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 (three 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 (three years ago) link
video for "Too Correct", a song that is otfm:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRQsG8WKETg
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 25 April 2021 21:18 (three years ago) link
My taste axis seems to be tilting more to South Africa this year, but I really liked Blaqbonez ft. Amaarae & Buju • Bling (still listening to the Amaarae album regularly). BBC remix was good too--maybe it's the obvs dancehall referencing? but the filthiness was less remarkable to me compared to the Naira
I'll need to check out the Joeboy album as I *really* like that "Door" (and "Lonely")
Rema is a total star, as soon as his bit starts I forget what Crayon even sounds like. Don't get me wrong though, that's a great track: it's still surprising me how good naijapiano can be
― rob, Sunday, 25 April 2021 21:33 (three years ago) link
Burna is back from the G-hole
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 30 April 2021 07:15 (two years ago) link
it's still surprising me how good naijapiano can be
never underestimate the power of the alchemists of the Naijapop machine!
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 30 April 2021 07:50 (two years ago) link
Speaking of Rema, I think Dimension belongs in here even though it's not strictly Afro. One of the best songs out, imo.
JAE5, Rema & Skepta - Dimensionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QWCjiZSdGQ
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 30 April 2021 08:36 (two years ago) link
“Dimension” is very good. Rema is also on the new Justine Skye single, “Twisted Fantasy” (once again mirroring a Wizkid career move in the process)
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 30 April 2021 08:40 (two years ago) link
(and one for the reggaeton fans: he’s also on Bad Gyal’s “44”, in Spanish!)
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 30 April 2021 08:43 (two years ago) link
Yeah, he's quite obviously positioning himself to be *the next wizkid*. Which means he'll probably enjoy even more success than wiz internationally in the long run. It's all very exciting.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 30 April 2021 10:07 (two years ago) link
Rema is a total star, as soon as his bit starts I forget what Crayon even sounds like they should cut Skepta from that song...sorry, I realized recently he just doesn't work for me on afropop, always sounds stiff and awkward to my ears. Jae5 kills it though!
― rob, Saturday, 1 May 2021 13:16 (two years ago) link
Angola:
sensational: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wp7NH0iBPwElenco Do Rangel • Rangel Já Não é o Mesmo
ever-delightful, ever-entertaining: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u7zcMg9sPAScró Q Cuia & Nerú Americano • 5 Milhões (produced by Crazy Baby & *Vado Poster*)
Mozambique:
mozampiano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTkmSCEG4ZQKK Angel ft. Macache DJz & Ana Flores • Sk'Ngidinga
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 1 May 2021 23:28 (two years ago) link
two tracks from Malinese rapper Ami Yèrèwolo’s new album AY, which goes *hard*:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaweQdfiTMkAmi Yèrèwolo • Je gère
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFj30weUzYkAmi Yèrèwolo • I bamba
(Yerewolo was one of Lafawndah’s collaborators on the Ancestor Boy remix album and also part of the second edition of the Amazones d’Afrique project)
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 2 May 2021 14:11 (two years ago) link
New guy out with a short album starring Mayorkun, Terri, Joeboy and Tenihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2P_vjYXisILaycon - Fall for me (feat. YKB)
― Nabozo, Sunday, 2 May 2021 15:18 (two years ago) link
Ami Yèrèwolo has great energy - wish the production was more my bag.
love the panning on the Laycon track!
― sean gramophone, Monday, 3 May 2021 14:01 (two years ago) link
oh hello!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSXIW_RuZ7UBlaq Jerzee ft. Marioo & Eddy Kenzo • Sokoma
(another collaboration with East African artists, album in this vein on the way apparently)
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 3 May 2021 20:06 (two years ago) link
speaking of (as for now imaginary) collaborations, how about Dawn Richard on that alté tip?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1xF3iLeCegLe Mav ft. Tay Iwar • Supersonic
(you all know Tay Iwar, right? my days, when I'm not with you baby...)
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 3 May 2021 21:22 (two years ago) link
some absolutely blinding posts over the last few days.
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 12:58 (two years ago) link
tell us more, dl! (how did you like the Teni album btw?)
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 13:22 (two years ago) link
wow that Le Mav song is giving me LIFE
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 4 May 2021 14:23 (two years ago) link
Gotta say I haven't properly let the Teni sink in, but it didn't sound like there was anythign immediately enjoyable as Shakeam or Case
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 14:39 (two years ago) link
Sk'Ngidinga has some awesome donking bass on it
Other highlights include the Ami Yerewolo and Scro Q Cuia tracks.
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 14:43 (two years ago) link
apols for posting before catching up (though I did listen to "Supersonic" and liked it), just wanted to post this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1Rs5Ew71FY
Ajebo Hustlers x Omah Lay - "Pronto"
― rob, Tuesday, 4 May 2021 20:50 (two years ago) link
ok just put "Supersonic" on again and it's wow good. I must have had the volume on too low the first time: there's a ton of wild stuff going on in the mix
― rob, Tuesday, 4 May 2021 20:54 (two years ago) link
for further listening: Le Mav and Tay Iwar made an 8-track mini album called Gold together in 2019 and it’s super smooth and wavy.
