I forgot āKorobelaā was in this poll too. āAyavumaā is indispensable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4msf2Q6E8TE
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 26 November 2022 12:09 (one year ago) link
So is this the New Amapiano thread now?
Anyway, I really like the new Focalistic - Tsela Tse Nyanehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcJPFQP9T9Y
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 28 November 2022 20:21 (one year ago) link
Havenāt had the time to listen to the full album yet.Ghetto Gospel: https://open.spotify.com/album/195GWiPzBeREYEZv0sNnRN?si=KiPUphw1TYKjJl5TI7xzlg
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 28 November 2022 20:23 (one year ago) link
It's hard to think of this as house music - it doesn't do the same thing; I don't dance to it or listen to it in the same wayā Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), maandag 14 november 2022 12:19
ā Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), maandag 14 november 2022 12:19
āMY HOUSE MY RULESā dropping December 9th šļø giving you āPetori to Ibizaā, the first single feat. @MJ today, out now! Youāre welcomeš¤²š¾STREAM AND PRE-ORDER IN BIO. pic.twitter.com/AnC8K9ZNuj— I am vigrodeep (@VigroDeep) December 1, 2022
"Petori to Ibiza": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUE-7jyyJUc
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 2 December 2022 11:11 (one year ago) link
"Tobetsa"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQB5xSpYXvc(Myztro, ShaunMusiq & Ftears - Tobetsa)
"Tobetsa Remake"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMen1pRNHGY(Myztro feat. Focalistic, DaliWonga, ShaunMusiq & Ftears - Tobetsa Remake)
"Tobetsa Remix"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY4CxI2a5Xo(Focalistic feat. Myztro, Shaunmusiq & Ftearse - Tobetsa Remix (Chomie Ke Changitse))
"Not Tobetsa"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4_0U7cSEAs(Emjaykeyz x DJ Yessonia x Sir Trill x Robot Boii x Babygirlmint x Bailey - Not Tobetsa)
― StanM, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 18:11 (one year ago) link
(I couldn't decide which of the first three I like more so here's all three)
― StanM, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 18:24 (one year ago) link
somehow part of this got added to the end of the Remake video there, apparently
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeEgCPw1sQU(Kid Kerfy - Emergency)
― StanM, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 19:01 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPuiAUzz1B0Tyla - To Last
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pavS1pKadPUTyla ft. DJ Maphorisa, Young Stunna - To Last (Remix)
― StanM, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 19:48 (one year ago) link
An important addition to the train of Tobetsas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1tf_TxD00sDj mjava - tobetsa
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Thursday, 8 December 2022 05:52 (one year ago) link
oooh, nice
― StanM, Thursday, 8 December 2022 14:33 (one year ago) link
"To Last" is EOY worthy I reckon
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 8 December 2022 14:40 (one year ago) link
two masters releasing their new albums today.Vigro Deepā¦https://www.ubetoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/vigro-deep-my-house-my-rules-album-2022_12_08_22_10_41-ubetoo.jpgā¦and, gasp, Kelvin Momo: https://i0.wp.com/afrohouseking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Kelvin-Momo-Amukelani-Album.jpg
― I did see Xhaka crotchgrab (breastcrawl), Friday, 9 December 2022 07:44 (one year ago) link
These two together are more than 5 hours and 20 minutes! :D
― StanM, Friday, 9 December 2022 15:48 (one year ago) link
^ found out I'm more of a single track lover than being able to wade through all of this :-(
― StanM, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 11:57 (one year ago) link
man, I've heard (the very great) Abo Mvelo maybe 40 times this year but its syncopations throw me off every single time. It's wild.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 15 December 2022 12:38 (one year ago) link
wait, maybe it hasn't been posted yet?
Daliwonga ft Mello & Sleazy & MJ- Abo Mvelo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3syTO0rRYqY
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 15 December 2022 12:53 (one year ago) link
it was mentioned in an earlier stream but yeah
― StanM, Thursday, 15 December 2022 14:58 (one year ago) link
Have there been any amapiano eoy lists yet?
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 16 December 2022 11:50 (one year ago) link
There was on mine! Asijabule in at number 4! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3gXT2QwTDEhRlCURH1CyV0?si=a2511507558644b1
Also - no one told me there had been another Teno Afrika album out this year - only just found out!
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Friday, 16 December 2022 13:11 (one year ago) link
ooh, both versions of To Last, eh? I agree on that.
