Posting the hit track from the pretty magnificent Scorpion Kings EP (but at 12 tracks and 76 minutes you’re free to call it an album) by DJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small here because it features Samthing Soweto, the voice on/of Sun-El’s “Akanamali”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUGwOLpjkEwDJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small ft. Samthing Soweto & MFR Souls • Amantombazane
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 21 July 2019 17:04 (five years ago) link
Not all of the tracks fit on this thread, but this one does, I think: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwIRUtP1n6IDJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small ft. Shasha • We’Mama
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 21 July 2019 18:08 (five years ago) link
Thanks to whoever posted Sondela, it's now my most-listened track of 2019. So smooth, so beautiful!
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 22 July 2019 21:35 (five years ago) link
it’s a pleasure
― breastcrawl, Monday, 22 July 2019 22:30 (five years ago) link
Live version of “Sondela”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JqPm4Nh5e4And another, choreographed, one:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcBPIhOdsbw
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 28 July 2019 16:34 (five years ago) link
Simmy’s “Ngiyesaba” has a video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPbMvHmguX0
Hopefully she’ll be releasing some new material soon too.
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 17 August 2019 21:50 (five years ago) link
I only recently first heard this gorgeous song by sometime Sjava collaborators Blaq Diamond:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFSEQB4e-skBlaq Diamond • Emzini Kababa
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 17 August 2019 21:51 (five years ago) link
New song by Samthing Soweto, the voice of “Akanamali”. I love the organ on this - whether it’s amapiano that’s bringing back those sounds or not, I’m all for it:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FnBANZlxRsSamthing Soweto ft. Makhafula Vilakazi • Omama Bomthandazo
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 17 August 2019 21:52 (five years ago) link
yeah that's lovely
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 18 August 2019 20:06 (five years ago) link
that is fantastic!
― rob, Monday, 19 August 2019 14:25 (five years ago) link
Am I right in assuming you guys are talking about the last track? (I’m not sure, because I posted three back to back)
― breastcrawl, Monday, 19 August 2019 14:43 (five years ago) link
oh yeah I meant Samthing
― rob, Monday, 19 August 2019 14:45 (five years ago) link
incidentally, I just discovered Samthing's live version of Akanamali on Spotify and, while not quite as exciting as the original, it certainly bears a listenhttps://open.spotify.com/track/693K8eGMOzma4EMkAQG1IU?si=xfSOenlrR3G6QwI0XA51bQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNXejqHIB3U
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 19 August 2019 15:37 (five years ago) link
New Samthing Soweto out today!https://open.spotify.com/album/4sO9GxYupSVEJ3rRsaVpnd?si=ocOtZlmDT_u51k_39CjQcQ
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 27 September 2019 17:04 (four years ago) link
Yes, it’s wonderful. A mix of amapiano jams with Kabza De Small & Maphorisa, expanding on their massive (in every sense) Scorpion Kings album, on which Samthing had the biggest track, “Amantombazane” (see upthread) - like this one, the current number one song in South Africa:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzNquFNqfrwSamthing Soweto ft. Shasha* Akulaleki...and more (musically) soulful stuff, like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=755S1qfwnD4Samthing Soweto • Umuhle Uyasabeka
― breastcrawl, Friday, 27 September 2019 17:39 (four years ago) link
This is him doing his current big amapiano songs live:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB59E2r1F9s
― breastcrawl, Friday, 27 September 2019 17:40 (four years ago) link
(Samthing also has a song - well, an interlude - on the new Kindness album btw)
― breastcrawl, Friday, 27 September 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link
all the early singles from the album are pretty great (though i can maybe do without the "happy birthday" cash grab)
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 27 September 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link
Yeah, agreed, “Happy Birthday” is the weakest link here.
― breastcrawl, Friday, 27 September 2019 17:50 (four years ago) link
Wow, Akulaleki is one of the best songs I've heard all year
― Frederik B, Friday, 27 September 2019 18:10 (four years ago) link
...which means you’ll have to check out Scorpion Kings as well, fred! Apart from table posting a track on the Rolling thread no one seems to have picked up on it, but it’s just so good all the way through.
― breastcrawl, Friday, 27 September 2019 18:23 (four years ago) link
Damn both those tracks are great! Gonna add Scorpion Kings to my massive to-listen pile as well, thanks for the tip
― rob, Saturday, 28 September 2019 12:58 (four years ago) link
yeah those rule, will absolutely have to check out the full samthing album as well as scorpion kings
― ufo, Saturday, 28 September 2019 13:07 (four years ago) link
Yeah, Scorpion Kings is massive. Thanks breastcrawl!
