R2Bees are just effin with people’s heads! NOBODY will expect them to drop a highlife song, and that’s just where the hit making duo is hitting us from. Killbeatz is behind this one once again… a nice warm up before the massive Africa Unplugged show August 27th in London. That and more shbows in North America right afterwards.
Can you believe the way Mugeez gets down on this song? By the way, for the non-Ghanaians out there… Odo means looooooove. Of course!
DJ Juls is back on the mixtape tip (don’t sleep on the Burst of the FOKN Bois), this time focusing on M.anifest, one of our favorite Ghanaian rappers. Check out the video interview we did together for This Is Africa.
Tracklist:
1. M.anifest-More Vim
2. A.R.M- Medicine Man
3. M.anifest-Sankofa
4. M.anifest-How I Used to Be
5. M.anifest-Motherland
6. M.anifest-My Lady Oh
7. M.anifest-Babylon Breakdown
8. M.anifest-Golly Gosh
9. M.anifest-Coming to America
10. M.anifest-Blues
11. M.anifest-She Lives
12. M.anifest, Kwabena Jones and Wanlov-Life Dey Jom
13. M.anifest-Suffer (Original)
14. M.anifest-Suffer (DJ Juls Remix)
15. M.anifest-Suffer (M3nsa Remix)
16. Rocket Juice and the Moon ft M.anifest and M3nsa-Chop Up
17. M.anifest ft Wanlov-Gentleman
18. M.anifest-Sunsum Praye
19. A.R.M.-Slow Your Roll
20. M.anifest-Love Thang
Love it when things happen FAST! Don’t let anybody tell you “this is Africa” to justify anything not working or simply not happening. I first discovered Waga 3000 only a few weeks ago, and today we are proud to release their self-titled debut. Meet Art Melody and Joey le Soldat, firm leaders of a new wave of MCs in Burkina Faso, who are not content sticking to bling imagery, but are instead giving a voice to the youth and workers, who are simply tired and pissed: no jobs, rampant corruption, a government which doesn’t embrace the urgency of the situation, day to day life in poverty for most of Burkina’s population.
Art and Joey teamed up with French beatmaker DJ Form of French outfit Tentacule Records, who gives the album a distinct touch: his production is cold and minimal, and despite the urgency in which the album was recorded – 10 tracks in 2 days – the beats are well crafted and compliment the rappers quite well. This collaboration gives Art and Joey an opportunity to have their voices heard beyond Burkina. Support Waga 3000, support Burkina!
DJ Los Carlos has been doing his share to bring kuduro to the masses not only at home in the Netherlands, but worldwide thanks to his banging productions, including our own Elegom Bounsa and Tatali remixes. He incorporates both into this booming short tape, which we recommend you listen to every morning for the rest of your existence. Big up to Bombdiggy for getting this mix up, check out the rest of their Bombcast series here.
Africa Is The Future (AITF) and Akwaaba met at the Shoot Me film festival in the Hague last fall, during a short film festival focused on Africa. The festival was more of a pretext, as we all knew about each other already, through mutual acquaintances who kept insisting on the similarities between our approaches – they were right!
Our collaboration is a natural and logical fit. AITF considers Akwaaba to be the sharpest label for contemporary African music. And we consider AITF to be not only one of the coolest slogans around, but more importantly a solid team with great vision – have you checked out their short films?
Together, we created a custom AITF x Akwaaba shirt, along with its own AITF x Akwaaba compilation, showcasing a small sample of the modern, often futuristic African music we work with. Buy a shirt from AITF’s online store, and get the compilation with them for free. Or you can check out the music directly here.
