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BigxGH.com: Friday Faves

More Ghana pop to prepare for more hazardous dance moves at drinking bars across the world… this week we picked three unknown newcomers. Well, unknown to us. The highlife guitar is long-gone, the production is percussive and minimal: this is GH 2011. So here are our top picks from bigxgh.com‘s massive weekly promotional selection. In [...]

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Schlachthofbronx meet Ruff N Smooth: Soca Mayhem

Well well… our favorite Bavarian duo went berzerk again on some crazy-arse soca madness. Just came out on Mixpak. This time they get a helping hand from the Swagga boys Ruff N Smooth, if you recognize where the vocals are from we’ll send you their album for free!

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Bradez Say Wassup?

We don’t mean to re-hash what you may have already read, but man… we just can’t get enough of Bradez’ new jam Wassup. Listen and download here:   No need to repeat what we wrote over on the new Lungu Lungu column at The Fader, so go there and feed your brain!

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Crowdkrushers dope mix for Bomb Diggy

Crowdkrushers dope mix for Bomb Diggy

Our good friends the Crowkrushers strike again with another bad arse mix, this time for our other doods the Bomb Diggy crew out of Amsterdam. They pieced together a pretty fantastic mix spanning the gamut from dancehall to hiplife to a lot of stuff we’re not sure what to call!!! Listen and download it here: [...]

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Ruff N Smooth “Azingele” Remix Contest

Ruff N Smooth “Azingele” Remix Contest

Going Africa and Beyond… Ruff-N-Smooth’s moto seems particularly appropriate for this next Akwaaba remix contest: their song Azingele is the next big hit coming from this new Ghanaian powerduo, the video’s been out for a couple of days only, and it’s already generating serious buzz in Ghana. The track features SK Blinks, the go-to guy [...]

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