JayO - 22 ... from the UK but feels as of a piece w/ afrobeats influenced R&B as anything else... his last single was also remixed by victony. this had been going on viral on tiktok for at least a month before coming out yesterday so it may end up being a hit, we'll see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwyKHN-znrA
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 23 February 2023 17:59 (one year ago) link
went back to the tyla song... pretty forgettable sadly. for some reason they're having trouble cracking the code w/ her? feels like they're trying to push her into a more westernized idea of dance/R&B but it ends up just feeling generic in a tinashe sorta way. i'm still holding out hope nonetheless
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 23 February 2023 18:05 (one year ago) link
This girl always bangs so hard. Limpopo strikes again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut3lDyGoqVUSho Madjozi - Chale
― Nabozo, Friday, 24 February 2023 08:13 (one year ago) link
Chale owns me.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 25 February 2023 08:53 (one year ago) link
Chale sounds massive. Video doesn’t quite fit the vine of the song though.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 25 February 2023 14:41 (one year ago) link
Rick Ross amapiano jams is all I ever wanted
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 25 February 2023 15:42 (one year ago) link
someone posted this clip in the comments to a Naira Marley tweet - intriguing, to say the least:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjF-u6Ht870the actual recording of it, perhaps surprisingly, slams pretty hard:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKaESxBnYaIYomisings ft. Topskidometer • Bestie isonu
― let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Saturday, 25 February 2023 19:25 (one year ago) link
Wow, I think Chale is my first great song of 2023. The bouncy synth-lines make it sound like a mix of amapiano and ratchet, and that's basically the best thing in the world right now.
― Frederik B, Sunday, 5 March 2023 18:57 (one year ago) link
LOVING Chale and the Yomisings song
― the forces of darkness making making us laugh ourselves into DEATH?? (dog latin), Monday, 6 March 2023 12:24 (one year ago) link
I'm not quite sure where this falls in terms of genre, but gosh I love these sweeter-than-life South African ballads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID57psUzWO0Lizwi Wokuqala - Umbuzo
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 8 March 2023 19:35 (one year ago) link
Not exactly Afropop 23 but am enjoying Instagram Live of Washington DC go-go band doing Wizkid & Tems's "Essence"
― curmudgeon, Friday, 10 March 2023 05:05 (one year ago) link
I miss Davido, been playing a lot of his stuff recently. he hinted at a March comeback back in December, but we’ll see how it goes. I just hope he’s alright.
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Saturday, 11 March 2023 10:31 (one year ago) link
Libianca - People ft. Ayra Starr and Omah Lay
Well of course a song with that refrain is going to have Omah Lay on the remix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sivims7tSH4
― the forces of darkness making making us laugh ourselves into DEATH?? (dog latin), Saturday, 11 March 2023 10:46 (one year ago) link
Another shocker in South Africa as this time it's 28 year old Costa Titch (rapper, Amapiano) who has died on stage in Johannesburg after a seizure. They couldn't revive him. I don't think there are details as to cause of death yet.
― Nabozo, Sunday, 12 March 2023 12:26 (one year ago) link
No... For crap's sake. RIP Costa Titch - a true talent
― the forces of darkness making making us laugh ourselves into DEATH?? (dog latin), Sunday, 12 March 2023 15:07 (one year ago) link
new davido album next friday ... i think i'm one of the few here who liked both of his last albums
There is a time for everything. A time to Grieve and a time to Heal.A time to Laugh and a time to Dance. A time to Speak & A time for Silence.Thank you to everyone out there for your love and that has held me down.My next album TIMELESS is here, March 31st. Preorder in bio💚 pic.twitter.com/XLXNAJl4XL— Davido (@davido) March 21, 2023
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 21 March 2023 17:06 (one year ago) link
very happy for this! I like both albums too.as I noted a few posts upthread I found myself really missing his presence within Naijapop
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 21 March 2023 17:20 (one year ago) link
Burna Boy + J Balvin - rOllercoaster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyVVGW-5ITw
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 22 March 2023 02:19 (one year ago) link
as can be gleaned from that video, the Davido package will, to the surprise of no one, include at least one Magicsticks-produced banger meanwhile, this a remix for the US market I can get behind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agjgfxKIIgMVictony ft. Don Toliver & Rema (& Tempoe) • Soweto (Remix)
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 22 March 2023 16:52 (one year ago) link
log drum (lock drum?) bonanza:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMHxgrvdPMQNonso Amadi ft. Zinoleesky • Lock Up(co-produced by P.Priime)
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Monday, 27 March 2023 11:57 (one year ago) link
If you, like me, enjoy sensory overloaded Coupé Decalé then this one is for you
Dydy Yeman - Koko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2jjSf2T2kc
― the forces of darkness making making us laugh ourselves into DEATH?? (dog latin), Tuesday, 4 April 2023 13:18 (one year ago) link
My haphazard explorations of Maskandi and Afro Soul and Amapiano and thereabouts have taken me into various other corners I didn't know about, and my latest fascination is with Tsa Manyalo, which is Limpopo wedding/party music. There's not quite enough of just that on Spotify to reach our genre thresholds, so I widened the scope out a little to "Sepedi Pop", but the extra variety does the experience no harm!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3BW3cqDHqYSqC0B1a8xQcV?si=1bf0468876524f9b
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 13:49 (one year ago) link
ooh nice
― the forces of darkness making making us laugh ourselves into DEATH?? (dog latin), Tuesday, 4 April 2023 13:53 (one year ago) link
ooh "koko" is real fun
― ufo, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 22:37 (one year ago) link
It's mad as a box of frogs and I love it
Enjoying glenn's playlist too
― the forces of darkness making making us laugh ourselves into DEATH?? (dog latin), Wednesday, 5 April 2023 08:25 (one year ago) link
I have nothing much else to contribute to this thread ATM other than I'm convinced coupe decale is quite the thing
― Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Friday, 21 April 2023 01:49 (one year ago) link
I love this lowkey, as the man puts it, bordering on melancholy but also def horny track from Olamide & Ckay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcjOlcWaaU8
Trumpet
― rob, Friday, 21 April 2023 13:25 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fhtbd5NxW0Buju, Kiss Daniel & Seyi Vibez - Gwagwalada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM8ULpYAX8MFalz & Vector - Yakubu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjCg3jFLBuwGyakie & JBEE - Scar
And special for rob:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdo1E-qsCoQZinoleesky - Many Things
― Nabozo, Saturday, 6 May 2023 19:59 (eleven months ago) link
Nothing that really lifts me off my feet here I must say
― Nabozo, Saturday, 6 May 2023 20:09 (eleven months ago) link
I don't know how my esteemed colleagues feel about them, but there's a bunch of new naijapiano songs (Asake's 2:30, Joeboy's Body & Soul, Young Jonn's Aquafina) that sound rather messy.
