Ok, so it turns out I fuck with all four of these ("Burning" the most, maybe?)
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 February 2019 00:46 (five years ago) link
this is good and i haven't heard it before now, so thank you for starting this thread
― The Elvis of Nationalism and Amoral Patriotism (rushomancy), Friday, 1 February 2019 00:49 (five years ago) link
xpostI could see that--she has a lightness of touch that's pretty atypical and enormously appealing plus a ton of youthful energy.
Toast is actually the one that's closest to dancehall, while the rest are more rooted in reggae (though a 21st century and, again, a light on its feet version of it).
Here's a fun video of her with Chronixx at Tuff Gong:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne1oIaPIyIw
― rob, Friday, 1 February 2019 00:54 (five years ago) link
that's heartening, she's solid live out the gate.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 1 February 2019 00:55 (five years ago) link
their reactions to each other at the end of that make me giddy
― rob, Friday, 1 February 2019 00:55 (five years ago) link
live-ish version of Raggamuffin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rziidDjoFkE
― rob, Friday, 1 February 2019 00:57 (five years ago) link
Crazy flow on "Raggamuffin".
― jmm, Friday, 1 February 2019 02:25 (five years ago) link
She has all the looks of a future icon to me. Rootsy dancehall is definitely a perfect direction to go into. I really like what's going on behind her in the production. And she finds time to do homage to 80s dancehall or Roots all the while working on an intense tune that sounds so fresh. Again, the details in Toast: those finger snaps, the different little synth melodies, the little drums. And maaaan it's spacey and bangs and flows. Amazing work for someone so young. And I talk most about Toast because I see it as a kind of masterpiece, but the others are A+ reggae too and she released them one after the other.
― Nabozo, Friday, 1 February 2019 10:08 (five years ago) link
All for this thread. Thanks, rob!
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 1 February 2019 10:08 (five years ago) link
Toast is very much my favourite, mostly because it's the one that has the least roots influence. Much as I like roots and reggae, living in the wookiest area of Bristol has made me a bit averse to roots-fusion music.
― frame casual (dog latin), Friday, 1 February 2019 16:19 (five years ago) link
what's wookiest?
i really like her, glad i clicked on thread
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 1 February 2019 16:54 (five years ago) link
lol does wookie mean white rasta in Bristol?
Toast is my favorite too, as Nabozo said the production is killer (Walshy Fire iirc). Watching that Big Yard Freestyle video a couple times yesterday made me get why longneck loves Raggamuffin so much though
― rob, Friday, 1 February 2019 17:16 (five years ago) link
liking these tracks, top thread
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Friday, 1 February 2019 17:29 (five years ago) link
https://encyclopediadramatica.rs/Wook
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 3 February 2019 19:51 (five years ago) link
I was liking “Toast” quite a lot already, but it has zoomed up all my rankings in the past few days. I’m also very fond of “Burning”.
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 3 February 2019 21:17 (five years ago) link
more or less. I was using it in that context I guess
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 4 February 2019 01:32 (five years ago) link
toast is so good
the performance w chronixx is so solid too
― ||||||||, Sunday, 17 February 2019 00:31 (five years ago) link
Perhaps not surprisingly, “Toast” is also by far the biggest Jamaican song in Africa right now, especially in the Eastern reggae stronghold (as in top 10 streaming in Uganda, for example).How big is Koffee in Jamaica itself? Is she a breakout star or does she have more of a leftfield appeal?
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 17 February 2019 02:49 (five years ago) link
all her singles so far are great
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Sunday, 17 February 2019 03:31 (five years ago) link
Great videos for "Toast" and "Throne" too.
― jmm, Sunday, 17 February 2019 03:34 (five years ago) link
This is a cool interview. Apparently the EP comes out next month.
Also of note: it's her birthday today (Feb 16), and she loves Afrobeats.
― jmm, Sunday, 17 February 2019 03:50 (five years ago) link
"I hope to start a wave of gratitude."
― jmm, Sunday, 17 February 2019 03:52 (five years ago) link
That is a good interview! Excited to hear there's a track with Govana on the EP, that could be v cool. And I loved her answer to the Mud Up question--gonna have to find a way to keep my excitement about her crossover powers under control.
I'd been hesitant to listen to that Usain Bolt tribute song, but as much as it's clearly juvenilia, now I get why she got signed so quickly (also fun to learn that he played a part in her getting noticed). I hope there's an acoustic track on the EP, she's got all kinds of talent.
