i kind of love this track that came on random shuffle on YouTube—the vocal harmonies are pretty dope, and i dig it as a liberation anthem.
Dj Maphorisa x Kabza De Small ft Mhaw Keys - Koko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0fuyILii2g
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Saturday, 3 August 2019 01:10 (four years ago) link
Just heard Davido's "Fall" on my local DC rap/r'n'b station so that marketing push for the song mentioned upthread in a January Rolling Stone article (and a later Rolling Stone article) must still be going...
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 3 August 2019 03:03 (four years ago) link
HOLY SHIT SOLEGE
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 3 August 2019 06:21 (four years ago) link
it seems like a lot of other people like it, too, given that it had garnered approximately 60,000 more views in the past 18 hours
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Saturday, 3 August 2019 21:17 (four years ago) link
*has.
It is pretty massive. I could see him crossing over to more mainstream audiences in a big way tbh.
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Saturday, 3 August 2019 21:20 (four years ago) link
and of course i'm an idiot, and i don't mean "mainstream," i mean "western/US". way to look like an asshole, table. [hides under rock]
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Saturday, 3 August 2019 21:21 (four years ago) link
I'm thinking that it's interesting and instructive that Davido and Wizkid have both opted for Chris Brown collabos as if they think *that's* the audience that will help them cross over - while Burna Boy piggybacks off Dave's Location straight into the brit charts.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 5 August 2019 14:14 (four years ago) link
ummm so I'm supposed to be talking to a documentary film maker about possibly being a researcher for a new film about afrobeats. interesting!
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 5 August 2019 14:35 (four years ago) link
can anyone recommend a site where i can order physical copies of some of these sent to an south african address?
― Heez, Monday, 5 August 2019 15:08 (four years ago) link
enjoying busiswa being joyously sweary herehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cY0nFJpos0
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 16:53 (four years ago) link
xpost,
I don't think there are a lot of physical copies of this stuff at all, Heez!
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 18:25 (four years ago) link
not even as dubplates?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 19:48 (four years ago) link
Even for the full album releases? I'm looking for the Sun-El and Simmy albums and have my sister in Joberg checking all sorts of places with no luck.
― Heez, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 19:55 (four years ago) link
I bought two copies of the Simmy album at the Musica down on Waterfront in Cape Town in March - I think they had the Sun El as well.
And yes, Tuomas, if you’re reading this it means that I did buy it for you. I just forgot to send it to you - sorry! I still have it if you want it.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 14:09 (four years ago) link
Thought you were specifically askibg about naija music, heez. Sorry again.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 14:10 (four years ago) link
No prob! I did find this record store in Joberg call Afrosynth Records which is now the first place I’m going when I eventually head over there again
― Heez, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 14:13 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxjpzUgZvbo
I'm thinking this girl has potential
I haven't found too many new things that excite me in afrobeats. Some things are good (Supernova, Boda Sodiq, Oil & Gas) but they're not "new".
― Nabozo, Saturday, 10 August 2019 21:09 (four years ago) link
Welcoming to the thread: Swae Lee. His new single is produced and co-written by Tekno.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBioIsLoXoESwae Lee ft. Drake • Won’t Be Late
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 17 August 2019 19:41 (four years ago) link
Really enjoying Eazzy - Away posted upthread
― frame casual (dog latin), Sunday, 18 August 2019 13:53 (four years ago) link
Happy Mondays!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odSYrpgSPccMaWhoo ft. Heavy K • Umshado
― breastcrawl, Monday, 19 August 2019 06:55 (four years ago) link
Got to say that the Swae Drake and Tekno works well for me.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 19 August 2019 09:10 (four years ago) link
It’s wonderful, plays to both Swae Lee and Drake’s strengths.
― breastcrawl, Monday, 19 August 2019 18:12 (four years ago) link
Hoping it will become a big (US/international) hit, to keep the Afropop momentum going.
― breastcrawl, Monday, 19 August 2019 18:18 (four years ago) link
Drake has no strengths :)but otherwise yes, very nice tune
― rob, Monday, 19 August 2019 18:24 (four years ago) link
been trying to put together a nice afrobeats mix recently. but my first attempt ended up being a bit flabby, with about 70% drifting by, a little tame, lacking a bit of the fun and dynamicism of a previous mix I made, or how it feels when I mix dancehall and soca. there are some great tunes on it, but together they lack punch until I get to the faster stuff at the end. I guess it's my usual coming about (some) afrobeats, that it can sometimes be a bit smooth and lacking the bite of other styles. and a lot of rhythms are starting to sound like each other until, of course you get a curveball. I can't help feeling that the enormous wave of SA house kicked off by Sun El and co is starting to feel a bit like a glut, for example. I guess I'm really just asking where I can hear more bangers..
