definitely a highlight! As much as I love autotuned smoothie Wizkid, he sounds so good over more acoustic productions too. I listened to Made In Lagos for the first time in a while the other day, and it struck me what a jazz-like approach to singing he has, he's a real crooner
― rob, Thursday, 25 August 2022 17:14 (one year ago) link
also a new dj tunez song ft wizkid, tay iwar & alpha p
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omJwK3hfQ5M
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 25 August 2022 18:19 (one year ago) link
i can't remember if i posted about this but i really like the tay iwar single from earlier this summer, "bad4u"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1NtUYN2-cw
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 25 August 2022 18:22 (one year ago) link
wow, didn’t realise today was my birthday!
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 25 August 2022 18:22 (one year ago) link
xp
oooh, “Majo” has the piano 🎹🎹🎹!!!
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 25 August 2022 18:25 (one year ago) link
wiz has been posting about the imminent release of new music pretty much all year including w/in the last week or two but the combo of these new features + the video for the chris brown single also coming this week leads me to believe that we're getting quite close
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 25 August 2022 18:27 (one year ago) link
breastcrawlPosted: 10 December 2014 at 23:28:37And this is Uhuru feat. Speedy with the remix for "Ungowami", now also featuring Wizkid. True loverman anthem!
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 25 August 2022 18:35 (one year ago) link
i'm maybe more in between nabozo and the hivemind on asake but the new song is nice
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 25 August 2022 18:59 (one year ago) link
made in lagos becoming a micro genre unto itself makes me very happy
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 25 August 2022 19:09 (one year ago) link
Haha, I had initially dismissed him with my first sentence, and then since I trust my wife's judgment, I asked her on the spot what she thought of Asake, and boy she doesn't mince her words. I think she added overhyped too. Giddy with excitement about new Wizkid music, haven't had a chance yet to listen !
― Nabozo, Thursday, 25 August 2022 19:30 (one year ago) link
― J0rdan S., Thursday, August 25, 2022 3:09 PM (twenty-one minutes ago)
otm, that was my other takeaway from revisiting it: that album *really* set the agenda for a lot of stuff that came after
Re: Asake, tbh I like PBUY and the Sungba remix a lot, but I'm less hyped on the rest and I straight up didn't like Bandana (possibly cuz of Fireboy though!)
Majo is very cool. Not gonna fall for "new Wizkid album coming soon" talk though, I've been burned before :)
― rob, Thursday, 25 August 2022 19:44 (one year ago) link
after Joeboy scored the biggest hit of his career last year with “Alcohol” (later retitled to “Sip”), he thought it a good idea to follow it up with the straight-to-TikTok “Cubana”. it bombed, unsurprisingly. but he’s mended his ways and is now back to the straight and narrow with an absolutely brilliant track, produced, just like “Sip (Alcohol)” by Tempoe. loving both these video approaches:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dptz4nVbaEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0BiX7Mt4yoPS we can discuss the lyrics later. or not.
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 25 August 2022 19:50 (one year ago) link
speaking of Tempoe: has anyone besides Nabozo and me been listening to the Omah Lay album?my expectations weren’t all that high, because of the drop in quality of the singles after “understand”, and the first half of Boy Alone seemed to confirm that. everything sounded nice and good but nothing stood out. when “understand” came up as track 7, I was like: man, what happened to those hooks you used to made? but the next track, “never forget”, gave me one of the biggest musical shocks/jolts in recent memory. what a breathtaking song/production/performance. and the adventure didn’t stop there: “soso”, “how to luv”… some real deep tracks there. I’ve been digging this album for several weeks now and the first half of the album has revealed itself gradually as well in the light of what follows behind (“i’m a mess”, “temptations”, that bassline!)anyway, “never forget” is one of my two songs of the year so far, and I have no hesitation in saying that for me it’s one of the best Afropop songs ever.(to come back to Tempoe, he produced most of the tracks, but “never forget” is the work of Semzi, best known here for thread favourites “MJ” by Bad Boy Timz and “Fall For Me” by Laycon and YKB)
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 25 August 2022 20:16 (one year ago) link
I never got around to checking that out but def will now.
