Another Guilty Banger:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POQvDT4PjD8Pappy Kojo • Thomasy3yaw
― breastcrawl, Friday, 15 November 2019 22:16 (four years ago) link
This is also from Ghana, and pretty awesome:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsL8i6gEX0IFokn Bois ft. Mr Eazi • True FriendsA little bit of background:https://pan-african-music.com/en/fokn-bois-true-friends-2/(nice to have this back to back with the Amaarae video D-40 posted)
― breastcrawl, Friday, 15 November 2019 22:26 (four years ago) link
Wonderful highlife pop from Simi:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFK7v_-tkEUSimi • Selense
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 16 November 2019 06:43 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjCVx8i2PCA
For the appetite for French in this thread. Good DRC-stamped lovers song. Sounds so close to Aka Nakamura.
― Nabozo, Sunday, 17 November 2019 11:50 (four years ago) link
I love Simi. So pop, so nice, yet so hypnotic and complex.
― Frederik B, Sunday, 17 November 2019 12:09 (four years ago) link
More stuff from the francosphere is definitely welcome!(btw, for searching purposes and suchlike, the track in question is “Katchua” by Ya Levis)
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 17 November 2019 13:26 (four years ago) link
Your daily dose of Nini:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4Nmf_ul9FIYcee ft. Niniola • Chocolata
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:08 (four years ago) link
I love FOKN BOIS
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 19:24 (four years ago) link
This hardly ever happens: an East African jam blowing up in West Africa, but this track from Uganda is currently top 10 streaming in Naija and Ghana:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMfMuZ9fjjIBigTril • Parte After Parte
― breastcrawl, Friday, 22 November 2019 08:12 (four years ago) link
Love it
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Friday, 22 November 2019 09:33 (four years ago) link
I'm thinking of putting on an afrobeats DJ night, possibly focusing on contemporary pop, dance and more out-there sounds from around Africa, potentially incorporating modern music from other parts of the world too if it feels right. Having difficulty knowing how to label and market the idea though. I know the term 'afrobeats' comes with baggage, or applies specifically to Nigerian and Ghanian music for a lot of people. Plus I'm wary of lumping lots of countries into one genre. There are a lot of 'world dance' music nights in Bristol, but they tend to focus on vintage vinyly stuff (actual afrobeat, cumbia etc) than new electronic and pop vibes. What would be the most succinct and polite way of putting it? A friend told me that he and his mate used to refer to it as 'global wreckage' for whatever reason!
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Friday, 22 November 2019 15:31 (four years ago) link
I'm really enjoying the Davido album. Such a nice vibe.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 23 November 2019 18:29 (four years ago) link
Global wreckage does sound catchy fwiw.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 25 November 2019 10:34 (four years ago) link
davido album is indeed lovely, glad to see it get some recognition from p4k too
― ufo, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 11:59 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZBsYtLsT_w
anybody heard of this guy sonyjojo? i believe he's nigerian. this song "monicar" is awesome... it sounds like someone took a wizkid song and kinda smeared it with their hand a bit. the production is really cool.
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 30 November 2019 07:22 (four years ago) link
it took me a week of it idly bugging me but i realised davido's "1 milli" rips its synth line from dua lipa's "be the one"
― ufo, Sunday, 1 December 2019 13:16 (four years ago) link
Anyone seeing end of year lists that include Afropop? Was hoping Burna Boy might crossover to some, but haven’t really noticed that. A twitter search of “Burna Boy top 2019” did bring me to a list of top south of the Sahara streamed songs, that included him.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 20:41 (four years ago) link
I'm seeing burna in best of album collections but that's about it.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 20:44 (four years ago) link
Jazz & more critic Ted Gioa has a 100 album list and then a follow -up 100 honorable mention list. Burna Boy is on the honorable mention list!
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 20:52 (four years ago) link
NOT GOOD ENOUGH!
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 22:08 (four years ago) link
Yep. Ok, Amanda Petrusich has Burna Boy ( & Mdou Moctar) in her New Yorker top album list
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 5 December 2019 00:12 (four years ago) link
pretty banner year for afrobeats on my best songs list (comin monday)
― sean gramophone, Friday, 6 December 2019 18:53 (four years ago) link
Colour me curious. I always enjoy your EOY lists a lot.
