another late vote for Beynaud; his stuff is consistently great.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 28 February 2020 17:36 (four years ago) link
anyone else on sauti sol "suzanna"? it edges right up to corny in like a cee-lo "fuck you" kinda way but imo they really pull it off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFBJtuQ1Llc
― J0rdan S., Monday, 2 March 2020 23:36 (four years ago) link
I love Sauti Sol and they get way too few mentions in this thread imo. The corniness is good not bad :)
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 12:41 (four years ago) link
not sure if this was already posted as it's from late 2019 but Iyabo by GuiltyBeatz is a certi banger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBOmNwQuVIU
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 15:19 (four years ago) link
ja that's good. pim pim is my favourite 2020 track so far I think. so louche
― ||||||||, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 20:39 (four years ago) link
pim pim, dumebi (remix) and eMcimbini three-way tie
― ||||||||, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 20:43 (four years ago) link
thanks for iyabo, that's dope
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 15:21 (four years ago) link
Iyabo: great track, but another one that ends too soon imo
― rob, Saturday, 14 March 2020 16:01 (four years ago) link
Blame all those afropop party dj’s, always playing 1 minute of every track, max.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Saturday, 14 March 2020 17:13 (four years ago) link
lol really? madness
― rob, Saturday, 14 March 2020 17:15 (four years ago) link
Didn’t hear it at first, but 2Baba and Wizkid’s “Opo” is straight addictive fire:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_PSK0Bop2k
(see the Burna thread for 2Baba’s other big collabo on his latest album)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Saturday, 14 March 2020 17:21 (four years ago) link
really, it's taking the whole hyping up the crowd with hit after hit after hit thing a bit too literally for my liking. it does get to have its charms after a while, but that might be stockholm syndrome.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Saturday, 14 March 2020 17:36 (four years ago) link
xp
Do hip-hop DJs not do this? I heard DJ Mustard doing his imperial period, he seriously got through his entire catalogue in 50 minutes. Great experience
― Frederik B, Saturday, 14 March 2020 20:22 (four years ago) link
yeah, it’s probably similar. I prefer to get the full song experience, but I was raised on disco and house.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Saturday, 14 March 2020 20:46 (four years ago) link
(when it comes to dancing out, that is)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Saturday, 14 March 2020 20:48 (four years ago) link
This is super fun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5wvrTAbzTU
Sister Deborah ft. Y'akoto • Somebody (produced by Kuvie)
(It's from her (mini)album The African Mermaid. Y'akoto, who's Ghanaian-German, has an album called Mermaid Blues. What's going on here?)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Monday, 16 March 2020 10:41 (four years ago) link
Latest-latest Sauti Sol is from Queen Sono, the first African Netflix series, with strong South African input from Black Motion and Sho Madjozi:
Click here for the studio version, but here is a live performance on SA TV:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rajJo6jKUqYSauti Sol ft. Sho Madjozi & Black Motion • Disco Matanga (Yambakhana)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Monday, 16 March 2020 20:20 (four years ago) link
A propos the convo last month: Serge Beynaud has a 5-track EP out, which for some reason is called Trilogie (well, the reason seems to be there are *three* new tracks on it, beside two of his most recent singles). Best track for me is “Bandeco” with its light-for-Serge touch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOlAnN0BgL0Serge Beynaud ft. Molière • Bandeco
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Monday, 16 March 2020 21:34 (four years ago) link
This ama song is pretty dope 2 me:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJTeCJTGLr0
Mr JazziQ - Askies
ep launch party looked funhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Sexb2jH_I8
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Sunday, 22 March 2020 10:43 (four years ago) link
Yes, that whole album is very good!
I posted about it (and lots of related goodies) on the AmaPiano awesomeness thread.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Sunday, 22 March 2020 11:17 (four years ago) link
ep launch party looked fun
No more parties like that in SA either for the foreseeable future tho, unfortunately (gatherings of more than 100 people are prohibited as of last week).
