Yes, it’s really sad, so much promise. She was extensively mourned on a Ghanaian award show I caught on livestream recently. I play her album quite a lot. She has a beautiful voice. “Date Ur Fada” is quite the anthem too, thanks in no small part to its wtf chorus. https://youtu.be/qG8LGFSypeM
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 3 May 2018 20:51 (six years ago) link
About that new Davido, “Assurance” - a change of producer, but he just won’t let go of that formula... Sounds a bit uninspired to my ears. This is the video: https://youtu.be/ucVJrja8r6Q
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 3 May 2018 21:15 (six years ago) link
This is the shit though: DJ Spinall ft. Kiss Daniel, “Baba”. Killertunes knows no bounds!https://youtu.be/_kHtgJGV_PAGood to see Kiss starting to do some mingling now that he’s ran out of his contract with the G-Worldwide label, that had a no-outside-collabs/features rule. The legal battle is still ongoing though, afaik.
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 3 May 2018 21:27 (six years ago) link
Another artist with label “issues” isRuntown. This article is probably the most detailed report I’ve seen of some of the incredible shadiness that goes on in the Naija music scene:https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/music/full-story-of-runtown-drama-with-record-label-id8176024.html
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 3 May 2018 21:39 (six years ago) link
Agree that Assurance sounds slightly uninspired.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 3 May 2018 22:05 (six years ago) link
Looking for delicious chilled out afro-inflected house music for sunny days. Essentially, what else sounds like Akanamali? I know a bit of Auntie Flo and Sdunkero etc but what else can I check out?
― brand new universal harvester (dog latin), Friday, 4 May 2018 11:21 (six years ago) link
Professor, Kaybee, Lady Zamar, Heavy K, Maphorisa, Black Motion, Ganyani... to be honest, a lot of South African house has this sound, so you can dig.
― Nabozo, Friday, 4 May 2018 12:31 (six years ago) link
Sort of expanding on my last two posts here: Try to imagine what a Killertunes-produced Runtown record would sound like. Now imagine Wizkid and Duncan Mighty singing it…
Starboy feat. Duncan Mighty & Wizkid, “Fake Love” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSSgzdIiItM
Nothing better than this.
― breastcrawl, Friday, 4 May 2018 20:24 (six years ago) link
So good.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 4 May 2018 20:29 (six years ago) link
Oh, and Wizkid dropped a track with Olamide today as well, also very good (duh), but I can have only one song on endless repeat: https://youtu.be/nxyay4m584YOlamide x Wizkid, “Kana” (produced by Legendury Beatz)(Actually it’s interesting how O and W both sing in a different voice/key here than they’re used to)
― breastcrawl, Friday, 4 May 2018 20:39 (six years ago) link
xps to dog latin:Of the ones Nabozo mentioned Prince Kaybee seems like a particularly good reference/starting point. His older stuff, things like “Don’t Give Up”, might be in the vein you’re looking for. https://youtu.be/sz8Q8rFSejg(the vocal version, with Lady Zamar)https://youtu.be/sz8Q8rFSejg(instrumental version as featured on the Better Days album). You can contrast it with his current smash “Club Controller”, which is in the much harder, stuttering (can’t come up with a better descriptor rn, sorry) gqom style that’s current now. Gqom (search: Distruction Boyz, Babes Wodumo) is all kinds of wonderful, but “delicious chilled out afro-inflected house music” it most definitely ain’t. The same contrast exists between older and current Maphorisa (/Uhuru). Ganyani and Black Motion (and Black Coffee too) are reliably afro-house though. Professor and Heavy K are both fantastic, but maybe not quite chilled out enough? If you’re not that familiar with SA house in its many incarnations, I’d say try all of these and see where it leads you.
― breastcrawl, Friday, 4 May 2018 23:17 (six years ago) link
meant to post this link for the instrumental “Don’t Give Up”: https://open.spotify.com/track/0VKWlsoZr8waMPthuwHk90?si=vlxDLyWKQTWIV-psk9zPfA
― breastcrawl, Friday, 4 May 2018 23:20 (six years ago) link
If the category was “mind-blowingly gorgeous music from South Africa”, this might possibly fit:
Zinaro ft. JB (of Thee Legacy) & Dust, “Dali Wami (Reloaded)” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1ednPRrNH0
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 6 May 2018 11:56 (six years ago) link
fake love is unseemly
― ||||||||, Sunday, 6 May 2018 11:59 (six years ago) link
There you go again, ||||||||, confusing me, as a non-native English speaker, with your one-word reviews. I’m assuming “unseemly” is high praise, just like I’d hazard “steady” was for “Akwaaba”, but please correct me if I’ve misunderstood.
