Did you manage to identify a standout track, curmudgeon? I found the Yemi album very underwhelming myself and I never returned to it. Should I?
― breastcrawl, Monday, 14 October 2019 19:53 (four years ago) link
However, I’ve been really enjoying Lady Donli’s album Enjoy Your Life. The two EPs she released prior to this were Alté/Nigerian alternative R&B (D-40 included the first one, by far the best of the two, in his best of 2010s list), but this album is 15 (short) tracks of retro afrobeat (nu afrobeat?). “Corner” (ft. VanJess & The Cavemen) is my jam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w6iFVQZ70EThe title track is a standout as well. “Cash” is the only track with an official video (the Corner one is fan-made): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ipvwmNh0F8
― breastcrawl, Monday, 14 October 2019 19:56 (four years ago) link
xps to ufoufo, even Scorpion Kings - 12 tracks, 76 minutes - is marketed as an EP (check the artwork). Like “mixtape” before it this term seems to be losing all distinctive meaning vis-à-vis “album” (in the SA context at least).
― breastcrawl, Monday, 14 October 2019 20:01 (four years ago) link
Another strong and short but sweet track: “Agbani” by sometime Lady Donli collaborator Bella Alubo:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhzajBCMdPwThere is a remix with Zlatan that has it charms as well. Her Re-Bella EP that came out last December is good.
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 19:34 (four years ago) link
Still no video for “Spiritual”, but I checked back on Buju’s previous output, he dropped about ten songs in the past two years. Quality stuff. Loving this one a lot:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GgJzcGBocYBuju • Energy
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 17 October 2019 09:31 (four years ago) link
killer haul breastcrawl! Will be digging into that Prince Kaybee. 'Mncane' is gorgeous.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 18 October 2019 16:17 (four years ago) link
A lot more fun and captivating than his previous one with Chris Brown:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9H3iinXZv0Davido ft. Popcaan • Risky
(a SperoachBeatz production)
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 23 October 2019 21:37 (four years ago) link
Not hearing any great cut on latest Yemi Alade btw
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 24 October 2019 15:10 (four years ago) link
sweet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L74D8r1YlxE
CKAY - WAY FT. DJ LAMBO
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Tuesday, 29 October 2019 08:04 (four years ago) link
they keep pulling the maphorisa songs off youtube so apologies if this one was already posted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wguSRJ4ju18
TallArseTee Ft Kabza De Small x Dj Maphorisa - Gibela
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Tuesday, 29 October 2019 08:38 (four years ago) link
i know amaarae has been posted before but her solo song is something else ... instant year end lister?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai0RgtrRGSY
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Tuesday, 29 October 2019 09:03 (four years ago) link
*new solo song
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Tuesday, 29 October 2019 09:04 (four years ago) link
Rema is incredible
― Musaique, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 22:29 (four years ago) link
Yes, he is damn good!
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 11:50 (four years ago) link
And yes, that Amaarae track is wonderful!The CKay is nice, although I’m not sure the Beethoven riff really adds anything to it.
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 11:51 (four years ago) link
TallArseTee is an amapiano legend for “Bamb’ikhanda” alone. The EP“Gibela” is from is not on Spotify yet, but this amazing track is:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v92N4TuUHPYTallArseTee x Mark Khoza ft. Kwela Tebza, Entity Musiq & Bontle Smith • Nine/9
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 11:52 (four years ago) link
btw, D-40, how do you rate the Lady Donli album?
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 11:54 (four years ago) link
Labantwana Ama Uber ('kids of the uber') is everywhere in South Africa, such an addictive song. Akulaleki is maybe the biggest hit that cuts across the population. Amapiano gets played at ridiculous volumes in Braam.
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 14:14 (four years ago) link
The full-length “Labantwana Ama Uber” is upthread, but here’s a fun live performance on SA TV:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahET6AVE6v8For Samthing & Sha Sha’s “Akulaleki” (and lots more in that vein) check the Sun-El and sundry thread.
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 19:07 (four years ago) link
More Mzansi magic:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ripp4yHBdwCuebur ft. DJ Maphorisa & ShaSha • Tamba(the amount of awesome music coming out of South Africa is overwhelming, almost literally)
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 23:41 (four years ago) link
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, October 30, 2019 6:54 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
definitely into it, want to spend more time though before i weigh in
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Thursday, 31 October 2019 07:25 (four years ago) link
cool
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 31 October 2019 08:21 (four years ago) link
She just got a big feature in fader btw
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Thursday, 31 October 2019 17:51 (four years ago) link
https://www.thefader.com/2019/10/31/lady-donli-enjoy-your-life-interviewInteresting, and it’s by Joey Akan.
