Rolling Afrobeats / Afropop 2016

I guess what I'm saying is I'm getting this sense u guys are like, "this is great but what if it was even more like stuff I already like" when what I really love about it is that its rules are so completely different that it makes you reconsider the aesthetic rules we take for granted....maybe uh 80s sting vibes were over-hated, or whatever... "Leave the cool parts" (c. Chance the rapper) feels like a boring way to approach the most populous African country's sound nm "Afrobeats" as a whole

yeah wait kiss daniel is great cuz it sounds like an album drake & paul simon could enjoy equally

That Kiss Daniel song is pretty; yawn @ "authenticity"

Went back to the first entry and looked for music since posted and added like thirty tracks, so the playlist is up to date. Found a lot of great songs. Good looking out!

ILM's Rolling Afrobeat & Afropop Thread 2016 Spotify Playlist

Except I'm not my wife and really love the Kiss Daniel album and Mama in particular. It's more that I've been listening to so much of this stuff over the past four years or so that I'm curious about how new listeners are hearing this.

xpost to deej, of course

I didn't want to drop the Sting bomb but yeah, that's how I hear Kiss Daniel. I respect that you guys can get into it, but I'd rather get a sense of where Soweto Baby comes from and get more of that. I'm boring I guess. I've read some Ayo Jay interviews and got more context. Wande Coal seems like a way to go.

Junior and pretty are the real start of this lineage back in the early 90s. Then groups like trybsemen & plantashun boys. The modern version starts w the wande coal/dbanj/don jazzy album "curriculum vitae"

Thanks!

Actually, early Wande Coal is very interesting since it's fairly obvious that's where Wizkid got his style from, more or less. The 2008 Mushin 2 Mohits album is out of print so I'll risk uploading it for you:
http://www93.zippyshare.com/v/BLiEI3eW/file.html

i.e.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LElmPMNaCU4

Some new stuff.

Lil Kesh just dropped a new video from his album, the mummy-loving Ishe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZMaPZTQay4

And here's the official video for Konkobility. No Diana Ross 70s vibes, I'm afraid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMG3Hz7pOHY

Mr. Eazi is increasingly providing the soundtrack of my summer. Here's Anointing with Sarkodie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5cY8jKVdRk

Actually, early Wande Coal is very interesting since it's fairly obvious that's where Wizkid got his style from, more or less. The 2008 Mushin 2 Mohits album is out of print so I'll risk uploading it for you:
http://www93.zippyshare.com/v/BLiEI3eW/file.html

― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, June 20, 2016 1:35 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

do you happen to have curriculum vitae?

I think have a low bitrate rip on this computer but it's also in itunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/currliculum-vitae/id321264519

glenn mcdonald - cheers for that 'afro-trap' playlist. don't detect any trap in there, but most of what i heard sounds like it's from Cote d'Ivoire

Returning to the Uk Funky - "afrobeats" link there's a DJ Spinall & Ice Prince version of the new Donae'O single but since the beat is the same and Ice Prince doesn't add much I'm posting the original in here lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNBm2eVxzpw

Hmmm, just discovered that the song is a year old even if the video is new. I guess these things happen.

Was it known itt that "one dance" was a wizkid song ?

I saw that but apparently it wasn't.

https://www.bellanaija.com/2016/06/seyi-shay-says-one-dance-was-wizkids-song-wizkid-responds-she-lied/

Don't these guys play to crowds of tens of thousands of people?

fader profile on davido earlier this year seemed to suggest this wasn't the case in nigeria at least:

In Nigeria, concerns about security, a lack of concert venues, and deep income disparity mean there are few large, ticketed events; aside from a handful of public concerts, private shows like these are the norm.

not true imo. there are private events - extremely expensive ones - but when i was there, it was a ton of public shows. i think that was bc it was like the christmas holiday season but there was like a show every day

femi kuti was super funny when i interviewed him about jaiye jaiye and afropop in general. he was totally like "that shits garbo, these dudes cant play an instrument, they're all going to be hooked on drugs and useless in 5 years" lol

No shock there. "Serious musicians" tend to think that about pop artists.

Koffi Anan has a video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoU3tUldZ9w

:re the wizkid/seyi shay controversy, notjustok seems to think maybe she was right after all.

http://notjustok.com/2016/06/21/wizkid-seyi-shay-dilemma-decoded-bolaji-oyegunle/

Two big new ones:

Lil Kesh has parted ways with YBNL, but hey, I guess it counts as a Young John record, right? "Bend Down Select"

https://soundcloud.com/djsuperstunner/bend-down-select

And one year after "My Woman My Everything", Patoranking turns to Ghana for inspiration again. "No Kissing" features Sarkodie; GospelOnDeBeatz provides the alkayida-ish beat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T-GeoXlEBg

Note to Spotify users: the Young John track is listed there under the moniker "Youngjonn".

playlist is updated.

couple nice new kwaito songs climbing the SA dance charts lately, really like Wololo

Babes Wodumo ft Mampintsha - Wololo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlkybvVEQ4g

DJ Tira ft Black Motion & Drumetic Boyz - Sfuna Abo Chomi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axyaytKP4UI

Wiz Kid collaborated with and bowed down to Nigerian juju music legend King Sunny Ade in 2013 I see on Youtube (for those tracing back historic influences)

Kiss Daniel is now on a North American tour. He's gonna be in a club outside Washington DC Saturday. Based on my experience with that club, he will probably come onstage around 2am and be singing over tracks.

