We jammed at Throwdown by AfriPOP! this weekend. The monthly gig is becoming a staple for anyone looking for music beyond the playlists of commercial radio stations. Underground and going places MC Choc headlined the event in downtown Johannesburg. On the decks were the lovely DJ Soulo Starr and DJ Party Time. You might know Party Time as one of half of the Dirty Paraffin duo. Download DJ Party Time’s [...]
In a parallel life, Spoek Mathambo might have been the vocalist for Popskarr, an electro-pop outfit he conceptualised with Terrence Pearce. But he had no time to be a part of as he was leaving his then Cape Town home to take root in Johannesburg before taking over the world. Instead he roped in a then teenage Yannick Ilunga whom he’d met during his Sweat X days to fill in. [...]
DJ Edu sits in for Trevor Nelson with an Afrobeats special on BBC 1Xtra, featuring D’Banj co-hosting the second hour and a session featuring Ice Prince and a host of UK MCs. It’s the kick-off for an all afrobeats day on the UK’s number one radio station for Black music. Consider this a taster. Tracklist: Chub Rock-Treat Me Right Vs Justin Timberlake-Lovestoned Vs K’naan-Abc’s Childish Gambino-Heartbeat Vs Wande Coal-Kiss Your [...]
R2bees-Ajeeii ft Sarkodie Vs Keyshia Cole-Love Mafikizolo-O Tswa Kae Vs John Legend-Save Room Castro-African Girls ft Baby Jet Vs Change-Glow Of Love Vs Labrinth-Let The Sunshine Wande Coal-Kiss Your Hand ft Ikechukwu Vs Childish Gambino-Heartbeat Madtraxx-Big Shot Vs Alison Vs Patrice-Girl Scout Riddim Ice Prince-Oleku ft Brymo Vs Labrinth-Last Time Liquideep-Alone Vs Coldplay-Paradise Catch DJ EDu in his new slot on BBC 1Xtra every Sunday night from 22h00. This week [...]
On of the more pop-leaning tracks on M.I’s recently released mixtape Illegal Music is this one, Loving You. Download the entire mixtape here. (h/t Not Just Ok) Here’s what the tracklisting and production credits look like.
Usually we do this on a Monday but these holidays had us all over the place. Still it’s here and it’s banging as ever. DJ Edu in a new slot at BBC 1Xtra. From now on you can synchronise watches for Sunday nights from 10pm to 1am GMT. Listen to the latest episode here. Also, our Ethiopian readers can catch him spinning at The Hub of Africa Fashion Week and at [...]
P-Square-Beautiful Onyinye Vs Lloyd-Do It Again Anogiri-1 Fish Vs Adele-Set Fire To The Rain D’banj-Scapegoat Vs Usher-Climax Robbie-Mporo Mporoma Vs Sean Paul-She Doesn’t Mind Dj Sbu-Lengoma ft Zahara Vs J Cole-Can’t Get Enough ft Trey Songz Ahmed Soultan-Tous Les Memes Vs Maroon 5-Moves Like Jagger Guru-Lapaz Toyota Vs David Guetta-Turn Me On ft Nicki Minaj Atumpan-Give & Take Vs Katy Perry-Part Of Me
Beyonce, Childish Gambino, Labrinth, Tony Rich and more refixed in our mix today Linnah-Lonely Vs Beyonce-Halo Nneka-God Knows Why ft Black Thought Vs Childish Gambino-Bonfire Naëlle’s-A Jamais Vs Lloyd-Lay It Down To Semedo-Por Amor Vs Keri Hilson-Knock You Down ft Kanye West & Ne-Yo Nilton Ramalho-Ouvre Moi Ton Coeur ft Carine Mota Vs The Tony Rich Project-Like A Woman Dennis Graça-I Can’t Believe Vs Drake-Headlines Sandro-Kontrola Vs Marlon Asha-Ganja Farmer Denis Graca-My Baby Vs Lil’ Wayne-Mrs [...]
Today’s mix is strictly for the grown and for the sexy. Sorry, kids! Tracklisting Ali Kiba-Cinderella Vs TLC-Unpretty Akon-Sorry Blame It On Me Notorious B.I.G-One More Chance Nalu-Wakumbali Vs Az Yet-Last Night H-Kayne-Issawa Style Horace Brown-Things We Do For Love ft Jay-Z Wakimbizi-Hallo Hallo Vs Snoop-Drop It Like It’s Hot Mgarimbe-Sister Bethina Aaliyah-Try Again Nameless-Deadly Vs Eugene Wilde-Get You Home Tonight Prezzo & Nazizi-Let’s Get Down Vs Mario-Let Me Love [...]
You know what it is! Kidum-Nitafanya ft Lady Jaydee Vs Tyrese-Too Easy (Clean) ft Ludacris Dr Claude-Contre Succes Vs Wiz Khalifa-Young, Wild & Free ft Snoop Bruno Mars Sexion D’Assaut-Désolé Vs Tyga-Still Got It ft Drake Ruff Rugged & Raw-Mukulu Vs J. Valentine-Up ft Chris Brown & Pleasure P Vs Laza Morgan-One By One ft Mavado Fresh Family-Super Star Vs Wale-Sabotage ft Lloyd Wande Coal-Bananas Vs Mavado-Settle Down M.I.-One Naira [...]