― StanM, Friday, 16 December 2022 15:20 (one year ago) link
here are 10 tracks to check out (we know a couple already) : https://www.theafricareport.com/266149/south-africa-top-10-amapiano-hits-from-2022-to-keep-you-glued-to-the-dance-floor/
― StanM, Friday, 16 December 2022 15:31 (one year ago) link
I couldn't decide on which version of To Last was best and figured they're both essential so they count as one slot
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Friday, 16 December 2022 15:35 (one year ago) link
StanM that link is broken
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Friday, 16 December 2022 15:36 (one year ago) link
there are several lists when you search, but I donāt think thereās anything that could be called āauthorativeā. if there even exists a good SA music publication/website I still havenāt been able to find it after all these years.OkayAfrica had this top 15 songs list for the first half of the year, but no follow-up as of yet. as for album listings, zilch.it would admittedly be a truly Sisyphean task. I listen to quite a lot of piano albums, but ranking them? apart from the Kabza one, I wouldnāt really know. I get lost in them, but hardly ever go back, because thereās always an often equally good new one to explore. both the productivity and the quality in amapiano are off the charts, and youād need superpowers just to begin to keep up with all of it.the album Iām listening to right now is Toxicated Keys x Gwam Ent Musiqās The Problematic Friends, Episode V, and itās very good. TK have worked together with GemValleyMusiQ, whose Abu Wronq Wronq album from earlier in the year was also very good.
― I did see Xhaka crotchgrab (breastcrawl), Friday, 16 December 2022 15:46 (one year ago) link
xpost : must have been a temporary problem, I can get on there again now
https://www.theafricareport.com/266149/south-africa-top-10-amapiano-hits-from-2022-to-keep-you-glued-to-the-dance-floor/
― StanM, Friday, 16 December 2022 15:47 (one year ago) link
btw, the Vigro Deep and Kelvin Momo albums above came with very high expectations, but having listened to them once, Iām not too sure about either of them. all of the Vigro sounded good, obviously, but none of the individual tracks jumped out at me. Kelvin Momoās previous album (which dropped in December 2021), is an absolute classic of gorgeously subtle and lush piano, piano as jazz perhaps. it was also almost 3 hours long. the new goes one better (?): itās 3,5 hours, going in waves, from instrumental to vocal tracks and back. there are beautiful tracks, including several with his muse Babalwa M, but Iām not sure the melodies are at the level of the highlights on Ivy League. I do need to come back to it tho, but [see above]. either way, I would advise anyone who wants to delve in to skip the first four tracks (saves about 35 minutes!) I feel āUmoyaā is where it becomes interesting. (then again, donāt take my word for it, track 4 (āFool Meā), which I find rather dull honestly, is currently the most streamed track in SA - almost all of the albumās 26 tracks are in the Apple Music top 100 (whereas thereās nothing by Vigro).)
― I did see Xhaka crotchgrab (breastcrawl), Friday, 16 December 2022 15:57 (one year ago) link
but instead of grumpin' around, let me highlight some of the highs, and they are very high when listened to in isolation:
"Izono" (ft. MaWhoo, Babalwa M & Chley): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfta9KV2u7Y
"Sukakude" (ft. Babalwa M & Sfarzo Rtee): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouYmLAk6OxM
― I did see Xhaka crotchgrab (breastcrawl), Friday, 16 December 2022 16:25 (one year ago) link
UPDATE: just playing the tracks I playlisted during my first pass of the album, Iām left with a truly fantastic 12-track version (only 1h32!)the phrase āon a corner called jazzā popped up in my head more than once, and fans of Mr. Fingersā 1992 Introduction album should definitely give this a go.I made a Spotify playlist: š© kelvin momo ā¢ amukelani (album essentials) this is one of the instrumentals on it:āOāKetsangā (ft. Mick Man): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR5KeIcwj2I
― I did see Xhaka crotchgrab (breastcrawl), Friday, 16 December 2022 18:57 (one year ago) link
Thanks, breastcrawl. In other news, I just finished listening to the Busta 929 album, Fearless, which is surprisingly uneventful. He has clearly discovered the joys of French Kiss, as there are a few tracks that slow down in the middle but itās hardly enough to keep my interest up over 20 long tracks.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 16 December 2022 22:03 (one year ago) link
Also, I just discovered he has apparently been cancelled for having sex with underage girls. Oh well.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 16 December 2022 22:11 (one year ago) link
I like Fool Me, btw. Itās summertime in SA, and it would sound perfect with a sundowner.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 16 December 2022 22:45 (one year ago) link
The Fader 100 list has some interesting inclusions btw: https://www.thefader.com/2022/12/15/the-100-best-songs-of-2022
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 16 December 2022 22:56 (one year ago) link
you mean this, right?
79. Kabza De Small, āEningiāāAh weSomandla, ngicela ungnike imali eningi eningi eningi.ā
― I did see Xhaka crotchgrab (breastcrawl), Friday, 16 December 2022 23:29 (one year ago) link
Yes. And Samthing Soweto too!
