Papa Wemba meets Nouchi Nash
Collabo of the year? Congolese music veteran Papa Wemba teams up with ‘Nouchi’ Nash from Ivory Coast in the crossover tune ‘Sapologie’. The title is a reference to Papa Wemba having been at the head of the Congolese SAPE movement (Society of Elegant People). Nash, who looks like forever 17, is well known from Gbonhi Yoyo who blew up on the Abidjan scene a couple of years ago together with female emcee Prisca, and she featured on Mokobe’s album ‘Mon Afrique’.
Conscious Senegalese rap is not dead
Keur Gui of Kaolack is back with a gem of a video. Directed by Senegalese new school crew Gelongal, the video ‘Coup 2 Gueule’ (‘Let’s Act on our Words’) features Kilifeu and Thiat in the congested urban setting of Dakar. Flagship group of the movement of decentralization / de-Dakarisation in Senegal, Thiat and Kilifeu remain the two only rappers in Senegal who did jail time for denouncing acts of corruption.
Beazy – Bad Guy Ft. Shank & Chykay
Beazy is a breath of fresh air, or I would say sound. Here is his latest video featuring Shank and Chykay directed by Oshodi. He has put out a couple of mixtapes and…
Coz ov moni
Mensa and Wanlov a.k.a. Fokn Bois are hip hop artists from Ghana, Accra. Wanlov also did a show for African Hip Hop Radio when he lived in the USA. Together with Mensa he…
Video by Fefe (Saian Supa Crew): VPC – Vilain Petit Canard
This week saw the release of a music video for our favourite song from one of our favourite albums to come out in France last year, ‘Jeune a la retraite’ by Saian Supa…
Pan Afrikanz at 101Barz
Pan Afrikanz from Rotterdam, Netherlands rip it up in a six minute session on Holland’s most popular online hip hop show 101Barz (video). PA consists of Taziyah and Iyahmin who released their debut…
Baloji & Konono No. 1
Always wondered what Konono N°1 would sound like in a hip hop setting? The likembe (thumb piano) group from Congo, who quickly made a name in the west after their music was released…
M.anifest – The birds and the beats
Ghanaian born, US dwelling rapper M.anifest just dropped the free 16 track album ‘the birds and the beats’. Download at his website Manifestmc.com and listen to the African hip hop radio interview here.
Mensa – Adjuma
Mensa is an indie-soul singer, emcee and producer from Ghana, Accra by way of North London who mixes true school hip-hop and West-African home grown hiplife music. Here is his new video ‘Adjuma’…
Blits the Ambassador – MTVu Houseband series
Can’t say much about this one right here, all I know that it is something to look out for. Coming soon!!
