“For You”>”Alright”>”Psycho”, and I’ll take all three over “Bella” in a heartbeat.But it’s your playlist - as long as you don’t put this Stargate/Coldplay conconction on it I’m fine with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvoVjUE-FGgIf you don’t want to listen to it: Wizkid is relegated to hypeman status and Tiwa is supposed to be on it too.(Meanwhile, Davido is featured on a track on the Clean Bandit album, but at least he’s allowed to recognizably be himself)
― breastcrawl, Monday, 3 December 2018 22:07 (five years ago) link
Also, this old footage of Wizkid is amazing:http://thenativemag.com/music/legacy-wizkid-throws-down-legendary-freestyle-car/
― breastcrawl, Monday, 3 December 2018 22:10 (five years ago) link
I somehow never got into For You, but as it’s Kizz Daniel season I will give it another shot. He somehow kept it off his album, though?
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 3 December 2018 22:31 (five years ago) link
Yes, that kind of surprised me too.
― breastcrawl, Monday, 3 December 2018 22:36 (five years ago) link
Hmm, a few things on longneck's list I don't think I've heard. Plus I forgot "Commando" was 2018--he really put out quite an oeuvre this year.
Glad to see Master Groove. It's kind of the perfect b-side to Fever but might be more palatable for some.
― rob, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:05 (five years ago) link
Could this where Wizkid’s 2019 begins for real?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5iLw28GzHg
Larry Gaaga ft. Wizkid • Low (produced by Blaq Jerzee)
A collaboration with Teni is forthcoming and he’s still teasing us with the Made in Lagos album.
There have been some activities on the Ghanian front though:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIA1ok6bszYR2bees ft. Wizkid • Straight From Mars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGQ1KAJQPQ0King Promise ft. Wizkid • Tokyo
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 21 April 2019 20:59 (five years ago) link
(Seriously though, what is Larry Gaaga’s story? I never paid attention before, but how does he get all those Nigerian superstars to do his records for him so he can sip drinks and smoke cigars in the videos?)
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 21 April 2019 21:40 (five years ago) link
(Others have asked this very same question: https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/music/larry-gaaga-how-is-he-making-hits-without-actually-doing-anything/hql7n5p)
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 21 April 2019 21:45 (five years ago) link
sounds like a dj khaled situation
both "low" and "baba nla" are great tho
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 21 April 2019 23:31 (five years ago) link
Oh, this one dropped/leaked recently as well. Recorded with Ghanaian producer Killbeatz, probably in 2013 or thereabouts. Wizkid goes drum n bass!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhMW7MkEp48Wizkid ft. Killbeatz • Jah Bless Me
― breastcrawl, Monday, 22 April 2019 14:47 (five years ago) link
“Low” is very good. I have to say though, the melody veers quite close to that of “Fever” at times.
Five generous minutes of goodness!
New song, nominally by Starboy Records signee DJ Tunez, Wizzy’s tour DJ (i.e. the same set-up as last December’s “Turn Up”):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GxzBuHAavo
DJ Tunez ft. Wizkid & (producer) BlaqJerzee • Gbese
Oh man, come on with that Made in Lagos album already. I mean, if you’ve got stuff like this to spare...
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 25 May 2019 13:49 (four years ago) link
“Gbese” is exceptional - not just in that it’s a beautiful jam, but also quite literally. I can’t get over the five minutes thing. I guess it’s the natural consequence of Made in Lagos-make Wizzy’s vibe-mindedness, but at the same time it feels like a kind of breakthrough, a barrier being broken. You’re just not supposed to make 5-minute songs in present-day Naija pop, but BlaqJerzee and Wizzy (plus some musicians?) are just taking their sweet time with a close-to-2-minute coda.
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 26 May 2019 21:00 (four years ago) link
Really nice! My only reservation is maybe not loving the drum sounds, but the last 2 minutes are very sweet
― rob, Monday, 27 May 2019 16:19 (four years ago) link
Some context.
