As to why Wizzy’s currently not releasing any tracks under his own name:
http://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/music/wizkid-why-singer-cannot-release-music-officially-in-nigeria-as-an-independent-artist-id7608146.html
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 22 February 2018 22:20 (six years ago) link
Have not been able to get with Flora my Flawa either. It sounds off to me.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 22 February 2018 23:11 (six years ago) link
ayo breastcrawl: #1 Song in Your City - Interactive, updated map for discovery
(I am like 15 posts behind on this thread)
― rob, Friday, 23 February 2018 00:06 (six years ago) link
Nothing groundbreaking but the new Rudeboy is sweet to me, first new song in a while that sounds good to me.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94RbK0WHccs
I haven't cared one bit for the last range of Tekno songs, even when he has Selebobo on board so I don't know what's wrong.Heart Robber has a video out btw.No offense to her, but Tiwa Savage is going for horny in 2018, following on ridiculously suggestive Sugarcane with ridiculously suggestive Get it Now.
― Nabozo, Sunday, 25 February 2018 09:09 (six years ago) link
That sounds like a miscalculation/overcompensation to me. Tiwa is many things and I’m sure she has her horny moments irl, but she’s a very controlled performer. Lust is not really her thing afaict.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Sunday, 25 February 2018 11:01 (six years ago) link
The songs themselves are good, especially Sugarcane and the clip is very well produced. The Get it Now video is straight-up irresponsible though.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akOR-_yE94o
― Nabozo, Sunday, 25 February 2018 11:08 (six years ago) link
I had forgotten all those songs with Ma Lo and All Over were part of this EP from last September, really strong EP.Btw, talking still of 2017 (december), I'm not sure we had posted Sarz - Get Up. That's a really good one.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqdA-imL3ZM
― Nabozo, Sunday, 25 February 2018 11:40 (six years ago) link
Tiwa is always good and tes, that ep is pretty great. I think the strength of her persona is connection to a certain... restraint though. «If I start to talk» is such a Tiwa Savage title. She could talk, but if she did it would run over. And Tiwa Savage somehow never runs over. These are mostly my personal musings, as seen from a certain geographical and cultural perspective though. I’m sure she means something different seen from an African perspective, for instance.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Sunday, 25 February 2018 13:36 (six years ago) link
And the best South African song from last year has a videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFi-BqmTRrwAnd part of me wants to post Bazoyenza
― Nabozo, Sunday, 25 February 2018 17:33 (six years ago) link
Let me help that part of you out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbLbRuGZW2s
Busiswa ft. DJ Maphorisa, "Bazoyenza"
I had never checked for the video, it's awesome!
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 25 February 2018 18:48 (six years ago) link
Kosewe, kosegbo, kosewe, kosegbo... They finally released the music video for Science Student
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nVkhp2xtHg
Trippy and weird yes
― ahomka ginger, Monday, 26 February 2018 12:30 (six years ago) link
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Sunday, February 25, 2018 1:36 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink You'd be surprised.
"If I start to talk" is a very Yoruba phrase. She would have heard it used in varying ways growing up.
Likewise, Tiwa Savage in her demeanour and lyricism is very Yoruba.
The phrase as used in that song besides the clear religious overtones, represents the other side of the brash, absurd, "local", Yorubaisms of Olamide, Kesh and the like
I.e. the more conservative, show-don't-tell pridefulness of Yoruba Women sauntering around in trad dress and heavy tinted, gold-accented shades at parties.
― tsrobodo, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 14:54 (six years ago) link
Yeah, that’s the main tenet I’m getting from her overall. She’s very proper. So aggressively sexual tiwa sounds like a false note to me.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 16:43 (six years ago) link
I feel that's a little unfair to her. Can't deny that in these videos she's stiff and doesn't look entirely comfortable but, she's been able to sell that kinda vibe in the past (Love me 3x).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oSY4CYfXV4 This turn feels to me more like an exploration of an often unseen side than a drastic departure from the norm.
