Talking about Juls, surely people have noticed Leap of Faith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20bOgmbxvIwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJC3XtyRXpU
― Nabozo, Saturday, 1 July 2017 14:05 (six years ago) link
Not entirely sure where to post this, but MHD has been mentioned on this thread in other years, so I'll just write a bit about him here. I loved the remix that was on the Berité mix I posted upthread:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2I3pXTe3QE
But MHD is apparently a legitimately big French rapper, who calls his sound 'Afro Trap' and had a top ten hit with pt 8 (Never)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRRPt0ysfyI
His debut album MHD was released last year, and it's kinda pretty great. Much more hip-hop, I suppose, but very good.
Also, any opinions on the Wizkid album? Love the opener, the rest hasn't really caught on yet.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 09:44 (six years ago) link
Saw Yemi Alade with a band (drummer and 2 keyboardists plus 2 dancers) do a good late-night gig at the Howard Theatre in DC this past weekend. Keyboardists provided some backing vocal tracks, but Yemi's vocalizing was live and her dancing (and that of her dancers) was energetic and fun
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 14:42 (six years ago) link
https://www.gq.com/story/diplo-africa-tour-interview
Yeah, me and this producer, E-kelly, did a song for Mr Eazi. Before I left, I was like, Hey, this is an idea for a song. I gave him the stems—the music for the beat. Then I land and he's already sent me three demo versions with new drums. And Skales has already done a new version of “Run Up” with new guitars. The records were voiced and mixed. I've never seen people so hungry and the quality so high. In America, I can't get Travis Scott to answer my text messages. I gotta go pour water on his face to wake him up and get him to voice a song. I don't mind doing that, but I also don't mind being here on the frontier, making music with all the Nigerians.
...
I'd never been to Africa, besides South Africa, and everybody in South Africa calls it fake Africa.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 22:43 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2u5Gbadn7o
this is pretty great
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 31 August 2017 21:14 (six years ago) link
The new Patoranking & Diamond Platinumz collabo is perfect.
https://youtu.be/ZjN4agWqTdc
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 7 September 2017 07:42 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwC1xMwxVnI
― Nabozo, Saturday, 14 October 2017 18:57 (six years ago) link
I hope you enjoy that nice pianoAnd The Patoranking I have on repeat is This Kind Love, which has a video out this yearhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGJuX7Gjbdo
Seyi Shay is still one of the most interesting too. Yolo Yolo also now has a video.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I2UK8kFzAM
― Nabozo, Saturday, 14 October 2017 22:17 (six years ago) link
And since this thread has been dreadfully under-used, here's one more for cuties and Tekno in the middlehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPe57sFzjhw
― Nabozo, Saturday, 14 October 2017 22:20 (six years ago) link
Just got onto this last night. Never heard of Diron Animal, but he's Angolan by way of Portugal and is also in a Portuguese band called Throes + the Shine. His solo album is pretty much all party jams.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poBQolEtlM8
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 12:50 (six years ago) link
Diron Animal Album out on Soundways I should checkout.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 15:20 (six years ago) link
Patoranking "This Kind Love" is nice. I like the horn sample
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 15:26 (six years ago) link
diron animal is great!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 15:32 (six years ago) link
Christ, so much good stuff in here! How did I miss this thread for so long?
― daavid, Thursday, 19 October 2017 17:13 (six years ago) link
I've been looking into Team Salut, who produced the Seyi Shay single posted upthread and a few other Eugy tracks. They seem so be doing exactly the kind of stuff I wanna hear in 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxL25sKo5so
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9fwJGfinvo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmRWXHRPZyo
― daavid, Tuesday, 24 October 2017 16:04 (six years ago) link
what did you guys think of the Unforgettable clip, I don't care much for Montana and I cringe a little, but there are proper dance moves found in Kampala
― Nabozo, Thursday, 2 November 2017 11:27 (six years ago) link
the new Alade should drop in a matter of days, there's new singles being posted on youtubeI feel all fuzzy after listening to her french versions, that are as approximate as they are charming
― Nabozo, Saturday, 4 November 2017 17:15 (six years ago) link
I think Na Wash has never been postedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75GFzWtHQrg
― Nabozo, Saturday, 4 November 2017 18:12 (six years ago) link
I'm really getting into Lil Kesh. He's one fire right now, here's the latest.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGZFbMI2NiAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNUgqIQhIUQ
― Nabozo, Sunday, 5 November 2017 10:34 (six years ago) link
And morehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyWK_dLxPUchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3c6i5vK_ck
― Nabozo, Friday, 10 November 2017 20:15 (six years ago) link
also previously unpostedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h_T3nFjZSghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiLhvpLF-Eshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdxuZlN3e98
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 15:35 (six years ago) link
I love this so much!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8LFwC1nEpU
― daavid, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 05:39 (six years ago) link
People seem to like Tony Allen's jazz project, The Source this year, but are ignoring his collaboration with Chicago Afrobeat Project. I'm seeing them live on the 18th.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoaGsn5epuA&feature=youtu.be
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 23:06 (six years ago) link
Sauti Sol are great. I love Nishike especially.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 23:34 (six years ago) link
For those compiling your year-end lists, this playlist includes all the available tracks on this thread, organized roughly chronologically in order of mention:
ILM's 2017 Rolling Afropop and Afrobeats Thread Spotify Playlist
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 1 December 2017 22:33 (six years ago) link
Right now I think my 2017 top looks like this (top 20)
Patoranking - Love you die (ft. Diamond Platnumz)Juls - EarlyWizkid - African Bad GyalTekno - MariaOlamide - Wo!Dotman - My WomanKcee - Juice (ft. Maleek Berry)Akothee - TuchezeLil Kesh - RoraLil Kesh - No Fake LoveFally Ipupa - Eloko OyoTekno - SamanthaSeyi Shay - Your MatterKiss Daniel - YebaD'banj - It's Not a LieKcee - Romantic CallWizkid - Come CloserOrezi - Just like thatBecca - Na WashEugy - Prize
excluding: Daddy Yo, This Kind Love, Yolo Yolo, Tonight, Akrakabo, Leg Over etc etc (2016) and You Alright Yeah (great but too British)
― Nabozo, Sunday, 3 December 2017 17:26 (six years ago) link
Aw is Akrakabo 2016? That's by far my favorite :(
― Frederik B, Sunday, 3 December 2017 17:32 (six years ago) link
Ah no I speak nonsense, it's 2017. I also just realized he says Tout le monde debout ehh and not Tout le monde est dévoué.
