Heres a link to a handy youtube playlist of all the videos posted in this thread so far, stops your browser from crashing
http://www.youtuple.com/tuple?url=http%3A//www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet%3Faction%3Dshowall%26boardid%3D41%26threadid%3D92402%23msg3586140#
Theres like 60 of em or something!
btw, how do you post a youtube link on here without embedding it?
― Benny B, Monday, 1 October 2012 23:16 (eleven years ago) link
iirc, if you use the shortened links, they won't embed: http://youtu.be/MRWsmqZOksA
― rob, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 01:09 (eleven years ago) link
Cheers.
Couple of new ball j beats just appeared
Sun Rich - D33D3W.COM.http://youtu.be/eDQQbMAeHII
Conzy - Megye hithttp://ghanandwom.com/music-conzy-megye-hit-prod-by-ball-j/
The Conzy one is particularly banging, classic ravy diva sample and huge kickdrums that swallow the whole track when they hit (could just be over-compression, but what the hey it sounds good)
If you've been listening to his stuff you'll know the template by now but I could listen to riddims like these all day, they're so full of detail. That 'Carry dey go' track I posted above is a nice example of his more tuneful side though, its really grown on me that one.
― Benny B, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 21:22 (eleven years ago) link
Also this is a hot beat but wtfs up with that name?!! http://ghanandwom.com/music-hitla-k3-tsi-se-train-feat-snuupy-prod-by-oilcity-vybez/
― Benny B, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 21:57 (eleven years ago) link
Results of the latest Ball J binge. Enjoy...
Fiifi Selah (feat. Stoneboy) - Survivalhttp://youtu.be/TV3oasNjRwU
Nickmoah ft. Stay Jay - Head and shouldershttp://youtu.be/MB1A9i3Qcng
Gasmilla - Innit (UK-Zonto)http://youtu.be/5VregwFPC5M
Nashay - Sea Side (feat. Guru)http://youtu.be/uCIohdj2Q9c
Prodonz - Virginhttp://youtu.be/ILQFmSD16Eg
Not sure if these last two might not actually be Ball J but they sound like him
Konz - Baakorhttp://youtu.be/P1XoOA1HyTk
Da little - This London Girlhttp://youtu.be/XkzvomL3GLU
I'm aware I'm mining a pretty narrow seam with this stuff now but no one else is joining in!
― Benny B, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 22:38 (eleven years ago) link
Trust me your work is greatly appreciated.
I heard a full-on afrobeats power-ballad last night. Freeman Nawado & Slim Flex's 'One More Chance' is sadly not on Youtube and the song itself is no great shakes but the producer's willingness to employ ludicrous sci-fi orchestral bombast ensured I played it three times in the row.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 09:56 (eleven years ago) link
Seconded - keep bringing those Ball J beats!
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 12:39 (eleven years ago) link
Well alright then!
http://www.mixcloud.com/bennybrassic/ball-j-beats/
Downloadhttp://www.mediafire.com/?uhz9osdd1uw7s5v
1. Sun Rich - D33d3w Dot Com2. Conzy - Megye Hit3. Kwaw Kese ft. Black Prophet - Let me do my thing4. Nickmoah ft. Stay Jay - Head and Shoulders5. Guru ft. Edja- Lapaz Toyota6. Guru ft. Joe B - Karaoke7. Guantoa - Asore party8. Agbeko ft. Guru - U go fly9. T-Blaze ft. Ball J and Joe B - Wa Sei Bebia10. Prodonz - Virgin11. Black Kat ft. Zador - To dey be to dey12. Mr HmHmm (Obrekuo) ft. Joe B - Non Fa13. Nashaay ft. Guru - Sea Side14. Joe B ft. Guru - Dongor15. Castro ft. West Side Legacy - Faa No Saa16. Stay Jay - Twaame Lala17. Stay Jay - Prepaid Gurl18. Guru - Anything goes19. Gasmilla - Innit (UK-Zonto)20. Nadjat - Gbaa Alert21. Obour ft. Mugeez - One People22. Nyame K ft. Ball J - Pay her23. Dr Poh ft. Castro - Ebe Ko
― Benny B, Thursday, 25 October 2012 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, awesome. Appreciate the ability to d/l yr mix, too, as this thread had been crashing my browser something fierce.
