rolling Afropop / Afrobeats / Afrodance 2019

Thanks for reporting back, rob. Feeling you about the Santi. Does this have the drama/grit you’re looking for?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWyAjHV_nmU
Mojo ft. prettyboyDO • Chop Life Crew

New Tshegue EP, first and last tracks are bangers:
https://ekleroshock.bandcamp.com/album/telema

“True” is nice enough, but between it, “What If I Say”, the new Fireboy DML...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YgTEm_-i4U

...and the current Sheeran/Bieber thing, I have Sean Kingston’s “Beautiful Girls” in my head way too often these days.

Not unrelated:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp6xej5xWfs
Joeboy • Baby

(this song is big in East African countries as well)

Oh, and there’s a new Maleek Berry, “Flashy”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gjuJZ4hTxc

(He was on Jimmy Fallon last week, performing “Zulu Screams” with GoldLink)

Thanks for the Tshegue heads-up, Jordan! I added both “Solola” and “The Wheel” to this thread’s Spotify playlist. I think I liked “M’Benga Bila” best on first listen.

The Kizz Daniel track I do wholeheartedly like now has a video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgu-QlgKJts
Kizz Daniel • Eko

There really is no escaping Kizz, is there?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhct2qvzcQ

Young John ft. Tiwa Savage & Kizz Daniel • Ello Baby

Loving this ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzGhYfL5LII
Gigi Lamayne - Fufa (Official Music Video) ft. King Monada

That one is great, so much good stuff coming out of South Africa.

I love this song, fantastic beat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP2wMOFuXp4

Makhadzi ft. Master KG • Tshikwama

And this slower-placed one too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XusdWegEXvA

Aubrey Qwana ft. DJ Tira • Ngaqonywa (Remix)

Amapianoing to perfection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeJeRmHZtrg

Jungle Beats • Sapha Lonto

Rema interview on pitchfork: https://pitchfork.com/features/rising/rema-is-leading-the-next-generation-of-nigerian-pop-interview/

I'll admit I'm a little shook by his "afrobeats is old/for old people" view

Probably checks out with most people on this thread lol

But Rema has certainly blown up when these demos/freestyles are topping the charts.

Things you were shockingly old when you learned, Afropop version:

D’Prince is Don Jazzy’s younger brother.

People who have obviously written their own Wikipedia entry, Afropop version:

D’Prince.

Lol. I think I actually knew that at one point. I will always love D'Prince for this album cover.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71zZfoio4AL._SS500_.jpg

Packing hits like ”Take Banana” and ”Goody Bag”, he did not fail to capture my attention with that one, yeah.

I mean, those are hits!

Explicitly so!

Nini de catching a Kel P vibe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFthwLOqUe8

Niniola • Boda Sodiq

Did you notice this? The new 8-song album by J Balvin & Bad Bunny features one track featuring Mr Eazi, produced by Legendury Beatz.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcwEyLhwL54

Btw according to Burna Boy's tweets Anybody track was produced by p2jmusic not Rexxie

“Como Un Bebé”: Yeah, that one’s a nice surprise and a bop to boot. I posted it on the Soca/Caribbean pop thread as yet another example of Afro-Caribbean cross-pollination.

“Anybody”: Thanks for clearing that up. When the song dropped some outlets (including OkayAfrica) were reporting Rexxie had produced it, but it was a bit strange, because a) it didn’t really sound like him b) his tag wasn’t there and c) he didn’t mention it on his Twitter - so this makes sense. P2J also produced “Zulu Screams”, I didn’t know!

Starting to feel Iron Man *almost* as much as Dumebi.

How do you like the non-Sarz Niniola, longneck? I think Kel P provided her with a great beat.

I’ve only listened once. My first reaction: hey, this is pretty good for a non-Sarz Niniola track!

lol, accurate

http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=7TMrCktOmmE

where (and how) the magic happened

my YouTube is weak these days...


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

^^
where (and how) the magic happened

Nice.

Spectacularly good new gqom:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_R_AOhzPx4
Material Culture ft. King Lee • Ngenzan

Their whole Skhothane EP is wild.
File next to Angola’s Os Santiegos, I suppose. Same setup: four dancers/chanters working with a beatmaker. Shame they don’t have videos for these tracks**. Also - imagine Busiswa working (with) these beats!

**(but this is them last year, dancing to King Lee’s amazing “Street Fight”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRwO1ie-LhQ)

AmaPiano fortissimo:

https://youtu.be/0N2fID9FpZQ

Vusinator ft. Soso & Killa • Gigabyte (also known as “Gigaba”)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N2fID9FpZQ

That beat is everything.

Can’t wait to hear what NaijaPiano is going to sound like.

Noticed too late to attend that Kizz Daniels was in DC Friday night. Folks on twitter said he was likely just singing over tracks

Sweet stuff, taking off across Africa. But he’s (Nigerian-)American, so who knows, a potential US hit, post-“Fall”?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7oo1QmZ1ec
Rotimi • Love Riddim

Digging the new Adekunle Gold, “Kelegbe Megbe (Know Your Level)”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MucSft25l6I

The new Diamond Platnumz... “bangs” is not the right word, it rocks and it rolls perhaps, but either way it’s great. Fantastic production.
(and 4 million YT views within a week? that’s huge) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBWdmypdkYI

Diamond Platnumz • Kanyaga

I’m so happy there’s a new Malumz on Decks album. Lots of great groovy SA house jams (although the first two tracks may not be the strongest), including two remixes of “Shayi’number”. This is one of my favorites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Caf5HbibuVo
Malumz on Decks ft. Indlovukazi • Cwebetela

(btw, on Spotify the album (which is titled Find Your Way) is m/l hidden in the Compilations section of the Malumz on Decks artist page - all the more confusing as their debut album, The Journey from 2017, has been reuploaded as a 2019 release in the regular Albums section)

I fixed the date on The Journey and the album type on Find Your Way...

Thanks Glenn, great job!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SldyCVP02VM
ZERO12SFINEST ft THAMAGNIFICENT2 -Baby are you coming (Official Video)

Yes, that’s a thread favourite, so no harm in reposting it, I guess.

Got things to say about the DJ Maphorisa/Kabza De Small “EP” mentioned upthread that’s now on Spotify and Apple Music, but first it’s...

The Revenge of Gqom:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87pF9M1IF1k
Big Mike & Jive MaWeekend ft. Abafana Bo’Msindo • Umnqongo

...a/k/a Banomoya is back, baby!

Interesting: Distruction Boyz are following the Banomoya trail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHKtmRP7Dfc
Distruction Boyz ft. NaakMusiQ & DJ Tira • Sinenkani

But fasten your seatbelts. This one does my head in. Can’t believe how good it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnmaRBz5GI8
Mampinthsa ft. TNS • Joburg

(and I hate that it’s Mampinthsa who brought out the Banomoya-best in TNS, but here we are)

This awesome track by Soft dropped last Christmas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OJs_h32rNA
Soft • Money

There is a remix with Wizkid now.

There’s a video for “Boda Sodiq” already: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs4KfzL1gU8

Playing catch-up this morning. That Adekunle Gold track "Know Your Level" is really good--great to see it as I haven't enjoyed much he's done in a long time. It would fit nicely in the Nigerian wing of the House of Sun-El

That’s a connection I would never have made! Not sure I can hear it like that though, it feels more of a piece with the Burna stuff to me.