Busiswa’s new one is *extremely* groovy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erEV_Yj-Z-0Busiswa ft. Kamo Mphela • SBWL
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 8 September 2020 12:11 (three years ago) link
Really love jazzidisciples― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), maandag 7 september 2020 3:27 bookmarkflaglinkthat track is the bomb... for real― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), dinsdag 8 september 2020 13:44 bookmarkflaglink
that track is the bomb... for real
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), dinsdag 8 september 2020 13:44 bookmarkflaglink
official video is out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGvAKp3fOqg
...and it's the full 7+ minutes!
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Saturday, 12 September 2020 17:15 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3UVw_SZbMsMFR Souls - Amanikiniki (on a 20 tracks album called... Musical Kings, Amapiano is all about royalty)
― Nabozo, Sunday, 13 September 2020 11:45 (three years ago) link
...and about long-ass albums!
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Sunday, 13 September 2020 12:50 (three years ago) link
for more where “Jazzidisciples (Zlele)” came from: the 5-track Ama Roto EP by Reece Madlisa & Zuma with Mr JazziQ is really good......and so is TallArseTee (the original amapiano mc)’s Pampiri EP (Tribute to Papers 707), which has 7 tracks, 3 of which are with the above combination, including “Ngwanona”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br-ah3UIX6o(I’m mentioning the number of tracks because some of these amapiano projects (even some that are called EPs) can be intimidatingly long - case in point: that MFR Souls album. These two are in the half-hour range. And if you happen to feel amapiano all tends to sound samey: there’s lots of variety here, especially on the TallArseTee)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Sunday, 20 September 2020 16:08 (three years ago) link
this banger now has a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9_da2P5JjQFocalistic ft. Vigro Deep • Ke Star
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Sunday, 20 September 2020 20:45 (three years ago) link
Stumbled upon these two articles while looking for sourceshttps://mixmag.net/feature/amapiano-south-africa-house-music-movement-gautenghttps://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/music/from-south-africa-to-the-world-why-amapiano-could-be-the-next-dance-music-genre-to-rule-the-clubs-1.1065104
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 23 September 2020 18:07 (three years ago) link
Thanks for those! The Mixmag piece in particular is interesting.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 23 September 2020 19:35 (three years ago) link
Propulsion & Vibes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0YvDXksIw8DJ Lace ft. Khanye • Izint Ezinhle
― Regard the timeless piano balladeeress! (breastcrawl), Friday, 9 October 2020 20:22 (three years ago) link
Loving all these *different* versions of amapiano:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J91SWcOtx0MMr JazziQ ft. Reece Madlisa, Zuma, Mpura, Riky Rick & 9umba • VSOP
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Friday, 9 October 2020 21:11 (three years ago) link
sorry, wasn't this the Zero12Finest thread?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaNEExJK-ecCalvin Fallo ft. Zero12Finest • No Strings Attached
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Friday, 9 October 2020 21:56 (three years ago) link
fun TV performance of Busiswa's "SBWL":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01_H7TtNQ2c
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 October 2020 10:01 (three years ago) link
Izint Ezinhle is excellent. And yeah definitely something "different" going on...I wonder if I really have any idea what makes amapiano amapiano? Anyway, I got pleasing Tresor-ish vibes from that. I also want to say that I *love* the guitar that comes in at the end, that's how you do it :)
VSOP's amapiano d'ennui is certainly an intriguing move, maybe a little sluggish for repeat listens imo, but very cool to see how much stretch there is in this sound.
― rob, Monday, 12 October 2020 13:45 (three years ago) link
yeah, I guess I sh/c/ould have posted "Izint Ezinhle" on the Sun-El thread as sort of adjacent to Blaq Diamond or Samthing's "Omama Bomthandazo", but percussion and bass-wise it is definitely under the influence of amapiano.
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 October 2020 14:30 (three years ago) link
I mentioned it somewhere (but not on this thread I don’t think), but KayGee DaKing x Bizizi’s Kokota Piano (Amapiano Vol. 1) is a killer album, one of my favourites of the year. Front to back strong amapiano tracks with a delicious pop crunch.
