Speaking of the past, it's 10 years since Oleku but Ice Prince is still here. Oxlade is especially great here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts19iSWEvdsIce Prince - Kolo feat. Oxlade
The song is not really excellent, but the video and dancing is (I'm in love with Nife, the girl with blue hair).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejNMVMVFWqQEugy & Chop Daily - My Touch
― Nabozo, Saturday, 3 April 2021 16:54 (two years ago) link
Too much autotune but still got somethinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc5J9oB3tdoRuger - Ruger
I like the adventurous production on Galala, there are good ideas there, but the chorus does not work for me the way it's placed
― Nabozo, Saturday, 3 April 2021 20:50 (two years ago) link
Happy Easter!In case you’re ready for the second coming:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAhmUNl62mcNaira Marley ft. Busiswa • Coming(produced by Rexxie)
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 5 April 2021 11:23 (two years ago) link
(biggest song in Naija right now)
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 5 April 2021 11:28 (two years ago) link
Bounce - the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxMTgqNjZGo
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 17:25 (two years ago) link
Oh my.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 19:59 (two years ago) link
Coming is massive, btw. Vroom vroom!
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 20:07 (two years ago) link
I've kinda been on the fence about Naira Marley until now, but this one is undeniable. And yes, Rexxie is a major problem.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 21:00 (two years ago) link
it’s the long overdue answer to the question “Baby Are You Coming?”Naira leaving behind a thread of amapiano awesomeness (I deeply regret where this is taking me)
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 21:26 (two years ago) link
lol I like the production on that, but I'm going to be sad if I eventually have to put naija alongside dancehall in the "can't play this out loud in company" category
― rob, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 21:33 (two years ago) link
seems like a good moment to deflect and finally post Naira’s previous moment of glory, “Soapy”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q6Rixmvujc(seriously, this track, one of the defining African hits of 2019, was never posted on ILM. my lame excuse is that I never got around to finishing the accompanying thesis I was working on in my head. did manage to squeeze it into my EOY track noms tho)
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 21:38 (two years ago) link
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 21:39 (two years ago) link
sorry, that was bound to happen. Zing has been playing me all day today
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 21:40 (two years ago) link
took two doses of soap to clean the thread ;)
― rob, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 21:43 (two years ago) link
the things you can do with soap!
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 21:45 (two years ago) link
Soapy is his other great track, yes. And I do think the raunchiness of Coming... uhhh... hits the right spot. It’s almost sweet - the song sums up what most people have been longing for these past thirteen (?) months perfectly. Who doesn’t like coming?
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 22:09 (two years ago) link
on a bit of a Naira kick atm. his only long(ish) form so far, the LOL (Lord of Lamba) EP from Dec 2019, is good stuff, as I remember it. best track is “Oja” imo.but discovery of the day is this track from last July from Marlian labelmate C Blvck:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8OMxVrDduUC Blvck • All The Best(again produced by Rexxie, all of this and the above before the naijapiano conversion obv)
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 8 April 2021 20:09 (two years ago) link
all of this and the above
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 8 April 2021 20:12 (two years ago) link
get vour bling on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haLN5b85PGcBlaqbonez ft. Amaarae & Buju • Bling
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 9 April 2021 22:50 (two years ago) link
Digging this (Akay ft BM - Flexing):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIgnbmz92_Q
― daavid, Sunday, 11 April 2021 17:08 (two years ago) link
nice one - it’s that UK afro thinghere’s a hot one from Tanzania:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkroWpr7BfgNavy Kenzo • Nisogelee
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 April 2021 18:51 (two years ago) link
nice one - it’s that UK afro thing
Oops, wrong thread, I guess. I couldn't find where the artists are based.
― daavid, Monday, 12 April 2021 19:13 (two years ago) link
I'm curious, other than origin is there something distinctive about UK afro?
― daavid, Monday, 12 April 2021 19:19 (two years ago) link
didn't mean anything thread-policey by that! I just like to specify tracks a bit, because Afropop/Afrobeats is not a country, so to speak. we've had several UK tracks in this thread already.
there is a UK-specific thread as well tho: UK afro - thread for discussing MoStack, J-Hus, Kojo Funds, Abra Cadabra, Belly Squad, Yxng Bane etcsome of it ends up in the rolling UK grime & rap threads, this is the current edition: Grime and UK rap 2021...and let me plug J Hus and Pa Salieu while I'm at it: j hus - dem boy paigonPa Salieu: Send Them to Coventry
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 April 2021 20:08 (two years ago) link
Thanks for the links!
― daavid, Monday, 12 April 2021 20:14 (two years ago) link
So I guess specifically for Afropop/Afrobeats there is this thread, the South Africa one, the Amapiano, and the UK afro? Anything I'm missing?