― Nabozo, Sunday, 7 May 2023 13:52 (eleven months ago) link
And special for rob
lol, but I agree it's not that remarkable -- I guess the thrill is gone
― rob, Sunday, 7 May 2023 16:09 (eleven months ago) link
fyi the current Zinoleesky banger is party No Dey Stop with Adekunle Gold:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnXq06m9P4g
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Sunday, 7 May 2023 17:51 (eleven months ago) link
Jonz with last year #1 boyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsEjqV7kZdMRuger - Jonzing Boy
He also has a more upbeat (though maybe less personal) single out called Bun Bun with Jugglerzhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n22O3NR1yRIRuger & Jugglerz - Bun Bun
and I guess Shu-Peru is the song of the momenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1NPXKoTGy0Kizz Daniel - Shu-Peru
― Nabozo, Friday, 19 May 2023 07:58 (eleven months ago) link
I've heard worse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_-v1fNdSHsAsake & Olamide - Amapiano
― Nabozo, Sunday, 28 May 2023 09:30 (ten months ago) link
The new Burna is... lazy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxnu4MmAF68Burna Boy - Sittin On Top of the World
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 2 June 2023 09:39 (ten months ago) link
For @pitchfork I wrote about @asakemusik’s new album Work of Art, which is phenomenal. Asake’s one of the best artists right now, just the most unimpeachable in the Afropiano / Street Pop zone rn. He had the best Nigerian pop album of 2022 and now 2023!!https://t.co/QSQ3CdmBGe— Joshua Minsoo Kim (@misterminsoo) June 16, 2023
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 June 2023 00:51 (ten months ago) link
Since Chale was posted her, why not Mnike? Oozes coolness, and the chorus seeps through directly to hook onto your brain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_hgm2Mf6AgTyler ICU & Tumelo.za feat. DJ Maphorisa, Nandipha808, Ceeka RSA & Tyron Dee - Mnike
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 27 June 2023 13:08 (nine months ago) link
Full versionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxwydXdudWo
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 27 June 2023 13:09 (nine months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyaVNggovdMIyanya & Buju - Sinner
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 4 July 2023 07:40 (nine months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmytMK1ZjcYOmah Lay - Reason
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 4 July 2023 07:42 (nine months ago) link
That's a very good one and Tom London's career introduction after being Soweto's Finest lead choregrapher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-oVLcko1cETom London feat. Optimist Musicza and Soweto's Finest - Tom London
― Nabozo, Friday, 14 July 2023 09:32 (nine months ago) link
Fast review: Dreamlike song. Floating, dense, smooth. The fast delivery and overdubbing on the chorus is serpentine, the keys are like soulful high notes in a prog song, and the whole production slays.
― Nabozo, Friday, 14 July 2023 10:05 (nine months ago) link
very unengaged this year sadly, but wow "reason" is fantastic, I'll have to check out the whole deluxe edition
― rob, Friday, 14 July 2023 12:16 (nine months ago) link
"Sinner" is nice too. I just really love BNXN's voice; I revisited Gwagwalada and loved it
― rob, Friday, 14 July 2023 12:20 (nine months ago) link
Agreed, also he knows how to make music fun
Mid-year is when I start engaging usually. Doing it any earlier feels like you're alone to push the cart, but around June it's like abundance and let me do harvest season on this music.
― Nabozo, Friday, 14 July 2023 14:51 (nine months ago) link
yeah I was very invested in being an early adopter / hit-spotter for my pet genres for a while, but this year I think that's finally left me
― rob, Friday, 14 July 2023 14:57 (nine months ago) link
Watched just now this Tyla performance on DSCVR:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r3XnJAXmI0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88a7rr8KXcE
Hadn’t realized how attractive she is. She has the mannerisms of a popstar down to a T, a great voice and an excellent set of singles so far.
Hope she makes it big.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 4 August 2023 00:58 (eight months ago) link
I had to google the lyrics of Fireboy DML's latest single YAWA because I had a doubt
― Nabozo, Monday, 14 August 2023 15:00 (eight months ago) link
There is no word for how weird the coloured accent is (Tyla).
― Nabozo, Monday, 14 August 2023 15:04 (eight months ago) link
I only found out today that A-Star is born and bred in London
― Stomp Jomperson (dog latin), Monday, 14 August 2023 19:33 (eight months ago) link
Done
Rolling afropop 2024
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 17 January 2024 11:18 (three months ago) link