BZ Jam is from Vancouver, Canada, but his rap style is rooted in his Greek heritage. He's released three LPs: Welcome to Honkysville (1993), It Ain't Greek to Me (2002), and My Big Phat Greek... (2006).
Even if some may say that it's just a novelty act, you have to admit it's pretty cool to hear someone rap in Greek or even hear traditional Greek instruments such as the bouzouki!
I'm not an expert in religious stories, but obviously this song is in reference to the Bible story. The story is about how a unified mankind decided to build a tower to reach the heavens. God was angry at their arrogance and so he made all the Babylonians speak with a different language, thus preventing them from finishing the tower. For some reason, I've always thought God made the tower collapse?
What's kind of cool about the BZ Jam song, is that it's sung in English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Armenian, and, least of all, Greek. I have no idea what the rest of the song is saying as I only understand the English section... although I'm almost certain I heard "Ricky Martin" in the Spanish section of the song.
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