― Nabozo, Monday, 4 December 2017 09:10 (six years ago) link
Yay, then I can keep it on my list :)
― Frederik B, Monday, 4 December 2017 12:55 (six years ago) link
I love Kidi’s Odo - not sure if it’s been posted as my connection is acting up.
https://youtu.be/jINRh9t3hw0
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 4 December 2017 13:10 (six years ago) link
Has Diamond Platnumz ever shown more attitude and been clearer that he has the chops to be the East African Wizkid ? Rick Ross in the midddle. Quite a decent hit.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1iHgDTplfw
― Nabozo, Sunday, 10 December 2017 19:29 (six years ago) link
Not really seeing any much of any support for music listed here on year-end lists posted on another thread. Fader had a Davido song. Jon Caramanica at the NY Times has gone for Latin trap this year instead. Not much reggae dancehall or soca either.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 16:32 (six years ago) link
It was supposed to be Wizkid's big breakout year but instead... he feels weirdly muted now. He was all over the place, just not where it mattered. I guess the main problem is that although most of the stuff he did this year was good, he just didn't have that one undeniable song?
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 21:04 (six years ago) link
No publicist in the US or U.K. has successfully marketed the sound to radio, streaming sites and critics
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 21:09 (six years ago) link
is Unforgettable afropop?
― gospodin simmel, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 00:02 (six years ago) link
it was wizkid's song & they took him off it
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 02:45 (six years ago) link
i think it just took too long for ppl to push it & fucking drake & ed sheeran types capitalized off the sound before outside artists could
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 02:46 (six years ago) link
For your curiosity, here's a data-generated playlist of the songs most distinctively popular among afrobeats fans on Spotify in 2017:
https://open.spotify.com/user/particledetector/playlist/6VNHhLOXEkSMCWvIdYc1vB
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 08:18 (six years ago) link
I'm not really surprised that the list is mainly sweet stuff. Easy (Jeje) is great. You relate to these things differently if you're from Nigeria. Or is that data biased somewhat.
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 09:25 (six years ago) link
Spotify does choose to push certain labels, etc.
drake & ed sheeran types capitalized off the sound before outside artists could
This explains radio and spotify to some degree, but too many critics seam to just want to listen to American rap and indie and not go beyond that
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 14:31 (six years ago) link
Spotify, of course, isn't actually available in any African countries yet, so this is all based on fans in (or signing up in) countries where it's available...
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 14:38 (six years ago) link
personally didn't feel it was a great year for afropop. lots of good songs, but fewer than in previous years that matched my tastes(ditto for american pop, for the record!)
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 15:51 (six years ago) link
I probably forgot to post it but Niniola's Maradona is probably in my top 5 this year. Her album is great too - even though her cover art is pretty bad.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCbjK4259RM
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 20:41 (six years ago) link
the cover art is Blacksad!http://www.europecomics.com/serie/blacksad/was there a movie or something?
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 20:52 (six years ago) link
The Maradona cover is good - the album cover is bad, lol. I have no info about the blacksad connection - news to me!
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 14 December 2017 10:28 (six years ago) link
The new Yemi Alade album is excellent & the Olamide that dropped a month ago has plenty of nice Young John jams.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 15 December 2017 13:39 (six years ago) link
The Olamide is uneven but it does have some jams.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 15 December 2017 18:44 (six years ago) link
does a wizkid vn of unforgettable exist?
― ||||||||, Friday, 15 December 2017 18:58 (six years ago) link
https://youtu.be/FK5odIiRG4AI prefer the French M version, actually. The most interesting thing about this one is that Swae Lee’s hook is actually a part of his verse from the original version (this).
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 15 December 2017 22:21 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0YOrxhBoj0I don't know if it will get many plays, but the latest Mr Eazi is as classy, minimal and laid-back as it gets, and same for the video.I quite like 911 too, even if this prod is nothing new at this point.Love Maradona, Sicker is not too bad either.
― Nabozo, Monday, 18 December 2017 20:22 (six years ago) link