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 7 December 2019 13:12 (four years ago) link
New Afro B single (from Afrowave 3). My favorite since Melanin, I think:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8K3onYQ44o
― daavid, Monday, 9 December 2019 22:02 (four years ago) link
Here is sean gramophone’s list, if I may be so bold, and below are the songs on it that are relevant to our thread:(3) Sarkodie ft. Akan • All Die Be Die(16) Zlatan • This Year(34) Niniola • Boda Sodiq(42) Blick Bassy • Where We Go(45) A-Star • Solege(49) Afro B ft. Wizkid • Drogba (Joanna) (Remix)(51) Beyoncé • Find Your Way Back(61) Tresor ft. Msaki • Sondela(69) Mahalia ft. Burna Boy • Simmer(77) Fireboy DML • Jealous(80) Santi ft. Shane Eagle, Tomi Agape & Amaarae • Rapid Fire(88) J Balvin & Bad Bunny ft. Mr Eazi • Como Un BebéHuge overlap with These Threads, it has to be said (down to the Niniola recording session video!). Synchronicity?(small point of order: A-Star is Ghanaian (by way of London iirc), it’s “Solege”s beatmaker Kel-P who’s Nigerian - he also produced “Boda Sodiq”!)Looking forward to exploring the rest of your list, Sean!
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 20:41 (four years ago) link
haha, no synchronicity! ilx is one of my primary discovery nexuses (nexi?)
thanks for the A-Star correction - i correctly attributed him in the demographics, i think - but you're right the blurb is confusing
and thanks for all the recommendations this year and every year
― sean gramophone, Thursday, 12 December 2019 14:42 (four years ago) link
just had to stop in to say Umona is my jam, TNS is really killing it this year.
Joburg is nice too but fuck Mamphi.
― Will (kruezer2), Saturday, 14 December 2019 23:06 (four years ago) link
agreed on all counts
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 14 December 2019 23:20 (four years ago) link
Half my favorite tracks are from Burna BoyAnd still Wizkid can claim to have the biggest hit with Brown Skin GirlFollowed by Low btwInama is so funSolegeA few others
And then it just pales comapred to what's on the Mzansi sideAkulalekiThe entire Sha Sha EPThe sound of Kabza de SmallLabantwana Ama Uber SondelaInto IngaweBaby Are You Coming ?John Cena (+ best video)Joburg
― Nabozo, Sunday, 15 December 2019 14:10 (four years ago) link
ad “John Cena”: are you referring to the COLORS video?I was aware of some kind of hype around it, but never investigated, mainly because the name ‘John Cena’ meant nothing to me. This is pretty wild though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElRhKFvQWGA
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 15 December 2019 14:55 (four years ago) link
Yeah I was, she's hilarious in that clip. Chichichi chi chi chi. Though I heard a few bad things from people who got close to her via videomaking - but hey, celebrity is a burden to carry. I had no more idea about wrestling than you, but yeah her reaction is priceless.
― Nabozo, Monday, 16 December 2019 20:37 (four years ago) link
...all of the above tying in nicely with her brand new video for the Shangaan Shake that is “Kona”, celebrating the first anniversary of her debut album (which I will consider a 2019 release for EOY purposes):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jkXL_TMEigSho Madjozi • Kona
― breastcrawl, Monday, 16 December 2019 20:59 (four years ago) link
As I mentioned on the “Baby Are You Coming?” thread, DJ Sumbody’s Ashi Nthwela album is awesome. The new single/video is “4 The Kulture” with Busiswa, but right now I find myself drawn much more to the pop sheen of “Mabebeza” (with Mthe): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_oDr9vGDuE
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 11:45 (four years ago) link
"john cena" is cool and all but i love "kano", will have to check out the album
― ufo, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 11:56 (four years ago) link
Kabza* is truly unstoppable** right now. A 15-track (!) sequel to Scorpion Kings, one of the year’s best, is out already, called, who’d have thunk, The Return of the Scorpion Kings. Besides Piano Hub he also dropped an officially solo, instrumentals-only, mixtape, Pretty Girls Love Amapiano in the meantime, which is very good as well.This is Return’s breakout hit:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DR1HuRiAAAKabza De Small x DJ Maphorisa ft. Semi Tee, Miano & Kammu Dee • Lorch“Sandton” with Focalistic, Kamo Mphela & Bontle Smith is another certified banger. There’s tracks with Samthing and Mlindo (and Hugh Masekela!) as well. *to be read as “Kabza De Small & DJ Maphorisa” for contractual reasons
― breastcrawl, Monday, 23 December 2019 23:40 (four years ago) link
**as for his unstoppableness, the following are the Kabza-produced tracks in today’s South African streaming top 10:#1 Lorch#4 Akulaleki (with Samthing & Sha Sha)#6 Love You Tonight (with MFR Souls & Sha Sha)#7 Nana Thula#9 Tender Love (with Sha Sha)#10 SandtonAnd these are the top ranking Kabza-heavy albums in SA today, again as per Apple Music:#1 The Return of the Scorpion Kings#2 Isphithiphithi (Samthing Soweto)#3 Blossom (Sha Sha)#11 Scorpion Kings#12 Piano HubAnd this is not a temporary glitch, it’s been like this consistently for the past few weeks.
