this. also keep to get the house music covered more
― Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Thursday, 30 August 2018 17:32 (five years ago) link
Hmmm. I guess it's worth a try but I'm not exactly certain that we need two threads. I like being able to open one and feel like I'm not missing out on something elsewhere, lol. I already feel like there would be more soca action on this board if we posted soca in the dancehall thread instead of splitting it off. But this is mostly a question of convenience, since I've been so busy lately that I haven't had the time to contribute much myself in any of these threads. Would it be an idea to try to find a new, more precise and inclusive title for next year's rolling afro thread?
I do think Wizkid in 2018 would deserve his own thread though. He has been on fire throughout the year.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 30 August 2018 18:10 (five years ago) link
(fwiw longneck I was thinking of combining the soca and dancehall threads next year)
― rob, Thursday, 30 August 2018 18:17 (five years ago) link
taking my own advice: Wizkid (aka Starboy)
― rob, Thursday, 30 August 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
Obviously, trying to cover a whole continent’s (well, the sub-Saharan part of it anyway) pop music (in the broadest sense) with all its different genres has always been a pretty ridiculous endeavour to begin with, but such is the state of ILM. An I Love African Music board would have dozens of threads by genre, country, artist, song, album etc, but with the user base here being so small I’m not sure what would be the best way to go about it.On Spotify I maintain separate playlists for Nigerian, Ghanaian, South African, East African, Francophone, Lusophone, and “other” West African tracks. Even though this is still very generalised and reductive, it would probably be much too “balkanised” for ILM. If a separation needs to be made, I guess of the suggestions so far nabozo’s second one, of an offshoot for SA afrohouse and gqom and other less poppy stuff, makes the most sense to me. (That would imply that a SA rap joint would “belong” on the general afropop thread, no?)[Counterpoint: even if the house and gqom might feel different, they actually overlap quite organically with Angolan kuduro, Nigerian shagqom shagqom (yes, I’m trying to make this a thing!) etc.]So yeah, I have no idea whether this would work better in terms of participation, but maybe it’s worth a try? It’s not like there’s a lot of traction now, unfortunately.
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 30 August 2018 22:00 (five years ago) link
The soca scene is becoming huge in Bristol and various other cities in the UK, which is unusual because it's not known for its Trini population.
FWIW I'm absolutely loving Eddy Kenzo's 'Gear Lever', an EOY track for me
If any of you fancy sharing your Spotty playlists, I'd love to hear them
― Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Friday, 31 August 2018 09:50 (five years ago) link
Spotify playlist: ILM rolling Afropop / Afrobeats 2018🕸On my account [which you can access through the above playlist] I have several other public playlists with tracks per year on a country / region basis that I constantly update. Feel free to follow!
― breastcrawl, Friday, 31 August 2018 11:23 (five years ago) link
ah cool i didn't realise we were continuing with those. fantastic!
― Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Friday, 31 August 2018 12:31 (five years ago) link
What do you mean? The ILM Rolling playlist is an ongoing thing obviously, the other playlists are my own.
― breastcrawl, Friday, 31 August 2018 16:31 (five years ago) link
Just noticed that a) by copying the post, I killed the link to the Rolling playlistb) Spotify doesn’t show your public playlists in a useful way through this kind of link anyway
So: once again, here is our ILM rolling Afropop / Afrobeats 2018 playlist
(now also including Angolan megabanger “Sem Maldades” by Os Santiagos!)
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 1 September 2018 12:52 (five years ago) link
...and here is a direct link to my Spotify profile page, from where it should be easy to link through to my various (mainly) Afropop-themed public playlists: You can click that link here.
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 1 September 2018 12:55 (five years ago) link
Not got time to look through thread but I hope people npticed that Youssou N'Dour got a gig in the Proms this year. It's on BBC4 now so will be on iplayer I assume. Started at 11 and goes on to I think 12.30am
― Stevolende, Friday, 7 September 2018 22:35 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPIOEheFoHs
― ||||||||, Monday, 10 September 2018 17:22 (five years ago) link
Lol I came here to ask if it'd been posted already. Successful collab.
