"yoga" is great, nice to hear him slow it down a little bit
― ufo, Friday, 3 February 2023 13:10 (one year ago) link
Shock in South African news as rapper AKA was shot dead outside a restaurant in Durban yesterday night. He was 35.He dies a year after my friend who introduced me to him with one of his favorite songs, Fela in Versace. They now share very similar dates of birth and death. Destiny really botches things up. Shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1CRoYZeD0QAKA - Fela in Versace
― Nabozo, Saturday, 11 February 2023 12:18 (one year ago) link
Beauty Dlulane, who heads a parliamentary committee on arts and culture, condemned AKA's murder, describing it as a "hit". She called on authorities "to protect South Africans from this new scourge of what seems to be contract and revenge killings where performing artists and DJs seem to be targeted".
― Nabozo, Saturday, 11 February 2023 12:28 (one year ago) link
this is chilling, especially coming less than three months after the assassination of DJ Sumbody, also when he was on his way to a celebration
― i saw mommy kissing twink henry kissinger (breastcrawl), Saturday, 11 February 2023 12:45 (one year ago) link
In more uplifting news, veteran soca star Machel Montano is doing a Friday February 17 carnival show in Trinidad with Wizkid, Rema, Ayra Starr, and a bunch of soca acts and others
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 11 February 2023 14:27 (one year ago) link
Doglatin: Great mix! Loved most of these songs already and several I’m listening for the first time.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 11 February 2023 15:18 (one year ago) link
Anyone longing for the old days of afrobeats can hear Ayra Starr's take on it. Which has Awilo Longomba haunting in the background. It's good. But yeah, give us an album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLucolSS-WoAyra Starr - Sability
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 15 February 2023 18:51 (one year ago) link
Thanks so much Moka! Yeah a lot of the selections are fairly obvious but I just wanted to stick to my tried and true faves from the last couple of years or so. Glad you enjoyed it!
― the forces of darkness making making us laugh ourselves into DEATH?? (dog latin), Wednesday, 15 February 2023 19:04 (one year ago) link
I'd love to hear Rema on the remix of Sability.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 15 February 2023 19:46 (one year ago) link
Sability is cool. I feel like I don't have much of a sense of Ayra Starr as an artist yet though (poss my problem not hers).
I like this barely-there Zinoleesky track "YanYanYan" that runs on charisma fumes (I had no idea what he looked like until this video...I'm straight but wau) and threatens to turn into a v good ama song in the final seconds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMChLgtZ1J8
― rob, Friday, 17 February 2023 15:30 (one year ago) link
rob is in love!!! that’s so cute!I agree that Zino definitely has a way about him
― let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Friday, 17 February 2023 17:22 (one year ago) link
lol, I don't want to get weird here, but that is one striking looking human feline hybrid being
― rob, Friday, 17 February 2023 17:27 (one year ago) link
No homo please, this is not the Beatles thread damnit !JK, it's not weird rob, I have the hots for Omah Lay myself.
Coming back to AKA because there's a scandalous backstory.First, I normally never watch something that graphic, but I was shown the video. It must be from the surveillance camera of the restaurant from which AKA is seen leaving with his friends. It's very clear how it happens. A guy on the pavement signals to the killer that the group is coming. The killer takes his relaxed time to cross the road (busy traffic), circles around to avoid suspicion. AKA and his friends are still hugging and saying goodbye when he dashes and shoot AKA at close range, before re-crossing the road and disappearing into the night in a matter of seconds. We looked at each other with my partner and agreed this guy must have killed a lot of people.Now, if the killing is dramatic in itself, what about the backstory ? Suspicion immediately fell on the family of the ex-girlfriend, young model Anele Tembe who it's rumoured AKA pushed off the balcony of a hotel room two years ago. In a letter that has resurfaced from June last year, the family and their lawyers are pressing the national public prosecutor to press charges against AKA. They were denied, and the official story is that she committed suicide. The family makes its position very clear that they are convinced it was murder, and it's known that South Africa justice system is corrupt. AKA leaves a young daughter behind, not from the model, but from DJ Zinhle.
