Listen to Kwabs’ New Single ‘Something Right’ Produced by SOHN
By this account from the Guardian, the world is ready to receive Kwabs on stage, after being repeatedly bowled over by the mixtape, EP and songs we’ve heard, mostly produced by Venice-based producer...
View ArticleWatch Cut_’s Translated Remix of Stromae’s ‘Papaoutai’
Dutch group Cut_ has done a minimalist and more sombre English rendition of Stromae’s Papaoutai. Stromae himself posted their remake on his Facebook page with a smiley face and that we interpret as a...
View ArticleWatch Stanley Enow’s ‘Toumbou Boss Deluxe’
“If French Montana could flow in Pidgin” he would be Stanley Enow. After smashing the charts with Hein Père, the Cameroonian rapper returns with Toumbou Boss (Deluxe). In the video it is spelt Toumbou...
View ArticleWatch ‘Lagos Lullabye’, Siji’s New Video
Lagos Lullabye is Siji’s first single off his album Homegrown. I just got word from him that the video is out. In his own words: I’d always loved Scorsese’s Taxi Driver particularly the scene in which...
View ArticleSimphiwe Dana Releases New Single ‘Nzima’ Ahead of South Africa’s Freedom Day...
As part of her wonderful musical journey, the soulful and plain-spoken Simphiwe Dana shares a new song with us, Nzima, off her forthcoming album. The track is produced by Oskido and the video has...
View ArticleAfriPOP it or Drop it? Major Lazer and Wiwek Remix Davido’s ‘Skelewu’
It’s very clear that Davido is single-mindedly chasing world domination. His trump card is the monster single Skelewu. I have it on good authority that some dance music heavies were called on to submit...
View ArticleBadi and Youssoupha Rep Kinshasa on ‘#234′ (Listen+Download)
Badi features in this tag team I’ve wanted to see happen for some time with the mighty Youssoupha (who, by the way, makes a welcome first-time entry into MTV Base Africa lexicon as he is nominated in...
View ArticlePatoranking Features Tiwa Savage on His “Girlie ‘O’” Remix (Listen+Download)
Patoranking, the Nigerian reggae/dancehall artiste that hit us with two enormous tracks (Alubarika and Girlie ‘O’) Loyal disappointed of comprar cialis en washington combination introduced this I...
View ArticleListen to Christian Rich’s ‘Better To’ Featuring DWNTWN
It’s hard to believe it’s already been 5 years since Afripopmag first caught up with the twin sibling artist duo Christian Rich, at the time on the eve of their 2009 album The Decadence. Kehinde and...
View ArticleListen to Nyanda’s ‘Slippery When Wet’ Remix featuring Stanley Enow
Before his nomination and eventual victory at the MTV African Music Awards, Stanley Enow had been steadily taking over the Cameroonian hip hop charts with hits such as Hein Père and TumbuBoss (Deluxe)....
View ArticleGet to Know: South African Soul Singer Ayanda Jiya
Sounds like: the voice people struggled to hear over the chorus of those condemning South African R&B/soul to a premature death (side-eyes SAMA committee). The low-down: Ayanda Jiya is a young...
View ArticleListen: Kelela and Ade Omotayo Feature on Kindness’ ‘World Restart’
After announcing the release of his forthcoming LP Otherness with this fairly abstract clip, Kindness has also shared the first single off that album. World Restart, which you can stream here, is an...
View ArticleSpoek Mathambo’s Fantasma Share Track from Forthcoming ‘Eye of the Sun EP’
Fantasma have shared the first song from their forthcoming Eye of the Sun EP set for release 3rd November via Soundway Records. Premiered via The Quietus, Sefty Belt features the mesmerizing vocals of...
View ArticleListen + Download: M.I Abaga’s “King James”
To many, Nigerian rapper M.I’s ascent in music was interrupted by a deafening silence over the last couple of years. The rapper was christened Nigeria’s Hip Hop Messiah after releasing a few critically...
View ArticleListen+Download: Temi Dollface’s New Single ‘Just Like That (Story)’
Back like you never heard before, the drama soul queen Temi Dollface part raps and part sings on this Just Like That (Story) - the first single off her forth-coming EP. Listen to and download the track...
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