Wizkid was on one I looked at, might’ve been the Guardian?
― rob, Wednesday, 2 December 2020 13:37 (three years ago) link
Burna’s Twice As Tall is on the Consequence Of Sound listno comment
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 2 December 2020 14:28 (three years ago) link
hadn’t seen the Wizkid so far... sigh...but you’re right, it’s number...wait for it...43 on the Guardian list
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 2 December 2020 14:32 (three years ago) link
since we're doing the Guardian, they ran an interview with Davido yesterday.
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 2 December 2020 19:44 (three years ago) link
Also noticed One Leg Up. Singles I'm considering to appear on my year-end lists: Cool Me Down (DJ Tunez), Away (Oxlade), Infinity (Olamide), Addicted, Woman, half Wizkid's songs, Ojah (C Natty), Again (Wande Coal), Damn or another (Omah Lay). Follow-ups: Beynaud, Rayvanny, Innoss'B, Zlatan, Terri, GreyC.
Album-wise: Wizkid mainly. The rest was frankly disappointing and I hate Tiwa Savage with a passion.
― Nabozo, Thursday, 3 December 2020 11:17 (three years ago) link
some good choices there, but “hate Tiwa with a passion”? care to elaborate?
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Thursday, 3 December 2020 12:18 (three years ago) link
Hmmm, I'd say there's something stiff about her singing that is constantly rubbing me the wrong way, also it would be nice if you could sometimes hear her voice through the autotune.I can do Simi next.
― Nabozo, Thursday, 3 December 2020 20:24 (three years ago) link
no please Nabozo don’t hurt Simi!
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Friday, 4 December 2020 14:28 (three years ago) link
Bring on the boys:🔻The new Rema is another naijapiano track, but very different in vibe than “Woman” - wounded and contemplative instead of ludicrously lustful:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNR7F3AuIhYRema • Peace Of Mind (it’s Kel-P’s first foray into the genre, I think)🔻More naijapiano, this time by trailblazer Mayorkun:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu8txVby2RYMayorkun • Your Body(Busiswa was practically begging him for a collab on Twitter the other day btw. We *would* love to see it)🔻Buju finally came through with a new single. his previous one was early-pandemic. still hoping big things from him, even if it feels like Omah Lay might have stolen some of his thunder:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-xLGjzDgOkBuju • So Lovely
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Friday, 4 December 2020 14:30 (three years ago) link
So many men, so little time:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxclLinAj18Mr Eazi ft. J Balvin • Lentoproduced by Killertunes
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Saturday, 5 December 2020 12:26 (three years ago) link
posted about it on the Rolling R&B thread, but the Amaarae album that came out last month is very good (and Pitchfork-approved)
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Sunday, 6 December 2020 19:10 (three years ago) link
Which are the songs that have a shot at the top 77?
Uwrongo? Cool Me Down? Ngihamba Nawe?
Jerusalema? Hehehe
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 8 December 2020 16:01 (three years ago) link
would think/hope Woman, Dangerous Love, No Stress, Emcimbini, Emakhaya, Your Love are contenders, possibly others as well
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 8 December 2020 18:27 (three years ago) link
eMcimbini for sure
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 8 December 2020 18:36 (three years ago) link
My spotify eoy was 99% kabza this time
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 8 December 2020 18:44 (three years ago) link
after a great first few months Ghana seems to have slipped away (from my mind at least), but here's Joey B and friends to save the day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0LR0dDUfQUJoey B ft. Kofi Mole & Medikal • Akobam
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 9 December 2020 22:15 (three years ago) link
a new Davido signee with a lovely label debut:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_7NMl5W91ALiya • Melo
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Thursday, 10 December 2020 08:10 (three years ago) link
man, “Godly” is so good. the organ that comes in in the chorus after he mentions Godnna, nna, nna, nna, na, ah-ahh
― im-polite-post-post-post-pomo (breastcrawl), Thursday, 10 December 2020 19:08 (three years ago) link
love that one!
― rob, Thursday, 10 December 2020 20:44 (three years ago) link
Am I correct that this was discussed in another thread?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWKoDuyuzVs
Dj Manzo Sa feat. Comado and Mthandazo Gatya - "Senzeni"
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 10 December 2020 21:21 (three years ago) link
yes, here: THE HOUSE OF SUN-EL: Sun-El Musician, Simmy, Mlindo The Vocalist, and other related artistsit’s a brilliant track!
― im-polite-post-post-post-pomo (breastcrawl), Thursday, 10 December 2020 22:00 (three years ago) link
Oh ok didn't know there was a Sun El connection, thanks Yeah it's ridiculously beautiful
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 10 December 2020 22:11 (three years ago) link
there isn’t a Sun-El connection as such, but it fits the brief of beautiful South African house(y) music that’s not amapiano, generally speaking. or something.
― im-polite-post-post-post-pomo (breastcrawl), Thursday, 10 December 2020 22:34 (three years ago) link
just want to thank this thread - and especially regular posters like breastcrawl and Nabozo - for being my window into African music over the course of this (and every) year. about 10% of my "favourite songs" list was discovered here. http://www.saidthegramophone.com/
― sean gramophone, Monday, 14 December 2020 16:10 (three years ago) link
my pleasure, sean. anything to make your wonderful yearly list even better!
― obsessed about quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Monday, 14 December 2020 18:55 (three years ago) link
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, December 8, 2020 5:01 PM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglink
Omah Lay deserves a shout either through his first EP, Damn, Godly or Infinity.Jerusalema definitely. I've seen people try to build hype around Makazi, Yaz Abantu. Tugela Fairy is deserving.Thanks for following Sean, tbh it's really hard to get in front of breastcrawl's military-grade radar.