― tsrobodo, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 17:57 (six years ago) link
Well, it probably is a little unfair, lol. What they’re trying to do is probably to loosen up a bit of that stiffness of hers. I do think she can do seductive, but the way to go about it, I think, would be to have her do a wide range of different and fun music - on some of my favorite ts songs, like the girlie o remix, she doesn’t seem stiff at all.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 19:15 (six years ago) link
I'm guessing there is a more... direct side to her that seldom shines through in her music. She grew up in London, after all.I'm not saying she should go grime but maybe she should do some collabos with J Hus and Jae5 or something.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 20:31 (six years ago) link
Another gqom banger - and this time the rave flutes are out.Dladla Mshunqisi -Pakisha (feat. Distruction Boyz & DJ Tira):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ybmoFAQpvc
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 20:03 (six years ago) link
lol, you beat me to it by exactly 0.32 seconds, longneck!
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 20:05 (six years ago) link
ha ha!
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 20:14 (six years ago) link
Let me just add that Club Controller is such a jam. It gets better every time i hear it.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 20:17 (six years ago) link
“Club Controller” is massive. This one is great too, from late last year. Is it because of Distruction Boyz or could it be… the Madanon touch?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oACKPv8jEOM
DJ Boonu feat. Madanon, Igcokama Elisha & Mashayabhuqe KaMamba, “uSwidi Wodwa”
(the version on Spotify adds an extra 2 minutes, btw)
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 20:27 (six years ago) link
that's VERY nice.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 20:35 (six years ago) link
I know, right?
Recent SA rap I like, pt. 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAYOIFCytxk
Anatii, "Thixo Onofefe"
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 20:37 (six years ago) link
Pakisha sounds like a version of Omunye though.Still working on my pronunciation of gqom lol.Another sort of recent one I like is iScathulo.
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 20:53 (six years ago) link
Hey, it’s Wizkid x Killertunes, installment #4, with DJ Spinall facilitating yet again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES8XuZBafz0
Track is called “Nowo”.
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 21:00 (six years ago) link
I'm loving this loose vibe Wizzy is on currently immensely, by the way. Such a contrast with that slight stiltedness - if that's the right word - of those Sounds From The Other Side tracks - even though some of them (but not all!) were very good.
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 21:09 (six years ago) link
(lol Nabozo, I'm not quite sure how to pronounce gqom either...)
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 21:14 (six years ago) link
Apparently it’s...https://youtu.be/IG-wovGmRqMSounds so much better than I ever imagined!
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 21:38 (six years ago) link
So Mashayabhuqe KaMamba, who is on that DJ Boonu track, also did this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tei1LbSbpLk
“KwaDukuza”
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 21:52 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgvPWiAupQc
love this latest sun-el collab
― ufo, Thursday, 1 March 2018 00:00 (six years ago) link
That whole Busiswa album is pretty special, btw. Someone should alert lex.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 1 March 2018 07:42 (six years ago) link
Heading back to Nigeria,I really like Don Toffy's olamide-ish Anything For The Mulla:
https://soundcloud.com/pluggrecords/don-toffy-anything-for-the-mulla-afrourbanplugg
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 1 March 2018 09:04 (six years ago) link
A couple of tracks from Ghana that haven't been posted yet I think:
DJ Vyrusky feat. Kuami Eugene & Shatta Wale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ltJrEMc1Ko
Kuami Eugene is a young afropop singer who got famous on Ghanaian TV show MTN Hitmaker and had a massive hit "Angela" last year. His latest song apparently borrows from Sidiki Diabate's "Fais moi confiance" and some from Daddy Lumba & Kojo Antwi as well
Kuami Eugene - Confusion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2R0V-TgBY4
King Promise - Selfish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z2XfY9btCw
― ahomka ginger, Thursday, 1 March 2018 11:05 (six years ago) link