― breastcrawl, Monday, 27 May 2019 20:01 (four years ago) link
love this
― ufo, Tuesday, 28 May 2019 02:32 (four years ago) link
The BlaqJerzee-produced “Fibadi” with Chidokeyz is (by some distance) my favourite of the three Wizkid features that dropped in the past two weeks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpO67-MnS-U
Wizzy’s part on the remix of Soft’s awesome “Money” is good, but doesn’t add much of a new twist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f73VasaeafYThe original version will remain in heavy rotation - I will post it in the Rolling thread.
“Totori”, (producer) ID Casaba’s track with Olamide and Wizkid, is definitely enjoyable, but doesn’t sound very... current? It is the biggest hit of this bunch though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgzrVs2eilU
Meanwhile, we’re still Waiting for Joro.
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 19:19 (four years ago) link
Loving that "Fibadi"; "Money" is great too, though agreed on the superfluousness of Wizkid on the remix
― rob, Thursday, 11 July 2019 13:53 (four years ago) link
Update: “Fibadi” now has a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6iNAHCWEO0And so does DJ Tunez’s “Gbese”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu17dCsPElERemember that long coda? Well, Wizzy added a little something (from 4’05).
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 13 July 2019 10:25 (four years ago) link
POLL? (ah, don’t bother, it’s too hot)
Option 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAcXCdMiuEoDJ Spinall ft. Wizkid & Tiwa Savage • Dis Love (produced by Spellz)
Option 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXrhqhW2kiUBeyoncé ft. Wizkid, SAINt JHN* & Blue Ivy Carter • Brown Skin Girl (produced by P2J)(Of note: no writing credit for Wizzy on this one, unlike SAINt JHN*. I was wondering why he* was even tagged)
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 25 July 2019 21:16 (four years ago) link
Expecting “Joro” this Friday 🎈
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 3 September 2019 07:29 (four years ago) link
A one-week delay, but here it is. First official single since “Fever”/“Master Groove” and the kickoff of the Made in Lagos campaign. “Joro” has become “Ghetto Love”, Killertunes producing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoxN3b0jmlY
Rema has been on his mind, that’s one thing I can say.
― breastcrawl, Friday, 13 September 2019 06:29 (four years ago) link
It wasn’t won over immediately but man, that beat, that flow. Killertunes, fuck it up!I love that there doesn’t seem to be a whiff of crossover concern, just Wizzy going about his impeccable business. Bodes extremely well for Made in Lagos, which according to Northboi will feature work by him, BlaqJerzee, Killertunes, Kel-P and P2J.
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 07:21 (four years ago) link
Killertunes, fuck it up!
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 10:07 (four years ago) link
the production is really nice, though yeah on first listen I'm not wowed by Wizzy. I could def see this growing on me though, and it would sound great slotted nearby Fever and Master Groove
― rob, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 22:51 (four years ago) link
Happy to see I’m not the only one left on ILM who cares about Wizzy!
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 19 September 2019 11:21 (four years ago) link
well, relieved rather than happy, I guess.
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 19 September 2019 13:47 (four years ago) link
I still care about Wizkid--frankly, it's ILM that I have less energy/attention for these days (not entirely the borad's fault...I started a phd program this fall)
― rob, Thursday, 19 September 2019 15:45 (four years ago) link
Ah very cool - though it does feel to me ILM is becoming flimsier by the month
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 19 September 2019 16:23 (four years ago) link
I'm still here, lol, just a bit overworked at the moment. Was a bit underwhelmed by Ghetto Love on the first listen, but it picked up serious steam on the second play.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 19 September 2019 18:34 (four years ago) link
hi longneck! I predict numerous even steamier replays in your near future
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 19 September 2019 18:42 (four years ago) link
I'm here for it!
