Ak Bon Zanmim feat. Franco Love
by MechansT EKSTRATERES · 2021 · rap-kreyol, chanson · 5:17 · Haitian Creole, French
Ekstrateres in the name is a position: an artist who wants to seem slightly outside the usual frame. Ak Bon Zanmim applies that position to friendship, loyalty and regret — subjects an outsider has something real to say about. MechansT softens the rap kreyòl edges and lets Franco Love supply a sung emotional centre, so the five minutes seventeen run at two temperatures. Jonathan Wens Désir writes about Haitian youth, rivalry, money and survival, but the subject here is what is left when a friendship breaks.