voted for Dangote as it sounds like Anybody is sure to win and I love getting the Dangote lyrics (or my fucked up mental approximation of them) in my head
― rob, Tuesday, 10 December 2019 14:07 (four years ago) link
I learnt at work yesterday that Dangote is a Nigerian company that sold everything from groceries and clothing to now moving to cement and oil production in the Delta, and that mister Dangote is now the richest man in Africa.
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 10 December 2019 19:38 (four years ago) link
Their commercials are all over CNN!
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 10 December 2019 19:57 (four years ago) link
dangote is my favourite too
― tony blair electric chair (||||||||), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 20:21 (four years ago) link
Voting deadline fast approaching and I still haven’t made up my mind.
I was lucky enough to see Burna live in Amsterdam in October (in the biggest venue for an Afropop act so far) and can confirm: literally all of these tracks are anthems. The crowd lapped it up, and he was all smiles all the time. Nothing Tiny Desk about it at all!
So I’m more or less following Nabozo’s reasoning: “Gbona” and “On The Low” (no matter how gigantic they are still) are out, they were 2018 EOY material. So another one of the 9 (!) tracks that have had the video treatment so far? “Anybody”, “Gum Body”, and yes!!!! “Killin Dem” (again, yes!!!) are all worthy. And then there’s “Spiritual”, still my favourite of the deep cuts.
Still some time left...
― breastcrawl, Monday, 16 December 2019 20:04 (four years ago) link
(and yes, AOTY, no question)
― breastcrawl, Monday, 16 December 2019 20:05 (four years ago) link
voted Anybody but so many of these tracks are better than a lot of other stuff i was into this year.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 16 December 2019 20:36 (four years ago) link
Spiritual is awesome. I might have already said this on the other thread, but I love how Outside ends with that line about his mother worrying about him ending up like Vybz Kartel, and then this one ends with a clip of her accepting a BET award for him
― rob, Monday, 16 December 2019 20:47 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
was just getting into this and he drops a history lesson :D
wasn't sure about the first few tracks but there's a shift in mood to something more melancholy and rounded about 1/3 of the way in ('gum body' might be that moment), and i really dig the more guitar-led stuff
― imago, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 20:16 (four years ago) link
it is a little funny to have learned about Unilever's colonial history from this album
― rob, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 20:20 (four years ago) link
it sort of feels like he had to frontload a few more conventional bangers before getting into the deeper message of what he wanted to say - is this a fair criticism? maybe it's just taken a few tracks for me to get in the mood lol
― imago, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 20:23 (four years ago) link
I'd be a little surprised if that impression continued for multiple listens, if for no other reason than Anybody seems close to the consensus favorite around here. Also, Wetin Man Go Do has that same vibe if I'm understanding your take. For me this album is 100% killer with one exception: "This Side" and only because of YG).
Agreed on the guitar though--I've been idly thinking about starting a thread for guitar in contemporary non-rock production. I feel like a surprisingly large number of my favorite tracks this year have guitar in them. Part of it is the highlife/afrobeat legacy resurfacing in Nigerian and Nigerian-influenced stuff, but it's still remarkable imo
― rob, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 20:30 (four years ago) link
yeah start that thread! there's some really lovely work here.
oh look here's future, guess the spell's broken ;)
based on almost the whole album, will vote for one of the tracks in that run from 'gum body', or 'different'
― imago, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 20:35 (four years ago) link
Yes to the highlife-y guitar, it's integrated so beautifully, production-wise. Always makes me happy cos I love that sound.
― a very powerful woman in the dog world (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 20:42 (four years ago) link
yeah i'm voting 'secret', that song is magical
― imago, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 21:02 (four years ago) link
but 'different' was a close second
― imago, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 21:03 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 18 December 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
<3 whoever voted for Blak Ryno
― rob, Wednesday, 18 December 2019 13:38 (four years ago) link
Those are not the results I saw in my dream last night! There every song had received at least one vote, though I can’t tell you who came out on top. Voted for “Killin Dem” in the end myself.Now treat yourselves to the Wizkid EP perhaps? It has Kel-P, and guitars!
