(Sorry for the dp - network issues)
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Sunday, 2 February 2020 14:11 (four years ago) link
Rundown track is excellent, love the glistening slide guitar plus those wah-wah squelches
― rob, Monday, 3 February 2020 14:54 (four years ago) link
Anyone else catch the soukous beat during Super Bowl halftime? That has to be a first (@ 0:34)
That was incredible, @jlo + @shakira! đ #PepsiHalftime #SBLIVSOON: Fans can relive their favorite moments from the #PepsiHalftime show HERE https://t.co/TegS1TZFKy pic.twitter.com/1HkRu99cRR— NFL (@NFL) February 3, 2020
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 3 February 2020 16:11 (four years ago) link
Wrote on the Rolling Global thread:
Shakira At Super Bowl halftime used the Congo instrumental song Icha by Syran Mbenza. The guitar solo is by Lokassa Ya Mbongo I am reading on twitter. Colombian champeta is drawn from Congolese rumba in part.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 3 February 2020 18:03 (four years ago) link
those king promise & nappy tracks.... đđź
― ||||||||, Monday, 3 February 2020 21:06 (four years ago) link
curmudgeon -- thanks! Is that song sampled somewhere in a Shakira song or was it just a one-off? Great track!
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 3 February 2020 23:20 (four years ago) link
Not sure
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 13:43 (four years ago) link
Yes, itâs wonderful and Iâm happy Shakira pointed me and (Iâm sure) countless others toward it.
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 16:25 (four years ago) link
"Put In Pressure" is another good one from Reekado Banks, it's produced by Kel-P:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKjc-KIoywk
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 21:14 (four years ago) link
Burna Boy made ILM top 77 albums list. Not too much else. I wonder how many votes Lady Donli got?
― curmudgeon, Friday, 7 February 2020 19:28 (four years ago) link
She came in at #276, with just two people voting for her. Were you the other one beside me? (She was my #10)(You do know you can all the stats and ballots here, right?: ILM Albums Poll 2019: Thread of Stats and Ballots.
― breastcrawl, Friday, 7 February 2020 19:42 (four years ago) link
Yes I voted for her album. Will look at stats later thanks.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 7 February 2020 19:50 (four years ago) link
loving the new obongjayar ep--not sure if he totally fits in this thread so i created one for him
up like sun, down like sun - a thread for obongjayar
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Friday, 7 February 2020 19:58 (four years ago) link
we lost in the senate
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 8 February 2020 01:38 (four years ago) link
Yes!
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 8 February 2020 12:49 (four years ago) link
a sad day for afrocracy
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 8 February 2020 13:57 (four years ago) link
Rooting for this guy to blow up this year:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YklxpCux98Efoya ft. Buju ⢠Mind GamesEjoya is apparently a (Nigerian) label? talent platform? - the song and the voice are all Bujuâs.(his âSpiritualâ was ILMâs #593 -too low!- track of 2019)
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 8 February 2020 21:48 (four years ago) link
And for contrast, this sort of post-gqomâmy hyperbanger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh0orm91hNMKamaCzza ft. Professor, Character & DJ Oros ⢠Bayekeni(yeah, 15 views, whatever - itâs the shit)
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 8 February 2020 21:58 (four years ago) link
(South African obviously)
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 8 February 2020 21:59 (four years ago) link
Bonus SA stuff, from Matorokisi, one of my favourite albums of last year - the best sound youâll ever hear:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMCG0CrTxzgMakhadzi ft. DJ Tira ⢠Riya Venda
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 8 February 2020 22:21 (four years ago) link
Never write off Kwamz & Flava - Ghana, London... and now New York? Whenever, wherever, itâs âGafroâ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-VeO64U8xI
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 8 February 2020 22:54 (four years ago) link
So the Amapiano Grooves playlist on Spotify is very good, and I just discovered that it is even better if you let it play in automix mode (crossfader set to 0s). I've never noticed any similar effect in other playlists but this one actually mixes the tracks in a satisfying way, cutting away all the three minute long shaker intros and two minute outros, heading straight for the meat of the song. Try it out!
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 10 February 2020 09:27 (four years ago) link
b-b-but the three minute long shaker intros and two minute outros are essential! Meat is overrated anyway.
