That would be NaakMusiQ.
It’s an unfortunate choice of words though (not that you would have known), as the female singer on this, Nichume, committed suicide a year ago. I had heard about it, but didn’t realize it was her on this track until just now.
(to make matters worse, Mobi Dixon’s treatment of her -he was her label boss- apparently was a factor in this. damn, I wish I hadn’t known)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 21:20 (four years ago) link
ugggggghhh. Thanks for the info tho.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 21:29 (four years ago) link
so there's a "Mzansi House" playlist on Apple Music that seems to be all this sort of stuff. Is that just their name for the playlist or is that a recognized genre name?
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 21:32 (four years ago) link
"Mzansi" stands for South Africa.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 21:35 (four years ago) link
to quote a Wikipedia quote:
"Mzansi is another black urban vernacular term popular with the youth and standing for South Africa."
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 21:40 (four years ago) link
thanks again! (I did do a brief google and only saw that it was an obsolete term for someone who yells)
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 22:04 (four years ago) link
DJ Mdix ft. Mpumi • Ngiyazfunela: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viGvEnWMT-8
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 3 April 2020 23:06 (four years ago) link
Sanibonani! It’s official - on Friday the 17th of April I will be releasing my new single titled #Uhuru 17.04.2020 Please save the date #uhuru #azana✊🏾 pic.twitter.com/PD8kUS9i0H— Sun-EL Musician (@sunelmusicianza) April 6, 2020
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 14 April 2020 21:36 (four years ago) link
excited to hear it, certainly an intriguing title
― dyl, Wednesday, 15 April 2020 02:48 (four years ago) link
new fiona and new sun-el single on the same day....we are not worthy
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 03:07 (four years ago) link
Mzansi means South, aka South Africa yes, you hear it in the popular expression "no chill in Mzansi".
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 15 April 2020 09:20 (four years ago) link
man, i need that sun-el right in my veins please
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 18:18 (four years ago) link
Surprise! It's gorgeous:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eig-q9wPWMSun-EL Musician ft. Azana • Uhuru
Sun-El is full of surprises: the new album is called To the World and Beyond.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Thursday, 16 April 2020 22:21 (four years ago) link
that Nile Rodgers-like guitar coda is killing me
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Thursday, 16 April 2020 22:45 (four years ago) link
the antidote is here
bumpboostbalm
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 17 April 2020 16:17 (four years ago) link
hate to say it but it's not knocking my socks off? Seems fine.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 17 April 2020 21:52 (four years ago) link
ya not feeling it either
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 17 April 2020 22:01 (four years ago) link
ILM, it was nice knowing ya
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 17 April 2020 22:02 (four years ago) link
agreed w/ the others
― dyl, Saturday, 18 April 2020 02:51 (four years ago) link
The instrumental track and the singing do not really connect, I find.
― Nabozo, Saturday, 18 April 2020 12:18 (four years ago) link
it's perfectly pleasant but there's nothing to really elevate it to the level of his best work and a bit too understated even for him.
― ufo, Saturday, 18 April 2020 12:38 (four years ago) link
omfg this is exactly what we need right the fuck now.
It's going to take a lot to best an album as incredible and emotionally uplifting as Africa to the World. This track is lovely, and if the rest of the album is as good as this but not better I'll still be happy. He has a specific vibe that is just romantic and beautiful and does such an amazing job of giving me an "escape" and Uhuru still has that in spades.
― octobeard, Monday, 20 April 2020 00:51 (four years ago) link
i don't doubt the album will be really good even if this track is a little more understated than one might have expected from a 'first single' (not that 'understated' is necessarily a bad thing in sun-el's hands)
― dyl, Monday, 20 April 2020 16:46 (four years ago) link
yeah same on all points
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 02:37 (four years ago) link
I agree that it’s not as good as a “Sonini” or “Ntaba ezikude” (leaving “Akanamali” out of this, because hors catégorie), but I still think it’s gorgeous. What puts this song over the top for me is Azana’s vocal - so earnest and affecting.She seems to be new, she has no footprint (voicetrail?) on Spotify at all, but her Twitter tells me she has an album out in May; the snippets suggest a slightly more jazzy vibe than for instance Simmy.But maybe y’all wanted Simmy on this?
pic.twitter.com/smpKKYLfWj— Simmy (@simmymusicsa) April 16, 2020
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 07:40 (four years ago) link
Sweet. What I find funny with this video, is that where we hear house music (and look for certain qualities) South Africans are hearing "their" music under all the lush tapestry, chimes etc.
