nice one - kind of a Ghanaian beat, alkayida-ish?
― breastcrawl, Monday, 26 August 2019 21:09 (four years ago) link
I honestly can’t remember what al kayida sounds like but it’s def an aftobeats vibe
― rob, Monday, 26 August 2019 23:41 (four years ago) link
Or afrobeats maybe
― rob, Monday, 26 August 2019 23:43 (four years ago) link
This kind of stuff:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG8LGFSypeMEbony • Date Ur FadaBeyoncé and Shatta Wale’s “Already” would be a recent high-profile example.(Turns out she made “Sweet & Loco” with UK Afrobeats producers Team Salut, so it checks out)
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 20:55 (four years ago) link
aptly titled More Sokah:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYgkqQ4enIc
― rob, Friday, 27 December 2019 15:00 (four years ago) link
it's Bam Bam Season:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cQCZxq29B8
― rob, Monday, 13 January 2020 15:51 (four years ago) link
"Boujee" is a rich text:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqqyPN_h1yM
― rob, Saturday, 11 April 2020 14:41 (four years ago) link
^that had me a little worried she was going for some doja cat so-random pivot
happily she can still bring the vibes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hT_uCFOd4M
"Farmer" f. Sammy Jo
― rob, Thursday, 11 February 2021 14:34 (three years ago) link
oh I missed this one in December -- more intl pop-sounding but love the bass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wNd5ZIjQLY
"Big Deal" (video is a whole ~thing~ so maybe just stream it)
― rob, Thursday, 11 February 2021 14:53 (three years ago) link
more sweet afro-soca guitar on "Trouble Wine"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryTXV25Ubvk
I was really excited to see this Trini dancehall collab with Medz Boss, "Talk Less"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Si3KxePZw
― rob, Thursday, 11 February 2021 15:40 (three years ago) link
"Drama" is sweet and a little melancholy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_-8FjAgYOM
― rob, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 21:01 (two years ago) link
Nailah going all afropop on us in “Sidung Pun It”, with Oxlade joining in on the fun:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlOsbiAzGTI
― butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Friday, 27 May 2022 18:19 (one year ago) link
the video won’t premiere until tomorrow, so here’s the audio as a placeholder:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8T6Mg8wFjwI also need to namecheck producer Dee Mad.
― butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Friday, 27 May 2022 18:22 (one year ago) link
yeah that is nice! good job Dee Mad
also bc, I like all the Oxlade you've posted, just haven't sorted any of it out in my mind really
― rob, Friday, 27 May 2022 18:42 (one year ago) link