Of course there’s last year’s massive “Kokota” (see upthread, also for the wedding dance version), and its follow-up “Isabella”, but these two: Kaygee DaKing & Bizizi ft. Team Mosha • December;Kaygee DaKing & Bizizi • Sendi Location were posted here as well, with links that are now broken.
They made a video for “Rambo” (which might actually be the sparsest of the bunch, with not as much of that pop sheen):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJISK2BiHOs
(btw they've since dropped a new project as well, called Double Dragon)
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 October 2020 14:48 (three years ago) link
Other broken links that needed replacing:
DeMthuda ft. Njelic • Shesha
De Mogul SA ft. Mdee Mshangane • Na Ku Randza
JohnBravo ft. Caltonic SA • Thuma Mina (Freestyle)
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 October 2020 14:53 (three years ago) link
Another very good album I never mentioned on this thread: Semi Tee’s I’m Only Tweentyone (yes, it’s spelled ‘tweentyone’). It’s some dense shit, sonically closer to gqom than most amapiano. Check “Mercedes” and especially “Stayla” upthread.
Weirdly, singles “Gabadiya” and this one (I’m replacing the broken link):Semi Tee ft. Ma Lemon • Lemonadeare not included on the album.
This other heavy hitter with Ma Lemon is though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FijCIxLVs1wSemi Tee ft. Ma Lemon • Vumani
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 October 2020 15:35 (three years ago) link
(Everybody needs some) Amapiano relaxation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWo9vo9ZgvAKota Embassy ft. Cue • Sugar Mama
(possibly outvibing even DJ Stokie’s “Senorita”)
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Monday, 19 October 2020 14:30 (three years ago) link
But maybe you want your amapiano to do more... damage?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q438fxYiar0Quexdeep • Damage
And, crucially:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKsfRZcPngsMapara A Jazz ft. Ntosh Gazi & Colano • John Vuli Gate
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Monday, 19 October 2020 16:11 (three years ago) link
Seriously, the John Vuli Gate thing is *blowing up* in SA - it comes with A Challenge:
read about it here...
watch it here...
parodies abound...
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Monday, 19 October 2020 16:18 (three years ago) link
Checked up on that Ntosh Gazi guy who's on "John Vula Gate", and this, from last year, is great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpTCM5n8ZAsNtosh Gazi ft. BlackBoyCannon • Tshaba
(it has 25 views, whatever)
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 20 October 2020 17:45 (three years ago) link
this is quite something from Busiswa:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Knx9Vi1MRMBusiswa ft. Mr JazziQ • MakaziBetween Mr JazziQ and Josiah De Disciple, JazziDisciples are having quite a year with all the stuff they’ve been involved with. Probably my favourite amapiano producers after Kabza (w/wo Maphorisa).
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Friday, 6 November 2020 20:29 (three years ago) link
that's great, it's cool to hear how busiswa has adapted to amapiano beats
― ufo, Saturday, 7 November 2020 00:50 (three years ago) link
yeah, her vocal on this is amazing, unlike anything I’ve heard her do before
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Saturday, 7 November 2020 11:22 (three years ago) link
to be clear: *her vocal on this* is unlike anything I’ve heard her do before, she’s been plenty amazing in the past as well obviously
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Saturday, 7 November 2020 11:25 (three years ago) link
this is fucking great
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 8 November 2020 15:05 (three years ago) link
oh my god, "Makazi" people! i'm not kidding! don't sleep on this!
that vocal breakdown at 4'25 is e-ve-ry-thing
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Saturday, 14 November 2020 12:42 (three years ago) link
Loving the aggressive hip hop into Amapiano vibes of Da Les’ Elon Musk, featuring some familiar voices:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ4eWa7v-Bo
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 14 November 2020 14:30 (three years ago) link
moodypiano:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n60B5bPQfx8Solid T ft. Mr Madumane • Kom Kyk
does this feature the *real* Madumane (ie Maphorisa's rap alias?) or just someone who sounds quite like him and mentions his name a lot? either way, this is one groovy jam.
