Also Naeto C is a long, long way from being the world's greatest MC but there's something quite sweet about this and the main hook has been in my head for weeks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFQ1fl8IGGM
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 21:54 (eleven years ago) link
Yaw Siki - One more flow(not quite as good as 'Wup3 Dodo' as the chorus is a bit of a mess, but I like the beat)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJbYlEEnXUs&feature=player_embedded
Flexy da don - Wo de taataa me(Tsofi Sausage)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar-YGPnNIQI
Guru - Akonta Fried ricehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pybVtWSu8tQ&feature=related
Joe B ft. Guru - Dongorhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1KQMCER1F8&feature=relmfu
and some older guru/ball j tunes i like
Guru - Anything goeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruHayKi8u3w
You go fly - Agbeko ft. Guruhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIIPOUtSOlA
― Benny B, Thursday, 2 August 2012 12:00 (eleven years ago) link
I haven't got round to the last crop yet, but these Ball J tunes are all amazing. Like they pop off in all directions without ever coming unstuck. He's got a really good line in taking vocal effects (chipmunk vocals, cut-ups) and working them as percussive or textural tools that makes these tunes feel ravey in a way that a lot of this stuff, while fantastic, isn't*. Like the way he takes that frog noise on Wasei Babeiaa and works it like an acid line.
*Nor is a lot of ostensibly ravey US pop for that matter.
(I'm perfectly willing to accept that I'm doing a disservice to other producers here but that's because I'm actually now paying attention to Ball J in a way I'm not with any other afrobeats producers except Don Jazzy).
― Matt DC, Friday, 3 August 2012 08:29 (eleven years ago) link
i resent the fact that there are only 24 hours in a day and between listening to stuff for work and the olympics that has left me with zero hours to catch up on this thread recently
― lex pretend, Friday, 3 August 2012 08:49 (eleven years ago) link
"The Championship is not an option" - I Love Football off-season and transfer speculation thread 2012
mdc i cannot believe you gave this no love
― r|t|c, Friday, 3 August 2012 09:29 (eleven years ago) link
I missed that due to being on holiday but I will react now:
!!!!!!!!!!!
― Matt DC, Friday, 3 August 2012 09:55 (eleven years ago) link
Also Lex I could have sworn I posted my favourite Tiwa Savage here but apparently not:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oSY4CYfXV4
― Matt DC, Friday, 3 August 2012 09:56 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WSm_faUpOY
the best tiwa savage is this stellar, sinuous dawn richardesque number off don jazzy's label compilation which i have posted a fair few cuts off already
i part with it reluctantly
― r|t|c, Friday, 3 August 2012 10:41 (eleven years ago) link
Is that the Mavin Allstars Solar Plexus one? That's pretty good, although I almost didn't listen to it out of the assumption it would be lesser than the sum of its parts.
― Matt DC, Friday, 3 August 2012 10:45 (eleven years ago) link
eh how can a compilation be lttsoip
i think it's pretty great - 'take banana' and 'forever'! like ball j though to an extent you are always aware he is probably at the pointiest bit of afro westernization
― r|t|c, Friday, 3 August 2012 10:52 (eleven years ago) link
Black Kat ft. Zador - To dey be to dey (prod. by Ball J)http://smngh.com/audioplayer.php?id=554
― Benny B, Friday, 3 August 2012 10:55 (eleven years ago) link
I'd initially thought it was one of those everyone-collaborates-together producer vanity projects. I have already bitchslapped myself for being wrong on this.
― Matt DC, Friday, 3 August 2012 11:01 (eleven years ago) link
ok well no i guess it is that as well
i still wouldnt have had album level expectations about it though iykwim
― r|t|c, Friday, 3 August 2012 11:07 (eleven years ago) link
that oma ga tune is fantastic, gorgeous intro on it.
