Nailah Blackman's dirty, dazzling charisma

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Oh nice, never heard of that podcast, thanks etc!

rob, Friday, 26 January 2018 14:55 (six years ago) link

one month passes...

not as head over heels for this one, but her stylistic versatility (this is kind of dubby/rootsy) continues to impress:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Z3RrqvaxM

btw that podcast etc mentioned was pretty delightful

rob, Thursday, 15 March 2018 21:02 (six years ago) link

three weeks pass...

I've woken up every morning this week with Dangerous Boy in my head, so in honor of that, here is the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkHnAPG4G0o

rob, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 20:42 (six years ago) link

<3

etc, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 23:40 (six years ago) link

six months pass...

never got too into the couple of EDM-ish tracks she dropped over the summer (though the video for "Birthday Song" is v cute), but the new one, "Iron Love," heads back to T&T:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJGtA0iZe2A

rob, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 15:38 (five years ago) link

That's awesome :-)

sbahnhof, Sunday, 21 October 2018 07:28 (five years ago) link

three months pass...

She's got a new one with Shenseea, "We Ready (Champion Gyal)":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xowe0cmpFj8

rob, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 16:35 (five years ago) link

seven months pass...

a perfect end-of-summer confection:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8kCU1cFg88

"Sweet & Loco"

(cross-file this with puns you had missed too)

rob, Monday, 26 August 2019 18:45 (four years ago) link

bless you and your devoted little thread, rob

j., Monday, 26 August 2019 19:24 (four years ago) link

aw thank you! tbh my devotion has def waned a little lately, so I was genuinely thrilled at how much I like this. I'll have to report back when I get a chance to listen to the whole EP

rob, Monday, 26 August 2019 19:29 (four years ago) link

nice one - kind of a Ghanaian beat, alkayida-ish?

breastcrawl, Monday, 26 August 2019 21:09 (four years ago) link

I honestly can’t remember what al kayida sounds like but it’s def an aftobeats vibe

rob, Monday, 26 August 2019 23:41 (four years ago) link

Or afrobeats maybe

rob, Monday, 26 August 2019 23:43 (four years ago) link

This kind of stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG8LGFSypeM
Ebony • Date Ur Fada

Beyoncé and Shatta Wale’s “Already” would be a recent high-profile example.

(Turns out she made “Sweet & Loco” with UK Afrobeats producers Team Salut, so it checks out)

breastcrawl, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 20:55 (four years ago) link

four months pass...

aptly titled More Sokah:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYgkqQ4enIc

rob, Friday, 27 December 2019 15:00 (four years ago) link

two weeks pass...

it's Bam Bam Season:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cQCZxq29B8

rob, Monday, 13 January 2020 15:51 (four years ago) link

two months pass...

"Boujee" is a rich text:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqqyPN_h1yM

rob, Saturday, 11 April 2020 14:41 (four years ago) link

ten months pass...

^that had me a little worried she was going for some doja cat so-random pivot

happily she can still bring the vibes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hT_uCFOd4M

"Farmer" f. Sammy Jo

rob, Thursday, 11 February 2021 14:34 (three years ago) link

oh I missed this one in December -- more intl pop-sounding but love the bass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wNd5ZIjQLY

"Big Deal" (video is a whole ~thing~ so maybe just stream it)

rob, Thursday, 11 February 2021 14:53 (three years ago) link

more sweet afro-soca guitar on "Trouble Wine"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryTXV25Ubvk

I was really excited to see this Trini dancehall collab with Medz Boss, "Talk Less"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Si3KxePZw

rob, Thursday, 11 February 2021 15:40 (three years ago) link

one year passes...

"Drama" is sweet and a little melancholy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_-8FjAgYOM

rob, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 21:01 (one year ago) link

three weeks pass...

Nailah going all afropop on us in “Sidung Pun It”, with Oxlade joining in on the fun:

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

butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Friday, 27 May 2022 18:19 (one year ago) link

the video won’t premiere until tomorrow, so here’s the audio as a placeholder:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8T6Mg8wFjw

I also need to namecheck producer Dee Mad.

butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Friday, 27 May 2022 18:22 (one year ago) link

yeah that is nice! good job Dee Mad

also bc, I like all the Oxlade you've posted, just haven't sorted any of it out in my mind really

rob, Friday, 27 May 2022 18:42 (one year ago) link


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