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 13:08 (four years ago) link
Btw breastcrawl if you're still learning Zulu, Simmy gives her own translation of Ngihamba Nawe (or I Choose You) in the YT comments.
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 13:15 (four years ago) link
oh nice, will have a look! (I’m not actively studying, but I’m much more alert to song titles and stuff, so I do google-translate a lot)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 13:37 (four years ago) link
i want simmy on basically everything.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 15:38 (four years ago) link
co-sign
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 16:22 (four years ago) link
cross-posting with the Moloko thread:“Sing It Back”, repurposed by Samthing Soweto as a gospel workout, lyrics slighly tweaked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxuqpXRNuUMSoweto Central Chorus of the Salvation Army ft. Samthing Soweto • Bring It BackMuch better to watch the performance itself, starting from 55:12:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJxmbsgD-FcDon’t know if this version predates the much more faithful (!) Sha Sha cover or not (it looks like it was recorded last year as well) - Samthing and Sha Sha are only one step removed from each other obviously.(Samthing is on two more (consecutive) songs earlier in the concert, “Bawo” and “Mzalwane”, from 11:28 onwards)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Thursday, 21 May 2020 20:17 (three years ago) link
I don't much care about Moloko, but that was extremely dope
― dip to dup (rob), Friday, 22 May 2020 15:04 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA9sHZoOnok
More from Azana - Your Love which will serve as the first single of her INGOMA album. I think we had a snippet already.
― Nabozo, Friday, 22 May 2020 15:54 (three years ago) link
that's just lovely! my first encounter with her, iirc, but stoked for the album now
― dip to dup (rob), Saturday, 23 May 2020 12:30 (three years ago) link
ah I see she's the singer on that slightly controversial Sun El track
― dip to dup (rob), Saturday, 23 May 2020 12:31 (three years ago) link
This has been around for ages, but it's such a pretty song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6T-jmm8SH8Sithelo ft. Skye Wanda • Forever
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Sunday, 24 May 2020 12:23 (three years ago) link
new single on the way, this sounds nice!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k41_1rDhxpM
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 25 May 2020 21:53 (three years ago) link
Msaki!
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 06:22 (three years ago) link
ubomi abumanga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu02NYBdsbI
― monotony, Friday, 29 May 2020 02:38 (three years ago) link
oh wow the horns on this are lovely
― ufo, Friday, 29 May 2020 02:47 (three years ago) link
absolutely love it
― dyl, Friday, 29 May 2020 05:20 (three years ago) link
yeah, i fuck with this for sure
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 29 May 2020 14:36 (three years ago) link
DJ set by Sun-El, featuring a number of new tracks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ6NxWLBqdE
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Monday, 1 June 2020 19:56 (three years ago) link
thanks!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 1 June 2020 20:02 (three years ago) link
Azana’s second – ‘your love’ turns into ‘true love’:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHlCN9YS8f4Azana • Uthando Lwangempela
live version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oh4eNjyQ_c
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 12 June 2020 18:25 (three years ago) link
For those who can’t wait for the Azana album…
…welcome to snippet heaven!
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 12 June 2020 18:48 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4lmfem6zuAAzana feat. Sun-El Musician - Ngize Ngifike
― Nabozo, Saturday, 20 June 2020 22:48 (three years ago) link
Belatedly, "Your Love" is the most beautiful thing I have ever heard.
― Tim F, Monday, 22 June 2020 02:11 (three years ago) link
All three of these Azana singles are great.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 22 June 2020 20:07 (three years ago) link