain lepoo.
Eikä tarvi mistään pitää kii. Kaikki mennee niinku pitääki.
Itkin ku sipulia kuorin, ja nauroin ku loppuun pääsin.
The lyrics to Juju feat. Julma-Henri's song "Vapaana" describe the feeling of being trapped and suffocated by society's expectations and pressures. The singer compares themselves to a crab caught in a trap and states that they were born into chains, mix with naive people who have been corrupted by greed, and are only content when they are dead. The repetitive chorus emphasizes the desire to die free from these shackles.
The verses contrast the strong and stoic image of a Finnish man to the reality that they are often insecure and limited by societal norms. The singer feels suffocated by these norms and longs to escape them, but feels pulled back in by the same forces that trap them in their daily life. They question why they can't just ignore these pressures like others seem to do, but acknowledge that they are unable to suppress their emotions in a society that doesn't value them.
Overall, "Vapaana" is a commentary on the suffocating pressures of society and the desire for true freedom despite the constraints of our existence.
Line by Line Meaning
Ku pässii narust tääl mua vedetään, niinku ravut katiskas me tääl eletään.
I feel like a puppet, being pulled by a string, trapped like crabs in a net. This is how we live here.
En haluu enää lisää. Yritän pois, mut se imasee mut takas sisään.
I don't want anymore of this. I try to leave, but it sucks me back in.
Synnyttiin kahleisiin, sekoitetaan vilpittömät naamat ahneisiin.
We were born into chains, our sincere faces are mixed with greed.
Tyytyväisii, vast ku kuolleena makaava. Aion kuolla vapaana.
We are satisfied only when lying lifeless. I intend to die free.
Suomalainen mies on rautaa, mutta vaan valmistua eläkkeelle hautaan.
The Finnish man is made of steel, but only to retire to his grave.
Suomalainen mies onkin sitten nautaa, ja läski leidi laulaa.
The Finnish man becomes a cow, and the fat lady sings.
Miksen voi laittaa päätäni puskaan? Ajatuskin sellasesta aiheuttaa tuskaa.
Why can't I just hide in the bushes? The thought alone causes distress.
Tää on sairas maa ja sitä rataa. Miksen mä voi vaan ignorata?
This is a sick country, and so on. Why can't I just ignore it?
Kai mus on liikaa tunnetta. Nykymaas sitä ei juurikaan tunneta.
Maybe I have too much emotion. It's not really recognized in today's society.
Eikä tunteita punnita, ja hyvyydel ei saavuta kunniaa.
Emotions aren't valued, and goodness doesn't receive recognition.
Sun pitää repii kaikki mitä saat, mitä vaan, ja kaikki otetaan mitä jaat, mitä jaat.
You have to tear everything up that you get, whatever it may be, and everything you give, they take it all.
Ja mitä jää käteen, sen hölmöstä ilmeestä naamassa näkee.
And what's left over, you can see it in the foolish expression on your face.
Ku ymmärtää kaiken, antaa kaiken anteeks. Ei mitään henkilökohtasta.
When you understand everything, you forgive everything. It's not personal.
Kaikkeuden pyörteet ja kaarteet. Onhan näitä jo kannettuki tarpeeks.
The whirls and curves of the universe. We've already carried enough of these.
Nyt tässä, eli ei missään. Mennee sissään, ihan ihimeissään.
Now here, but really nowhere. Going inside, completely bewildered.
Se on liian helppoa kertoa, mutta liian vaikeeta vaieta.
It's too easy to tell, but too hard to be silent.
Se meni läpi jo, emmä vihaa säilöö. Tyhjät säiliöt ja näihin mahtuu paljon.
It's already passed, I won't hold onto the hate. Empty vessels can hold a lot.
Purjeet on nostettu, pursi on putsattu, kurssi on asetettu. Nyt se on vain lepoo.
The sails are raised, the boat is cleaned, the course is set. Now it's just rest.
Eikä tarvi mistään pitää kii. Kaikki mennee niinku pitääki.
And you don't have to hold onto anything. Everything goes as it should.
Itkin ku sipulia kuorin, ja nauroin ku loppuun pääsin.
I cried while peeling onions, and laughed when I came to the end.
Contributed by Leah P. Suggest a correction in the comments below.