― etc, Thursday, 25 October 2012 23:13 (eleven years ago) link
LOVING this mix, thank you!
― mike t-diva, Friday, 26 October 2012 11:33 (eleven years ago) link
oh shit The Thing and Lapaz Toyota are so hot. djing them both next time i dj something.
― Jamie_ATP, Saturday, 17 November 2012 21:27 (eleven years ago) link
Refreshing the thread with some Naija stuff, not exactly recent, but still good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YvzTizFakk
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 1 December 2012 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
Wizkid (who has an album out now) with an older track: "Pakurumo":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S4S-2sMS5w
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 1 December 2012 14:34 (eleven years ago) link
And this one from Ice Prince feat. Brymo "Oleku". Brymo's hook is gorgeous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQoyjrDUCuY
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 1 December 2012 14:37 (eleven years ago) link
Yes I love that one too. Ice Prince has an album out as well but I wouldn't say it's essential listening outside the singles. Obviously Superstar is all-time though.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 2 December 2012 11:12 (eleven years ago) link
boss mix benny, sorry i didnt get round to it earlier
when will i be able to clone another me to have time for all the music i wanna hear :/
― r|t|c, Sunday, 2 December 2012 11:58 (eleven years ago) link
i think it's fair to say afrobeats has not bled into the rest of the world even in the relatively minor way i had envisaged, like 'oliver twist' might as well be the macarena now
― r|t|c, Sunday, 2 December 2012 12:03 (eleven years ago) link
i mean obv it was always going to be a novelty hit but the tide beneath it hasnt particularly risen and seems to have subsided if anything
― r|t|c, Sunday, 2 December 2012 12:04 (eleven years ago) link
I dunno the commercial infrastructure behind D'Banj is pretty hefty now so maybe he's just the outlier. Difficult to tell without a follow-up. Oliver Twist doesn't sound particularly African either which may have helped it crossover.
Like so much of the rest of this stuff, especially the best stuff, isn't in English. Although I'm not sure its a blessing or a curse that no US mainstream producer or UK hipster type has started knocking out fake Ball-J or Don Jazzy beats.
Also I thought I'd commented on Benny's mix but apparently not - one thing that you really notice when you listen to them all back-to-back is how much variety he's able to get out a fairly small number of sounds. Like he makes a handful of sounds do so much work, there are constantly little surprises popping up all over the place, it's all ravey in the best possible way.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 2 December 2012 12:23 (eleven years ago) link
tbh my pov there is overly azonto-centric
i would dearly like to think there's still a space for melodic naija pop to carve out on a mtv 93 euroreggae tip
― r|t|c, Sunday, 2 December 2012 12:29 (eleven years ago) link
if we could just get ace of base to reform and cover 'oleku' we're laughing
― r|t|c, Sunday, 2 December 2012 12:31 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.naijapidginenglish.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/AsernalAzonto-dance.jpg
― Matt DC, Sunday, 2 December 2012 12:39 (eleven years ago) link
Like I challenge you to find anything dorkier than that.
Oh wait:
http://www.djshyne.com/index/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/azonto-530x378-e1347492535330.jpg
― Matt DC, Sunday, 2 December 2012 12:40 (eleven years ago) link
why is this gif not moving xp
― r|t|c, Sunday, 2 December 2012 12:40 (eleven years ago) link
Glad you guys enjoyed the mix. Ball J is crazy prolific, there was about another 10 tunes from this year I wanted to fit on there. Was quite surprised (and somewhat flummoxed tbh) to learn from an interview that he sees himself primarily as a hip hop artist. His whole attitude seemed to suggest he thought this Azonto thing is just a sideline for him. Thing is, his hip hop stuff is awful Jay-Z impersonations over standard-as-fuck beats!
This new one goes hard though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=39ypFYi5Yak#!
― Benny B, Sunday, 2 December 2012 15:07 (eleven years ago) link
This one too from a London based singer.