In the meantime, that Joeboy track is dynamite!I'm not sure I followed the lyrics really, other than the Fela shout-out and the fact he won't share his charger
― rob, Thursday, 25 August 2022 20:23 (one year ago) link
ok yeah "never forget" rules. Semzi has a real flair for bass. "safe haven" now sounding pretty great too, kind of a deep oceanic take on the "anthem" Last Last/Asake sound (do we have a shorthand for this?)--but my ears are worn out for the day so I'll have to come back to this
― rob, Thursday, 25 August 2022 20:32 (one year ago) link
interesting take on “safe haven”! I never made that connection
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 25 August 2022 23:03 (one year ago) link
the "anthem" Last Last/Asake sound (do we have a shorthand for this?)
you rang m’lord?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pvVyHyX2ZgOlamide • We Outside
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 25 August 2022 23:09 (one year ago) link
The Omah lay has been on constant rotation, it's my favorite release behind Rema this year, and I'm constantly returning to 'Soso' and 'Never Forget'. They're both lighter than air as well as grave and murky. Nigerian pop really likes to use inebriation as romantic metaphor for alienation, youthful doubt, fear of being numb.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfxkBWJNihg
― Nabozo, Friday, 26 August 2022 08:25 (one year ago) link
Well, surely not just metaphor, I'm sure they like their drink a little too much
― Nabozo, Friday, 26 August 2022 08:28 (one year ago) link
aiui palm wine is pretty important to Igbo and Yoruba culture, and it figures in their folklore and more contemporary culture (e.g., Amos Tutuola). Most relevantly there is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm-wine_music
― rob, Friday, 26 August 2022 12:33 (one year ago) link
Omah is more of a cognac guy tho
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 26 August 2022 14:42 (one year ago) link
lol sure I just meant stuff like this and Joeboy's "Sip" might be tying more into traditional themes than you'd expect (or not, sorry if I'm 'splaining here)
― rob, Friday, 26 August 2022 15:24 (one year ago) link
rob be sipsplaining
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 26 August 2022 15:49 (one year ago) link
Tekno has got his groove back (thank you, Kiss!) and it’s a joy to behold:“After Party”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aDjFAWJzB4also a nice new twist on the anthemic chorus line thing
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 26 August 2022 23:33 (one year ago) link
Since the UK afro thread is not the most active, I might as well post this here. We've been enjoying playing this, and for once, the French feat is good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHLesr_8Y0QNSG & MHD - In Da Car
― Nabozo, Sunday, 28 August 2022 15:31 (one year ago) link
“In Da Car” is some good shit!besides 4Play, there’s two boss Dutch producers involved in that one: Diztortion and Spanker.if you’re looking for a super cho French rap feature, look no further than this one, one of my crucial 2022 jams:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lp9clJSB7EAya Nakamura ft. Damso • Dégaine(I’m cheating of course, this one being French on French)
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 29 August 2022 18:34 (one year ago) link
meanwhile, the latest boy (Spyce is sooo old news) from the House of Mavin, Bayanni, just dropped his 4-track debut EP.single “Body” is good (love the strings!)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXh-McyVOvw…but my favourite here is the lewd “Ta Ta Ta”, which has drill bass and suitable murky production:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn3L_HbcrpA
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 29 August 2022 18:36 (one year ago) link
I've been really really really enjoying "Girlfriend" by Ruger and "I'm A Mess" by Omah Lay recently. So much great music in this thread.
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 5 September 2022 09:42 (one year ago) link
Oooh, Aya Nakamura and Damso! Two faves, one track.
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 5 September 2022 09:43 (one year ago) link
I’ve never felt comfortable posting (South African) piano in this thread, but I’m hoping this poll I created might get the amapiano party started again on ILM, because we’re seriously logging… lagging behind. here’s your invitation - I hope you will all participate:drowning in a blissful ocean of log drums and keys: 🎹🎹 amapiano a-z 🎹🎹 an ilm poll
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 5 September 2022 15:03 (one year ago) link
Asake album out, and no, it’s not called Haters Gonna Hatehaven’t listened to it yet, this is just a public service announcement. pbuy!
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 8 September 2022 09:42 (one year ago) link
The album sounds really right and good. 30 minutes! Organise is an early fave but there are more.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 8 September 2022 14:35 (one year ago) link
Tight not right but ok
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 8 September 2022 14:36 (one year ago) link
- - Whitney Houston
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 8 September 2022 14:37 (one year ago) link
Lol!