― Nabozo, Monday, 14 December 2020 19:27 (three years ago) link
lol please keep coming up with potential new display names, Nabozo!was just listening to Omah’s “Lo Lo” again, thanx to sean’s list. that was his first song I fell for, but man, did I give him a hard time. couldn’t see what made him worthy of his instant stardom at first, but he’s proven this mere mortal being very wrong.
― obsessed about quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Monday, 14 December 2020 19:35 (three years ago) link
also #teamjerusalema here (for the second year running)
― obsessed about quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Monday, 14 December 2020 19:37 (three years ago) link
my tracks ballot is going to be a nightmare for sure, and Omah Lay is partic hard to narrow down. I actually most responded to "Ye Ye Ye" but also love "Lo Lo" and "Damn." I liked "Green Light" so much on the Olamide album I may have overlooked "Infinity."
tbh it's really hard to get in front of breastcrawl's military-grade radar
so otm, if I actually find a song that hasn't already been posted here, it's generally safe to assume it actually came out last year
― loose Orwellian mobs (rob), Monday, 14 December 2020 19:52 (three years ago) link
as for the meaning of #86 on sean gramophone's list, from the ever-useful YouTube comments:
El Comentarista:Please can someone tell me what it means "Ngongingo "?Salama Salum:@el comebtarista Ngongingo mean small ass and wowowo mean big ass according to this song!!
Salama Salum:@el comebtarista Ngongingo mean small ass and wowowo mean big ass according to this song!!
an independent earlier source confirms the second part:
Wowowo – Pronounced “whoawhoawhoa”, it’s Kiswahili for “Big butt.”
(I guess there were some clues in both the artwork and video!)
― obsessed about quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Monday, 14 December 2020 20:07 (three years ago) link
guys, Infinity - banging softness / male duo / Nigerian fashion / put it in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu69SyqwPGgand the EP on the albums poll
― Nabozo, Monday, 14 December 2020 20:11 (three years ago) link
hahaha amazing, thank you bc!!
― sean gramophone, Monday, 14 December 2020 20:12 (three years ago) link
― loose Orwellian mobs (rob), Monday, December 14, 2020 8:52 PM (twenty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
haha, and then of course it's breastcrawl who comes and points it out to you, and you can feel he's giving you the eye and you should get disciplined asap.
― Nabozo, Monday, 14 December 2020 20:23 (three years ago) link
or kindly reminding you that you must have been distracted because the song has already been posted and is right here in the spotify playlist at number 242
― Nabozo, Monday, 14 December 2020 20:25 (three years ago) link
breastcrawl: maybe "Gunnery Sergeant Starboy" ?
― Nabozo, Monday, 14 December 2020 20:27 (three years ago) link
thanx, but I’ve decided to go with “That’s What Search Functions Are For”
― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Monday, 14 December 2020 20:37 (three years ago) link
just came across this "Infinity" write-up in Rolling Stone:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/olamide-omah-lay-infinity-video-1085971/
it namecheks producer P.Priime, the third guy in the video. check that brilliant shot at 2'40, coinciding with his tag.
― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Monday, 14 December 2020 20:49 (three years ago) link
*namechecks
― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Monday, 14 December 2020 20:50 (three years ago) link
bizarre news from Uganda:https://thenativemag.com/communities/omah-lay-tems-police-custody-uganda/
― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Monday, 14 December 2020 23:41 (three years ago) link
After watching the "Infinity" video last night, I woke up with the song in my head, so good call there friends
― loose Orwellian mobs (rob), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 14:55 (three years ago) link
One small complaint though: it's actually Olamide who's the weak link for me. I love him on other songs (cf. "Green Light"), but all I want to hear is Omah on that one.
― loose Orwellian mobs (rob), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 14:56 (three years ago) link
uganda seems like a powder keg right now. glad to hear bobi wine is out of prison.
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 19 December 2020 17:37 (three years ago) link
also out of Ugandan prison: Omah Lay and Tems. Both presidential candidate for the opposition Bobi Wine and his rival Bebe Cool, son a former Museveni cabinet minister, are claiming a role in their release - Bebe Cool after allegedly calling the police on them in the first placce.
anyway, there's a video for "Godly" (sugar, no creme lol):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqUd72pK15Y
― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 22:01 (three years ago) link
I think Kabza De Small would have a fair shot at top 77 if there was a single consensus track or album but the problem is he releases too much good music.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 23:43 (three years ago) link
here's some consensus for you:
🎹🎹PİANO! PİANO!🎹🎹 - a song appreciation thread for ”eMcimbini” by Kabza De Small & DJ Maphorisa ft. Aymos, Samthing Soweto, Mas Musiq & Myztro
― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Thursday, 24 December 2020 08:27 (three years ago) link
Hey that's good. I'll be doing my part to get it on the countdown.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Thursday, 24 December 2020 13:42 (three years ago) link
brilliant track to (perhaps?) close off this year, which in Nigeria was dominated by the #endSARS protests as much as by the pandemic:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3BxmBQDfhQAjebo Hustlers ft. Davido • Barawo (Remix)(produced by... 1da Banton! - see Nabozo’s post one month upthread)
― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Monday, 28 December 2020 20:55 (three years ago) link
thanks to this thread for providing much of my fave music of the year btw!
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 19:12 (three years ago) link
a pleasure, as always
― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 22:46 (three years ago) link
I'm only just getting around to the Amaarae album today, and it's so good! I was worried her voice was too wispy to sustain interest across a whole album, but I was very wrong.
― rob, Friday, 1 January 2021 21:02 (three years ago) link