― Nabozo, Friday, 17 February 2023 19:35 (one year ago) link
xp
similarly it's not a secret I'm hopelessly devoted to Oxlade's striking sounding vocal instrument:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz8sJBDSzvMMichael Brun ft. Oxlade • Clueless
― let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Friday, 17 February 2023 19:54 (one year ago) link
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 (one year ago) link
Nothing that really lifts me off my feet here I must say
― Nabozo, Saturday, 6 May 2023 20:09 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
I've heard worse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_-v1fNdSHsAsake & Olamide - Amapiano
― Nabozo, Sunday, 28 May 2023 09:30 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
Tangal might be the first one I'm really connecting to. But yeah striking how their style is at the crossroads of so many things.
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 14:30 (nine months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hALNVDRN4_U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmioOXClM2s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg81-Iv_guU
ok that's exhausted my youtube digging of the last few days
― ufo, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 15:02 (nine months ago) link
Really feeling the 3-Step stuff today
― ...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 16:51 (nine months ago) link
Wow, that list of Senegalese music kinda just got better and better. Might vote for Tégguil sa Tank when EOY listmaking begins.
If dog latin or anyone else wants to do a posting spree of 3-step videos it would be must appreciated. What little I've heard, I've liked.
Also, new Teni album out last month, for the people who enjoyed Wondaland! It's not as good, unfortunately :(
― Frederik B, Monday, 11 December 2023 13:46 (nine months ago) link
Narah Diouf I see was mentioned last year for a track , and I like that 2023 track “Teguil sa Tank” with Bilou XIV also.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 11 December 2023 17:24 (nine months ago) link
https://sondela-recordings.bandcamp.com/album/rising-strong
I have no idea what to call this, it's afrohouse and Thakzin is involved.
Honestly, there's a lot more going on here, kind of big room-ish electrohouse? But it doesn't suck?
Also it's weird to see the old UK Funky people involved in this, Dubplate Malice releases afrohouse on his label and Perempay and Davinche just released something on Sondela a couple months ago.
― pattern loader, Monday, 11 December 2023 19:12 (nine months ago) link
Asake and Amaare made Fader best 2023 albums list
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 13 December 2023 16:01 (nine months ago) link
last month's cruel santino ep is wonderful, especially "ftr" which combines mbalax drums (finally that sound is moving beyond senegal/gambia!) with rage synths which is an incredible combo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGhEzL3e72o
― ufo, Thursday, 14 December 2023 10:26 (nine months ago) link
Oooh, new Cruel Santino music! Thanks :)
― Frederik B, Thursday, 14 December 2023 13:45 (nine months ago) link
Flavour's Big Baller is a banger.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf40zo26TIE
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 16 December 2023 00:09 (nine months ago) link
Tyla “water” was 17th on the Uproxx music critic poll for songs.
Amaarae 14th on Uproxx critics poll for albums
― curmudgeon, Monday, 18 December 2023 23:20 (nine months ago) link
I just wanted to do a final post to acknowledge the death of Zahara on 11 December 2023. She died from liver failure age 36 after years of battle with alcoholism. She was a Xhosa girl from a village outside of East London who made it big. Life and music labels didn't treat her too well, but her voice shined powerfully. Maybe those stories make me emotional, but I have to repress tears.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1CMWnxfFysZahara - Ndiza
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 2 January 2024 10:32 (eight months ago) link
And one more for the road
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEV_4xBrMJUDJ SBu feat. Zahara - Lengoma
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 2 January 2024 10:37 (eight months ago) link
Someone should start an Afropop 2024 thread please.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 16 January 2024 18:12 (eight months ago) link
Done
Rolling afropop 2024
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 17 January 2024 11:18 (eight months ago) link