Gizo - Makofa Aba (prod. by Ball J)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvTJnzfMZ7Q
The first few seconds of this had me thinking of early Wiley riddims. I always kind of wanted Wiley to have jumped on producing funky, it might have sounded a bit like this. Also, wouldn't complain about more Grime like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2sHpvmZ9Ts
― Benny B, Sunday, 2 December 2012 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
Here's my top 50 azonto songs for the year (or really since the abrantee mixtape). Might be a few from last year and the order is fairly arbitrary after the top 10 or so but whatevs. Also no Naija cos i don't really have enough knowledge.
1.Guru - Lapaz Toyota2. Keche - Aluguntugui3. EL - U Go Kill Me4. Zigi ft. Amanda5. Keche - Sokode6. Kwaw Kese ft. Black Prophet - Let me do my thing7. Guru - Karaoke8. D-Black ft. Joey B - VERA9. Yaw Siki - Wupe Dodo10. EL - Obuu Mo11. Fada Gran pa - To da centre12. Obour - One people13. Joey B - Azonto bomb14. Sarkodie ft. EL - Dangerous15. D-Black - Ha mi shoulder16. Flexy Da Don - Tsofi sausage17. EL - Kaalu 18. Mr HmHmm ft. Joe B - Non-fa19. T-Blaze - Wa Sei Bebia20. Greenfield ft. EL - Carry dey go21. Fuse ODG - Antenna22. Stay Jay - Twaame Lala23. Stay Jay ft. Tiffany - Shashee Wowo 24. Eduwodzi ft. Stay Jay - Yenko Nkoa25. Guantoa - Asore Party26. Gasmilla - Innit27. Funny Face & Eddie Kadie - They doubted28. Humble Dis - Corner corner29. Guru - Akonta Fried Rice30. Stay Jay - Prepaid girl31. Buk Bak - Kolum32. Nadjat - Gbaa Alert33. Bluebox ft. Bottlez - Spedede34. Castro ft. Sarkodie - Swagger35. Sun Rich - D33d3w Dot Com36. Tiffany - Akyee wo37. EL - On a long tin38. Joe B ft. Guru - Dongor39. Eyi Rap ft. Va - Serkle40. Nyame K - Pay her41. Edem - Over Again42. Yaw Siki - Jeggings party 43. Black Kat ft. Zador - To Dey be to dey44. Conzy - Megye hit45. Gizo - Makofa Aba46. Da Little ft. Limit - This London Girl 47. 4x4 & MarcusBeatz - Casanova48. Fifi Selah ft. Stoneboy - Survival49. 4x4 - Moko Ni50. Fuse ODG ft.Tiffany - Azonto
― Benny B, Thursday, 6 December 2012 11:39 (eleven years ago) link
Great list, Benny. That's some of the very best music of the past year imo. I can't wait to listen to the ones I haven't heard yet.
(btw, #3 U Go Kill Me is by Sarkodie (featuring EL).
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 6 December 2012 12:25 (eleven years ago) link
...wish I had enough knowledge of Naija pop to make a coherent list...
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 6 December 2012 12:27 (eleven years ago) link
xp oh yeah, should also read 'Zigi ft. Sonniballi - Amanda' at number 4
― Benny B, Thursday, 6 December 2012 12:44 (eleven years ago) link
My top three: Gbaa Alert (Nadjat), Chop My Money (P-Square), Oma Ga (Tiwa Savage). Lots of co-signs with Benny's list, e.g. Obuu Mo, Twaame Lala, the two big Guru tracks...
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 6 December 2012 15:12 (eleven years ago) link
The latest from Keche is another good one: Body Lotion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqBlLNsbESA
― breastcrawl, Friday, 7 December 2012 00:05 (eleven years ago) link
Dr. Slim - S3k3 (Seke) (feat. Double)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_n51HQPBKI
― breastcrawl, Friday, 7 December 2012 00:18 (eleven years ago) link
"Let Me Do My Thing" is amazing, was the highlight of yr Ball J mix, Benny. Gonna take a while to get through yr top 50, thanks for all yr work in this thread!
― etc, Friday, 7 December 2012 05:16 (eleven years ago) link
yeah the vocal performances on that song are incredible. There's an radio interview with Ball-J floating around on the net somewhere and he singles out that song, saying that it was the craziest studio session he'd ever done.