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 18 December 2019 17:25 (four years ago) link
More Burna, more Kel-P, plus de... Dadju:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwEyHYGIO80“Donne moi l’accord”
― breastcrawl, Monday, 23 December 2019 21:27 (four years ago) link
I wasn’t aware of this afrobeat track, from Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack that came out last month:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGcQOyNqmyQBurna Boy • My Money, My BabyBut in somewhat bigger news: a brand new single for Christmas with a distinctly different sound:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RCFHekqPaIBurna Boy • Money Play
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 22:53 (four years ago) link
dig all three of these.
― championship winning vibration (Spottie), Friday, 27 December 2019 03:41 (four years ago) link
Video #10 is for “Secret”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZcmBH7PnSM
Dedicating it to longneck.
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 25 January 2020 19:00 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGL1JoC2IaQ👌🏼
― ||||||||, Saturday, 25 January 2020 19:58 (four years ago) link
^^^ oh hey i coengine33red this song! recorded b3urna's ho3ok a cpl months ago. happy to see it released so soon
― lumen (esby), Saturday, 25 January 2020 20:48 (four years ago) link
This song is apparently a month old but I only heard it today. It's an absolute banger.
Nappy & Burna Boy - Ayehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCXjRUasA48
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 1 February 2020 23:22 (four years ago) link
that's awesome, esby, good work!
xp
love the nappy track. such a bop - burna can do no wrong rn
― ||||||||, Monday, 3 February 2020 21:53 (four years ago) link
Hardly any discussion here about the “Money Play” single Burna dropped last Xmas. It has definitely grown on me, but it still feels like a bit of a hiccup in his imperial phase.
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 22:29 (four years ago) link
Anyway, I made a pseudo-pan-African-pop/not-pop playlist for the rolling afro 2020 thread and all Afro-adjacent threads, generously defined. It’s already 108 tracks deep, so enjoy!ILM rolling✳️all-inclusive✳️afro 2020
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 22:30 (four years ago) link
Follow-up question to two posts above: and what about this brand new one? Back with Kel-P, but look ma, no horns! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onQmiURQCyUBurna Boy • Odogwu
― breastcrawl, Friday, 28 February 2020 06:02 (four years ago) link
not really feeling this one too much, it's a bit too low-key and repetitive
― ufo, Friday, 28 February 2020 06:30 (four years ago) link
It’s definitely looking like he wants to make a clean break with that trademark Kel-P sound. Maybe he feels it’s time for something new now that Wizkid has adopted it for his SoundMan project?Check the Rolling Afro thread for more Kel-P vibes!
― breastcrawl, Friday, 28 February 2020 06:59 (four years ago) link
money play is great odugwu is filler
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, 28 February 2020 16:53 (four years ago) link
I think I agree. Money Play sounds awesome in the mix. Odugwu sounds alright, but might grow on me.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 28 February 2020 17:29 (four years ago) link
I really love the bass and drums on Odogwu, though I can see wanting it to be a more dramatic
― rob, Sunday, 1 March 2020 15:48 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R4Ps2NHLDw
― ||||||||, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 20:45 (four years ago) link
^^2Baba ft. Burna Boy • We Must Groove(from the new 2Baba album)
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 22:08 (four years ago) link
<3
BURNA BOY ON A HOT PINK DOCK IN NIGERIA WEARING YOHJI WOW pic.twitter.com/wGompEWUHQ— rachel seville tashjian (@theprophetpizza) March 4, 2020
― nxd, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 15:48 (four years ago) link
Video for "Odogwu":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUliAM1ByDk
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Monday, 16 March 2020 19:39 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYBWrQumfVg
first single from new album Twice As Tall out 'this summer' !!!
