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Are you still sleeping on azonto? Still sleeping on pidgin rap? Isn’t it time for a WAKE UP CALL?!?! Peep the feedback:

Mosca (BBC 1): EL’s album is sick! Mame Wossop, Kaalu and Obuu Mo are all strong contenders for a favorite here… Lifesaver will get a few spins too…

Young Lion (BBC 1 xtra): Yo E.L is MULTI TALENTED!! Neva realized how SICK he is!!!!! He’s one of the most versatile I heard!

Ace & Vis (BBC 1 xtra): I will definitely be spinning these.

Let’s stop here: the point is… what exactly are you waiting for to listen?!?! Buy?!?! Play it, spin it, share it, shake your bobaraba and lose weight to it!!!

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New album: 4X4 – Waist & Power

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Much anticipated!!! Finally available online, 4X4‘s latest and greatest! Featuring 3 of the biggest hits of 2011: the title song Waist & Power, Yesi Yesii and more recently Womanizer. The album displays each member’s specific style: Captain Planet raps in four afferent Ghanaian languages, CoDed adds his ragga/dancehall flavor, and Fresh Prince sings his R&B hooks. Powered by beats by Ghana’s finest engineers, in particular Appietus on the 3 hits mentioned above, the album also features production by Kaywa, JQ, BBryte and Playboi.

DJ Satelite – Luanda No Horizonte Vol. 2

DJ Satelite is back on the horizon. If you haven't checked his first Luanda No Horizonte mix, do yourself a favor and click here. Here is a second mix recorded live in Luanda, Angola, giving you a taste of what you might hear down there in the clubs. Follow DJ...

DJ Satelite: Luanda No Horizonte – Afrohouse from Angola

DJ Satelite is one of the most talented and inspiring artists I met on my recent trip to Luanda. So much so that I devoted my last Lungu Lungu column to him last week, not only because of his musical talent, but also his impressive skills at bringing fragmented scenes...

Aline Frazão: Lusophone Grace

Originally published in the Fader under Lungu Lungu. Most people don’t know a whole lot about Lusophone music, meaning music from Portuguese-speaking countries. If anything, Brazil usually comes to mind first—in my experience, whenever I play music from places like...

Waga 3000 – Sak Sin Paode (Accept What Is Small) Video + free track

Shot on the fly in Ouagadougou! Grab this track for free – kinda – we just ask for your email, we won’t share it, promise, and you get free goodies before anybody else. Deal? Check here:

Waga 3000: Remain Strong and Feisty

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!