More recent soca/afropop intermingling here and here.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 11 September 2020 13:25 (three years ago) link
FEM rules
― rob, Saturday, 12 September 2020 21:05 (three years ago) link
Yes, although I see some Davido haters on twitter knocking the song
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 17 September 2020 02:14 (three years ago) link
Free speech was a mistake
― not right at all (rob), Thursday, 17 September 2020 02:57 (three years ago) link
...which is exactly what the song is about.ta gueule !
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Thursday, 17 September 2020 06:17 (three years ago) link
it was also a mistake to post that Peruzzi song earlier. I should have known (better). have seen enough instances of that guy being a p.o.s.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Thursday, 17 September 2020 06:24 (three years ago) link
A timely shot of Angolan kuduro/house bangers:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXpXq5rxKdANew Kiss ft. Leo Hummer & DJ Vlado Poster • Abre o Péhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3v2CdH5gzMGilson Gera ft. Dzey9 Beat • Não Tamu Aguentar
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Sunday, 20 September 2020 15:08 (three years ago) link
damn, it’s *Vado* Poster!
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Sunday, 20 September 2020 15:09 (three years ago) link
Cracker Mallo, Nigerian producer du jour, just dropped his own EP, A Friendly Introduction To Saund, (“saund” yes, his tag will tell you why): two instrumentals, one track with Olamide, that wicked single with Fireboy, and this cracking tune featuring himself:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEgAbgCFn1cCracker Mallo • Do Better
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Sunday, 20 September 2020 19:04 (three years ago) link
West African afro&b - let's hear it from the girls:
Simi • No Longer Beneficial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkVOvN5boK8Tems • Damages: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lU0DnT89_cAmaarae • Fancy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9nCy25Mwko
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Monday, 21 September 2020 21:26 (three years ago) link
Feeling Red Card and the kuduro/house bangers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXDzLJZDHjI
NSG - MCM
― paolo, Tuesday, 22 September 2020 10:00 (three years ago) link
that’s a banger as well. as I mentioned on the UK Afro thread, that beat is courtesy of Dutch producer Yung Felix - see also “Pareke” with Niniola a bit upthread.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 22 September 2020 10:58 (three years ago) link
had completely missed this excellent slice of NaijaPiano. always great to hear Flavour’s voice being put to good use:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7RSzuwWoeUMasterkraft ft. Flavour • Equipment
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 23 September 2020 20:30 (three years ago) link
Well, this is totally unexpected. Darey, who was big in the 00s (pre-Wizkid and Before My Afropop Time), teams up with Patoranking and just knocks it way out of the park. Produced by Pheelz, not exactly a rookie himself, who’s on fire this year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF5yOs2MEH8Darey ft. Patoranking • Jojo
Interesting story about the female bikers in the video.
― Regard the timeless piano balladeeress! (breastcrawl), Sunday, 27 September 2020 14:08 (three years ago) link
Tems (see four posts up) just dropped her debut EP, For Broken Ears. Final track “The Key” is incredible:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmxjaA8aRxE
― Regard the timeless piano balladeeress! (breastcrawl), Sunday, 27 September 2020 14:12 (three years ago) link
It's stretching pop but I am discovering Fongola from last year and there are moments on this record that just floor me. I think I saw it being recommended by mihr, but I don't think it was really discussed here. People are largely failing at attempts to categorize it. I remember hearing of that French producer when Aljawal (by détruit & Alsarah) was released a few years back.Anyway, are there other recent records in this vein ? Besides maybe Nihixiloca.Azo Toke and L.O.V.E.
― Nabozo, Monday, 28 September 2020 19:22 (three years ago) link
I also get strong Francis Bebey vibes.
― Nabozo, Monday, 28 September 2020 19:23 (three years ago) link
Fongola didn’t ring a bell immediately, but okay, so this is about KOKOKO! They have never really grabbed me, but I will give it a listen.
― Regard the timeless piano balladeeress! (breastcrawl), Monday, 28 September 2020 19:40 (three years ago) link
any thoughts on the Tems EP btw?
― Regard the timeless piano balladeeress! (breastcrawl), Monday, 28 September 2020 19:54 (three years ago) link
Liked it, but I find her style limited.Niniola - Colours and Sounds is out today. We know most of the songs (it goes as far back as Bana), which may be slightly disappointing but it makes for a really tight set of songs.
― Nabozo, Friday, 2 October 2020 16:04 (three years ago) link
Agreed on the Niniola. It’s a great introduction for newcomers - like you said the post-first album singles make up half of the album, with only 7 new tracks, including two with SA amapianists Shuffle Muzik (who she’s worked with before) and two Kel-P joints (very welcome given the Burna situation). What this album does have in common with Twice As Tall is a track with Timbaland. It’s a nifty afropop joint, very on point, which raises the question: who ghost-produced this? On balance, I would have liked the focus to be more on her housey side, but I’ll take it.
― Regard the timeless piano balladeeress! (breastcrawl), Saturday, 3 October 2020 18:51 (three years ago) link
oh look, one of the Shuffle Muzik-produced tracks has a video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmlh2x8wTBwNiniola • Look Like Me
― Regard the timeless piano balladeeress! (breastcrawl), Saturday, 3 October 2020 20:24 (three years ago) link
(feel the track with Busiswa might have been a better choice perhaps?)