― breastcrawl, Monday, 10 February 2020 10:10 (four years ago) link
lol, i do see your point. However... the mixed versions bring out the pop potential in these tunes.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 10 February 2020 10:17 (four years ago) link
Here's something a bit different. Not sure if it quite belongs ITT but I'm really feeling Quem Manda No Mic by Angolan-Portuguese artist Pongo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aTpjiBT3p8
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Monday, 10 February 2020 11:57 (four years ago) link
xps I can't see a crossfader with the automix feature?
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Monday, 10 February 2020 11:59 (four years ago) link
Itâs right above the gapless playback toggle on my iPhone?
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 10 February 2020 15:25 (four years ago) link
no worries, i found it on settings on my computer. anyway, off to sell my CDJs....
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Monday, 10 February 2020 15:31 (four years ago) link
shame (not a shame) it only works on some playlists
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Monday, 10 February 2020 15:41 (four years ago) link
There's a newish Tekno tune that I really like....
Tekno - Suruhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znrrQjb6WUY
Also nice, on the uk tip:
Kida Kudz feat. Jaykae - 1AMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tydTT9dWDM
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 12:30 (four years ago) link
I like that Pongo track dog latin posted. Hereâs some more Angolan stuff:Finally a video for NerĂş & Scroâs âTic TĂĄaâ. DJ Vado Poster in the house - no doubt he does it:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYcj0gACjnMNerĂş Americano & ScrĂł Q Cuia ⢠Tic TĂĄa(too bad these two buddies donât get as intimate here as in their live performancesof this banger)Slightly less frantic:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNScT5s9xkcGilson Gera ft. Cleusio Gil & Emma Strawb3 ⢠MormĂŁo MormĂŁo MormĂŁoChange le beat: This oneâs firmly from last year, but I wasnât paying attention:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l_gGj_qpL8Preto Show ft. Filho de Zua, Teo no Beat & Uami Ndongadas ⢠Pedra
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 11 February 2020 20:08 (four years ago) link
late 2019 but anyone been listening to the joeboy EP? it's very boyish and sweet and on the R&B side of things, almost reminds me of like early chris brown but afropop
"all for you" is great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW6aSd0WPzk
as is "beginning"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUnx13A4XDs
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 12 February 2020 18:08 (four years ago) link
Joeboy is great - I particularly like Beginning. I also somehow got the impression that Mr Eazi was moving in a joeboy-ey direction with the sweet and romantic kpalanga (posted above).
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 20:35 (four years ago) link
Joeboy started out as a Mr Eazi protĂŠgĂŠ. Some of that backstory here: https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8541512/joeboy-mr-eazi-nigeria-new-ep-interviewAs for their sound, both âBeginningâ and âKpalangaâ, as well as Eaziâs earlier âDoyinâ, were produced by Killertunes. Joeboy is sort of a non-identical musical twin of Fireboy DML, similar timeline, similar style, similar appeal.Speaking of which, thereâs finally a video for âVibrationâ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRhBfL3GEjQ(Fireboy had been indulging his sappy side a bit too much for my liking with his previous video for the rob-vetoed âNeed Youâ)
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 21:38 (four years ago) link
Big song in Nigeria right now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGpwNm0A6gISarz x WurlD ⢠Mad(Sarz and WurlD did a whole EP together, I Love Girls With Trobul.I know this song is from last year (Brad championed it during the EOY) but it was never posted here, plus I had somehow never seen the video. Ooh child... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVEp-P2-rqYTems ⢠Try MeBoth âMadâ and âTry Meâ seem to me examples of Nigerian pop aligning (itself) more with the international global mainstream, if that makes sense.They do it both in different ways, âTry Meâ through r&b, and âMadâ, I donât know, something about the melody - or is it just that WurlDâs voice seems tailor-made to be featured on a generic Armin van Buuren EDM-pop confection?
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 22:16 (four years ago) link
Super thread. I don't really follow this scene but some of my favourite tracks from last year's top 77 were from here so I should probably pay more attention.
― paolo, Thursday, 13 February 2020 07:52 (four years ago) link
Can I post UK afro tracks in here?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8fuOmRHnv8
NSG - Ourself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDd6ja7vLrc
Mostack - Staqdo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVnxCetKGxs
Snap Capone x Stardom x OMO Frenchie - Style & Pattern
― paolo, Thursday, 13 February 2020 07:56 (four years ago) link
hi paolo! welcome to the thread
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Thursday, 13 February 2020 08:14 (four years ago) link
Welcome, paolo! Iâve always found it somewhat surprising you never seemed to venture into Afropop territory (going by your EOY lists and such) when there is so much overlap with the UK scene.