― breastcrawl, Monday, 23 December 2019 23:48 (four years ago) link
Okay, Lorch is mindblowingly great, almost on the level of Akulaleki. This is becoming like when DJ Mustard was in his prime.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 00:05 (four years ago) link
Happy holidays everybody!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCZVL_8D048Master KG ft. Nomcebo • Jerusalem
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 12:21 (four years ago) link
Don’t forget to nominate all your goodies (tracks + albums) for the EOY!
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 15:16 (four years ago) link
Nothing says Christmas like Angolan KudurAfro House. It’s the most wonderful sound in the world!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV2RAmMIfQAPink 2 Toques • Puxa a Calça(check here if you’d like to see them pulling up their pants live)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV9yrBWRURINoite & Dia • Kapotahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18OXY3lBo-YNerú Americano ft. Scró Q Cuia • Tic Taahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMl057tB1IwScró Q Cuia ft. Os Moikanos • Oiii Mana (a/k/a “Ai Meu Deus”)...and this one, have mercy on me:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rraVVk7iDq4Os Pilukas ft. ED-Sangria • Tá Tremer(the last three of these are produced by the magnificent DJ Vado Pôster)
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 26 December 2019 20:46 (four years ago) link
...or you could just watch this, which features most of the above:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxhqRR0R2vg
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 26 December 2019 20:47 (four years ago) link
(between these and “Jerusalema” I think I’ve got the festive spirit covered)
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 26 December 2019 20:48 (four years ago) link
(and it’s “Tá Treme”, apologies)
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 26 December 2019 21:12 (four years ago) link
Still loving Rema “Dumebi “ . A track of the year
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 29 December 2019 01:32 (four years ago) link
Otm
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Sunday, 29 December 2019 04:10 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzzNAMU5eWY
recently discovered "this is love" by lady zamar and it's lovely and quickly becoming one of my favourites this year. gorgeous south african house
the album it's from, monarch, is very good too, just way too long at 20 tracks/90 minutes
― ufo, Monday, 30 December 2019 02:12 (four years ago) link
Yeah, it’s definitely overly long, and without enough stand-outs imo. Fwiw, the other tracks I saved to my playlist at the time were “ICU”, “Delirium” and “Sharp Shooter”.
― breastcrawl, Monday, 30 December 2019 08:54 (four years ago) link
https://www.jonathanbogart.net/blog/100-songs-2019
He's got Afropop, caribbean sounds, Latinx reggaeton, US & UK and more
1. Seyi Shay ft. Runtown, “Gimme Love”; 2. Bad Bunny ft. Tainy, “Callaíta”; 3. Titica ft. Laton Cordeiro, “Giro Na Bicicleta”; 4. Lady Zamar, “This Is Love”;5. Tomasa del Real, “Contigo”;
― curmudgeon, Monday, 30 December 2019 16:10 (four years ago) link
Anybody made Obama's YE list
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 30 December 2019 17:07 (four years ago) link
Obama has Burna Boy "Anybody," Rema "Iron Man," and Angelique Kidjo " La Vida es un Carnaval" ( Rollo Tomasi remix)" and Jamaican vocalist Koffee "Toast" on his list
― curmudgeon, Monday, 30 December 2019 17:34 (four years ago) link