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Saturday, 14 November 2020 22:58 (three years ago) link
As a Dutchie, I’m fascinated by the occasional Afrikaans (loan)words and phrases in the lyrics of Zulu/Xhosa/etc music genres. Here the track title is Afrikaans, it means “Come (have a) look”.
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Saturday, 14 November 2020 23:08 (three years ago) link
Yeah there's a good number of Afrikaans words that have passed in South African English. Braai. Askies. Buckie. Lekker. Not even getting into the food (Boerewors, Vetkoek). When I was staying there the landlord's 5-year-old daughter would be coming to visit us at the cottage, and her English was full of Afrikaans and it was very fun trying to decipher what she was saying. We'd be asking her "did you have a good slaapie Kara ?", "what did you kyked ?". When we returned last year, she had grown up and her English was perfect (and little Boer accent thank God).I also still can't get enough that South Africans call a traffic light a "robot". 'Short left after robot'.
― Nabozo, Sunday, 15 November 2020 11:36 (three years ago) link
I forgot an obvious one: voetsek !
― Nabozo, Sunday, 15 November 2020 11:37 (three years ago) link
one of the most surprising examples to me is “verstaan(a)” (‘understand’) in the Xhosa lyrics of Tresor & Msaki’s “Sondela” (not amapiano obviously).
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Sunday, 15 November 2020 13:45 (three years ago) link
about that “verkoek”:https://static.raru.co.za/cover/2014/04/11/130398-l.jpg?v=1397170800
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Sunday, 15 November 2020 13:49 (three years ago) link
damn, “vetkoek”
does "askies" just mean "I'm sorry"?
― rob, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 00:15 (three years ago) link
yep, same word as “excuse”, but (I think) instead derived from the Dutch “excuus”
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 00:32 (three years ago) link
the above confirmed ✅(in Afrikaans it’s spelled “ekskuus” tho, with “askies” being the colloquial version that’s used in other SA languages as well)
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 15:30 (three years ago) link
dank je!
― rob, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 16:13 (three years ago) link
Busiswa just dropped a new album, My Side of the Story. The tracklist suggests it's very amapiano-heavy.
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Sunday, 22 November 2020 21:01 (three years ago) link
it must be the December season!
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Sunday, 22 November 2020 21:02 (three years ago) link
it's good!
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Monday, 23 November 2020 18:02 (three years ago) link
i kinda think Makazi is a competitor for best song of the year
beautypiano:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlG_6eqLCuoZain SA • Ina Iyeza
― Running up that hill but fleeting (a deal with Gop) (breastcrawl), Sunday, 29 November 2020 16:06 (three years ago) link
How about some TanzaPiano?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJXB8kqKMOkMarioo ft. Sho Madjozi & Bontle Smith • Mama Amina
(made with generous help from South Africa obviously)
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Thursday, 3 December 2020 20:44 (three years ago) link
The Busiswa album is good, much better than the forgettable rush job that was her previous, Summer Life, two years ago - but not as good as Highly Flavoured before it imo. Wish she would have made good on the promise of tracks 1 and 3, where (like on “Makazi”) she uses her voice differently. Her singing voice on “Dololo” in particular is nothing short of spectacular. Quite the mission statement, I thought, but apart from “Bonnie & Clyde” she doesn’t really back it up on the rest of the album. Still, “SBWL” and especially “Makazi” are among the best singles of the year and there’s two strong tracks from the Mas/Kabza/Maphorisa camp.
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Thursday, 3 December 2020 20:55 (three years ago) link
loving this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdkPvFE2wac
Falz ft. Niniola - Squander
― where do all these unsold amps go? (gaudio), Friday, 4 December 2020 18:37 (three years ago) link
prime naijapiano!
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Friday, 4 December 2020 23:25 (three years ago) link
got around to Busiswa's My Side of the Story and i pretty much agree with breastcrawl - it's not quite the tour de force that Highly Flavoured was, but still a welcome return to form after Summer Life was such a disappointment
― ufo, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 09:14 (three years ago) link
anywhere you can buy 320s for ama or just amazon/itunes?
― vvvwwwv, Saturday, 19 December 2020 21:52 (three years ago) link