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Art Melody – Yamb Sabaab
Art Melody‘s husky, powerful voice has been catapulting the Burkinabé people’s daily concerns into the ears and minds of hip hop lovers worldwide. Just recently, Melo performed all across France with...
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Art Melody – Futur feat. High Priest (Antipop Consortium)
In West African tradition, the griot earns a living telling stories and singing praise. Rap as an art form has often been compared to the griots’ storytelling skills, but the social and economic...
View ArticleWaga 3000 – Voir Sombrer Ses Fils
More Burkinabé rap with Art Melody and Joey le Soldat, together as Waga 3000, rapping on top of DJ Form’s beat. “Voir Sombrer ses Fils” means “watching your sons sink”, it is a call for Africa’s youth...
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Mutombo Da Poet feat. M3nsa –“I For Talk”
Mutombo and M3nsa get together for a fly fly jam. If you didn’t connect the dots already, this is Mutombo and M3nsa of FOKN Bois fame, Pidgen Music represent!
View ArticleSena Dagadu – Extra Large feat. M3nsa
A few weeks ago Sena was in town, and I knew she’d be heading to Santa Maria, which could mean only one thing: there was some video makin’ going on at King Luu’s place. Luu, who’s directed countless...
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Friday Madness: Maskarado “Tabacanawa”
In Luanda, most of the top house music producers don’t really talk, or even know each other. I was a bit sad to realize that all of the big names mostly evolve on their own, partnerships are...
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Art Melody –“Wogdog Blues”
Buy: Bandcamp Two years after the acclaimed Zound Zandé album, Burkinabé rapper Art Melody returns with Wogdog Blues – Ouagadougou blues. An ambitious album which stretches the limits of African hip...
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Kyekyeku –“Pay Me (Friday Night)”
Originally published in the Lungu Lungu column at the Fader. Yesterday was Ghana’s independence day: the nation is 56 years young. For the occasion, I had written a kind of “state of the Ghanaian...
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Steloo & Yaw P – Nagba
Brand new video from Steloo and Yaw P! Watch and spread, and read the story (originally published on Fader’s site): Accra has over 30 radio stations. That’s a lot, and compared to other cities I’ve...
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Free Tarraxinha Comp by DJ Marfox
I’m so excited… OBRIGADO DJ Marfox, for putting together a much needed compilation of some of the best tarraxinhas to come out of Luanda and Lisbon. I’m about to drop the full story for Fader, so for...
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DJ’s Do Guetto – Free Comp – A Slice of Luso History
I don’t hate Elvis Presley. But if I were to explore the early days of rock’n'roll, he is not an artist I would spend much time on. Conversely, this post takes a minute away from Lisbon’s kuduro usual...
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Ajebutter22 – Gbono feat. Dr Sid
Another banger from a team you can trust: I drooled over Senrenre to the point where I felt compelled to write the story behind it, and now Ajebutter22 and production duo Studio Magic are back at it...
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Didjak Munya – Oxygène
Didjak Munya has been on Kinshasa’s hip hop circuit for well over a deacade now, but Oxygène is his first international release. The album, which has been brewing for several years now, displays...
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Kinshasa is the Best: DJ Zhao – Heart of Light
Congolese music is the best in the world, and Zhao gives us a real juicy slab of the goodness. Makes me want to learn Lingala… Read about the meaning behind the title on Zhao’s blog, and peep the...
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Friday Freebies – BIG FKN GUN, DJ Znobia, Alidu, Murlo, DJ Zhao
Been drooling over this one for a few days now, finally up on soundcloud. BIG FKN GUN is the bomb as explained more thoroughly here. Okmalumkoolkat from Dirty Paraffin has a flow that has been driving...
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Friday Freebies: Azonto Ghost – Exclusive 320
After tracking him down for a few months, I was finally able to sit down with the Azonto Ghost himself, beatmaker and vocalist extraordinaire Mr Bisa Kdei. The full story is coming next week in the...
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Didjak Munya Album Launch in Kinshasa
Didjak is one of the most tenacious artists I’ve met: he’s managed to self produce a full album, featuring some of the continent’s greatest voices, in a city famed for its music – and for how...
View ArticleArt Melody – Barka Barka Video
If you missed Melo on his European tour, here is a small glimpse of the action. Backed by the Waga Block Band along with Joey le Soldat on vocals, Numa Lakroch’ on drums and pads, and Mama J on...
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Friday Freebie: Lyrical Wanzam – 32 (prod. by DJ Juls)
When Lyrical Wanzam meets DJ Juls… chale vim tinz. “32″ is one of the two solo tracks by Lyrical Wanzam on the upcoming “Extremely Looney” album project with fellow Cryme Records label mate Looney...
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Bad Boy Steloo – Walking in House Music Mix
Bad Boy Steloo is one of Ghana’s foremost house music heads. Whether rocking Accra’s X FM every Friday or laying his vocals on @guyguybeatz, the man keeps busy. And busy he gets again on this mix,...
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