I really like this minimalist banger from Zo Flame:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv5Z9dkHqco
"On a pas les moyens"
― rob, Saturday, 10 December 2022 15:17 (one year ago) link
nice one! (and his DLS EP is also good)
― I did see Xhaka crotchgrab (breastcrawl), Saturday, 10 December 2022 19:04 (one year ago) link
Kelvyn Boy finally follows up “Down Flat”, my Ghanaian song of the year, and it’s another treat.star of the show this time are the guitars, both the busy rhythm one in the background and the one that’s doing all those whoops and other flourishes more upfront (if it’s even a guitar!) - the background vocals and harmonies get a honorable mention. suspect we have producer DJ Breezy to thank for that. that makes ten years of reinventing himself now.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cIXsfzjZpg
― I did see Xhaka crotchgrab (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 December 2022 17:29 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZrDDbiZzOU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BerqreQ3KU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4kamcepV3g
posted these in the internet stuff/hyperpop thread but they can go here too because they vaguely fit and jim legxacy is just that good
― ufo, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 22:59 (one year ago) link
yeah some of those are really dope... feel like he could get even better if the songwriting improves but the style is intriguing. i think i like the candy rain one the most
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 December 2022 23:24 (one year ago) link
Really loving the Kwesta and Kabza album. N'gud vibes!
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 14 December 2022 12:39 (one year ago) link
Candy rain melody too obvious for me to love but the dj song is good I think, albeit quirky conceptually for the states
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Wednesday, 14 December 2022 16:10 (one year ago) link
Bad news in London; there was a crowd crush at an Asake show: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/16/four-people-in-critical-condition-after-crush-at-o2-academy-brixton
― rob, Friday, 16 December 2022 15:14 (one year ago) link
that looks absolutely horrible… :-(
― I did see Xhaka crotchgrab (breastcrawl), Friday, 16 December 2022 15:52 (one year ago) link
yeah that’s horrible. have been enjoying the asake album and had been thinking of going as it’s just down the road.
― Fizzles, Friday, 16 December 2022 20:14 (one year ago) link
💔 pic.twitter.com/ne110ugRFb— ASAKE (@asakemusik) December 17, 2022
― I did see Xhaka crotchgrab (breastcrawl), Saturday, 17 December 2022 15:27 (one year ago) link
The Uproxx poll of “hundreds of critics “ ( mostly US American I think) didn’t have much afropop afrobeats that I could see
Beyoncé won albums poll. 26 voted for Rosalia album, 3 votes for Burna Boy album, 2 votes for Rauw Alejandro album, 3 votes for Asake album
Burna Boy “Last Last” did make singles/tracks list
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 20 December 2022 16:30 (one year ago) link
ok thanks
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 20 December 2022 17:35 (one year ago) link
enjoying this list: https://www.passionweiss.com/2022/12/27/best-afro-jams-2022/
favourite discoveries so far are cabo snoop - "controlla" and yemi alade - "baddie"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq_gDQPavVI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oPkeBJA5NU
― ufo, Thursday, 29 December 2022 11:44 (one year ago) link
Oh I had lost touch with Yemi Alade who was great live when I saw her a few years ago. Thanks
― curmudgeon, Friday, 30 December 2022 02:15 (one year ago) link
https://afropop.org/articles/2022-afropop-best-of-amapiano-and-afrobeats-top-10
These afropop. org lists are kinda randomly chosen it appears , but y'all might still find them of interest
― curmudgeon, Monday, January 2, 2023 5:13 PM (0 seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink
― curmudgeon, Monday, 2 January 2023 17:14 (one year ago) link
the rs list posted on the eoy thread looks promisinghttps://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-afropop-songs-of-2022-1234650065/
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 2 January 2023 18:02 (one year ago) link
an interesting development: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/vigro-deep-my-house-my-rules/
― rob, Tuesday, 3 January 2023 21:43 (one year ago) link
Sunday New York Times newspaper has their Johannesburg bureau chief listing Art and music he likes . He mentioned Bakwa Lah video and his love of amapiano
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 12 March 2023 21:17 (one year ago) link