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 6 May 2018 12:29 (six years ago) link
yeah sorry, it's really good
― ||||||||, Sunday, 6 May 2018 12:42 (six years ago) link
Haha, it’s all good. I’m glad we agree. (Actually, I now retroactively feel “unseemly” does it much more justice than just “very good”)
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 6 May 2018 12:55 (six years ago) link
or “really good” even
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 6 May 2018 12:59 (six years ago) link
New Wande Coal, “So Mi So”, produced by Juls: https://youtu.be/A6mRKZsAxMs
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 8 May 2018 17:37 (six years ago) link
Tiwa Savage with a Wizzy vibe on the Spellz-produced “Tiwa’s Vibe”: https://youtu.be/JVr4C8MRti4
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 8 May 2018 17:51 (six years ago) link
Video for “Fake Love” is out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCnvggIdBMU
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 20:19 (five years ago) link
Good profile on Davido:http://thenativemag.com/featured/davido-vs-world/
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 19 May 2018 09:15 (five years ago) link
The girl from Dumi hi phone has a new song, quite a lot better, sounds a lot like Busiswa but I like those gqom songs more on the fun side, it's something to explore. Sho Madjozi - Huku.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_EeqZcZ6dI
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 22 May 2018 17:07 (five years ago) link
Yeah, that’s a good track. I posted it a month ago!
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 22 May 2018 17:26 (five years ago) link
I’ve been maintaining a Spotify playlist for this thread. Here it is, for fun and reference: ILM rolling Afropop / Afrobeats 2018. (I included some of the older tracks mentioned by people as well.)
Most everything is in fact on Spotify. Of the current stuff, most notably absent are the Nyege Nyege Tapes releases, the Os Santiego track, Efya & Mr Eazi’s “Mame (Give Me)”, and Maphorisa x Raybel’s “iWalk ye Phara” - and then there’s the non-authorized Wizkid stuff, which (I suspect) is subject to an ongoing tug-of-war with RCA. “Lagos Vibes” is there now, posing as a Starboy track, but no such luck for the Ty Dollar $ign collab.
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 20:14 (five years ago) link
Nice! Thanks!
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 20:20 (five years ago) link
I'm not super-familiar with Afrobeat, but I found this by accident on Spotify and can't seem to stop playing it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey4UGQOSfjs
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 24 May 2018 10:38 (five years ago) link
afropop, i mean
What do you all think of this? Some hard n heavy beats from West Country boys Boa Kusasa with Nigerian artist Magugu. I got to catch them the other day and they ripped it up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dmFQCpW1TM
― Hire Planes (dog latin), Thursday, 24 May 2018 11:25 (five years ago) link
for fun and beause it's trendinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW_xEqCWrm0
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 29 May 2018 09:43 (five years ago) link
Saw Burna Boy at the Howard Theatre in DC. He had a band with a good backing woman singer plus a dj adding programmed and backing tracks as well. He was energetic but soundperson didn't have his voice high enough in the mix. The show lost some of the occasional subtlety and tunefulness his studio versions offer.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 4 June 2018 18:18 (five years ago) link
so what if it's penalty ISSA GOALhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-zdHo4LJJI
― ||||||||, Saturday, 16 June 2018 08:40 (five years ago) link
Keep it going!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OYdOjLIhvM
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 16 June 2018 10:49 (five years ago) link
Two from South Africa:
This is great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mwVXfkW0Qs
Mobi Dixon ft. Nichume, DJ Tira & Kwesta, “Visa”
Every good party has an afterparty: “Club Controller”, the remix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlr5CMazWJE
(It adds Mpumi, Nokwazi, Bucie and Busiswa to the mix, for starters. The version on Spotify is almost 9 minutes!)
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 18:05 (five years ago) link
so what if it's penalty ISSA GOAL📹
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 19:13 (five years ago) link
I had heard - and loved - the Club Controller Remix, but not Visa, which is equally awesome if not better. Thanks, acrobat!
