Afro-club, hit platinums with Badoxa & Yasmine, Davibe and Shaker

Yasmine Carvalho and Badoxa. © É-Karga Music

12/12/2019

This week in the Afro-Club, the platinum hit is punctuated by Fuse ODG & Danny Ocean artists, DJ Wale & Valsbezig, Supa Squad & Elji Beatzkilla, Shaker, Bamby, Jupiter Davibe, Safarel Obiang, Tayc & Barack Adama and finally Badoxa & Yasmine.

The sunny return of Fuse ODG with Danny Ocean: Lazy Day
The creator of the movement This Is New Africa (TINA) is back after a few years of silence with a song optimistic wish. The Ghanaian, Nana Richard Abiona better known as Fuse ODG, explodes in 2012 with the title Antenna which sees the appearance of Wyclef Jean on the remix. In 2014, he released his first album TINA with the single of the same name that will exceed 18 million views on YouTube. Fuse ODG is often described as the pioneer of the current version of the world afropop, often inviting non-African international artists to collaborate. And this time, it's the turn of the artist Danny Ocean to accompany him on the title Lazy Day , title for which the British singer Ed Sheeran has also put his voice. Lazy Day is the hymn of days when you want nothing but spend the day with the person you love. No plans, no pressure, just lounging, eating and watching TV story to recharge the batteries and go back to the front the next day.

DJ Wale and the boys from Valsbezig have the Pull Over season
The Afro-Dutch DJ Wale has just released his album Take Over . Released on November 15, this album is composed of 8 tracks, all in collaboration with artists from the Netherlands, but from Africa. This is the case of rappers Valsbezig group, who have put their voice on Pull Over , the flagship single Take Over . Mainly sung in Dutch and French, this opus released at Sony Music is worth the detour. It reveals sounds and colors that are similar to Afropop of Nigeria, Reggeaton of Colombia or Kizomba Portuguese-speaking countries. DJ Wale also winks at Suriname, a Latin American country near Guyana and Brazil, colonized by the Netherlands and independent in 1975. Note that DJ Wale invited the football player international Quincy Promes to also put his voice on one of the pieces of this very eclectic album.

Cape Verde's Supa Squad revisits kuduro with Elji on Aleluia
Supa Squad is a Cape Verdean group composed of Mr Marley and Zacky Man. The two friends decided to go into music in 2011. Mainly a reggae and dancehall fan, they try kuduro and afrohouse from time to time. This is the case on this title Aleluia for which they invited the artists Elji Beatzkilla and Apollo. In addition to their cap of singers, Supa Squad is also a duo of producers. They collaborated with Jamaican singer Ce'Cile, Major Lazer's Americans as well as the Portuguese Vurgul and Putzgrilla. According to the latest titles of their songs, Supa Squad becomes very religious. There was Ave Maria last January, and now Aleluia . Will the next be Amen ?

Ghanaian Shaker speeds up tempo with Who Dey Eat
The young Elikplim Yao Atiemo, known by his stage name Shaker (formerly Lil 'Shaker), arrives with a crash in the game of Afropop. Signed at BBnZ Live, one of the largest independent labels in Ghana, he asked the favors of his older brother Joey B to accompany him on Who Dey Eat , his new single halfway between zouglou, dance and Afrotrap. The rhythm is catchy, and the lyrics are pretty funny. Evidenced by the title Who Dey Eat , which is a popular expression in Ghana literally translated "who eats that? ". It is pidgin (local slang) written about the young ladies in order to know more about their marital status. The title Who Dey Eat is clearly a plea against monogamous relationships, because Shaker begins his verse with the phrase " Romps with your boyfriend, because I'm bored ". The stage is set.

Sensuality at the rendezvous at Guyanese Bamby with F * ck it
The Bamby singer we used to see duet with singer Jahyanai is back solo with a song that smells of the sun and where sensuality has no limit. Born in Guyana, she begins to sing by heart the records of Whitney Houston that her mother listens in a loop. While she is only in elementary school, she participates in a casting to be a singer in an album of the Guyanese singer Francis Nugent. But it is really his childhood friend Jahyanai King who will put his foot in the stirrup in 2015 with Real Wifey , their first clip. Then come Run Di Place and the tidal wave Who Mad Again . Jahyanai King has since been his producer. Bamby alone gives this Bwoy or more recently Sugar Daddy . F * ck It confirms that it is exactly in its place in the female dancehall universe.

Jupiter Davibe revisits a Guinean classic on the title Yeto
Double good news for fans of Guinean Jupiter Davibe. He has just released his new single Yeto , a title that modernizes a classic of traditional Guinean music, especially for the chorus. Yeto is therefore an additional excerpt from his first album Faabelan Chapter 1, which is scheduled for release on January 25, 2020 on the Esplanade of the Palais du Peuple. The author of Africa By Night puts an end to the prolonged wait of his audience who was impatient. Go to Conakry to discover the 14 tracks of a record concocted between the United States, Ivory Coast, France and Guinea.

The Ivorian Safarel Obiang and his dance of perseverance Shaka Zulu
Safarel Obiang is renowned for its outstanding concepts. After Ahoco, which sparked fierce polemics on the web, the rising star of the offbeat coupe returns with its new creation Shaka Zulu or "the dance of perseverance" available since December 8th. The young artist intends to communicate to his fans, values ​​of courage, perseverance and hard work. " Shaka Zulu was a brave warrior who did not shrink from anything. Through my last concept, I would like to say to each other to always fight, in all honesty to achieve its objectives, "he said at the press conference launching the single Marcory. Avoid listening to this title if you are going to a sports activity, you will be close to tachycardia.

Barack Adama accompanies Tayc on the very retro Moi, I prove
The singer of these ladies, Tayc, never ceases to raise the temperature with its melodies r'n'b very neat. He proves it once again with his last release Moi, I prove , featuring Barack Adama (formerly Sexion d'Assaut). It must be said that he is the producer of Tayc, and he follows his career very closely. Me, I prove is the story of a couple in a nervous breakdown, in which Tayc proves every day to his beautiful that he is still loving love for her, but unfortunately it is no longer the case for her . If you like felted and subdued moods, this is the title for you.

The Badoxa & Yasmine duo pays tribute to their roots in Mãe África
In the great tradition of Portuguese-speaking amateur artists, Badoxa has emerged as one of the undisputed leaders in recent years as evidenced by his huge solo hit Demonio da Tarraxinha, which has had more than 22 million views on YouTube since its release in 2017. With Bebo Água he has changed a little bit by trying to rap on sound clubs. Then he returned to what he does best with Perfume always alongside Yasmine Carvalho. Based in Portugal, the two artists have their origins in Guinea Bissau, Angola and Cape Verde. Together, they declare their love for their continent on this tropical title Mãe África whose clip was shot in Cape Verde.

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By: Hervé Mandina

Fuse ODG - Danny Ocean - DJ Wale - Valsbezig - Supa Squad - Elji Beatzkilla - Bamby - Jupiter Davibe - Safari Obiang - Barack Adama - Tayc - Badoxa - Yasmine Carvalho

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