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 13 February 2020 08:14 (four years ago) link
I'm thinking of starting a night that covers this kind of thing locally but a lot of venues I'm approaching insist I bring in some sort of live or guest dj act. I'm trying to get more familiar with the UK and Europe scenes therefore
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Thursday, 13 February 2020 08:21 (four years ago) link
Hi folks! I just never got round to it I guess
― paolo, Thursday, 13 February 2020 09:24 (four years ago) link
hello, paolo -- glad to have you among us. Yes, we've been needing someone to post these and this is as good a place as any, I guess.
also... nice breakdown of the joeboy musical family tree, breastcrawl. Thanks!
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 13 February 2020 13:05 (four years ago) link
This is from last year but it was only mentioned on the EOY Tracks thread. It's gobsmackingly good and I think with a bit more exposure it could have broken the 77
Skiibii, Falz, Teni, DJ Neptune - Daz How Star Do
https://youtu.be/ASM6AfzXMvc
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Thursday, 13 February 2020 16:31 (four years ago) link
I can confirm that the whole Pongo 'UWA' EP is bloody excellent
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Friday, 14 February 2020 11:17 (four years ago) link
I love the new Kizz Daniel, back with DJ Coublon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbBkzvshxmA
Kizz Daniel ⢠Jaho
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 15 February 2020 22:47 (four years ago) link
He's also good on Adekunle Gold's lovely "Jore":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU3d-LjKAE4
(produced by Major Bangz & Pheelz)
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 15 February 2020 22:55 (four years ago) link
Here's something a bit different. Not sure if it quite belongs ITT but I'm really feeling Quem Manda No Mic by Angolan-Portuguese artist Pongoâ doorstep jetski (dog latin), maandag 10 februari 2020 12:57 bookmarkflaglink
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dog latin is feeling Pongo so much that he started a thread about her, linking it here:
Who rules the mic? Ă A PONGO!
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 15 February 2020 23:02 (four years ago) link
Posting this dancehall/alkaida/highlife hybrid from (where else?) Ghana especially for rob:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usgnyadzxZo
Kelvyn Boy ft. M.anifest ⢠Yawa No Dey
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 15 February 2020 23:10 (four years ago) link
It's floaty
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 15 February 2020 23:15 (four years ago) link
Sarkodie's "OofeetsÉ", posted on top of this thread, is such a banger.
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 15 February 2020 23:47 (four years ago) link
yeah sure, but it appears a little arbitrary to me to consider that afro-pop is acceptable as an umbrella term for bongo flava but that afrobeats is not, especially if we accept that the term is now international and, correct me if I'm wrong, still in use.I'm no expert in the genre, but there used to be a plurality of terms (Azonto etc) corresponding to the different styles and dances even in NIG-GHA, so I always thought of afrobeats as an umbrella.The fact that the Tanzanians so easily collaborate with the Congolese for example also muddles waters and would almost make you wonder about having other umbrella termsAnyway, I don't mean to be argumentative here, just saying it's hard to cut clear and reconcile all views (international, African, national etc).
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 5 January 2021 20:10 (three years ago) link
still in use *in Africa (and West Africa most relevantly).
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 5 January 2021 20:24 (three years ago) link
like I said, weâve done this before, but âafrobeatsâ has been controversial from the start, as a term coined in the UK a decade ago for the burgeoning new pop scene in Ghana and Nigeria, with a play on âafrobeatâ (because Fela Kuti cs was the only reference people had in the UK), that had no currency in those countries themselves - and still isnât universally accepted there (Burna Boy insisting on âafro-fusionâ, Adekunle Gold naming his album âAfro Popâ). it was never meant to include the pop music of other African countries (where the Fela Kuti connection would make even less sense to begin with). Itâs unfortunate that the term has caught on in the US music press as well, but it doesnât mean we have to toe the line. Iâm pretty sure you wouldnât think of describing Sun-Elâs music as âafrobeatsâ, and yet that is the trend as it is internationally.âAfropopâ or âAfrican popâ are simply much more neutral as descriptive terms. the only problem you run into is where to draw the line for what constitutes âpop musicâ, but thatâs a general debate that has nothing to do with *African* music specifically.
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 20:29 (three years ago) link
our two new Rolling threads for 2021:Rolling Afropop / Afrobeats 2021MZANSI MUZIQ 2021 đżđŚ Rolling South Africa thread
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 08:38 (three years ago) link