― Nabozo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:19 (five years ago) link
And of course there is now also this thread:
Wizkid aka Starry
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 13 September 2018 20:28 (five years ago) link
Wizkid aka Starboy
Good things come in pairs:Two by/with DJ Sumbody:“Monate Mpolaye” feat. Cassper Nyovest, Thebe & Vettis, his follow-up to “Ayepyep”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_wGUegiCGc...and “Hoana Ho” by Calvin Fallo x DJ Sumbody ft. Carlo & Liquid Metsi:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyrvsS9xRiY
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 13 September 2018 20:31 (five years ago) link
And two by Olamide with his new best producer friend Killertunes: the mighty “Motigbana”, one of the biggest songs in Nigeria right now:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR5dPcoIjOQ...and the brand new “Logba Logba”, a song that feels magical to me, sure to be in my EOY top 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZV4O1Yjik8(in the past 12 months Killertunes has given us Yeba + Manya + Oshe + Nowo + Bobo + Baba + Fake Love + Motigbana + Logba Logba = truly Shabalistica!)
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 13 September 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
https://2minuteshowersongs.com/
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 17:12 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yvv7bzTe1Y
Niniola • Bana
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 22 September 2018 15:49 (five years ago) link
And oh, hello NJxSA shagqom shagqom interzone!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mcpeSB80aMMr. Real ft. DJ Maphorisa x Niniola x Vista x DJ Catzico • Legbegbe (Remix)
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 22 September 2018 15:59 (five years ago) link
finally listening to the Busiswa album and it's soooo good wow. one of the best things i've heard all year
― ufo, Sunday, 23 September 2018 00:26 (five years ago) link
Like Bana
There's a Major Lazer / Burna Boy that I feel felt just short of doing something truly great, misses a chorushttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW4KbVdISps&index=9
― Nabozo, Monday, 24 September 2018 08:52 (five years ago) link
This being end of September, I wonder if it'd be time to look back and have a fun top 12 tracks of the year so far.So that we all catch up to the things we've missed before the end of the year :)
― Nabozo, Monday, 24 September 2018 15:37 (five years ago) link
Get your fresh Wizkid here!
― breastcrawl, Monday, 1 October 2018 19:17 (five years ago) link
since beastcrawl is being sectarian with his wizkid thread (teasing), let's have the leftovers here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7WfPHHXCAYFirst single since Outside. Really digging new Burna Boy's style, he owns this year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHGcGMLMrQAwhenever however... could stay together... forever. Rudeboy and Patoranking must have had a latina chick on their minds.
― Nabozo, Monday, 1 October 2018 19:59 (five years ago) link
Let's make it clearer that I find Gbona completely awesome and the rightful heir to Soco.
― Nabozo, Monday, 1 October 2018 20:10 (five years ago) link
Believe it or not, the Wizkid thread was started by rob! (although I would have done it if he hadn’t)I love “Gbona” too. Also, this song makes me extremely happy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZJcRkfeL0gMzVee feat. Kuami Eugene • Bend Down(Not nearly enough Ghana jams in this thread, btw)
― breastcrawl, Monday, 1 October 2018 20:21 (five years ago) link
On a completely different tip, the new Kwesta is fire as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x7NASKk3P0“Vur Vai”
― breastcrawl, Monday, 1 October 2018 20:28 (five years ago) link
yah "Gbona" is seriously good. I've thought about starting a Burna Boy/Outside thread but my thread maintenance ability is obvs not so strong ;)
― rob, Monday, 1 October 2018 20:34 (five years ago) link
Vur Vai is a jam!
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 1 October 2018 21:09 (five years ago) link
Have we discussed the Onipa EP yet? It's a lot of fun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rErWuLmXv_Y
― Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 15:12 (five years ago) link
My day is a little boring so I'll do my personal top
1. Wizkid - Soco2. Teni - Askamaya3. Niniola - Bana4. Burna Boy - Ph City Vibration5. Skepta / Wizkid - Energy (Stay far away)6. Burna Boy - Ye7. Mr Real - Legbegbe8. Burna Boy - Gbona9. KiDi - Adiepena10. Not3s / Maleek Berry - Sit back down11. Mr Eazi / Efya - Mame (Give me)12. Wizkid - Fever
1. Prince Kaybee / LA Soulmates - Club Controller2. Prince Kaybee / Busiswa / TNS - Banomoya3. Sun-EL Musician feat Simmy - Ntaba Ezikude4. Sun-EL Musician - Sonini5. Dj Fortree / Niniola - Monini6. TDK MaCassette ft Dj Raybel x Dj Maphorisa x Dash - iWalk ye Phara7. Muungu Africa / Niniola - Lazaro8. Dj Mshega Ft. Lady Zamar - The End9. Kwesta - Vur Vai10-rest: Other Sun-El Musician songs from the album
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 3 October 2018 15:30 (five years ago) link
Solid lists, Nabozo. I’m too lazy to make my own, but my big three are “Soco”, “Fake Love” and “Akwaaba”. The two Prince Kaybees are probably my favorite South African tracks as well.
