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 Pongo― doorstep jetski (dog latin), maandag 10 februari 2020 12:57 bookmarkflaglink
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), maandag 10 februari 2020 12:57 bookmarkflaglink
dog latin is feeling Pongo so much that he started a thread about her, linking it here:
Who rules the mic? È 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 "Oofeetsɔ", posted on top of this thread, is such a banger.
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 15 February 2020 23:47 (four years ago) link
Yes it is. I usually play it with Saara, which isn't quite as banging but still pretty good:
Sarkodie& Efya - Saarahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCw5Tbdrahs
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 15 February 2020 23:54 (four years ago) link
My favourite track on his Black Love album!
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 16 February 2020 00:29 (four years ago) link
The guitar on that is so great. And so is Efya.
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 16 February 2020 00:31 (four years ago) link
that Kelvyn Boy track is nice, thanks breastcrawl! catching up on the past week or so and also really like the Buju, Adekunle Gold & Kizz, and uuuh a bunch of others I haven't sorted out the names of yet
― rob, Sunday, 16 February 2020 01:08 (four years ago) link
Feeling this one as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIZ36dnW5xw
Ko-Jo Cue ft. Worlasi • Dzo
#theyearofghana #letsmakeithappen
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 16 February 2020 01:14 (four years ago) link
my pleasure, rob!
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 16 February 2020 01:15 (four years ago) link
been catching up with all the tunes in this thread. so much great stuff
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Sunday, 16 February 2020 01:30 (four years ago) link
Worlasi, who's all over "Dzo", is great by the way. His "Pawa" was one of my EOY tracks and he also dropped a very good album last year, Worla (The Man and the God), that maybe I should have nominated also.
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 16 February 2020 01:42 (four years ago) link
too, also
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 16 February 2020 01:45 (four years ago) link
Another one with a fantastic(ally) Ghanaian twist on dancehall for rob, and everyone else: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtHjltPs0fULarruso ft. Stonebwoy & Kwesi Arthur • Killy Killy (Remix)And this one - I can’t even tell anymore if there’s any Caribbean in this. What a joyful sound. It’s brilliant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXjitxBJ_KETulenkey ft. Taitan • Your Girlfriend#ghanasghotitghoinghon
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 16 February 2020 02:23 (four years ago) link
tons of great stuff here, thanks
tulenkey's "proud fuck boys" is crackin' me up, it's a good time! if a questionable reclaiming of the term!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haxVglf7yRs
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 16 February 2020 18:16 (four years ago) link
unless it's a dis track to fuck boys and i'm not following the patois?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 16 February 2020 18:18 (four years ago) link
Yeah, “Proud Fvck Boys” is fun.okay, 🇬🇭GHANA SPECIAL🇬🇭 it is:Let’s start with a fun bit of attitude:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3GJxkj9z3sMzVee • Who Are YouAnd some old school freshened up:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8pJ9CLWl80Mr. Drew x Krymi ft. Sarkodie • Dw3Spoiler: More throwbacks coming up in a bit!(Side note: does MOG (Beatz) produce like half of all Ghanaian hit tracks right now or what? The two Sarkodies upthread are his, and so are “Who Are You” and the one coming up next)
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 16 February 2020 22:07 (four years ago) link
So Naija had three kiddos (Fboy, Jboy, and yes, Rema) blowing up last year, but remember the 3 Ghanaian Ks that came up in 2017? Kidi’s after-the-fact debut album last year was a big disappointment, a literal overdose of Sugar, but this might be the first one of his I’ve liked since “Adiepena”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK7k8vKLGi4Kidi • EnjoymentKuami Eugene keeps low-key coming up with nice stuff, like this one:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK_Pa1ekb6YKuami Eugene • Turn UpOut of the three, only King Promise has firmly established himself as a major star. Here he employs Dutch rapper Chivv on the remix for last year’s “Commando”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJxnHljgfPw(too bad Chivv doesn’t rap in Dutch here like he normally does)
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 16 February 2020 22:09 (four years ago) link
[insert glitter ball emojis] big wow at this hommage to 80s (Afro) cowbell disco (and Daddy Lumba) featuring man of the moment Bosom P-Yung:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMwWNHu86mYLord Paper ft. Bosom P-Yung • Asabone(and party people, this video features actual 🎈🎈🎈!!!)As posted on the Rolling non-US rap thread earlier - this /gh/emo/gh/rap track is what made BPY Ghana’s breakout star of the year so far: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DB3oND8hVABosom P-Yung • Attaa Adwoa
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 16 February 2020 22:12 (four years ago) link
South African epilogue:Desire Marea (half of queer duo FAKA) dropped an album last month with experimental art pop. There’s a video for “You Think I’m Horny”, but check out highlights like “Zibuyile Izimakade” and “Tavern Kween” as well:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZUefUADOXMDesire Marea • You Think I’m HornyPitchfork reviewed it, favourably. There must be other suitable threads for this - not sure which ones though. It’s probably not clubby enough for Jordan’s (post-)Reconstructed Club Music thread. Anyone have any ideas?Ending on a light note, Moonlight Sanelly also has an EP out, but I’m digging this recent stand-alone track - penis, penis, penis!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKRHW7xSN4AMoonchild Sanelly • Where De Dee Kat?
