This is beautiful too (from last year):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82bL0AqjJlINombila • Inyawo
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 September 2020 10:15 (three years ago) link
always more simmy please
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 14:21 (three years ago) link
This is gorgeous in every way but one:
https://youtu.be/zp0xrgdOCgwCassper Nyovest ft. Samthing Soweto • Friday Night
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Monday, 14 September 2020 20:06 (three years ago) link
oh, YouTupaws...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp0xrgdOCgw
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Monday, 14 September 2020 20:07 (three years ago) link
Okay, I will post the other Samthing track on CN’s new album too. There’s less of him this time, but I’ll take every bit of Samthing I can get and Nyovest is less intrusive on his own track here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOdtEKK8NnACassper Nyovest ft. Samthing Soweto • Ngwanesu
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Monday, 14 September 2020 20:08 (three years ago) link
huh, that guy also has Anthony Hamilton on this album! Unfamiliar with him.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 17:30 (three years ago) link
he’s one of SA’s biggest rappers
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 17:42 (three years ago) link
now that you mention it, i think i remember ngud
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 15 September 2020 17:49 (three years ago) link
he’s also on amapiano hits like Kabza’s “Phoyisa” and “Sponono”, and “Monate Mpolaye” by DJ Sumbody.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 07:39 (three years ago) link
Sun-El has a credit on this track on the new Black Motion album - I'm posting the performance on music show Live Amp on SA television:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbfO3iwFrQYBlack Motion ft. Sun-El Musician & Nobuhle • Hosana
(there are also tracks with Simmy, Ami Faku, Tresor and Nokwazi on the album btw, just to name a few)
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Sunday, 11 October 2020 19:19 (three years ago) link
Posted this on the amapiano thread, but it fits at least as well here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0YvDXksIw8DJ Lace ft. Khanye • Izint Ezinhle
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 October 2020 14:32 (three years ago) link
Mlindo the Vocalist on "Yaz Abantu" is absolutely fucking killing me right now, issa vibehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4afXKoaNIvA
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 01:07 (three years ago) link
anybody know who the other guy (not Gwamba) providing vocals on this track is?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 01:09 (three years ago) link
that’s wonderful. according to the YouTube comments the other singer is Masiano. he is also on “Yekela”, that Mlindo track from earlier this year (it’s somewhere upthread).Gwamba himself is from Malawi btw.
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 07:19 (three years ago) link
found all of five more credited features on Spotify, of which I like this recent one the best:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m65hr9-jbC4Meez ft. Masiano & DJ Mdix • Syavana(there are a few more tracks on YouTube, with Meez and others. he’s also a producer, this is a rap track he did, with himself on the hook.)
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 08:37 (three years ago) link
ha, this just in: the new DJ Mdix features Mlindo and is produced by... Masiano:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz5KpadE7WcDJ Mdix ft. Mlindo the Vocalist • Cloud 9
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 08:47 (three years ago) link
But is any of this on a par with “Yaz Abantu”? The answer, I would think, is no, so please to proceed accordingly.
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 08:48 (three years ago) link
(don’t get me wrong, DJ Mdix is great: check “Ngiyazfunela” with Mpumi (2020) and Kaylow’s “Isgubhu” (2017) (both posted on this thread), or the brilliant “Umvulo” with Zanda Zakuza (2016))
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 09:24 (three years ago) link
Good sleuthing, thanks!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 14:11 (three years ago) link
In just less than 24hrs the pre-order of my upcoming album #TTWB will drop with its 3rd single “Never Never ft @nobuhlemusic 16.10.2020#NeverNever #30songs #ttwb pic.twitter.com/q8kePIxbtz— Sun-EL Musician (@sunelmusicianza) October 15, 2020
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Thursday, 15 October 2020 08:01 (three years ago) link
#30songs !!!
New Simmy album on the way as well
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Thursday, 15 October 2020 18:20 (three years ago) link
fuckin' a.
both on friday?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 15 October 2020 18:22 (three years ago) link
no, Friday it’s just the new Sun-El single. albums are open for pre-order, no release date given yet.
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Thursday, 15 October 2020 18:25 (three years ago) link
sorry for causing overexcitement
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Thursday, 15 October 2020 18:31 (three years ago) link
still a reason to stay on this cruel planet
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 15 October 2020 18:43 (three years ago) link
“Never Never” is lovely, such a gorgeous slow build.