Two killer Naija tracks (plus bonus jams):

Boybreed "Tumbo Tumbo", produced by Omeiza (see the Ezi Emela above):
https://soundcloud.com/boybreed/tumbo-tumbo

(It's also on Spotify, search for "Boy Breed")

Flavour ft. Phyno & Zoro "Gbo Gan Gbom (Une Soul):
https://soundcloud.com/freemedigital/flavour-ft-phyno-zoro-gbo-gan-gbom-une-soul

Produced by Kezyklef, who also produced Zoro's fantastic "Ogene" (ft. Flavour). That track was posted earlier this year, but not the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTWYQnbqN8I)

(There's also a remix out that adds Lil Kesh and Ycee)

…as well as Phyno's brand new track "E Sure For Me (Olisa Doo)":
https://soundcloud.com/freemedigital/phyno-e-sure-for-me-olisa-doo

I just lurk, thanks for a great thread! I have been listen to this a lot lately and didn't see it posted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxeJ3PPhYaM
Konshen - Bruk Off Mi Back

That would go in the dancehall thread! It's the biggest tube from the Moskato riddim, which is still ruling everything. Great song.

lmao, sorry!

No problem! (*tube = tune btw, lol)
Konshens is in fact on a good new afropop tune, Shabba (not the wizkid one), so you just gave me an excused to post it:

https://youtu.be/bhx1kxqPFZ8

Your irregular Tekno update:

His new single, "Pana", a sort-of-ballad:
https://soundcloud.com/triplemg-music/pana-tekno-prod-by-krizbeatz

With Capital Vibez on "Abasi", GospelOnDeBeatz producing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoiUn1RhA1U

And especially with Yung Muse (from Liberia) on "Danze". This one's for bangin':
https://soundcloud.com/yungmuse/yung-muse-ft-teckno-miles-danze

Mr Eazi continues his conquest of his native Nigeria, guesting on DJ Neptune's "Marry" (a Kiddominant production):
https://soundcloud.com/afro-songz/dj-neptune-marry-ft-mr-eazi

Seyi Shay teams up with the wonderful Niniola on "Juba (Bow Down)", GospelOnDeBeatz producing this one as well:
https://soundcloud.com/seyi-shay/juba-ft-niniola

Two new ones from Young John:

…one a bit disappointing: Lil Kesh "Kojo":
https://soundcloud.com/freemedigital/lil-kesh-kojo-prod-by-young-jonn

…the other one a lot of fun: Viktoh ft. Ycee "Mad Jam":
https://soundcloud.com/sterlingsoundz/viktoh-ft-ycee-mad-jam-prod-young-john

Finally caught up on this thread (to a degree anyway) a few weeks ago and am now completely obsessed with this stuff again--currently being blown away that there's an entire album of Kiss Daniel and so far it is all up to the standard of Mama and Good Time.

I don't think "Raba" by DJ Shabsy x Kiss Daniel & Sugarboy has been posted; the bassline on this is beautiful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MihRmGPYOk

Pana is my joint.

yeah Pana is rad, love the percussion, it's like analogue trap at times

Classixx got Young John to remix one of their songs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir2nF3K4nhw

nothing special compared to most of this thread but kind of interesting data point

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/is-this-the-year-that-african-music-conquers-the-us/2016/08/17/561c8e5e-60a8-11e6-9d2f-b1a3564181a1_story.html

Andy Beta article. The answer to the headline is still probably no.

Olamide has two strong new singles, both produced by Major Bangz:

Sere with Lil Kesh:
https://soundcloud.com/afro-songz/olamide-sere-ghetto-story-ft-lil-kesh

Owo Blow:
https://soundcloud.com/afro-songz/olamide-owo-blow

Today I'm in love with this Masterkraft produced song from a girl group that has totally gone under my radar. Great name though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NhtEmoZmpI
Shiikane - Loke

Playlist is updated.

New Timaya makes me happy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tx-HzZnr34

Hope you all aren't sleeping on the new A Pass album, Nva Kampala. Soft reggae/dancehall from Uganda.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SBTh4h-ElY

This is the openning track, Wuuyo

https://www.buzzfeed.com/reggieugwu/afrobeats-invasion