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 16 February 2020 22:48 (four years ago) link
asabone is great; you think i'm horny is nuts!
breastcrawl i dunno if you already answered this but where do you live and what do you do that you're so plugged into this scene?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 17 February 2020 15:18 (four years ago) link
^ I'm getting 95% of my afrobeats knowledge from this thread
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Monday, 17 February 2020 15:54 (four years ago) link
Pi-ano! It’s a celebration:
🎹🎹PİANO! PİANO!🎹🎹 - a song appreciation thread for “eMcimbini” by Kabza De Small & DJ Maphorisa ft. Aymos, Samthing Soweto, Mas Musiq & Myztro
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 18 February 2020 23:40 (four years ago) link
New album on Nyege Nyege Tapes: DJ Diaki - Balani Fou
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Wednesday, 19 February 2020 10:05 (four years ago) link
Ah cool – will listen to it when its on Spotify.
So he’s from Mali, lots of footage from his sets on his YouTube account. He was in Europe very recently (Paris, Berlin, Warsaw, Katowice…), but this was filmed in Mali itself:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8bQu0drI-8
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 19 February 2020 12:26 (four years ago) link
Great that this is happening, and I like Becky G a lot, but how do you improve on close-to-perfection?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYKWJ8gzZRURema ft. Becky G • Dumebi (Remix)
Compare and contrast: this lovely Spanish cover version I posted six months ago is now on Spotify too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuQiQFHgzDMJthyago x Oscar el Ruso x Samueliyo Baby x Irrita el Indio • Dumebi (Spanish Version)
And this, just out, is another one for the non-existing Rolling EUfrican jams thread: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsrW9pUa9FIJthyago x Oscar el Ruso x Irrita el Indio x Samueliyo Baby • Vete De Mi Vera
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 19 February 2020 12:27 (four years ago) link
becky G remix is a total BOP
― ||||||||, Wednesday, 19 February 2020 14:06 (four years ago) link
The real new Rema is here too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLha1-NuPzARema ft. Rvssian • Beamer (Bad Boys)
Reminds me of Wizzy's first crossover attempt "Daddy Yo", also made with a dancehall producer, with that female chorus.
Pitchfork wrote about it - includes a link to an interview Zane Lowe did with him.
― breastcrawl, Friday, 21 February 2020 12:38 (four years ago) link
Oh, so he dropped TWO new tracks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k18yHoEdY7ERema • Rainbow
― breastcrawl, Friday, 21 February 2020 13:21 (four years ago) link
So... latin Rema and rap Rema, huh? Beamer makes the most sense after the Becky G remix, but it’s a bit... busy. Rainbow sound like the one they had to let him do to get him to sign off on the full latino onslaught. I suspect he still sees himself as a rapper first.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 21 February 2020 21:17 (four years ago) link
like beamer but not clicking with rainbow
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 22 February 2020 13:54 (four years ago) link
as behind as usual, but wanted to note that Tulenkey ft. Taitan • Your Girlfriend is GREBT
― rob, Saturday, 22 February 2020 16:14 (four years ago) link
speaking of remixes, here's a nice afro-soca crossover with Machel Montano doing his thing over a hit from last year
https://youtu.be/8XR-N4dccbU
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Saturday, 22 February 2020 17:07 (four years ago) link
From Angola, a spanking banger that slaps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE45E4wRp8QZoca Zoca ft. Uami Ndongadas, Johnny Bravo & DJ Pzee Boy • O Pam
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 22 February 2020 18:43 (four years ago) link
From South Africa, two companion pieces to some stuff I wrote on the “Emcimbini” thread:Love how TNS keeps honing his sound, so many lovely touches in this production:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKvHPX4AQowDr Thulz ft. TNS • Believe In Lovemesmerising Limpopo Wave (think Master KG, Makhadzi, King Monada) from producer Airic, best known for his work with Manqonqo:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYTOAINoOhQAiric ft. N.K.A • Ama 2000
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 22 February 2020 19:16 (four years ago) link
Gorgeous new single by Dice Ailes. The trippy production is courtesy of Cracker Mallo, who did Fireboy DML's "Jealous":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiOnMB0JR44Dice Ailes ft. Olamide • Pim Pim
― breastcrawl, Monday, 24 February 2020 18:55 (four years ago) link
Ma Chérie, Je m'appelle Beynaud, Je viens de la Côte d'Ivoire, Ce soir je m'installe au Congo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpXsd01idUs
Serge Beynaud - Lifuende
― Nabozo, Monday, 24 February 2020 19:55 (four years ago) link
Soyez le bienvenu à notre thread, monsieur Beynaud !