― Frederik B, Saturday, 28 September 2019 15:09 (four years ago) link
Another good track with Samthing:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2YfbJK98FgPrince Bulo ft. Samthing Soweto & Kid X • Ngibuyile
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 28 September 2019 21:51 (four years ago) link
That live session I posted is/s/a vibe btw (I hadn’t checked it before)
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 29 September 2019 13:48 (four years ago) link
To bring the thread back to Sun-El, these are some recent tracks he produced:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_dlUT_xUIwSino Msolo • Intombi Yamhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIwAqCUu1CYSino Msolo • Ndikhetha Lowahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap6N67NcUuMMthunzi ft. Sun-El • Insimbihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAFKjNzjT1IAmi Faku ft. Sun-El • Ndivulele
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 08:48 (four years ago) link
oh wow "Ndivulele" is incredible and "Intombi Yam" and "Ndikhetha Lowa" are lovely too
thank you very much for staying on top of all of this
― ufo, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 11:16 (four years ago) link
ta, ufo. That Ami Faku track is from her album, which I have yet to listen to in full.
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 11:38 (four years ago) link
yeah, great stuff!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 3 October 2019 16:36 (four years ago) link
Lots of new South African stuff of potential interest to the followers of this thread was posted yesterday on the Rolling Afropop etc. thread. More or less arbitrarily, I’m posting this one here. More of the same, you might say, but it’s all (so) good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_ksYAZsuLIMFR Souls ft. DJ Maphorisa, ShaSha & Kabza De Small • Love You Tonight
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 12 October 2019 16:56 (four years ago) link
samthing album is so beautiful
― nxd, Saturday, 12 October 2019 20:01 (four years ago) link
yes, it’s like every time I’m playing it a new song starts revealing itself. today it happened with “Nodoli”.
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 12 October 2019 21:14 (four years ago) link
On the cover of the Rolling Stone (well, not quite).
― breastcrawl, Monday, 14 October 2019 07:10 (four years ago) link
Is it too early to call all of this a beauty spree?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-rV1PZCGmASha Sha ft. Samthing Soweto • Abondaba(from a forthcoming EP? album? apparently - I posted her (and Maphorisa & Kabza’s) amapiano cover of “Sing It Back” on the Moloko thread)
― breastcrawl, Friday, 18 October 2019 07:21 (four years ago) link
latin beats now! would love it if amapiano bodied into that market.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 18 October 2019 16:06 (four years ago) link
Another Sha Sha beauty:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp0g1BwWJMY
Sha Sha ft. DJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small • Tender Love
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 27 October 2019 21:28 (four years ago) link
From Amanda Black’s new album:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENgHVn9clu8Amanda Black ft. Ami Faku • Khumbula
― breastcrawl, Monday, 28 October 2019 21:26 (four years ago) link
really like "khumbula", will have to check out the album
― ufo, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 03:04 (four years ago) link
Sha Sha/ShaSha is on all the good tracks these days, and Blossom, her 8-track debut EP, is absolutely wonderful. Apart from the tracks already posted upthread, I’m in love with the three songs in the middle, “Emazulwini”, “Mutare” and “Water”.
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 2 November 2019 20:51 (four years ago) link
Yeah, really lovely ep! Kinda love the Moloko cover.
― Frederik B, Sunday, 3 November 2019 21:33 (four years ago) link
A year on, the Simmy album is still as magical as ever.
“Hamba Jumba” is the track that has secretly become my favourite: http://www.youtube.com/1srBiDlE9rE
Actually, “Nawe” has a video now, which is nice of course, but I’d love to hear something new from her: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7jB36jPcUQ
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 14 November 2019 21:35 (four years ago) link
“Hamba Jumba” again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1srBiDlE9rE
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 14 November 2019 21:41 (four years ago) link
that’s “Hamba JUBA”. doing really nicely here...
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 14 November 2019 21:43 (four years ago) link
yeh my personal fav but what a record
― nxd, Friday, 15 November 2019 14:43 (four years ago) link
it really is. Would love to hear she has something new coming out before 2020...
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 15 November 2019 17:32 (four years ago) link
finally got around to the Sha Sha EP (it's long enough to be an album really) and it's fantastic as expected
― ufo, Saturday, 16 November 2019 01:05 (four years ago) link
The Blossom EP might top all my year lists. Her voice is amazing. And I still can't get enough of Kabza de Small's productions.
― Nabozo, Sunday, 17 November 2019 12:49 (four years ago) link
Mutare is in Shona btw.
― Nabozo, Sunday, 17 November 2019 13:31 (four years ago) link
the Amanda Black album is really fantastic too
― ufo, Sunday, 17 November 2019 13:51 (four years ago) link