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 20 September 2019 11:59 (four years ago) link
More ghetto lovin’, SA edition:
https://youtu.be/0XnQPK2FsF8K.O ft. Wizkid & DJ Maphorisa • Ghetto Boyz
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 28 September 2019 22:22 (four years ago) link
The way you make me Joro:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCUk7rIBBAEWizkid • Joro (produced by Northboi)”There's still no word as to when his long anticipated album Made In Lagos is dropping, but the stream of new material seems to suggest something may be in the works.”(per The Fader)
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 14:56 (four years ago) link
Ooh I like that...I gotta say, it would be so sweet if MiL came out the same year as African Giant
― rob, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 15:38 (four years ago) link
https://d3h6k4kfl8m9p0.cloudfront.net/stories/ETw1xM0X7HqdCa8rd7YrvA.jpg
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 16:34 (four years ago) link
New EP, SoundMan vol.1, out under the Starboy moniker.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 6 December 2019 13:48 (four years ago) link
say what?!
― breastcrawl, Friday, 6 December 2019 16:44 (four years ago) link
So the SoundMan, Vol. 1 EP is really good (quelle surprise!). It took more than a week, but two days ago I finally woke up with a track in my head. It happened to be “Cover Me”, produced by Kel-P, who’s got three tracks on this thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyXePlhf5Hg
“Electric”, my current favourite, is an A+ Wizzy love jam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubCBPWEvoVY
And “Jam” with Chronixx, is just that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua5GjyLPlRE
(I could do without “Mine”, one of the weaker songs in his oeuvre imo)
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 18 December 2019 17:21 (four years ago) link
I do have to say, nothing on the EP is as good as “Joro”. Surprised/disappointed that ILM has been sleeping on that one. It’s my song of the year. Only Wizkid can gel intimacy and exuberance like that. The way he comes in with “this kind love” after that silent beat is one of my favourite musical moments of the year.
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 18 December 2019 17:28 (four years ago) link
the kel p songs on here are so lush hes got the magic sauce
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 23:44 (four years ago) link
producer of the year
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 23:45 (four years ago) link
this whole EP is excellent.
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 23:59 (four years ago) link
"Joro" is excellent. Listening to the EP now...great start, is Chronixx ever less than perfect as a guest?
― rob, Thursday, 19 December 2019 14:10 (four years ago) link
oh wow the fiddle on "Blow" is heavenly
― rob, Thursday, 19 December 2019 14:12 (four years ago) link
rob, I’m kinda curious how you feel about reggae-lite Wizkid/Kel P. Do you like “Mine” more than I do?
― breastcrawl, Friday, 20 December 2019 19:35 (four years ago) link
I should give it one more spin, but no I think you were otm there
― rob, Friday, 20 December 2019 21:11 (four years ago) link
I almost wrote "reggae should be HEAVY," but my roots purist days are well behind me thankfully and I don't actually believe that. That said, I'm not sure Mine's problem is the genre/production. The song drags, the distorted guitar doesn't work in context, and then it's suddenly over. I just listened again and it's a relief when Electric starts--it does languorous right.
― rob, Friday, 20 December 2019 21:24 (four years ago) link
Drag is about right, unfortunately. Was ever so slightly second-guessing myself after I felt myself cruelly dismissing the old school tracks on the Busy Signal album.“Blow”, perhaps surprisingly, gets the video. It does everything it can to emphasise Blaq Jerzee’s role and downplay Wizzy’s. Anything to throw RCA off the scent, I guess:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN9XADMjYFU
― breastcrawl, Monday, 23 December 2019 21:10 (four years ago) link
More Wizkid, more Kel-P, plus de... Dadju:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWX3Q7ilISM“Danger”
― breastcrawl, Monday, 23 December 2019 21:28 (four years ago) link
the ultimate accolade?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjMts2i93-0Justin Bieber ft. BEAM • Freedom
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 5 April 2021 22:27 (three years ago) link
i do not know who this clown is but the real whiz kid is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaaqj9EQ6h8
― xzanfar, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 01:51 (three years ago) link
^can we ban this prick already? adding "unprovoked hostility" to your "just youtubes" posting style was not a move in the right direction
― rob, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 12:41 (three years ago) link
seconding, these were my exact feelings as well. I hardly ever fp, but I made an exception for this.
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 13:36 (three years ago) link
haven't seen anyone post this dj tunez x wiz amapiano-flavored banger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut4uAVjRxns
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Sunday, 28 May 2023 17:07 (ten months ago) link