― breastcrawl, Monday, 24 February 2020 20:38 (four years ago) link
Yeah, that's the stuff! Beynaud could deliver a killer album someday, I think. His style is intense, but he could make it work.
― Frederik B, Monday, 24 February 2020 22:30 (four years ago) link
Accelerate, his most recent album, was all killer, no filler!
― breastcrawl, Monday, 24 February 2020 22:43 (four years ago) link
It was on my ballot for that year, and it is very good! But he has an even better one in him, I think.
― Frederik B, Monday, 24 February 2020 22:56 (four years ago) link
I wanted to start a Facebook group to discuss afro-pop, amapiano etc, but also the dancehall, soca and other stuff I'm into, among other things.I've created this, which has the rather catch-all strapline 'New Sounds From the International Underground'. Feel free to join and follow if interested https://www.facebook.com/groups/terrainsound/
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 15:39 (four years ago) link
We got another live one, folx, and this time it's Ghanapiano - it's Juls with the subtly titled "Mandela Riddim":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M62aTi25c8c
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 19:45 (four years ago) link
high time for a new playlist I think:ILM rolling ✳️all-inclusive✳️ afro 2020I’m including all the tracks posted on this thread as well as adjacent threads (generously defined), and even relevant stuff posted on other threads (non-US rap, for instance). Thought of separating the SA stuff, like I did for the EOY noms, but I like the idea of people getting into contact with other genres/flavours than their original entry point through a pseudo-pan-African-pop/not-pop playlist.Thanks to this open-door policy, we’re already 105 tracks in, so enjoy!
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 21:05 (four years ago) link
Relevant thread links:
THE HOUSE OF SUN-EL: Sun-El Musician, Simmy, Mlindo The Vocalist, and other related artists
Thread for the AmaPiano awesomeness that is “Baby Are You Coming?” by Zero12finest feat. ThaMagnificent2
🎹🎹PİANO! PİANO!🎹🎹 - a song appreciation thread for“eMcimbini” by Kabza De Small & DJ Maphorisa ft. Aymos, Samthing Soweto, Mas Musiq & Myztro
Gqompetition time: two songs, two videos - QDOT vs SHADO M
Wizkid (Starboy)
here comes the AFRICAN GIANT / Burna Boy (2019)
Rolling non-US rap thread 2020
up like sun, down like sun - a thread for obongjayar
[rl=the LiON KiNG: the GiFT <<>> where Beyoncé meets with Afropop]the LiON KiNG: the GiFT <<>> where Beyoncé meets with Afropop[/url]
UK afro - thread for discussing MoStack, J-Hus, Kojo Funds, Abra Cadabra, Belly Squad, Yxng Bane etc
j hus - dem boy paigon
Aya Nakamura, Naza and the new french urban scene
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 21:15 (four years ago) link
icymi: ILM rolling ✳️all-inclusive✳️ afro 2020
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 21:19 (four years ago) link
Nice work! Thanks breastcrawl
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Thursday, 27 February 2020 01:39 (four years ago) link
Both were produced by Kel-P, but in marked contrast to the new Burna track, the new Niniola is horn-y as hell:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW3hLhyWDLgNiniola ft. Femi Kuti • Fantasy
― breastcrawl, Friday, 28 February 2020 06:21 (four years ago) link
And guess what, Mr Early Adopter of Naija Trends for the East African Market is back with... a Kel-P joint:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5rFro4XdZ0Diamond Platnumz • Jeje
― breastcrawl, Friday, 28 February 2020 06:42 (four years ago) link