This is Moonchild Sanelly (who’s on “Askies” and in that party vid) on a non-piano track. It only appeared on Spotify just now, but it’s from last year apparently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP2EaMk80Qk
(this is her performing it live on TV – studio version here: Moonchild Sanelly ft. Lunatik • Dlala
(the male vocal countermelody that’s mixed in is a great touch)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Sunday, 22 March 2020 17:27 (four years ago) link
Another one that’s both 2019 and 2020 - one of the best tracks on last year’s TNS album now has a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzi1F477ArA TNS ft. Skillz & Le Soul • Ayabonga
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Sunday, 22 March 2020 17:29 (four years ago) link
Ahh don’t think I realized that had become a generalized ama thread
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Sunday, 22 March 2020 19:53 (four years ago) link
Family as we are all under #quarantine we have put together a mini Streaming #quarantineonlineparty from the house do make sure that you guys don’t miss it, Its going down at the house@shimza.dj @djmaphorisa @kabelomotha_ @djzinhle @iam_ph @darquecity @realblackmotion let’s go. pic.twitter.com/pV5VGZxvFs— Black Motion (@black_motion) March 20, 2020
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Sunday, 22 March 2020 22:32 (four years ago) link
Two good male/female duets from Naija:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kQ44Ra6W14Blackmagic ft. Tems • Soon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hb_VZvBsOATerry Apala ft. Niniola • Lock Up
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 20:15 (four years ago) link
…and a Dutch/Ghanaian one, yes indeedy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRRl0-2ftW8I Am Aisha ft. King Promise • Lowkey
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 20:21 (four years ago) link
Video for Niniola’s “Fantasy”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-02afkIO_Ithe word “cheeky” comes to mind
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Thursday, 26 March 2020 07:29 (four years ago) link
Always time for some sweet African pop:
Nigeria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbHx9Ps7B4gDJ Neptune ft. Joeboy & Mr Eazi • Nobody
(the kind of sound that unites West and East Africa)
Uganda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAzRKql3vpY Eddy Kenzo • Tweyagale
(lovely tune and a big hit; always happy to see him do well)
Ghana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzxSNgs_0SMShatta Wale • Melissa
(this one is solidly from last year, but I was reminded of it by the Kenzo track – must be the schmaltzy old school sax; strong uninvited-guest-showing-up-drunk-at-the-wedding-party vibes)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Thursday, 26 March 2020 21:06 (four years ago) link
(calmly posting on the Afro thread as I normally do)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Thursday, 26 March 2020 21:08 (four years ago) link
...and by “always” I mean “still”, and not all the time but in doses...
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Thursday, 26 March 2020 22:21 (four years ago) link
Another beautiful male/female duet, in this case Nigerian-Ghanaian:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM71Op-VFlkOgranya ft. Efya • Wicked Somebody
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 27 March 2020 11:07 (four years ago) link
Lovely stuff
― paolo, Friday, 27 March 2020 13:18 (four years ago) link
Who cares about lovely, here's Semi Tee back with another song, Gabadiya :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-zuBeqNrwY
― Nabozo, Friday, 27 March 2020 17:38 (four years ago) link
Oh cool, it has a video now!
The track (plus its virtual flipside “Lemonade”) was posted earlier on the Amapiano Awesomeness thread.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 27 March 2020 18:24 (four years ago) link
I'm totally lost about where to post South African stuff now I must admit
― Nabozo, Friday, 27 March 2020 19:13 (four years ago) link
There’s simply too much great music coming out of SA to be contained in one thread!
fwiw, this is how I break it down myself:
Melodic jams, house or non-house, with a focus on (soulful) vocals, Samthing and Sha Sha-style amapiano very much included: THE HOUSE OF SUN-EL: Sun-El Musician, Simmy, Mlindo The Vocalist, and other related artists
Hardcore amapiano, banging like Semi Tee or deep like Mhaw Keys: Thread for the AmaPiano awesomeness that is “Baby Are You Coming?” by Zero12finest feat. ThaMagnificent2
Dedicated “eMcimbini” thread, explicitly geared towards the glorification of song-of-the-year-so-far “eMcimbini”: 🎹🎹PİANO! PİANO!🎹🎹 - a song appreciation thread for “eMcimbini” by Kabza De Small & DJ Maphorisa ft. Aymos, Samthing Soweto, Mas Musiq & Myztro
Other SA stuff (gqom, SA rap, Makhadzi!) can still go here. Admittedly, it’s a fine mess – with the emphasis on “fine”.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 27 March 2020 20:02 (four years ago) link
So, Tanzania, with Rayvanny as my guide for the first stage – perhaps surprisingly the sweetness will be kept at a minimum!