― Tim F, Thursday, 15 October 2020 19:43 (three years ago) link
well, here’s your Taking Sides for this Friday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ao-_htTBpkSun-EL Musician ft. Nobuhle • Never Never https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqdvi8AO-04Simmy ft. Da Capo & Sun-El Musician • Emakhaya
(I’m going with Simmy here, for now)
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Friday, 16 October 2020 11:03 (three years ago) link
<3 that simmy tune
― nxd, Friday, 16 October 2020 11:58 (three years ago) link
now listening to “Never Never” less cursorily, and yes, while not nearly as immediate as the Simmy track it’s gorgeous in its understatedness. the way everything swells up with the organ towards the 4-minute mark and then culminates in those horn blasts, wow!(sure, take this out of context if you must)
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Friday, 16 October 2020 12:40 (three years ago) link
both good but i especially like "emakhaya"
― ufo, Friday, 16 October 2020 13:04 (three years ago) link
Emakhaya is amazing
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 16 October 2020 19:58 (three years ago) link
they’re both amazing, is where I’m at right now
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Friday, 16 October 2020 20:39 (three years ago) link
Simmy, Tugela Fairy (Made Of Stars), 16 tracks, out Nov 6Sun-El Musician, To The World And Beyond, 31 (!) tracks, out Dec 4
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Friday, 16 October 2020 22:23 (three years ago) link
Nobuhle live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Om1iPPfex4
(the first song hasn't been released yet)
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Sunday, 18 October 2020 20:41 (three years ago) link
i think i might prefer "never never" for now! but they're both essential and i can't wait for their albums
― dyl, Sunday, 18 October 2020 21:46 (three years ago) link
both gorgeous. this and the rolling afropop thread have opened me up to the best new stuff since I’ve been on ilx - thanks!
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 18 October 2020 22:21 (three years ago) link
please don't yell at me for saying so, but the melody of some of the backing vocals in "emakhaya" reminds me of bob sinclar's "world, hold on"
― dyl, Monday, 19 October 2020 00:03 (three years ago) link
don't think even Simmy is going to yell at you, she retweeted several tweets like this:
Simmy- Emakhaya (feat. Da Capo, Sun-El Musician)That "World hold on" humming part😭😭. pic.twitter.com/28aBpTP0C9— Thyophò (@aphumelele_m) October 16, 2020
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Monday, 19 October 2020 06:13 (three years ago) link
Another one I posted on the Baby Are You Coming? thread, but I feel people here could do with some amapiano relaxation as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWo9vo9ZgvAKota Embassy ft. Cue • Sugar Mama
(this possibly outvibes even DJ Stokie’s “Senorita”)
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Monday, 19 October 2020 14:39 (three years ago) link
oh thank goodness! xp
― dyl, Monday, 19 October 2020 15:51 (three years ago) link
lovely video for "Emakhaya":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kkdRc4FCs0
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Friday, 23 October 2020 20:33 (three years ago) link
fun fact: Simmy calls herself (or at least her albums) “Tugela Fairy” because she’s from Tugela Ferry in KwaZulu Natal province, a town named after the ferry across the Tugela River that operated here and has since been replaced by the steel bridge you see in the video.
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Friday, 23 October 2020 20:57 (three years ago) link
Wow that's the heart of Zululand, it's not far off Isandlwana, and I checked, the area is King's land (Ingonyama). She's basically in the homelands stepping on the skulls of dead British soldiers :D
― Nabozo, Saturday, 24 October 2020 16:26 (three years ago) link
lol the Sun-el album is 159 mins long
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Saturday, 24 October 2020 17:27 (three years ago) link
he is probably the only person right now whose 159-minute-long album i would actually anticipate listening to
― dyl, Saturday, 24 October 2020 18:44 (three years ago) link
...and another one (found out through forks' October favourites list):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K09EbOCfoGUSun-EL Musician ft. Julia Church • Garden
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Monday, 2 November 2020 16:59 (three years ago) link
in songs I like better:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWKoDuyuzVsMthandazo Gatya ft. DJ Manzo SA & Comado • Senzeni
(reminder: the non-edited version is 6'24)
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Monday, 2 November 2020 21:18 (three years ago) link
This folky one is very pretty:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tu2Wsd3AjESbahle • Emlanjeni
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Monday, 2 November 2020 21:19 (three years ago) link
brand new video for a track from last year's S-Tone *EP* (as opposed to this year's S-Tone *album*):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYw9dfVd_ocS-Tone ft. Simmy • Vuka Africa
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 13:29 (three years ago) link