― rob, Sunday, 17 February 2019 15:52 (five years ago) link
It’s not every year The Singles Jukebox reviews a Jamaican song.
― breastcrawl, Monday, 4 March 2019 20:06 (five years ago) link
smh at Alfred
anyway, Rapture is out March 14
― rob, Monday, 4 March 2019 20:41 (five years ago) link
Rapture is out and it's gorgeous, even though I must admit I was hoping for more than two new tracks.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 15 March 2019 15:28 (five years ago) link
yeah i was p excited but it's kinda just her spotify top tracks which i've been listening to lately
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 15 March 2019 15:31 (five years ago) link
Yeah, it’s the four singles plus a track called “Blazin”, on Spotify at least. Is there a second new track somewhere (else)?
― breastcrawl, Friday, 15 March 2019 15:38 (five years ago) link
The title track is new, isn't it?
― jmm, Friday, 15 March 2019 15:39 (five years ago) link
yeah
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 15 March 2019 15:42 (five years ago) link
Ah yeah, my bad. “Burning” is not on it.
― breastcrawl, Friday, 15 March 2019 15:46 (five years ago) link
the EP is fantastic of course. I wonder if the Govana remix is forthcoming or its absence explains the brief delay
― rob, Sunday, 17 March 2019 15:42 (five years ago) link
playing NYC on June 12https://concerts1.livenation.com/event/000056758C8D2228
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 15:20 (five years ago) link
oof every time I check if an artist I like is coming to Montreal soon, they're all just playing Osheaga :/
I would kill to see her in London tomorrow night with Alicai Harley
― rob, Wednesday, 27 March 2019 16:39 (five years ago) link
not much to hear but still a little thrill:
Omggggg Koffee covered Burna Boy’s Ye my actual heart 😭😭😭😭🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 I love her bmt cc @Compozers pic.twitter.com/LtgtHnnvM1— manda (@Comanda_x) March 27, 2019
― rob, Sunday, 31 March 2019 19:12 (five years ago) link
here's a full version from 1xtra:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ld79_2whFE
though I think I prefer this live one: https://youtu.be/x29yehMWKXY
the Atlantic has a good if slightly awkward profile of her: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/04/meet-koffee-jamaicas-teenage-reggae-sensation/586138/
― rob, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 17:45 (five years ago) link
As a Koffee fan I was insanely vexed by my friends introducing me to both the Ye cover and Rapture yesterday. I have cool friends though.
― Nabozo, Sunday, 7 April 2019 18:14 (five years ago) link
its getting a huge pr push it feels like
really good though!
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Sunday, 7 April 2019 23:26 (five years ago) link
Koffee ft. Govana • Rapture (Remix): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cm8duEzi3A
― breastcrawl, Friday, 31 May 2019 07:10 (four years ago) link
It's good, but since the original is perfect it also seems a bit unnecessary.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 31 May 2019 13:02 (four years ago) link
pretty great! I kind of wish they'd actually done a real remix so it would feel a little more necessary, but Govana's verses are great. Good video too
― rob, Friday, 31 May 2019 13:36 (four years ago) link
NYC show pushed to September
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 31 May 2019 17:07 (four years ago) link
Yep.https://urbanislandz.com/2019/06/01/koffee-writing-songs-rihannas-dancehall-album/?fbclid=IwAR0Et2Q-M4q8qwu_6V10NpEQYdzXxuyYB2ViqTpuqAvR3DZwWZ7uEDjJsAw
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Sunday, 2 June 2019 09:02 (four years ago) link
as much as I want that to be true, I'm gonna stick with my believe when I see it approach to R9
― rob, Sunday, 2 June 2019 12:18 (four years ago) link
Missed this completely, dropped a month ago: Koffee and Chronixx jumping on Sheeran & Bieber’s “I Don’t Care”...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V00H7l7BgN4
(wish they had left S&B’s vocals off completely, but still not a good song anyway)
― breastcrawl, Monday, 29 July 2019 21:48 (four years ago) link
So Burna and Koffee performed on Kimmel days apart? Missed opportunity if there ever was one:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BtonHilG0E
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 31 July 2019 07:39 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQF69A3oGjM
― rob, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 13:51 (four years ago) link
Love this obvs
Very unexpected feature, but Gunna sounds good I think? Lyrics not exactly on point but whatever. Izy Beats has quite a resume building (he produced that nice Jorja Smith/Burna tune too).