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 20:29 (five years ago) link
More acrobatics!Two from East Africa:This is gorgeous: https://youtu.be/ALv32GDxKT0Eddy Kenzo • Your ValueSo is this: https://youtu.be/yDcmBzMh-R4Ben Pol ft. Kizz Daniel • Zai
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 08:23 (five years ago) link
Kana (Olamide / Wizkid / Legendury Beatz) is classic new Starboy stylehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIJ4vkDa5rI
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 12:36 (five years ago) link
I am bang on board with this surprisingly pretty, accessible bit of Gqom soul
Master KG - Skeleton Move
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRukwQzGMs8
― Gâteau Superstar (dog latin), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 12:59 (five years ago) link
Profesor Jay ft. Sholo Mwamba - Kazi Kazi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=77&v=cPJ_pqmddWk
Singeli music from Tanzania
― Gâteau Superstar (dog latin), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 15:16 (five years ago) link
I guess for many of us Singeli is a discovery so I allow myself to post something that isn't newhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chzkPioEx9sIt's interesting to compare to the "traditional" speed that is less hectic (than Makaveli) but sweeter.There's a 500+ playlist on YT, don't really know where else to find this stuff (except in Tanzania of course)
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 16:58 (five years ago) link
there's no trace of it on Spotify. Always disappointing when that happens cos I find YouTube hard to just relax and listen to
― Gâteau Superstar (dog latin), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 07:48 (five years ago) link
I like it! This guy does have a couple of tracks on Spotify, both from last year as well (“Kazi Kazi” is actually from 2016): Dulla Makabila • Ujaulamba: https://youtu.be/NjbTlikJe_8Mkubwa na Wanawe ft. Dulla Makabila • Ruba:https://youtu.be/YUrr5wtXSHs
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 21:18 (five years ago) link
In Nigeria, Shaku Shaku is converging more and more with Gqomwave. I love what producer Benie Macaulay is doing with this. Three from him:Benie Macaulay ft. DJ Yin • Shashe:https://youtu.be/oT9nevChYT4Crowd Kontroller ft. Niniola • Bam Bam: https://youtu.be/MplmhD5c8DIDJ Nana ft. Zoro & Mr. Real • Normal Level: https://youtu.be/t0LkVXBOwSETwo other good tracks in this vein:DJ Mewsic ft. Reminisce & Ola Dips • Taka Sufe: https://youtu.be/RgDJeTGO85wChief Obi • Kweku: https://youtu.be/QzZZ31ugUbINote: this is just music evolving, good old cross-pollination. No one’s feeling locked in, it’s not a case of diminishing returns, as was suggested upthread. It’s the Big Bad Naija Music Machine fueling itself with whatever it sets its sights on, it’s people getting inspired and being creative - same as it ever was. And the beat goes on...
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 8 July 2018 20:36 (five years ago) link
Interesting article about Shaku Shaku and drug culture: https://filterfree.ng/features/the-complicated-relationship-between-shaku-shaku-and-drug-abuse/
I wasn’t aware of the (codeine/protein) “Diet” controversy. That song is also notable for being a post-“Maradona” Sarz production:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0J_ea7EiPk
DJ Enimoney ft. Slimcase, Reminisce & Tiwa Savage • Diet
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 8 July 2018 20:49 (five years ago) link
So this is how these things work, huh?http://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dj-snake-borrows-nigerian-artists-afro-house-hit-for-new-single-698765/
― breastcrawl, Friday, 13 July 2018 15:31 (five years ago) link
In better news, this dropped today as well:https://youtu.be/L3_LEt5Kr0cDJ Fortee ft. Niniola • Monini(and there’s also the Crowd Kontroller track I posted last week)
― breastcrawl, Friday, 13 July 2018 15:37 (five years ago) link
Ladies with an attitude:
Shan'L La Kinda • Tchizambengué: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfFvIIOPpxg
Aya Nakamura • Djadja: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPGgnzc34tY
(Shan'L is from Gabon, Aya is French, but also emphatically Malian - one of her recent singles was a tribute to Oumou Sangaré. “Djadja” is a pop smash in France and beyond.)
Fellows that are in the mood:
Creme De La Creme ft. Tribeless & The Kansoul • Kufa Juu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYvGMeAdcTc
Timmy Tdat ft. The Kansoul • Tunakubali: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C32689-HLC8
(from Kenya - the second one is actually from 2015, but it does fit the… mood)
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 14 July 2018 17:23 (five years ago) link
I’ve fallen in love hard with this South African rap jam. Love how dense and ragged it sounds:
N’veigh ft. Kid X & Caask Asid • Stofong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_xmTHLnmcA
― breastcrawl, Monday, 16 July 2018 19:30 (five years ago) link
I love this: https://youtu.be/It8jsunGFB8Quincy • Slay Mama
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 22 July 2018 01:10 (five years ago) link