― ufo, Thursday, 25 June 2020 23:38 (three years ago) link
“Wonderful” is no lie. I love love this new sound. His voice sounds great, the beat and the production are fantastic, the guitar flourishes are ace. I wasn’t aware of producer Telz, but I see he also did a track on prettyboydo’s excellent new EP. With hindsight, Burna has guided us into this new era expertly with those two palate cleansing singles in December and February. He could have easily stuck with that modern-classic Kel-P sound, but I approve of this development.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 26 June 2020 11:11 (three years ago) link
Great song and super exciting news!
― dip to dup (rob), Friday, 26 June 2020 12:23 (three years ago) link
Yeah I'll be curious--maybe a little surprised--to see if Odogwu and Money Play aren't included on this. It would definitely be impressive to have three really distinct albums out in just a few years
― dip to dup (rob), Friday, 26 June 2020 12:25 (three years ago) link
video for “Wonderful”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k33o1IgtUEM
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 00:00 (three years ago) link
You’re all invited to participate in this poll:
🇳🇬 NAIJA SPECIAL: which of these *seven* current high-profile Nigerian hit songs is the best one? please help me decide
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 16:19 (three years ago) link
#TWICEASTALL 14/08 🦍 pic.twitter.com/YOMdN1s2xL— Burna Boy (@burnaboy) August 5, 2020
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 22:20 (three years ago) link
Yesssss
― rob, Wednesday, 5 August 2020 22:34 (three years ago) link
im ready
― Spottie, Wednesday, 5 August 2020 22:36 (three years ago) link
twice as tall tracklist was revealed:Level Up (Twice as Tall) [ft. Youssou N’Dour]Alarm ClockWay Too BigBeboWonderfulOnyeka (Baby)Naughty By Nature [ft. Naughty By Nature]CommaNo Fit Vex23Time Flies [ft. Sauti Sol]Monsters You Made [ft. Chris Martin]Wetin Dey SupReal Life [ft. Stormzy]Bank on It
looking forward to the sauti sol collab but not at all excited to hear chris martin's appearance
jae5 has also contributed to the production!
― ufo, Monday, 10 August 2020 14:34 (three years ago) link
more Burna chart stats - I know you love ‘em:“Last Last” enters the Billboard Hot 100 at #86, his first US hit. it’s now #7 in the UK, where “For My Hand” debuts at #30 - making it the first amapiano-ish(-ish) track to go top 40, I think?Love, Damini enters the UK (and Dutch) album charts at #2, and the Billboard 200 Albums at #14, highest peaks for an afropop/afrobeats album ever (for comparison, Made in Lagos debuted at #15 in the UK and #80 in the US (and #28 for the Deluxe Edition when “Essence” was blowing up)
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 21 July 2022 20:06 (one year ago) link
listening to the album again today after a couple of days hiatus: first half remains very strong, of the second-half collabos I still like the J Balvin one, but turns out “Solid” ain’t bad either. the others tho… nah.
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 21 July 2022 20:10 (one year ago) link
"common person" too ordinary? "vanilla" too...you know?
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Thursday, 21 July 2022 20:13 (one year ago) link
I was talking about the songs with features specifically. the rest of the second half is also weaker than the first, but “Common Person” inparticular stood out much more for me this time
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 21 July 2022 20:31 (one year ago) link
“Wild Dreams” is more like a tame impala tho
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 21 July 2022 20:32 (one year ago) link
xp ah missed the word "collabos" in there
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Thursday, 21 July 2022 20:37 (one year ago) link
icymi, Last Last has been riddim-ized in JA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y36Bg8wvPg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yugwBn8doVk
― rob, Thursday, 22 September 2022 13:59 (one year ago) link
Gotta love Skilli's minimalism. Bay-be.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 22 September 2022 19:45 (one year ago) link
new song, “Alone”, from the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever thingy:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8qGmBtXZV8
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 20 November 2022 16:26 (one year ago) link
it’s growing on me
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 27 November 2022 19:13 (one year ago) link
Burna x Balvin, “Rollercoaster”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyVVGW-5ITwsounds like a rehash of “Anybody”/“Gbona”-era Burna, aimed primarily (or even exclusively) at the global market. not sure the song is all that strong tho.