You heard this one? Sounds like some sort of demented african hillbilly hoedown or something
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE-TrIwxybc
Feeling this uk-produced uptempo number from Victoria Kimani toohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbfHgD9yE2A
― Benny B, Tuesday, 7 August 2012 00:27 (eleven years ago) link
smfh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCN6dyjAvEc&feature=player_embedded
― Benny B, Tuesday, 14 August 2012 20:26 (eleven years ago) link
This thread is a goldmine. Here's another Ball J beat: Praye - Kwatrikwahttp://youtu.be/kVnHSADPlYA
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 14:15 (eleven years ago) link
This Nigerian track (it's on one of the Neptizzle mixes) has had over 3 million YouTube views since February:Bracket ft Wizkid - Girlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J018_g3TGxw
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 14:42 (eleven years ago) link
a couple more Naija songs, all from last year apparently, but they helped to make this summer for me...
KCee -Okpeketete
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOrAYZtAPco
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 25 August 2012 23:00 (eleven years ago) link
the very exuberant Obianuju by Duncan Mighty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Nho-FCsZXE
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 25 August 2012 23:02 (eleven years ago) link
...and Nawti by Olu Maintain, which has been posted before (thanks Benny B!) , but deserves another shout out for being so gloriously and shimmery modern and timelessly classic at the same time - it reminds me a bit of Maxi Priest's Close To You in that regard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oa5KVZtAnU
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 25 August 2012 23:12 (eleven years ago) link
KCee's track is called Okpekete, sorry.
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 25 August 2012 23:14 (eleven years ago) link
NAWTI might just be the best song (and video) in this thread, its just perfect. I've been obsessed with it this year, and I haven't managed to find anything else quite like it.
― Benny B, Saturday, 25 August 2012 23:41 (eleven years ago) link
Those little extra clips at the end of the NAWTI video: album previews? If so they sound very promising too.
― Benny B, Saturday, 25 August 2012 23:43 (eleven years ago) link
One of the songs of the year for me, without a doubt. Close to perfection indeed. That's why the video was actually a bit of a bummer when I first saw it, like being rudely awoken from a very pleasant dream ( I have recovered since :-))) - But yes, that preview at the end, if that's what it is, does sound good.
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 26 August 2012 00:08 (eleven years ago) link
yansh seems like a good word for pussy. wonder why it means butt?
― how's life, Sunday, 26 August 2012 00:15 (eleven years ago) link
Actually, D'Banj is not the only Naija artist to crack a major European chart this year. P-Square's African smash "E No Easy" has become a top 10 hit in France in a French version by Matt Houston called "Positif", which features the guys.
The original:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFwBf6fvfTc
The French version:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkk7wKHGFRI
Time for an Azonto smash now, I say...
― breastcrawl, Monday, 27 August 2012 20:58 (eleven years ago) link
"crack"!
― how's life, Monday, 27 August 2012 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
"chart lingo"!
― breastcrawl, Monday, 27 August 2012 22:59 (eleven years ago) link
I was thinking of it in the context of "yansh"! It made me laugh.
― how's life, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 17:23 (eleven years ago) link
your mind's a party
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:17 (eleven years ago) link
Itz Tiffany - Fake London Boyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwwtG6RzMp8&feature=g-all-lik
― Benny B, Friday, 31 August 2012 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
^ This tune is actually two years old but the video is brand new FYI
― Benny B, Friday, 31 August 2012 19:50 (eleven years ago) link
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s278/dogyears_photos/nonfa.jpg
http://www.hulkshare.com/1rf5yfutds0g
― Benny B, Sunday, 2 September 2012 00:58 (eleven years ago) link
Krynkman is a wicked producer, kind of a similar vibe to Ball J
D-Black ft. Joey B - VERAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNiswpSwFBo
Joey B - Azonto Bombhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CByWPLdZztk
― Benny B, Sunday, 2 September 2012 01:30 (eleven years ago) link
^ Shit I didn't even know!http://www.thefader.com/2012/06/27/lungu-lungu-mystery-of-the-fisherman-beat-maker/
The real talent behind 'Sokode' 'Aluguntugui' 'U go kill me''Obuu mo' and 'Kaalu'?