― Benny B, Friday, 7 December 2012 09:52 (eleven years ago) link
Quite digging this London-based crew from Nigeriahttps://soundcloud.com/studiomagicmusic
Apparently this dubstep influenced track is making waves in Nigeria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DGdB_ccyipo#!
more info herehttp://www.thefader.com/2012/09/05/lungu-lungu-too-much-senrenre/
― Benny B, Saturday, 8 December 2012 12:34 (eleven years ago) link
Sony Music Entertainment is proud to announce the signing of Nigerian megastar D’Banj to its RCA Africa label. The breakthrough deal also includes a multi-album, worldwide exclusive contract with emerging Nigerian singer-songwriter star Kayswitch and a strategic partnership with D’Banj’s Nigerian record label DB Records, who’s catalog includes artists and producers such as J.Sol, Jay Sleek and DeeVee.
http://www.citifmonline.com/index.php?id=1.1189988
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 15 December 2012 20:17 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe I missed this ilxer posting his list here that includes the below cuts (or maybe he didn't)
http://thecorner.co.nz/2012/12/14/the-corners-2012-year-in-review-50-best-international-singles/
D’Banj – Oliver Twist Tiwa Savage – Kele Kele Sarkodie ft EL – U Go Kill Me Kwaw Kese ft Black Prophet – Let Me Do My Thing Nyame K – Pay Her Guru – Lapaz Toyota
― curmudgeon, Monday, 17 December 2012 20:01 (eleven years ago) link
I know it's old now but I flat out adore Guru's "Anything Goes".
― Tim F, Tuesday, 25 December 2012 07:16 (eleven years ago) link
That Ball J mix is great Benny, you always dig your mixes! I admire artists that have a fully formed unique sound, and can create a whole range of different tracks from a few simple elements- in Ball J's case those crazy technicolor, tropical, carnival synth stabs. With Azonto and Naija, Jersey/Philly Club, Jackin, and Funkystepz, 2012 been such a great year for music.
― Astrochimp32, Wednesday, 26 December 2012 01:36 (eleven years ago) link
"The debut Gospel Porn album by the most politically incorrect Christian Rap group of the times"
http://foknbois.bandcamp.com/releases
― Benny B, Tuesday, 15 January 2013 22:00 (eleven years ago) link
I haven't listened to it yet, but there's a new (i think) Abrantee mix: http://www.okayafrica.com/2013/01/10/afrobeats-dj-abrantee-mixtape/
― rob, Wednesday, 16 January 2013 02:29 (eleven years ago) link
^ looks a bit crap, think I'll just be googling the few tunes I don't know from the tracklist. Conor Maynard Afrobeats remix? No thanks.
Couple of good Kwaw Kese cuts:https://soundcloud.com/akwaabamusic/wossop-remix-feat-kwaw-kese
Shoelace (feat Buda) - this one produced by Krynkmanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAEXXmcOoaM
― Benny B, Wednesday, 16 January 2013 10:22 (eleven years ago) link
"After the long drama and talk about his infamous boxer shorts at the Big Brother House, Keitta has finally released a new song that address the entire situation. The song is titled 'One Boxer' and was produced by Krynkman, aka Amadaa aka Nshorna Music. It's Azontomania...One Boxer!"
http://youtu.be/ZODE68sSmyA
― Benny B, Wednesday, 16 January 2013 23:26 (eleven years ago) link
How about we start a new Rolling Afrobeats thread for 2013? There's bound to be loads of exciting new Azonto, Naija, etc etc stuff this year (obviously!) Maybe I'm wrong, but I feel the current thread title is becoming increasingly irrelevant and confusing, and it would be nice to be able attract more people. Good idea or not? Mainly looking at you, Benny B, since you've been by far the greatest provider for the thread :-)
― breastcrawl, Friday, 18 January 2013 21:37 (eleven years ago) link
yeah this one has become a little unwieldy. I'll start a new one.
― Benny B, Friday, 18 January 2013 21:45 (eleven years ago) link
cool :)))
― breastcrawl, Friday, 18 January 2013 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
new thread for 2013: Afrobeats 2013
― breastcrawl, Friday, 18 January 2013 22:21 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6zixMk7gnQ
has someone posted this yet? It's the jam
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Tuesday, 1 October 2013 22:55 (ten years ago) link
obv not