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 4 October 2018 19:12 (five years ago) link
People, once again I ask of you: Has any of Davido post-“Fia” singles sounded as good as this collabo? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0XMnzsl7P4DMW feat. Davido, Duncan Mighty, Peruzzi & Fresh VDM • AzaRelated: 2Baba & Peruzzi’s “Amaka”, posted a while back, has proven to be very enduring. Such a funky little jam.
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 4 October 2018 19:13 (five years ago) link
You've still got chances to be in the first 100'000 to see Banomoya's videoBusiswa brings (gay) colorful flashiness again, and this close from popping her tits out, I like it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWSBhp4FQH0
― Nabozo, Friday, 5 October 2018 16:04 (five years ago) link
It’s at 128K now - that video is insanely good, just like everything else about “Banomoya”.More hard-hitting gqom: Mzokoloko feat. Madanon, Emza & Prince Bula • Injabulo:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PZcENZJ_C0
― breastcrawl, Friday, 5 October 2018 21:54 (five years ago) link
Pre-gqom: Heavy-K’s imaginatively titled new album Respect The Drumboss 2018 is out (it’s on Spotify). Plenty of good stuff (unfortunately “Let Them Talk” with Ntombi & Niniola is not on it), but very disappointing that none of the singers are credited. Those two tracks towards the end though,”Hamba Nam”and ”Amasela”!
― breastcrawl, Friday, 5 October 2018 21:55 (five years ago) link
Banomoya and Injabulo are so good. will have to check out the Heavy-K album soon
― ufo, Friday, 5 October 2018 23:56 (five years ago) link
Loved that Onipa track!
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 09:34 (five years ago) link
whole EP slaps hard
― Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Wednesday, 10 October 2018 10:42 (five years ago) link
This thread is huge but have you guys heard the Bryte album? Wall-to-wall bangers like this
Bryte - Hustler [prod. The Busy Twist]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXvYJEMbyxE
― Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Friday, 12 October 2018 14:02 (five years ago) link
Harder Faster Stronger, Better?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LspPtRAS18Mampintsha feat. Campmasters • Phakamisa
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 16:31 (five years ago) link
Let’s talk some L.A.X here. After an early start at Wizkid’s Starboy label (remember “Caro”?), he’s carved his own path, never chasing the hits, but releasing an impressive string of singles over the past few years, including this 2016 gem with extremely low-profile producer Dwill:
L.A.X • Awon Da (Rasaki): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU0PvS9fpaY
…and now he’s about to drop his debut album.
Two Spotless-produced tracks in anticipation:
L.A.X • Panana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K6CY397HXE
L.A.X feat. Yemi Alade • Bad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52g9WDvDOho
If “Bad” is anything to go by, we’re in for a treat!
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 20 October 2018 01:23 (five years ago) link
I haven’t listened to the Dladla Mshunqisi album in full yet, but the track with Prince Kaybee and Nokwazi is wild:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOXpyGKbLS0“Wangibamba”
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 21 October 2018 01:29 (five years ago) link
“Jibebe”, the new Diamond Platnumz, was reviewed by The Singles Jukebox, still a rare occurence for an Afropop track. Our Alfred didn’t like the “I-like-it”s, but what struck me most was that none of the writers seemed to be aware of the obvious Wizkid influence, even though it’s pretty much spelled out in the lyrics:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW2PI6jqn1UDiamond Platnumz x Lava Lava x Mbosso • Jibebe
― breastcrawl, Monday, 22 October 2018 19:34 (five years ago) link
Forgot a word there: “...still a *ridiculously* rare occurence for an Afropop track.”
― breastcrawl, Monday, 22 October 2018 19:40 (five years ago) link
I agree with Alfred! But yeah funny to review this and not "Soco". TSJ's selection process is kinda baffling to me in general
― rob, Monday, 22 October 2018 19:44 (five years ago) link
As far as I can tell, TSJ seems pretty much on top of Kpop and Latin pop (which a lot of their writers are very knowledgeable about) but African pop is a massive blind spot for them, still. You’d think after having “Akanamali” as their runner-up last year, they’d shape up, but no. The few tracks they do pick seem very random. They did “Ma Lo” and “Science Student” iirc, but to overlook huge songs like “Manya”, “Soco”, “Akwaaba”, “Fake Love”, “Club Controller” and “Banomoyo” is pretty baffling, yeah.
― breastcrawl, Monday, 22 October 2018 20:28 (five years ago) link
(“Huge” as in both artistically and commercially extremely successful in their countries and beyond.)
― breastcrawl, Monday, 22 October 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link