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 6 May 2021 20:48 (two years ago) link
or should that be Mav-y?
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 6 May 2021 20:50 (two years ago) link
revisiting Teni’s Wondaland and once again enjoying her particular blend of earnestness and fun
(it’s a naijapiano-free zone tho, in case you were wondering)
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 8 May 2021 09:48 (two years ago) link
here's some Kenyapiano:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LrBiIPshogMovaz Dance Kenya (Movaz Warombosaji Nation) • Nditni
their first track from late last year, "Danger Dinji", was straight amapiano, this follow-up has more of a gengetone inflection
(their name is kinda confusing: Spotify has both the artist and label as "Movaz Dance Kenya". the artwork and YouTube have the artist name as Movaz (Warombosaji Nation). think they originated as a dance crew called, yes... Movaz)
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 8 May 2021 12:41 (two years ago) link
Just checking out Laycon's second album '...Shall We Begin...'
Very entertaining and diverse Naija-pop with a clear US hip-hop influence (or is that just the Kanye-esque 'God Body'?). Loads of guests on here too: Teni, Joeboy, Terri and others.
'Wagwan' is my favourite so far:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li0iFFnb53I
Laycon - Wagwan
ALBUM: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/41isX0xSQygFx5clIpr3dT?si=b576dd5b8b454694
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 10 May 2021 18:34 (two years ago) link
Actually the Teni track is really sweet and sad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJBi93xqs6c
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 10 May 2021 18:41 (two years ago) link
What do you all think of this Juls x Projexx x Tay Iwer tune "Chance"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea7WUPHorp4
(video is the censored version, fyi)
I can't decide if this is lovely and lush or over-refrigerated, and there's a part where Iwer sounds like he's interpolating "Strawberry Letter 23" that I find distracting. Given the lineup it's kind of begging for a remix with Wizkid!
― rob, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 12:56 (two years ago) link
"Wagwan" is cool, sound a lot like the Ghanaian stuff I first heard on the board in 2011 or so (not a diss)
― rob, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 13:01 (two years ago) link
laycon album is good, thanks for sharing. the teni-featuring "want you back" has sweeping davido vibes
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 15:53 (two years ago) link
“Chance” is an obvious attempt to catch lightning in a bottle twice, but it totally lacks “True Love”s melodic glory - the “Strawberry Letter 23” interpolation only serves to highlight that.
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 20:10 (two years ago) link
yeah I think you're right, ultimately disappointing
― rob, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 20:36 (two years ago) link
FLASHBACK >>> Davido doing naija(SA)house in 2014:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFYIsryxaSMDavido • Owo Ni Koko
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 15 May 2021 22:58 (two years ago) link
...and Runtown doing same with Uhuru - with DJ Maphorisa as the rapper!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V7fkC3_ivgRuntown ft. Uhuru • The Banger
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 15 May 2021 23:07 (two years ago) link
Ghana Sunday:
in the mood:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xbEGphFqAEMr Drew • Mood
still in the mood:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da09o3T83bAKing Promise • Slow Down
fuck it - who’s in the mood for another “Yeeko”?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFoo_PBc6MYKwame Yogot ft. Kuami Eugene • Biibi Besi
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 16 May 2021 17:04 (two years ago) link
always in a mood for Yeeko. It's totally dug its claws into my brain
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 18 May 2021 11:36 (two years ago) link
so how do you like “Biibi Besi”?
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 18 May 2021 11:57 (two years ago) link
handy compendium:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pYKIKUTbdA
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 21 May 2021 08:02 (two years ago) link
Nigerian-in-Canadamapiano:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAiP18n1u9cFalana ft. Oxlade • Joy (Spax Remix)
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 22 May 2021 17:08 (two years ago) link
shame on me for missing that R2Bees released an absolute banger late last year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AQkMED9HFER2Bees ft. Sarkodie • Yawa
(the poor-quality-VHS retro vibe for the video is certainly an "interesting" aesthetic choice)
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 24 May 2021 18:52 (two years ago) link
French afrobeats, presenting the return of MHD (prod S2keyz)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOg7mD7SETc
MHD - "AFRO TRAP Part.11 (King Kong)"
― sean gramophone, Friday, 28 May 2021 03:27 (two years ago) link
Nigerian singer Lojay just dropped a fantastic EP with brilliant production by Sarz.
"Tonongo" is the first single/video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PohRx1zSIm4
...but the other four tracks might be even better: "Park O X3"! naijapiano jam "Monalisa"! "Panty!"!!! (especially "Panty!"!!!)
...and I posted the Wizkid-featuring title track "LV N ATTN" on the Made In Lagos thread.
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 5 June 2021 17:34 (two years ago) link
...OK, I'm posting it here too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4IEaUhIuCs
"Tonongo" is the first single/video:
This is so great! That bassline!
― daavid, Friday, 11 June 2021 17:04 (two years ago) link
Rema keeps it coming:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrTkERuwdCcRema • Soundgasm
(seems like a shoe-in for the imminent album's title as well)
re the video: another way he's modelling himself after Wizkid is his dress sense, man's got serious drip
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 11 June 2021 22:34 (two years ago) link
omgasms
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 12 June 2021 13:17 (two years ago) link