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 8 September 2022 14:56 (one year ago) link
Wow, I love the flow of this.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 8 September 2022 15:19 (one year ago) link
yeah the Asake sounded great to me too, a really fascinating project. From one angle, it doesn't deviate from the formula at all. But it explores every possible corner of it, and since there's barely a breath between tracks—and quite a few end very abruptly—it almost comes across like a single-song suite
― rob, Friday, 9 September 2022 14:08 (one year ago) link
i'm also digging the asake, agreed that it flows very well. there's enough differences between the tracks that it isn't monotonous though. i particularly like "nzaza" and the particularly amapiano-flavored "sunmomi"
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Friday, 9 September 2022 21:13 (one year ago) link
I love the Asake more and more. I might just be a bit out of the loop on afropop, but it's one of the most inventive and new-sounding albums I've heard all year, from anywhere? It's as if he loves the thing on amapiano-albums where one beat morphs into another so much that he wouldn't wait 6-7 minutes for each one, and therefore turned everything into 2-3 minute sketches. And on top of that is the usual 'organic' instrumentation, but instead of the usual jazzy sound there's a gospel choir and that wonderful rustic violin, which really ties the album together. It feels a bit much to call it 'deconstructed amapiano', but it does feel a lot like all those British artists adjacent to the dance-scenes, taking sounds and ideas and turning them into weird personal projects. Like PinkPantheress or something.
It's great to listen to, and a lot of fun to think about as well.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 10 September 2022 08:12 (one year ago) link
Yay, Asake album is lush
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Saturday, 10 September 2022 08:40 (one year ago) link
Somewhat reticent profile of Asake: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/asake-afrobeats-new-album-mr-money-with-the-vibe-1234588970/
Tbh a Magicsticks profile might be more revealing (not that I have any idea how they collaborate)
Anyone watched the Afrobeats documentary series? On Netflix, at least in Canada
― rob, Saturday, 10 September 2022 15:03 (one year ago) link
hey, did you know we had a trend going on?http://thenativemag.com/asake-davido-anthemic-chants/
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 10 September 2022 17:21 (one year ago) link
I shall have no qualms posting Amapiano in this thread (there's a nice spectrum here after all).
Mbosso from Tanzania has a nice track with Costa Titch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKWey2e8NY0Mbosso Feat. Costa Titch & Phantom Steeze - Moyo
Going back to SA, very chill amapiano "ballad" here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErB9HJU2vOkK.O feat Young Stunna & Blxckie - SETE
Nomfundo Moh still in her space but I don't mind a romantic duo with Kwesta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnrWXf5yuU8Nomfundo Moh feat. Kwesta - Sibaningi
And finally, afrobeats-wise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ommOZ_493yUMr Eazi - Personal Baby
― Nabozo, Sunday, 11 September 2022 09:23 (one year ago) link
asake album is really lovely but i wish he let the songs breathe a little they're so short & he definitely has enough ideas to carry them a bit longer
the occasional amapiano beat makes it particularly fascinating, a 2 minute amapiano track just seems perverse
― ufo, Monday, 12 September 2022 04:59 (one year ago) link
Much as I am loving the proliferation of amapiano, I am starting to get (only slightly) concerned that quite so many artists within and without SA are taking on the sound to the point where everyone has to have at least one amapiano song in their repertoire (usually a lot more)
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 12 September 2022 09:40 (one year ago) link
you can spare yourself your ever so slight concern trolling - that ship has long sailed.this is from a year ago already:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rphoHc0JLU
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 September 2022 10:08 (one year ago) link
and as Davido said in an earlier incarnation of this phenomenon, it’s The Sound! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVNPkCI-ytY
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 September 2022 10:12 (one year ago) link
Nowadays I feel like the Amapiano export industry is where all the creative potential is. I especially appreciate it when it's really well integrated and subtle. Compared to the deep and hard sound that tends to be crushed under its own dark gravitas and sluggish block structure (Felo le Tee, another 3-hour album by KdS). The core sound is a little behind. I will still lend an ear to Busta 929, Focalistic, but I haven't even listened to the aforementioned KDS, couldn't get into the new Mr Jazziq at all, I find myself skipping and getting tired, too many songs are absorbed in that opaque internal space, that inner conversation. So I get the Amapiano fatigue and I've been wondering when the next sound is due.
Part of my own fatigue is the exacting challenge of finding songs from Spotify though.
― Nabozo, Monday, 12 September 2022 13:04 (one year ago) link
thanking you for rating an album you haven’t even listened to, very useful information. it’s a great album by the way, can’t be mentioned enough
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 September 2022 17:39 (one year ago) link