― rob, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 13:56 (four years ago) link
Is she a fan of known coffee lovers The Descendents?
Attitude is a mustOn our endless questTo play hard, play fastYou must sacrifice
― ☮ (peace, man), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 14:08 (four years ago) link
odd but enjoyable video for the Daniel Caesar "Cyanide" remix, gives her verse the spotlight and reduces exposure to Caesar's questionable pas-tois (though I basically dig the song):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZnWdA_uwYU
― rob, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:40 (four years ago) link
I'd prefer an album announcement but excited nonetheless
PULL UP 🏁🧡Next Thursday https://t.co/arF37TdIBA pic.twitter.com/T4Mm4I1yuC— Koffee (@originalkoffee) January 28, 2022
― rob, Friday, 28 January 2022 19:41 (two years ago) link
North American tour finallyhttps://www.instagram.com/p/CZZhMqQK_JG/
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Monday, 31 January 2022 15:41 (two years ago) link
omg Montreal!
and oh shit w/Ayra Starr and Buju!!
― rob, Monday, 31 January 2022 15:50 (two years ago) link
oh sorry, it's OR not AND
― rob, Monday, 31 January 2022 15:51 (two years ago) link
might check her out at coachella.
― DT, Monday, 31 January 2022 19:54 (two years ago) link
i feel like the ny play must be webster hall
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Monday, 31 January 2022 22:17 (two years ago) link
The Montreal venue already has it listed so it’s worth checking (assuming you didn’t already)
― rob, Monday, 31 January 2022 22:19 (two years ago) link
good callPier 17 huh? https://www.ticketmaster.com/koffee-the-gifted-tour-new-york-new-york-05-12-2022/event/1D005C3B92D50CC2
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Monday, 31 January 2022 22:22 (two years ago) link
lol, two ga standing room tickets are $106; fuck you ticketmaster
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 3 February 2022 02:41 (two years ago) link
hopefully this salves that wound forks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvp9E12E4hQ
Pull Up, prod by Jae5
― rob, Thursday, 3 February 2022 19:08 (two years ago) link
it rules btw, she is so much FUN
― rob, Thursday, 3 February 2022 19:11 (two years ago) link
goddamn she is really great
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 3 February 2022 20:01 (two years ago) link
impressed with Jae5 here too, the sax is a major(ly great) element
― rob, Thursday, 3 February 2022 20:02 (two years ago) link
she dropping the album this year?
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Thursday, 3 February 2022 21:06 (two years ago) link
yes! Gifted, scheduled for March 25. apparently Lockdown and West Indies are on it along with this
― rob, Thursday, 3 February 2022 21:08 (two years ago) link
Here's the tracklist. No mention of features, though I was reasonably certain Burna was on this
01 x1002 Defend03 Shine04 Gifted05 Lonely06 Run Away07 Where I’m From08 West Indies09 Pull Up10 Lockdown
― rob, Thursday, 3 February 2022 21:10 (two years ago) link
love the sax, jae5 rules
looking forward to the album
― ufo, Friday, 4 February 2022 00:01 (two years ago) link
damn can't wait
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Friday, 4 February 2022 00:08 (two years ago) link
what a great tune. i'm a car hater and i love it lol.
great song, use of sax reminds me of made in lagos
― J0rdan S., Friday, 4 February 2022 00:26 (two years ago) link
Tix secured for the Nashville show! Psyched.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 4 February 2022 14:07 (two years ago) link
the way the sax interplays with the organ during the solo is *chef's kiss*
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Friday, 4 February 2022 14:14 (two years ago) link
different palette, different textures, but Koffee sounds good on Cruel Santino’s “Deadman Bone” as well:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snjnbEfB6jc(Cruel Santino is the Nigerian alté artist formerly known as Santi - he’s got a new album out)
― celebrating ten years of constant posting (breastcrawl), Saturday, 5 March 2022 22:47 (two years ago) link
yeah she sounds cool on that. the whole album sounded good on a somewhat distracted listen
― rob, Sunday, 6 March 2022 16:06 (two years ago) link
yeah, listened to it in full yesterday - really liked it, apart from the indie lull in the third quarter.
― celebrating ten years of constant posting (breastcrawl), Sunday, 6 March 2022 19:41 (two years ago) link
Where's it out? I thought it was March 25? Or has it just leaked?