― daavid, Monday, 12 April 2021 20:21 (two years ago) link
everything South African goes here this year:MZANSI MUZIQ 2021 🇿🇦 Rolling South Africa thread
...unless it's artist-specific:TRESOR, the Congolese-South African singer with the heavenly voiceAzana - IngomaTHE HOUSE OF SUN-EL: Sun-El Musician, Simmy, Mlindo The Vocalist, and other related artists🎹🎹PİANO! PİANO!🎹🎹 - a song appreciation thread for “eMcimbini” by Kabza De Small & DJ Maphorisa ft. Aymos, Samthing Soweto, Mas Musiq & Myztro
the Amapiano thread has technically been superseded by the Rolling Mzansi thread.
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 April 2021 20:40 (two years ago) link
the second time around is better than the first time:
TRESOR, the Congolese-South African singer with the heavenly voice
Azana - Ingoma
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 April 2021 20:43 (two years ago) link
replacing a broken YouTube link:Ethic Entertainment ft. Konshens • Figa (Remix)(there seems to be a real effort going on to erase this track from all platforms)
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 April 2021 21:01 (two years ago) link
Lots to explore! (I usually only check this thread)
Thanks again, breastcrawl
― daavid, Monday, 12 April 2021 21:16 (two years ago) link
I finally made that Spotify playlist with (almost) everything posted in this thread, as well as afro(-adjacent) tracks posted in other threads this year. we’re at 74 tracks and counting (including a Canadian cuckoo’s egg):ILM rolling AFRO🔹pop🔸beats🔻2021
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 April 2021 21:32 (two years ago) link
South(ern) African sister playlist: ILM rolling 🇿🇦 Mzansi MusiQ 2021 🇸🇿 🇳🇦
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 April 2021 21:39 (two years ago) link
added two more:
1) an Angolan banger:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IogfQFSymvoNerú Americano ft. Os Tik Tok & DJ Vado Poster • Salta na Areia
2) and this Nigerian master jam:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhPOeKgO6LIprettyboydo (or Prettyboy D-O) • Police N’ Teef
watch the video till the *very* end for a surprise appearance (first afropop claimed Justin B., and now...)
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 April 2021 21:45 (two years ago) link
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 April 2021 21:47 (two years ago) link
(and you're welcome, daavid. looking forward to checking out your Middle Eastern x Balkan x cetera beats thread!)
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 April 2021 21:52 (two years ago) link
(sorry for adding ^one^ more too many)
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 April 2021 21:55 (two years ago) link
one for rob's can't-play-this-out-loud-in-company playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhIqfu8l05oBlaqbonez ft. Tiwa Savage • BBC (Remix)
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 17 April 2021 16:02 (two years ago) link
Police N' Teef is excellent, and I like the nasal high-pitched voice. At first Amapiano was just copy-pasted into the beats, but now there are a lot of songs that have integrated it much more tightly and subtly.
― Nabozo, Sunday, 18 April 2021 18:44 (two years ago) link
Man, Martinique just quietly churns out dark, minimalist hip hop banger sand I'm here for it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Eehtz8NPQQ
Meryl x Akiyo - BB Compte
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Monday, 19 April 2021 11:22 (two years ago) link
if I may redirect you to this, which is just the thread for it:🀄️🀄️ Martinique to the world: 70 SHiiNE x Nacho • DOMINO 🀄️🀄️
Martinique c'est pas l'Afrique !
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 19 April 2021 11:52 (two years ago) link
Good point, apologies. Completely forgot we had the Martinique thread
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Monday, 19 April 2021 18:26 (two years ago) link
Sorry if this has been mentioned already but THERE IS A NEW TENI ALBUM OUT AND IT'S CALLED WONDALAND!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGnjtVMaIQI
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 12:18 (two years ago) link
Listening now. If there's anything half as catchy and lasting as "Shakeam" on this, it will be worthwhile
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 12:28 (two years ago) link
I give up
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 12:33 (two years ago) link
I haven't totally fucked it again have i breastcrawl? tell me i haven't
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 12:41 (two years ago) link
ah i can see it was mentioned upthread. late to the party as usual! I was trying to F5 "Teni" but it highlighted every instance of "lisTENIng" and I gave up
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 12:43 (two years ago) link
lol
please don't give up, breastcrawl - we need you
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 13:52 (two years ago) link
yes, breastcrawl is doing god's work across the various threads i'm steamrolling all over
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 15:45 (two years ago) link
new sound alert:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20JVqt9UqogZlatan ft. Davido & Mayorkun • Cho Cho
(not to mention the dance)
(P.Priime producing)
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 24 April 2021 14:21 (two years ago) link
I posted "Door" from the (outstanding!) Joeboy album back in February, but it's now the new single, in a version with Ghana's Kwesi Arthur:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjzzE1v1RDkJoeboy ft. Kwesi Arthur • Door (Remix)
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 24 April 2021 14:58 (two years ago) link