UK afro - thread for discussing MoStack, J-Hus, Kojo Funds, Abra Cadabra, Belly Squad, Yxng Bane etc

Here for it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meuzeaGCyFY
Kojo Funds ft. Wizkid • I Like

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpCx3FIg8y8

Wiley's making pop music again. It's OK I guess

Wiley is also on the new Kida Kudz, which is more or less a follow-up to Ms Banks’s “Snack” (posted in The Other Thread), again produced by GuiltyBeatz:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7UhUyXEQR8
Kida Kudz ft. Wiley • Bounce

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-53446263

“The Official UK Afrobeats Top 20 will be announced on BBC Radio 1Xtra on Sunday.“

Good development, although it’s too bad they stuck with the Afrobeats tag instead of Afropop. Curious as to what they are going to include on this chart, and what will be excluded, both for UK tracks and actual African tracks.

I started listening to the NSG album but didn’t get all that far. I found the vocal interplay on some of the new tracks a bit messy and unfocussed, not like I remembered from the singles at all, they were real... bops. I should try again, maybe it was the wrong day.

Loved this one tho:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeTmN9jb3ks
NSG • MCM

Bonus point for being produced by Dutchman Yung Felix.

Here’s that first UK Afrobeats top 20:
https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/afrobeats-chart/

5 UK tracks (6 if I include Juls), of which 3 are in the top 5, one French track, the rest are Nigerian (most of them) or Ghanaian.

Looks like they’re sticking with the UK definition of Afrobeats as music of West African origin (whereas in the US it appears to be a catch-all term for all African pop music), since they chose not to include Master KG’s “Jerusalema”, not even in the remix version with Burna, even though it would have undoubtedly qualified sales-wise.

So time to post another NSG track, because “Grandad” is the number one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEPdfVZsd0U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcUq0DDt0Ro

surprised there's no chat about this tiktok smash w/ its many remixes (unless I'm looking in the wrong place) - seems right up ilm's alley

i'm pretty out of touch with tiktok hits but i'm glad something as good as that is one

think the new Headie One with international hitmakers Young T & Bugsey fits here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Px5l4mQ0H4
Headie One ft. Young T & Bugsey • Princess Cuts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSFgRsR5e20
Midas The Jagaban • Party With A Jagaban

Her previous single, her debut (!) by the looks of it, is as *afro* as it gets as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFI9SA1wSGI
Midas The Jagaban • Come We Bill Ehh

does this count?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8Bp3E9UPts
Emeli Sandé ft. Stonebwoy & Nana Rogues • More of You

Party With A Jagaban is brilliant.

it really is - and thanx for reminding me! I know I posted it myself just two weeks ago, but I had all but forgotten about it. back in heavy rotation, baby!

Britisch-Nigerianische Freundschaft:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xopfgeXDlKA
Bankulli x Not3s • Foreign

(produced by DJ Coublon)

Britisch-Nigerianische Freundschaft, part 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLE52edPGrI
MIST ft. Burna Boy • Rollin'

Not sure if this is really the right thread for this, but Nippa's Situation is a jam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqgr5v_Kml0

Loving this! Proper Team Salut comeback, imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Ik1anyzt0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VHHggtAxaQ
M Huncho ft. BNXN (fka Buju) • Pray 2 The East

(produced by Jae5)