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 7 March 2022 14:04 (two years ago) link
we were talking about the Cruel Santino album, Subaru Boys: FINAL HEAVEN - and yes, it doesn’t really belong on this thread.
― celebrating ten years of constant posting (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 March 2022 14:14 (two years ago) link
Oooooh. Gotcha. Just Koffee-focused.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 7 March 2022 14:38 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwZSx8Ud9pE
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 23 March 2022 17:45 (two years ago) link
really pleased that she's both living up to the hype and that there IS so much hype behind her now
otm! I was initially a little sad about there being no features on the album—I just want the Burna collab please—but it's pretty rad her label didn't force any off-brand guests on her
here's the studio version of Shine for the curious (it's not v different):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68IqNQE6Iio
― rob, Wednesday, 23 March 2022 18:10 (two years ago) link
Gifted is very sweet. It's a little more laidback than I was expecting, but she's so positive it feels p different from other overly chilled pop (also there is contemporary reggae on here you'd likely never hear elsewhere in the pop megaverse). And the track sequence is like an energy crescendo with "Where I'm From" the clear standout new one for me, and some of the first few tracks sound almost demo-ish. So sort of like w/ the new Rosalía, there's an expectation adjustment wrt to big pop moves and there's something possibly covid-era about its horizons. That said, if you know someone who hasn't heard the singles, this could be mind-blowing.
Tempted to put it on again immediately but I also need to hear the new Rema
― rob, Friday, 25 March 2022 14:10 (two years ago) link
happy koffee day
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 25 March 2022 14:20 (two years ago) link
i'm hard-wired to think that something that sounds like "lonely" should be corny, but no, i'm floored. what a song.
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Friday, 25 March 2022 15:06 (two years ago) link
"where i'm from," goddamn
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Friday, 25 March 2022 15:13 (two years ago) link
just started this again and I wish Defend was a full track
― rob, Friday, 25 March 2022 15:15 (two years ago) link
worth noting Where I'm From is one of the several she has sole producer credit on
― rob, Friday, 25 March 2022 15:16 (two years ago) link
I love Koffee, but on first listen this sounds a little too geared towards the early hours open air festival stage set. I love the second half with all the already released hits - but so far the first half seems to miss a little bit of edge. I can see myself warming to it though.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 25 March 2022 22:24 (two years ago) link
Where I’m From is basically what I was hoping for more of.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 25 March 2022 22:28 (two years ago) link
this is quite good but a little slight compared to what i would have expected for her proper debut album
― ufo, Saturday, 26 March 2022 00:34 (two years ago) link
I need to listen a few more times but it brings me no joy to agree
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 26 March 2022 06:39 (two years ago) link
That's a fair take; it's only about 20 minutes of new music.
My disappointment is mitigated by otherwise being impressed with how methodically she has developed her career. But I can't deny it's a bummer we didn't get a whole set that sounded like Where I'm From, West Indies, Lockdown etc.
― rob, Saturday, 26 March 2022 14:45 (two years ago) link
I hear what you all mean by "slight," but tbh I love the album. I listened to it like 4 times in a row last night. I rolled my eyes the first time at the "Redemption Song" sample in the intro, but she makes it work musically and also I respect it as a sign of her ambitions — she wants to break big, and I'll be happy for her if she does. Overall I think it's basically delightful, everything flows nicely from one track to the next.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 30 March 2022 18:11 (two years ago) link
yeah this is better than I gave it credit for on day one (didn't help that it was competing for my attention with the maximalist new Rema). There's something subtly sophisticated about how the production creates space(s) for her voice, but does so differently on every new track; the title track is particularly good at this but I hear it on Runaway and Where I'm From too. Very much agree about the flow too
one thing: if you are surprised to find yourself loving "Lonely" you should probably check out Chronixx if you haven't before :)
― rob, Wednesday, 30 March 2022 18:44 (two years ago) link
Being bedridden sick was probably not the best way to enjoy Koffee but I couldn't shake off the feeling that the last three previously released songs are still the strongest, followed by the two immediately before it. The impact of the album is completely overshadowed by the impact that the singles and EPs had.
― Nabozo, Thursday, 31 March 2022 10:16 (two years ago) link
Oh my wife is right, that is her singing "fiesta forever" (Lionel Richie quote) in the great song "West Indies." "Where I'm From" and "Locked Down" and a bunch of others are faves of mine also. Her best cuts have a pop catchiness but with rhythmic power that's not watered down.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 14 April 2022 03:45 (two years ago) link