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 19 August 2019 22:57 (four years ago) link
also I accidentally contaminated the mix with Drake which makes it a curate's egg
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 19 August 2019 22:58 (four years ago) link
I’m curious: what do you consider “glut” (glut, natural glut)? When it comes to SA I would have thought stuff like “Tshikwama” or “Umshado” might be right up your alley.Also I think this thread at least offers a variety of bangers of many different stripes.This brings out the bang in banger, for instance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDSuBKrTLPkScrô Q Cuia ft. Nerú Americano • O PintinPerforming it live on Angolan TV.
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 08:16 (four years ago) link
Or I could always post the next A-Star, guy is relentless, it’s hard to keep up:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFMVEAdB2EsA-Star • Hypeman
Learn the dance routine.
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 08:19 (four years ago) link
I am absolutely loving A-Star and Material Culture and Eazzy at the moment. Feel like that's the kind of stuff I most want to mix rather than the more warm-house and r'n'b inflected stuff
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 15:34 (four years ago) link
do we cover much east african stuff ITT? I feel like with quite a few festivals like Nyege Nyege and Ongala taking place this summer, it's something I'd like to know more about
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 15:36 (four years ago) link
Music from East African countries is relatively underrepresented here, and it tends to be mainly the chart-oriented stuff by people like Diamond Platnumz and Rayvanny. However, there was a bit of singeli/Nyege Nyege Tapes discussion on the Rolling herky-jerky thread earlier this year, as mentioned upthread, and I posted a Jay Mitta track here - which is of course also featured on this Spotify playlist of most of the African stuff posted on various threads.
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 18:07 (four years ago) link
https://www.nyegenyege.com/2019-artist-lineup/This is the lineup for the Nyege Nyege Festival, to be held in two weeks’ time. Dozens of names, of which I know only a few. Feel free to post interesting tracks!
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 18:27 (four years ago) link
ah cool. i was so keen to go to NN this year but it was a mission and i didn't go in the end, mch to my current disappointment
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 18:48 (four years ago) link
that line up looks intriguing even though i've heard of maybe 2% of it.
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 18:50 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxQ9MRxm9UoMr Eazi ft. Simi • DoyinGlorious production by Killertunes
― breastcrawl, Friday, 23 August 2019 06:35 (four years ago) link
oh, there’s a video already:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBMredVuy7M
― breastcrawl, Friday, 23 August 2019 16:29 (four years ago) link
gorgeous
― big city slam (Spottie), Friday, 23 August 2019 16:32 (four years ago) link
Not all that random Ghanaian highlife rap I’m loving:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsNCFKjB_x8NiiQuaye ft. Kirani Ayat & Akan • Twa Wonan Ase
― breastcrawl, Friday, 23 August 2019 21:59 (four years ago) link
This is fantastic. A Best of Flavour and Flavour-featuring songs would be so great:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie6HixFu_IEJay Fashion ft. Flavour • Ikuwago(what’s that kick-ass high-pitched instrument that plays during the chorus and is most clearly heard in the final 18 seconds?)
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 24 August 2019 19:38 (four years ago) link
(I guess it could be a distorted version of the traditional flute that Igbo musicians like Flavour sometimes use when they “take it to the village”)
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 24 August 2019 20:03 (four years ago) link
Two from Liberia:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO7KxEhzAdYKobazzie ft. Davido • Bounce (Remix)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbOEQklxDFsJSB ft. D. Pretty • Bluetooth
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 24 August 2019 21:34 (four years ago) link
Obama has Rema’s Iron Man on his summer playlist, lol.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Sunday, 25 August 2019 05:32 (four years ago) link
never catching up on the thread this year, but "Doyin" is lovely
a friend just told me Koffee is on there too. If he tweets about "Balloon" we'll know he's a lurker
― rob, Sunday, 25 August 2019 17:51 (four years ago) link
Koffee is on “Doyin”? Doing what? Backing vocals?HOWEVER, Killertunes has a 🎈in his Twitter bio, so I don’t know anymore...
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 25 August 2019 19:27 (four years ago) link
koffee is on O's playlist i think rob mean
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 25 August 2019 19:48 (four years ago) link
aaah lolBarack BALLOON Obama
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 25 August 2019 20:00 (four years ago) link
haha sorry that is what I meant, should have put an xp on that
― rob, Monday, 26 August 2019 18:38 (four years ago) link
a promoter friend is traveling through E Africa at the moment and heard this on the radio. It's brilliant
https://youtu.be/9VSz1gKlfmk
B Gway (et al) - Ndembe
― frame casual (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 22:46 (four years ago) link
weird'n'warpy Kenyan trip hop from Nah Eeto - Kichaa. This is from very late 2018 but there's a new album out soon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZxDQM7gcRM
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 00:15 (four years ago) link
That’s the spirit! Loving “Ndembe”, especially when it goes into overdrive during Sholo Mwamba’s section. (unfortunately, this remix is not on Spotify, so it’s the original version [minus Sholo] on the playlist. Still good!)
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 20:17 (four years ago) link