Rolling afrobeats thread 2014

It's perhaps hardly afrobeats, but this Kenyan r'n'b-track is really doing it for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYFQRuqQ7EM

I'm in Hyde Park right now and there are a load of Nigerian kids on bikes all singing Kcee and Wizkid's 'Pullover' really loudly. I just want to record this moment for posterity.

Afribiz chart alert! "Dorobucci" has a video now!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDHBe1BA-Nk

Just as it's being dethroned on radio!
http://massiveairplay.blogspot.com/2014/07/1-10-july-23-onye-by-waje-gains-rapid.html?m=1

Wow, nice blog/chart! Thank you for that.

Yes! It has improved my life considerably.

Davido is touring the US again. Alas, the last-minute D.C. show last night happened while I was getting back from being away. Philly & NYC up next

About to see him in ny! Missed wizkid last weekend

wizkid is apparently part of this in nyc?
http://nyuskirball.org/calendar/nigeriaentertainment
http://www.neaawards.com/nominees/

where does it say hes performing?

it doesn't; one of the producers told me he was? they may be having me on but i doubt it.

word. can u get me on the guest list

i can put you in touch with the producer if you're serious

v serious

Drop me a line

Was eating in a suburban D.C. Kenyan restaurant Saturday night and they were booming nothing but Afrobeats loud. Sounded great...

Yes! I get to revive one of the jams of the year, because it has a video now: Guru - "Pooley".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UPYjg6bQAU

Another recent Ball J Beat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhAja2jB8oQ

Fresh feat. Twinny & BeddyBoy - "Sukundy"

God, I love Pooley. It has lost a bit of it's mystery after thousand spins or so, and perhaps it doesn't work as well on the dancefloor as a lot of other afrobeats, but it's still just an amazing track.

This is very nice. It's like Robyn made a trip to South Africa and ended up in Nigeria - or something:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrcvRNb8aCI

Niniola - "Ibadi"

Can anyone tell me what the track in this video is, please?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hRd285WuPC0

My friend Shazam from Kumasi told me it's this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_1PicpAc7M

SameOne - "Tro Tro" (feat. Gasmilla and Skob)

Loving Olamide's Awon Goons Mi: http://youtu.be/c0VQmL82H1c
Wish I knew what he was saying, lol

Awon Goons Mi = My goons

N'inu hood Mi = In my hood

Think that covers most of what the song is about lol

Haha, thanks.

Could we get some context on what's happening with Sarkodie right now, please? It looks pretty extreme from afar.

I'm assuming you mean this: http://www.citifmonline.com/2014/08/19/sarkodie-takes-on-mahamas-govt-in-latest-release/

or nah?

http://omgghana.com/obuu-mo-na-president-mahama-replies-sarkodie-you-are-the-most-overrated-rapper-in-ghana/
and
http://www.ghanandwom.com/ghana-online-writers-association-suspends-publications-on-sarkodie-until-further-notice/

These kind of stand out in between all the boobs, sideboobs, nipslips, alleged sextapes and Castro sightings that these Gh sites usually post up.

huh, that's pretty concerted!

though the OMGGhana piece carries this at the bottom:

This story is an OMGGhana satirical piece, and it’s for entertainment purposes only!! The intent is to mimic articles found in the headlines, but believe us they are purely satirical.

Oh well. I guess I didn't read that far, lol. The whole thing seems interesting in the light of our discussion on the lack of politics in afrobeats though.

Loving this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6BohhrDLAc

Eva (Alordiah) - "Deaf"

Eazzy feat. E.L - "Sometin Lost?"

http://soundcloud.com/eazzyfirstlady/eazzy-ft-el-sometin-lost

(E.L mainly raps these days, but he's such a good hook singer too)

this is great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuDMdtWfY6Y

Just recently read Deej's nice Fader piece on Nigerian and more sounds...

Ghanaian banger alert:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-3HFKW5Fwo

Edem - "Koene" (feat Ice Queen & Lil Shaker)

Yeah, Koene is great. Been playing the remix a lot lately. Also love Sarz and Burna Boy's Shokinorris. The title!
https://soundcloud.com/snatchradio/sarz-shoknorris-ft-burna-boy-wwwsnatchradiocom

And nice piece, deej. Don't sleep on Igbo Hits though, it's just as good as if not better than Yoruba hits imo.

omg! I just discovered that guru's album, Boys Abre, has been out since june. No Pooley, but Lapaz Toyota is on it.

Honestly both compilations are a little bit sus to me as far as selection goes. I mean how do you have two ajebutter songs on there and neither of them are this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89_m06oRbMM

It's on there! Track 27 on Yoruba. I'd love some corrective tsrobodo comps though. Hint. Hint.

Ahh my mistake, didn't see the Boj feature so I assumed it wasn't there.

Umm I'll see what I can do, though I can't promise it'll come anytime today.

Thanks, man.

i have no problem w/ the yoruba comp except i'd cut maybe 4-5 tracks. but a lot of the major jams are on there

and thnx guys, sadly it seemed to do only medium traffic so not the game changer id optimistically hoped for

No US coverage I have seen yet from Sasha Frere-Jones at the New Yorker; Ann Powers or Bob Boilen at NPR; Carl Wilson at Slate & Spin, most major newspapers (some NY Times coverage to I think).

Also, if everything D'Banj gets out of all his networking is a hidden credit on a Kanye comp and a video with Snoop, this might take some time. I agree w deej though: this should be the future of Western popular music.

However, I can't say I'm not intrigued by Dorobucci's total chart domination this summer (it just reached Afribiz #1 and still gets 30-50 daily spins on Lagos radio stations). That's one of the songs that imo would have the least chance of crossing over. It's definitely a jam and I love it but I have not tried to convert people by playing it. Any thoughts on why THAT song in particular became so huge?

If, as is widely believed, the Good Music saga was the main source of tension between D'Banj and Don Jazzy then it was almost certainly a net negative, as their split right as D'banj was at his zenith with Oliver Twist was catastrophic in terms of lost momentum and crossover opportunities.

It's a bit like if Jay and Dame broke up, but Dame was also Just Blaze and Ye.

Dorobucci is insanely catchy. Don't know if there's much more to it than that but then its hardly surprising that a song with such limited crossover appeal is doing so well within Nigeria itself.