Rayvanny goes singeli with Dulla Makabila:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PWCMHTJRn4Rayvanny ft. Dulla Makabila • Miss Buza
Another one that’s Big Fun:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoXcZrOOMksRayvanny ft. Busiswa & Baba Levo • Zipo
Rayvanny bongo flav’ing as he normally does, here is “Tete…”, sorry “Tekenya”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9DWiUyp5Bo Lava Lava ft. Rayvanny • Tekenya (Remix)
And if you like your Rayvanny sweet, he also dropped a mini album just ahead of Valentine’s Day, featuring none of these songs.
However… (TO BE CONTINUED)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Monday, 30 March 2020 20:46 (four years ago) link
Aware that I’m probably out of sync with a lot of people here, but here’s Tanzania, 100% sugar-free – THE SEQUEL:
This time I’ll be taking Dulla Makabila’s singeli lead, and post his “Dua”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4yKz3KObZI
Sholo Mwamba is no stranger to these threads; “Ghetto La Bibi” is fire:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4-vDH4nYBo
Love the (what sounds to me like) Arabic inflections in this guy’s singing. It might be my favourite of this bunch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-PWcsBRdag Meja Kunta • Mamu
Meja Kunta also has a big song out with Lava Lava (see above), “Wanga”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV1ra6fchW0
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 20:17 (four years ago) link
A few more:
From 2018, “Umepenya” by Pam D ft. Msaga Sumu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QXccqFPGN0
Mzee wa Bwax (from the Sounds of Sisso album): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL0k-KzpQlEMzee wa Bwax ft. Tamimu • Sanamu la Michelini
He’s also got a Corona track out:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE2Vo_55TJU
(so do Rayvanny and Lava Lava)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 20:18 (four years ago) link
Tulenkey is a keeper:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wyPn5JcS2UTulenkey ft. Kelvyn Boy, Medikal & Wes7ar22 • Ghetto Boy
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Thursday, 2 April 2020 11:10 (four years ago) link
Coronavirus anthem from Kenya ft Nelmo Newsong, Leadha, Eleanor and Love-E Mgenge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_Wd-F8S3tw
― sean gramophone, Thursday, 2 April 2020 14:16 (four years ago) link
Mukuru All Stars • Stay Fresh (A fight with Corona)
(for future reference)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Thursday, 2 April 2020 17:53 (four years ago) link
This is the stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NttxgDUYL3kC Natty • Ojah
(glorious technicolor production by Killertunes)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:24 (four years ago) link
I wish that had vocals from someone with more presence (he sounds a bit like a watered-down Wizkid to me), but damn that is a behemoth of a track
― rob, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 14:16 (four years ago) link
more Nigerian pop splendour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS61vkU6qLk
Joeboy • Call
(also, Joeboy is beautiful)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 10 April 2020 21:24 (four years ago) link
This is great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rsf3GSgy6EA
FKI 1$t ft. Victoria Kimani & Ferre Gola • Afreaka
(that's US (?), Kenya + DRC)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 10 April 2020 23:27 (four years ago) link
Still adding all posted tracks (plus relevant African stuff on other threads) to this Spotify playlist:ILM rolling✳️all-inclusive✳️afro 2020
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 10 April 2020 23:32 (four years ago) link
Professor Xavier Livermon has a new book out called : Kwaito Bodies: Remastering Space and Subjectivityin Post-Apartheid South Africa Duke University Press Durham and London 2020
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 12 April 2020 13:36 (four years ago) link
The Native on the new generation of afropop stars, with the focus heavily on Naija:https://thenativemag.com/music/afropop-on-the-rise-witnessing-new-line-vanguard(things I learned: Billie Eilish is a fan of Zlatan, and, on further investigation, an even bigger one of Tekno)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 14 April 2020 21:23 (four years ago) link