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 31 October 2019 18:31 (four years ago) link
Niniola back with Sarz:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCxEvJR5DngNiniola • Omo Rapala
― breastcrawl, Friday, 1 November 2019 06:10 (four years ago) link
Lusophone Afro House - this time from Mozambique, not Angola:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyQp9MXwEFgDJ Cisne ft. Os do Momento • Feiticeiro
― breastcrawl, Friday, 1 November 2019 06:53 (four years ago) link
I've had Omo Rapala on repeat this morning. Niniola is unstoppable. You could argue that someone like Tiwa is the better artist, but Niniola is the one that somehow manages to hit my sweet spot every single time. Boda Sodiq has kept growing on me ever since it first dropped.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 1 November 2019 11:21 (four years ago) link
Sha Sha/ShaSha’s Blossom EP is fantastic. I’m plugging it over on the Sun-El thread because it fits better there, but this track is a great companion piece to the Niniola:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPJ_rhv0uuwSha Sha • Water
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 2 November 2019 20:53 (four years ago) link
Spent more time finally w the lady donli and I really do love it. She has great musical range. I feel like I need to do my homework on her influences
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Sunday, 3 November 2019 05:31 (four years ago) link
This is lovely:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRZBuz5dAM0Supta ft. Indlovukazi & Prince Kaybee • Tsa Tsa
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 3 November 2019 21:29 (four years ago) link
(plus it kicks ass)
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 3 November 2019 21:30 (four years ago) link
This year’s Naija pop distilled into one song:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9A0fQu28GkMayorkun • Up To Something
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 3 November 2019 22:26 (four years ago) link
That’s a good one. Also liking that Lady Donli album
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 17:22 (four years ago) link
Another Guilty Banger:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POQvDT4PjD8Pappy Kojo • Thomasy3yaw
― breastcrawl, Friday, 15 November 2019 22:16 (four years ago) link
This is also from Ghana, and pretty awesome:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsL8i6gEX0IFokn Bois ft. Mr Eazi • True FriendsA little bit of background:https://pan-african-music.com/en/fokn-bois-true-friends-2/(nice to have this back to back with the Amaarae video D-40 posted)
― breastcrawl, Friday, 15 November 2019 22:26 (four years ago) link
Wonderful highlife pop from Simi:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFK7v_-tkEUSimi • Selense
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 16 November 2019 06:43 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjCVx8i2PCA
For the appetite for French in this thread. Good DRC-stamped lovers song. Sounds so close to Aka Nakamura.
― Nabozo, Sunday, 17 November 2019 11:50 (four years ago) link
I love Simi. So pop, so nice, yet so hypnotic and complex.
― Frederik B, Sunday, 17 November 2019 12:09 (four years ago) link
More stuff from the francosphere is definitely welcome!(btw, for searching purposes and suchlike, the track in question is “Katchua” by Ya Levis)
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 17 November 2019 13:26 (four years ago) link
Your daily dose of Nini:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4Nmf_ul9FIYcee ft. Niniola • Chocolata
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:08 (four years ago) link
I love FOKN BOIS
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 19:24 (four years ago) link
This hardly ever happens: an East African jam blowing up in West Africa, but this track from Uganda is currently top 10 streaming in Naija and Ghana:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMfMuZ9fjjIBigTril • Parte After Parte
― breastcrawl, Friday, 22 November 2019 08:12 (four years ago) link
Love it
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Friday, 22 November 2019 09:33 (four years ago) link
I'm thinking of putting on an afrobeats DJ night, possibly focusing on contemporary pop, dance and more out-there sounds from around Africa, potentially incorporating modern music from other parts of the world too if it feels right. Having difficulty knowing how to label and market the idea though. I know the term 'afrobeats' comes with baggage, or applies specifically to Nigerian and Ghanian music for a lot of people. Plus I'm wary of lumping lots of countries into one genre. There are a lot of 'world dance' music nights in Bristol, but they tend to focus on vintage vinyly stuff (actual afrobeat, cumbia etc) than new electronic and pop vibes. What would be the most succinct and polite way of putting it? A friend told me that he and his mate used to refer to it as 'global wreckage' for whatever reason!
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Friday, 22 November 2019 15:31 (four years ago) link
I'm really enjoying the Davido album. Such a nice vibe.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 23 November 2019 18:29 (four years ago) link
Global wreckage does sound catchy fwiw.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 25 November 2019 10:34 (four years ago) link
davido album is indeed lovely, glad to see it get some recognition from p4k too
― ufo, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 11:59 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZBsYtLsT_w
anybody heard of this guy sonyjojo? i believe he's nigerian. this song "monicar" is awesome... it sounds like someone took a wizkid song and kinda smeared it with their hand a bit. the production is really cool.
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 30 November 2019 07:22 (four years ago) link
it took me a week of it idly bugging me but i realised davido's "1 milli" rips its synth line from dua lipa's "be the one"
― ufo, Sunday, 1 December 2019 13:16 (four years ago) link
Anyone seeing end of year lists that include Afropop? Was hoping Burna Boy might crossover to some, but haven’t really noticed that. A twitter search of “Burna Boy top 2019” did bring me to a list of top south of the Sahara streamed songs, that included him.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 20:41 (four years ago) link