Thread for the AmaPiano awesomeness that is “Baby Are You Coming?” by Zero12finest feat. ThaMagnificent2

So many great amapiano albums coming out as well. The Shuffle Muzik mentioned above especially is sounding like an early lock for the EOY, along with the Scorpion Kings Live and the Mhaw Keys “EP”, but there’s lots of good stuff on ThackzinDJ’s Ingqumbo Yeminyanya (The Wrath of the Ancestors) EP and Mr JazziQ x JazziDisciples’s 0303 album as well.

"Mdzango" with TallArseTee and "No. 9" with the equally charmingly named Hip-naughtic Sean are other favs on 0303.

As others have mentioned, the AmaPiano Grooves playlist on Spotify is a good way to keep up with this stuff. I came across both “Ama CV” and “Thuma Mina (Freestyle)” there. (The latter has now unfortunately been removed from Spotify however.)

sorry for piano rocking

It is welcome!

was beginning to think corona killed the piano thread

nah, just hard to get hyped about fun dance music right now i think

if you feel that way, the Mhaw Keys EP might surprise you - “fun” is not the operative word there.

having a go at it

Still amazed by Tikoloshi. So raw.

did Mhaw Keys fit your mood, forks?

(btw, best to skip the first two tracks the first time around, they have a different vibe than the core tracks)

Reposting this broken YouTube link:

Vigro Deep ft. Sdala The Vocalist • International

JohnBravo & Caltonic SA’s “Thuma Mina (Freestyle)” is back up on Spotify btw.

Video for Semi Tee’s “Gabadiya” (as posted by Nabozo on the Rolling Afro thread):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-zuBeqNrwY

More Semi Tee & friends content:

First official video for a Scorpion Kings hit track is for "Lorch" (the “Koko” vid was more of a mission statement, and “Nana Thula” was from the Piano Hub album). It’s a criminally short edit tho:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfuEP0fDrvY
Kabza De Small & DJ Maphorisa ft. Semi Tee, Miano & Kammu Dee • Lorch

(btw, I didn’t know that a) Maphorisa is rapping on this and b) the song is about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thembinkosi_Lorch)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-9AF-IxG98

the "Gabadiya" video was removed for some reason, now it's back up.

Love this track (it’s the closing track again) from Future Majesties & Bafo’s Ubuzukuzuku (The Struggle) album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B61JYzqq1YE
Future Majesties & Bafo • S’bonga Abazali

(Other good tracks: “S’yeza” and “Ungam’bambi”)

Amapiano wedding invasion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2L6OiMMeNM

catching up on this thread and i love "gabadiya"

those two shuffle muzik tracks rule too, will have to listen to the album soon.

In the Lorch/Phoyisa continuum >>> sounds like a hit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ProUQmyGaM
Tyler ICU ft. Focalistic, Masterpiece, DJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small • Kwarentin

“Take me back to December, 2019 / I even miss the bouncer”

^absolute anthem, might adopt that spelling tbrr

yup, banger

As first heard in Kabza & Porry’s first Quarantine Party mix:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9MqkxR9D08
Mfr Souls ft. Kwesta & GP Ma Orange • Krrrr (Phum’imali)

Another good one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHH9wTGb08I
Semi Tee ft. Focalistic • Mercedes

Riding the piano train:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rqf7pdWUtI
DJ Big Sky ft. Sbhanga & Gaba Cannal • KhushuKhushu

And a double whammy from Kaygee & Bizizi:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki1jo8BJ3Ik
Kaygee DaKing & Bizizi ft. Team Mosha • December

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDcVEjw9ggM
Kaygee DaKing & Bizizi • Sendi Location

Reminder that these amapiano bangers are part and parcel of ILM’s own rolling✳️all-inclusive✳️afro 2020 playlist

Dense, Dense, Dense (Yebo, Yebo, Yebo):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZcHIODWKZ4
Semi Tee ft. Kammu Dee & Njelic • Stayla

I know I shouldn’t bother because there’s hardly anyone left here anymore, but these are some serious bangers, y”all”.

no, keep it up. stayla was a great addition to my weekend.

I have to admit, I might have hit a bit of a wall with amapiano. I can hear the quality in the last few tracks you posted, but I get a little restless when some of the more familiar elements come in. And of course, there's likely something lost in hearing this stuff sat in front of a laptop with headphones on. I've had that thought before though and then been surprised by something new, so I'm not giving up on it, but I'm finding myself less excited to set aside time to check new tracks

I'm kinda lost in the afro/SA/amapiano threads atm but please tell me someone has already posted the very addictive "Piano Piano" by Alfa Kat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2H1ARs8udo

This is the catchiest jam for me right now – apparently it’s Zimbabwean:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh_amXZNE0I
Xavier ft. Jahbue & Tinah • I Don’t Know

Update: Xavier is apparently an SA-born, Zimbabwe-raised, (in 2016 at least) UK-based comedian (would explain that British bit).
More importantly, he seems to have jacked that “I don’t know but I think I know” hook from the Zimbabwean track “I Donno” by Chakie & DJ Spuzza from earlier this year (here’s some people getting down to it). Still think Xavier’s is the better jam tho.

But I have to give it to Spuzza, the *other* track he dropped this year is an absolute monster:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL9lGCeKtGk
DJ Spuzza ft. Chester Houseprince, Don Kamati, MEGA & Chakie • Soek Soek

(keep forgetting that Afrikaans is somewhat of a lingua franca in Namibia. A lot of these lyrics are easily understood by the Dutch speaker that I am)

And holy wow at this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBtX7kO4b1o
Kabza De Small ft. Wizkid • Need You Tonight

oops wrong thread...

“Corona’s no vibe” but this jam sure is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIRsPS7rV_g
Robot Boii & MFR Souls ft. DJ Visca • SBWL AmaPlans

two new tracks by Njelic (the vocalist on last year's “Shesha” and “Nana Thula”), both featuring MalumNator, De Mthuda & Ntokzin. this is brilliant stuff:

“Tsotsi”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbbM0kuCL1w

“Messiah”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_oxLQJe0bo

Banger:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPE30hvjZuM
Team Delela ft. Aembu, Lemamo & Blaque Juice • Bopedi

(their whole Pediyanos EP is fire)

"Motoro" has a video, for those who like to watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbrir9a0n7I
Team Delela ft. Aembu • Motoro

This is the big piano hit right now tho:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUK5S98r0MQ
Reece Madlisa & Zuma ft. Mr JazziQ & Busta929 • Jazzidisciples (Zlele)

some dance moves to practise at home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7F3WQHRKEU

yesterday I played "baby are you coming" followed by dj mujava "mugwante" in my dj set and a dude ran up on me all excited saying he was from pretoria and I took him right back home

Achievement unlocked!!

Really love jazzidisciples

yesterday I played "baby are you coming" followed by dj mujava "mugwante" in my dj set and a dude ran up on me all excited saying he was from pretoria and I took him right back home

Really love jazzidisciples

― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), maandag 7 september 2020 3:27 bookmarkflaglink

that track is the bomb... for real

Busiswa’s new one is *extremely* groovy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erEV_Yj-Z-0
Busiswa ft. Kamo Mphela • SBWL

Really love jazzidisciples
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), maandag 7 september 2020 3:27 bookmarkflaglink

that track is the bomb... for real

― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), dinsdag 8 september 2020 13:44 bookmarkflaglink

official video is out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGvAKp3fOqg

...and it's the full 7+ minutes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3UVw_SZbMs
MFR Souls - Amanikiniki (on a 20 tracks album called... Musical Kings, Amapiano is all about royalty)