― Benny B, Sunday, 2 September 2012 01:41 (eleven years ago) link
ok, makes sense that Ball J, Krynkman and EL (among others) all came up through the Accra rap collective Skillions/Rickaby productions. As far as I can tell 2010 seems to be have been the big bang moment when all these guys switched from straight hip hop beats to Azonto.
Case in point, this is what they were doing in 2009https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygdx-4E5H1c
Im glad that Ball J seems to be concentrating more on producing now rather than rapping, his Jay-Z impressions are pretty cringeworthy.
― Benny B, Sunday, 2 September 2012 11:10 (eleven years ago) link
African Jay-Z impressionists are unintentionally hilarious. There's a Nigerian rapper called Vector who's even more brazen about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luEZ1vTPwQM
― Matt DC, Sunday, 2 September 2012 14:38 (eleven years ago) link
I made a playlist of this kind of stuff:
http://open.spotify.com/user/awesomewells/playlist/3EuKYmZnaAkTao9NGXMPNB
Honestly this is probably the single most joyous playlist I've ever put together.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 13:14 (eleven years ago) link
did you make it public big fella?
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 13:17 (eleven years ago) link
Should be yeah...
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 13:20 (eleven years ago) link
well spotify must be doing its semi-regular bork-out
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502 Bad Gateway
nginx
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 13:21 (eleven years ago) link
It should be working now, because someone's just subscribed to it.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 13:30 (eleven years ago) link
It's working yes.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 13:32 (eleven years ago) link
this mix is absolute solid gold, loads of Ball J/Krynkman/EL productions on here. I put a TL together for it
DJ RANDY - Azonto Fever Mix Tape Vol. 1 Supported by NuAfrika Records(Ball J Beat) http://www.hulkshare.com/7nrrcgp8bu68
1. Agbeko ft Guru - U go Fly 2. Skillions (Ball J, Jayso, E.L., J Town, Frank P)- Hop To Da Beat 3. ???4. Saucekid – Carolina ft Davido5. Kwaw Kese - Let Me Do My Thing (Feat. Black Prophet)6. Skinny Loso & Episode - Lets Party (Chicken & Beer)7. Sarkodie ft. E.L. - Dangerous8. Timaya - Shake your bum9. Stay Jay - Prepaid girl10. Dami Duro instrumental11. Fiifi Selah - Survival ft Stone Bwoy12. R2bees & Wizkid - Dance13. T-Blaze ft. Ball J and Guru - Wa Sei Bebiaa14. Mr Hm hmm - Non Fa15. Yaw Siki - Jeggings party16. E.L. - Kaalu17. Keche - Aluguntugui18. E.L. - On a long tin
then after this it starts repeating tracks for some reason and the mixing isn't too hot, great selection though.
― Benny B, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 13:51 (eleven years ago) link
Track three above is this should anyone carehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIQKu2RmMPE&feature=plcp
krynkman/Amadaa continues to impresshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf-wRvtf-hk
― Benny B, Friday, 21 September 2012 21:56 (eleven years ago) link
There now appears to be a Fuse ODG album, which deserves a run-out this weekend.
― Matt DC, Friday, 21 September 2012 22:10 (eleven years ago) link
i am so behind on this stuff i could cry basically
btw if someone sees a video that looks like a fake 'only girl in the world' filmed at the lambeth country show on brockwell park please holla cos i was sat looking at those dudes trying to work out who they were for ages (it wasnt fuse, they were def og african)
― r|t|c, Friday, 21 September 2012 22:19 (eleven years ago) link
don't be sleeping on VERA and Azonto Bomb, seriously. Its awesome how many hits Krynkmans been behind over the last year.
― Benny B, Friday, 21 September 2012 22:27 (eleven years ago) link
Loving Antenna by Fuse ODG, where can i hear the album?
― Benny B, Friday, 21 September 2012 22:32 (eleven years ago) link
It's on Spotify, as is the EL album and, ooh, loads more.
― mike t-diva, Friday, 21 September 2012 23:32 (eleven years ago) link