"See I like Beyoncé, but she dey with Jigga / I like Nicki, her yansh is bigger..." // D'BANJ - OLIVER TWIST // afrobeats in the charts

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

the best tiwa savage is this stellar, sinuous dawn richardesque number off don jazzy's label compilation which i have posted a fair few cuts off already

i part with it reluctantly

Is that the Mavin Allstars Solar Plexus one? That's pretty good, although I almost didn't listen to it out of the assumption it would be lesser than the sum of its parts.

eh how can a compilation be lttsoip

i think it's pretty great - 'take banana' and 'forever'! like ball j though to an extent you are always aware he is probably at the pointiest bit of afro westernization

Black Kat ft. Zador - To dey be to dey (prod. by Ball J)
http://smngh.com/audioplayer.php?id=554

eh how can a compilation be lttsoip

I'd initially thought it was one of those everyone-collaborates-together producer vanity projects. I have already bitchslapped myself for being wrong on this.

ok well no i guess it is that as well

i still wouldnt have had album level expectations about it though iykwim

that oma ga tune is fantastic, gorgeous intro on it.

You heard this one? Sounds like some sort of demented african hillbilly hoedown or something

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE-TrIwxybc

Feeling this uk-produced uptempo number from Victoria Kimani too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbfHgD9yE2A

smfh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCN6dyjAvEc&feature=player_embedded

This thread is a goldmine.
Here's another Ball J beat:
Praye - Kwatrikwa
http://youtu.be/kVnHSADPlYA

This Nigerian track (it's on one of the Neptizzle mixes) has had over 3 million YouTube views since February:
Bracket ft Wizkid - Girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J018_g3TGxw

a couple more Naija songs, all from last year apparently, but they helped to make this summer for me...

KCee -Okpeketete

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

the very exuberant Obianuju by Duncan Mighty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Nho-FCsZXE

...and Nawti by Olu Maintain, which has been posted before (thanks Benny B!) , but deserves another shout out for being so gloriously and shimmery modern and timelessly classic at the same time - it reminds me a bit of Maxi Priest's Close To You in that regard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oa5KVZtAnU

KCee's track is called Okpekete, sorry.

NAWTI might just be the best song (and video) in this thread, its just perfect. I've been obsessed with it this year, and I haven't managed to find anything else quite like it.

Those little extra clips at the end of the NAWTI video: album previews? If so they sound very promising too.

One of the songs of the year for me, without a doubt. Close to perfection indeed. That's why the video was actually a bit of a bummer when I first saw it, like being rudely awoken from a very pleasant dream ( I have recovered since :-))) - But yes, that preview at the end, if that's what it is, does sound good.

yansh seems like a good word for pussy. wonder why it means butt?

Actually, D'Banj is not the only Naija artist to crack a major European chart this year. P-Square's African smash "E No Easy" has become a top 10 hit in France in a French version by Matt Houston called "Positif", which features the guys.

The original:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFwBf6fvfTc

The French version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkk7wKHGFRI

Time for an Azonto smash now, I say...

"crack"!

"chart lingo"!

I was thinking of it in the context of "yansh"! It made me laugh.

your mind's a party

Itz Tiffany - Fake London Boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwwtG6RzMp8&feature=g-all-lik

^ This tune is actually two years old but the video is brand new FYI

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s278/dogyears_photos/nonfa.jpg

http://www.hulkshare.com/1rf5yfutds0g

Krynkman is a wicked producer, kind of a similar vibe to Ball J

D-Black ft. Joey B - VERA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNiswpSwFBo

Joey B - Azonto Bomb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CByWPLdZztk

^ Shit I didn't even know!
http://www.thefader.com/2012/06/27/lungu-lungu-mystery-of-the-fisherman-beat-maker/

The real talent behind 'Sokode' 'Aluguntugui' 'U go kill me''Obuu mo' and 'Kaalu'?

ok, makes sense that Ball J, Krynkman and EL (among others) all came up through the Accra rap collective Skillions/Rickaby productions. As far as I can tell 2010 seems to be have been the big bang moment when all these guys switched from straight hip hop beats to Azonto.

Case in point, this is what they were doing in 2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygdx-4E5H1c

Im glad that Ball J seems to be concentrating more on producing now rather than rapping, his Jay-Z impressions are pretty cringeworthy.

African Jay-Z impressionists are unintentionally hilarious. There's a Nigerian rapper called Vector who's even more brazen about it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luEZ1vTPwQM

I made a playlist of this kind of stuff:

http://open.spotify.com/user/awesomewells/playlist/3EuKYmZnaAkTao9NGXMPNB

Honestly this is probably the single most joyous playlist I've ever put together.

did you make it public big fella?