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 17 December 2022 00:03 (one year ago) link
oh yeah, forgot about him. very much non-piano tho, that one
― I did see Xhaka crotchgrab (breastcrawl), Saturday, 17 December 2022 00:33 (one year ago) link
Asake is amapiano'ing it up in his track there too
― StanM, Saturday, 17 December 2022 11:25 (one year ago) link
this one is crazy - the sound(s)!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfgFqoQ0j78Slowavex ft. Loki, Privs3 & Xola TSM ā¢ Julukathank you for this random act of kindness!
― I did see Xhaka crotchgrab (breastcrawl), Saturday, 17 December 2022 14:47 (one year ago) link
itās PRVIS3, btw
― I did see Xhaka crotchgrab (breastcrawl), Saturday, 17 December 2022 14:50 (one year ago) link
Concept DJ mix idea: just the shaker intros
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Sunday, 18 December 2022 10:32 (one year ago) link
iām here for it
― no harm in shaker intros biting shaker outros in the tail (breastcrawl), Sunday, 18 December 2022 11:07 (one year ago) link
speaking of GemValleyMusiQās _Abu Wronq Wronq_ album, if I was a dj Iād definitely play āTop Sevenā in my piano section:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owJ-Arkhqt8
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), Sunday, 18 December 2022 14:17 (one year ago) link
A whole album by one artist still is a bit much for me, but lists like this? Bring it on!
https://www.okayafrica.com/amapiano-songs-best-2022/
https://www.okayafrica.com/top-amapiano-songs-2021/
https://www.okayafrica.com/best-amapiano-songs-of-2020/
― StanM, Monday, 19 December 2022 09:08 (one year ago) link
I guess this might be considered "old school" by now but I've been playing it while wrapping xmas gifts this morning and it's going down pretty smooth
https://n-t-s.bandcamp.com/album/amapiano-now-2
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 19 December 2022 18:18 (one year ago) link
"released July 23, 2021" & old school...Crazy times indeed
― StanM, Monday, 19 December 2022 18:35 (one year ago) link
Ha, I was half joking, but yeah, that is a lifetime in 2023, especially for a relatively new genre
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 19 December 2022 19:05 (one year ago) link
HOLY CRAP (keep listening)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgE024NOoAw
― StanM, Tuesday, 20 December 2022 15:46 (one year ago) link
Stan, the 2022 list above was a mid-year report, this is the OkayAfrica EOY list:https://www.okayafrica.com/amapiano-songs-2022-best/
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 21 December 2022 21:51 (one year ago) link
Oh! thanks!
― StanM, Wednesday, 21 December 2022 22:21 (one year ago) link
Good list! Definitely some stuff I'd missed on there.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 21 December 2022 23:44 (one year ago) link
Hi! Here's my EOY list: Musketeers, Azmo Nawe, Focalistic- Danko (Remix)Kabza De Small, Nia Pearl, MDU aka TRP - UbumnandiSam Deep, Playgal, De Mthuda, Babalwa M, Sipho Magudulela - Kusezo KhanyaFocalistic, Mellow & Sleazy, M.J - SJEPAMr JazziQ, Zan'Ten, Ta Skippa - Ningalali EmakhayaXavi Yentin, Busta 929, Quedafloor - Kude feat. Busta 929 & QuedafloorToxicated Keys, GemValleyMusiQ, Tupla Double 0.7 - Shiki (Piano Anthem)9umba, TOSS, Mdoovar, Sir Trill, Sino Msolo, Lady Du, Young Stunna, Slade - uMlandoNobuhle, Kabza De Small - Malo WeFMS Records_SA - IskhuluBusta 929, Nobantu Vilakazi - Dlala 929Robot Boii, Mellow & Sleazy, Soul Revolver, Shaun MusiQ, F Teearse - Salary SalaryDJ Maphorisa, Visca, Kabza De Small, Msaki, Da Muziqal Chef - ZanzibarDinho, Kabza De Small, Stakev, Makhanj - SolokoFocalistic, Kabza De Small, Mellow & Sleazy, Myztro, M.J - Tabela HapeJungle Beats, Mahallo music - NgixoleleKabza De Small, DJ Tira, Young Stunna, Dladla Mshunqisi, Felo Le Tee, Beast, Dj Exit_sa - Ziwa NgaleVigro Deep - Bedroom FloorToxicated Keys - Me NowCh'cco, Focalistic, Mellow & Sleazy - Pele PelePabi Cooper, Focalistic, Ch'cco, LuuDadeejay, Nobantu Vilakazi - Banyana Ke BafanaMfr Souls, MaWhoo, Sipho Magudulela - MaliDJ Geewave, Gaba Cannal, Vocal Kat, Smash SA - KzofiwaPRINCE DA DJ, De Mthuda, vocal music, Blacksoul - Watching YouKelvin Momo, Mas Musiq, TO Starquality - Sena We
― Jamie Harley, Thursday, 22 December 2022 16:35 (one year ago) link