Love King Promise and “Selfish”. His previous one, last year’s “Oh Yeah”, is even better:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPxOLjJH0Pc
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 1 March 2018 20:01 (six years ago) link
More gorgeous holdovers from last year, both Nigerian:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejkNXMiVfPU
(Runtown, “Energy”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmMJLnYp2_o
(Bracket ft. Flavour, “Chop Kiss”)
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 1 March 2018 20:02 (six years ago) link
And a Ghanaian one. Love how propulsive this is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsFEuro2Eqc
Yaa Pono feat. MzVee, “Wu (Die)”
Music videos for two Shaku Shaku songs that have been around for some time:
Mr Real - Legbegbe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5aGdpqNO8w
Oladips feat. Reminisce - Lalakukulalahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GprISw5sBNs
― ahomka ginger, Friday, 2 March 2018 10:54 (six years ago) link
As gqom-y as shaku shaku has gotten so far:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqozEQzaWDA
Skuki, “Owello”
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 3 March 2018 15:56 (six years ago) link
Haha, that's totally a south african beat.I didn't know this duo, they're cool. I like Forkanizer from last year and they have a lot more with collabs with Lil Kesh, Olamide etc.(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwc4fkT74qk)
― Nabozo, Saturday, 3 March 2018 17:55 (six years ago) link
Skuki have been around for a long time, but for some reason their older stuff has been wiped off the face of Spotify. Search: “Over The Mountain” feat. Olamide (2015):https://youtu.be/ZUO2fQFU6DY(either the very first Young John copycat production, or this mysterious ‘BimOnTheBeat’ was actually a YJ alias)“Voom Va” feat. Phyno (2013):https://youtu.be/5Pe7whelUMc(stone-cold classic; an absolutely thrilling record)
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 3 March 2018 21:25 (six years ago) link
Check these great dance videos on the hard-hitting iWalk yephara song (the dance is something viral from last year's hit "Shut up and groove" by Distruction boyz, and Macassette / DJ Raybel "remade" the song...if I got it right)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IErsqu64T7chttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og_kaTxfE3U
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 10:59 (six years ago) link
and for the reference and because the dancing is so amazing, here's this unofficial video from shut up and groovehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr1whZOcLRc
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 11:22 (six years ago) link
Nabozo, forgive me if I misunderstood your post, but I don’t really hear the connection between “iWalk ye Phara” and “Shut Up And Groove”? However, I came across another track with TDK MaCassette involvement that IS extremely similar to SUAG, “Yeba” by Rude Boyz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_WnzfnPSzk
But yeah, “iWalk ye Phara” is very good and I enjoyed the dancing!
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 8 March 2018 19:50 (six years ago) link
(Sorry, that should be "Yebo")
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 8 March 2018 19:51 (six years ago) link
It ain’t no “Hola Hola” (although the bassline tries very, very hard, and admirably so), but Sugarboy just dropped his first good song since… well, “Hola Hola”:
https://soundcloud.com/gworldwideent/sugarboy-chop-feat-ycee
Sugarboy ft. Ycee, “Chop”
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 8 March 2018 20:07 (six years ago) link
I think the connection was in the dancing, not the song, but i might be mistaken?
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 8 March 2018 21:18 (six years ago) link
The new Lil Kesh, “Apa Mi”, sounds great. Produced by Princeton, who did the Sugarboy as well. One to watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4LILt3Dp5E
― breastcrawl, Friday, 9 March 2018 22:52 (six years ago) link
Minz - Odoyewuhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAaSsLNUFRg
― Nabozo, Saturday, 10 March 2018 15:14 (six years ago) link
And more dancing because it's cool and belongs to the genre (on Gwara Gwara)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7AgxSPhx54
― Nabozo, Monday, 12 March 2018 17:17 (six years ago) link
No respect...For the second year in a row, the Nabisco (N.A.) edited NY Times Magazine special issue 25 Songs that Tell Us Where Music is Going has no artists based in Africa (mostly all US & UK this year except for 1 K-Pop, a hiphop remix with Puerto Rican rappers, and a Scottish pop group with 2 members of Liberian heritage )
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 02:58 (six years ago) link