Should be yeah...

well spotify must be doing its semi-regular bork-out

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It should be working now, because someone's just subscribed to it.

It's working yes.

this mix is absolute solid gold, loads of Ball J/Krynkman/EL productions on here. I put a TL together for it

DJ RANDY - Azonto Fever Mix Tape Vol. 1 Supported by NuAfrika Records(Ball J Beat)
http://www.hulkshare.com/7nrrcgp8bu68

1. Agbeko ft Guru - U go Fly
2. Skillions (Ball J, Jayso, E.L., J Town, Frank P)- Hop To Da Beat
3. ???
4. Saucekid – Carolina ft Davido
5. Kwaw Kese - Let Me Do My Thing (Feat. Black Prophet)
6. Skinny Loso & Episode - Lets Party (Chicken & Beer)
7. Sarkodie ft. E.L. - Dangerous
8. Timaya - Shake your bum
9. Stay Jay - Prepaid girl
10. Dami Duro instrumental
11. Fiifi Selah - Survival ft Stone Bwoy
12. R2bees & Wizkid - Dance
13. T-Blaze ft. Ball J and Guru - Wa Sei Bebiaa
14. Mr Hm hmm - Non Fa
15. Yaw Siki - Jeggings party
16. E.L. - Kaalu
17. Keche - Aluguntugui
18. E.L. - On a long tin

then after this it starts repeating tracks for some reason and the mixing isn't too hot, great selection though.

Track three above is this should anyone care
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIQKu2RmMPE&feature=plcp

krynkman/Amadaa continues to impress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf-wRvtf-hk

There now appears to be a Fuse ODG album, which deserves a run-out this weekend.

i am so behind on this stuff i could cry basically

btw if someone sees a video that looks like a fake 'only girl in the world' filmed at the lambeth country show on brockwell park please holla cos i was sat looking at those dudes trying to work out who they were for ages (it wasnt fuse, they were def og african)

don't be sleeping on VERA and Azonto Bomb, seriously. Its awesome how many hits Krynkmans been behind over the last year.

Loving Antenna by Fuse ODG, where can i hear the album?

It's on Spotify, as is the EL album and, ooh, loads more.

The Fuse ODG album is delightful. He has so much charm that he manages to carry even the bits that that would otherwise be a bit ropey.

Heres a link to a handy youtube playlist of all the videos posted in this thread so far, stops your browser from crashing

http://www.youtuple.com/tuple?url=http%3A//www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet%3Faction%3Dshowall%26boardid%3D41%26threadid%3D92402%23msg3586140#

Theres like 60 of em or something!

btw, how do you post a youtube link on here without embedding it?

iirc, if you use the shortened links, they won't embed: http://youtu.be/MRWsmqZOksA

Cheers.

Couple of new ball j beats just appeared

Sun Rich - D33D3W.COM.
http://youtu.be/eDQQbMAeHII

Conzy - Megye hit
http://ghanandwom.com/music-conzy-megye-hit-prod-by-ball-j/

The Conzy one is particularly banging, classic ravy diva sample and huge kickdrums that swallow the whole track when they hit (could just be over-compression, but what the hey it sounds good)

If you've been listening to his stuff you'll know the template by now but I could listen to riddims like these all day, they're so full of detail. That 'Carry dey go' track I posted above is a nice example of his more tuneful side though, its really grown on me that one.

Also this is a hot beat but wtfs up with that name?!!

http://ghanandwom.com/music-hitla-k3-tsi-se-train-feat-snuupy-prod-by-oilcity-vybez/

Results of the latest Ball J binge. Enjoy...

Fiifi Selah (feat. Stoneboy) - Survival
http://youtu.be/TV3oasNjRwU

Nickmoah ft. Stay Jay - Head and shoulders
http://youtu.be/MB1A9i3Qcng

Gasmilla - Innit (UK-Zonto)
http://youtu.be/5VregwFPC5M

Nashay - Sea Side (feat. Guru)
http://youtu.be/uCIohdj2Q9c

Prodonz - Virgin
http://youtu.be/ILQFmSD16Eg

Not sure if these last two might not actually be Ball J but they sound like him

Konz - Baakor
http://youtu.be/P1XoOA1HyTk

Da little - This London Girl
http://youtu.be/XkzvomL3GLU

I'm aware I'm mining a pretty narrow seam with this stuff now but no one else is joining in!

Trust me your work is greatly appreciated.

I heard a full-on afrobeats power-ballad last night. Freeman Nawado & Slim Flex's 'One More Chance' is sadly not on Youtube and the song itself is no great shakes but the producer's willingness to employ ludicrous sci-fi orchestral bombast ensured I played it three times in the row.