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Monday, 20 March 2023 17:29 (one year ago) link
it would have fit fine on the last album, it's pleasant but nothing special
― ufo, Monday, 20 March 2023 21:18 (one year ago) link
sounding great on talibans - https://open.spotify.com/album/4EouhaKTJkW8xRpLsCz7va?si=dCzd-LIOR5mXGfiFg7K9TA
― just sayin, Friday, 21 July 2023 22:36 (eight months ago) link
^otm
his new single "Big 7" is so much fun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GATRApPww8
new album out 8/25
― rob, Friday, 28 July 2023 14:05 (eight months ago) link
hell yeah
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Friday, 28 July 2023 14:33 (eight months ago) link
if this means there's a RZA beat on the album...oh man
― rob, Friday, 28 July 2023 14:34 (eight months ago) link
yeah “big 7” is great … one of the best things from him in recent memory
― J0rdan S., Friday, 28 July 2023 16:24 (eight months ago) link
i really love this song... "ghetto gospel preacher / two time community service breacher" is a great line
i can't quite put my finger on it but this feels like it harkens back to 'outside' era to me in that it's sorta this sui generis version of pop-rap that has clear west african/american/carribean influences but feels slightly unmoored from any specific region or genre, all the influences are baked in and not easily separable. it's kinda like he's just floating above the globe, absorbing sounds and then spitting out a song where everything feels seamlessly woven together (forgive my metaphor mixing). great record. i feel like i got burned a bit by the last album, which i really wanted to like (and which had a great lead single), but this song has me optimistic
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 2 August 2023 15:22 (eight months ago) link
https://www.vibe.com/music/music-news/burna-boy-afrobeats-lacks-substance-faces-backlash-1234783091/
Burna Boy getting flack for telling Apple interviewer that afrobeats lacks substance
― curmudgeon, Friday, 25 August 2023 19:41 (seven months ago) link
New album sounds perfect and unforced outside of the wu tang features.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 25 August 2023 20:19 (seven months ago) link
he's kinda coasting in the same way as the last album but it's still good, very solid stuff
no idea what the point of the wu-tang interludes is though
― ufo, Saturday, 26 August 2023 01:00 (seven months ago) link
yeah this is rather good! only listened once, but I think I was more into the second half? starting with Big 7 it really flows, though agreed about the Wu stuff and I probably just need to pay more attention to the first half
― rob, Saturday, 26 August 2023 15:10 (seven months ago) link
upgrading my opinion to: this rules
I'm curious what J0rd thinks?
― rob, Friday, 1 September 2023 15:59 (seven months ago) link
have only listened once, but i am not entirely surprised by the mixed reception, considering this is such a blatant mainstream play. but i think it's pretty good overall, give or take a j. cole verse, definitely a major step above last year's alb.
― is he disgruntled adrian? (voodoo chili), Friday, 1 September 2023 16:23 (seven months ago) link
I’m not sure what mainstream means in this context
― rob, Friday, 1 September 2023 21:21 (seven months ago) link
it feels like he’s trying to speak more to the rap establishment with the wu appearances, plus 21 savage and j. cole guest verses
― is he disgruntled adrian? (voodoo chili), Friday, 1 September 2023 23:41 (seven months ago) link
oh ok that makes sense. He’s bigger than j cole in my mind but that’s probably empirically wrong
― rob, Friday, 1 September 2023 23:51 (seven months ago) link
caught his concert last night, the show is incredible. live version of “anybody” blew the roof off the place
― flopson, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 19:09 (five months ago) link
he is awesome live
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 19:09 (five months ago) link
recorded version of “it’s plenty” was a bit too cheesy to me but a stadium full of people singing along and going nuts to it while Burna boy is jumping up and down with the worlds widest grin on his face with confetti cannons and fireworks going off behind him really warmed me on it
― flopson, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 19:33 (five months ago) link