― Regard the timeless piano balladeeress! (breastcrawl), Saturday, 3 October 2020 20:25 (three years ago) link
worth posting here as well - Aya goes for that Naija sound:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAA31YId_sQAya Nakamura • Doudou
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Saturday, 10 October 2020 14:39 (three years ago) link
(I mean, that beat is Wizkid-worthy)
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Saturday, 10 October 2020 14:45 (three years ago) link
New TNS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CtqVSdB7oMTNS ft. Luqua • Nyathela
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Saturday, 10 October 2020 16:59 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWkzKrzeMdAHarmonize - Jeshihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xAaGTFG0cIBaba Levo & Rayvanny - Ngongingo
Apologies if they were previously posted
― Nabozo, Monday, 12 October 2020 16:20 (three years ago) link
I posted "Ngongingo" last month. You could do a search before posting - and then even respond to the track if you like it! I prefer a thread with some feedback to one where people just post tracks and run, but perhaps that's just me.
You could also search this Spotify playlist which features more or less all Afro(/adjacent) stuff that's been posted on ILM this year (nearly 400 tracks so far):rolling✳️all-inclusive✳️afro 2020 playlist
Anyway, "Ngongino" is a banger, and "Jeshi" is very nice as well. The more East African tracks the merrier.
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 October 2020 17:01 (three years ago) link
Bella Alubo is mad underrated. She just released a new EP, the ironically titled Popstar. "Gbolahan" is the single, but "La La Land" is where it's at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DPa6WHDN-4
(also, "Gba Gbe (Motive)")
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Saturday, 17 October 2020 18:08 (three years ago) link
Ghana:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oes1g4J93AcBisa Kdei ft. Medikal • Netwerk
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Saturday, 17 October 2020 18:58 (three years ago) link
More Ghana - I love this rollicking track from Kuami "Rockstar" Eugene's new Son Of Africa album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA2DNDwDgkMKuami Eugene ft. Obaapa Christy • Wa Ye Wie
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Sunday, 18 October 2020 12:25 (three years ago) link
Remember Obaapa Christy?
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Sunday, 18 October 2020 12:31 (three years ago) link
from (Ghanaian) gospel to (Naija) slackness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTur2Ob4QKMMohbad ft. Naira Marley & Lil Kesh • Ponmo Sweet
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Sunday, 18 October 2020 13:30 (three years ago) link
too bad there's no (dance) video for this kuduro house banger:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YvyLcXbk1cMestre Dangui • Bengala
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Sunday, 18 October 2020 15:50 (three years ago) link
For the Omah Lay fans (do they call themselves Lay(wo)men or Laypersons? In-Lays? Or simply Layicists? #onethread): this is the big hit off Olamide’s Carpe Diem album (his first under his international deal with Empire, to which he signed along with protégé Fireboy DML):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCUfGghQfmsOlamide ft. Omah Lay • Infinity
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Monday, 19 October 2020 13:18 (three years ago) link
Came across this on YouTube, old skool kwaito from Botswana:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Egwb2eXDUEskimos ft. Names • Kwalata Tsa Katara
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 20 October 2020 16:07 (three years ago) link
This is such a pretty song, it's been with me for months now and keeps creeping up on me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjayNIirdVwYusufkanbai • Do And Undo
live version
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 20 October 2020 16:18 (three years ago) link
Small boy you don dey talk too much, FEM!
Davido’s ”Fem” has been adopted by the #EndSARS protesters: https://thenativemag.com/music/davidos-fem-became-official-endsars-protest-anthem/
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Thursday, 22 October 2020 18:50 (three years ago) link
As I noted on the Wizkid thread, the Naija music industry has more or less come to a standstill because of the protests, but this track dropped a few weeks back, and it’s damn good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiGHwccZupEBasketmouth ft. Show Dem Camp & Oxlade • Myself
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Thursday, 22 October 2020 20:31 (three years ago) link
This one is very good as well, looks I'll have to check out producer Duktor Sett:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nsba-Tt7TYYBasketmouth ft. Flavour & Phyno • Papa Benji
(btw Basketmouth is a famous comedian, I'm not sure what it is he's actually doing on these tracks, guess we'll have to wait for the videos)
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Thursday, 22 October 2020 20:53 (three years ago) link
DJs: where do you buy or download your tracks from? I used to find Google Play very reliable for stuff like this but it's been replaced by YouTube Music which is streaming only
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Thursday, 22 October 2020 21:50 (three years ago) link
someone mentioned 7digital the last time this was discussed
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Friday, 23 October 2020 10:19 (three years ago) link
ooh I like "Infinity"...will have to check out the rest of Carpe Diem. And "Myself" is really fantastic, nice find
― rob, Saturday, 24 October 2020 14:09 (three years ago) link
this, from the UK afro thread, deserves a lot more exposure. As Matt DC said, it’s brilliant:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSFgRsR5e20Midas The Jagaban • Party With A Jagaban
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Saturday, 24 October 2020 19:01 (three years ago) link
Nyege Nyege Presents Durban Underground Sho''caseMusicians:PhelimuncasiLafaristoBhejane
http://www.youtube.com/ybPumXb1aRM
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Sunday, 25 October 2020 15:04 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybPumXb1aRM
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Sunday, 25 October 2020 15:20 (three years ago) link
(first link didn’t work for me)
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Sunday, 25 October 2020 15:22 (three years ago) link
party with a jagabang really us a jam. delivers on so many levels
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Sunday, 25 October 2020 16:54 (three years ago) link
is
joeboy - "lonely"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bjHDNoZrrQ
fucking w/ this one heavily
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 25 October 2020 16:55 (three years ago) link