This is about African music and how it has grown and gained mass support from audiences all around the globe.
It is a notion that African Music is all about education but this is not entirely true.Africans have now started incorporating more modern aspects and styles in production making it entertaining surplus to communicating our culture.
"Doc Shebeleza" is the second official single from Cassper Nyovest's debut LPTsholofelo. The song is a tribute to South African Kwaito veteran, Doc Shebeleza. It debuted at number 4 on South Africa's official music chart.
Before its release, Doc Shebeleza was teased a couple of times
at live performances. It was made available for free downloads and has
been downloaded over 200,000 times.[2] The song peaked at number 1 on the 5FM Top 40 chart.
This is a very high energy track on a trap beat that will definitely get you up from where you are sitted. It is a very hype song with a very catchy chorus that will make you to sing along to it I find myself singing to it every time.
The music video was a hit both on MTV and channel O. It features cameos from Doc Shebeleza, iFani, Slikour, L-Tido, HHP, Smashis, Riky Rick, Maggz, Blayze, DJ Switch, Major League DJz and Sean Craig Beats
Just in august this year the song's rights were sold to Dstv who are using it in their "Feel every moment campaign'' This includes an advertisement that embodies the song.
Cassper recently admitted to be working with Talib Kweli for the remix of the song which i myself is anticipating for and am sure all hiphop and african music fans are also..
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M.C.Kimani
The song doesn't to fail to deliver on originality and purpose.However
you can not help to feel like something more could have been done on
the storyline and that the general ambiance is jovial other than the
intended
You cannot possibly have a problem with the mellow chorus in the song
and how Kalekye blends into it effortlessly.It is one of those parts of
the song done so well that you find yourself naturally humming to it.
The only place that you would not agree with the producers of the song
is the story in the song which according agreeably would have given this
song a whole new African Touch which is the only acclivity the song
faces.
You can't help but wonder why the character in the Kalekye wasn't
troubled enough so that when she tells us that we shall be okay,we shall
be able to directly relate instead of looking for reason to associate
to the message in her song.
She is okay
The need for creativity was more emphasized at the expense of
communicating and supporting the song.Why can't we have her or other
different characters in the song thrown to different scenarios and
circumstances for richness of content and emphasis of purpose?
I would have loved if the song writer drew inspiration from 'Pharrel Williams Happy' and focus on how he uses a variety of scenarios to focus on being happy.
The song though would be an African Masterpiece if the story is worked on again.
For the beautiful voices in the chorus and how she has managed to twitch
her voice to blend in with the standard close to level tempo of the
song,she will receive a fair three stars.
People across Africa are paying tributes to
Tabu Ley Rochereau the legendary Congolese musician who
inspired a continent died in a Belgian hospital aged 76.
He was “the messenger,”
“the baobab of Congolese rumba,” or “Prince Rochereau”. A day after
legendary Congolese singer-songwriter Tabu Ley Rochereau died aged 76 in
a Belgian hospital, tributes to one of Africa’s greatest sons and most
beloved musicians were pouring from across the continent.
“RIP Tabu Ley. The African music has lost a true icon,” tweeted a
well-known Kenyan musician. “Rest in peace to one of the planet’s great
singers, Tabu Ley Rochereau,” tweeted a respected US music critic.
Another seasoned Africa correspondent based in the UK noted, “Amazing
there is nothing in the Sunday papers on Tabu Ley Rochereau, a musical
megastar with political significance, who died yesterday.”
More than half-a-century after most African nations gained
independence, it’s still a challenge for the continent’s musicians to
access a truly international platform.
But for world music aficionados and his African fans who danced,
romanced and swooned to his tunes, Rochereau was the man who
internationalised Congolese music – singing in three European languages
besides his native Lingala, fusing Congolese folk music with Cuban,
French pop, rock ‘n’ roll, funk, as well as Caribbean rumba.
The legendary musician is considered one of the pioneers of soukous, a
genre of dance music that has its roots in African rumba music of the
Belgian Congo and French Congo in the 1940s.
He is probably best known for singing the pan-African hit,
“Independance Cha Cha,” which became the unofficial nationalist anthem
for the newly independent African states. The 1960 African rumba song
vocalised the hopes of an optimistic bygone era and it can still be
heard blasting from radios in villages, hamlets, drinking-dens and
rickety boats across the continent.
From musician to politician
Born Pascal-Emmanuel Sinamoyi Tabu on November 13, 1937 in the
eastern Bandundu province of then Belgian Congo, he joined a band after
high school.
In the mid-1950s, his musical career took off when he joined a group
led by Joseph Kabasele, better known as “La Grand Kallé”. During the
heady days shortly before independence, Kabasele wrote the song,
“Independence Cha Cha” and when Rochereau sang the hit tune, he shot to
instant fame.
It was not long before the Congolese musician was leading his own
bands, including the Orchestre Afrisa International and after that,
there was no looking back.
He took the name “Tabu Ley” during then president Mobutu Sese Seko’s
“Zairization” process to rid the country of its colonial vestiges.
But in 1988, Rochereau left what was then Zaire to go into exile in
Europe, where he recorded his album, “Trop, c’est trop” (Too much is too
much) – which was banned by Mobutu’s regime.
Rochereau returned to his homeland only after Mobutu’s 1997 ouster,
when he took up a cabinet ministerial position under the new president,
Laurent Kabila. According to the AFP, Rochereau had hoped to become
minister of culture but eventually settled for the post of
vice-governor of Kinshasa.
Rousing a continent – and selling soap
A prolific songwriter, Rochereau recorded at a relentless pace, often
using some of the best local sidemen. While his flexibility and
experimentation produced a diverse oeuvre, the Rochereau trademark
remained a light musical style and voice. It was a sophistication
acknowledged in one of the few Rochereau albums produced in the US, “The
Voice of Lightness”.
Rochereau’s voice was so eclectic, it could soar the hopes of an
entire continent with a rousing pan-African anthem and soothe babies
with a pleasant advertising jingle. In a music review in The Guardian,
critic Robin Denselow noted that Rochereau’s famous “Savon Omo” is
“surely the most charming soap commercial ever recorded”.
In 2008, the veteran musician suffered a stroke, from which he never
recovered until his death on Saturday morning at St. Luc Hospital in
Brussels, according to his son-in-law Jean Claude Muissa.
The veteran Congolese star will be given a state funeral in his
homeland and will be buried in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa. He is
survived by nearly 68 children from different women{Article by samuel.k.ngacha}
Africa is really coming up,one of my favorite musician called FUSE ODG.. Most of you would know him as TINA (This is new Africa).
some of the songs people should list to are:
1.dangerous love ft.sean paul
2.Antenna ft.wyclef jean
3.Azonto
They will not disappoint and you will see that this is the new Africa.
Judith Daines Wambura Mbibo aka Lady Jaydee aka "Binti Machozi" (owner of Machozi Band) started
singing in church at the age of 7 and in the mid 1990s she was a member
of the Afro Reign group.
It was not until 2001 when she released her first solo album titled
“Machozi” which crowned her Tanzanian Best Female Artist in 2001.
She has continued winning numerous awards in and out of Tanzania
including the most recent awards in South Africa during the Channel O
Video Music Awards Best. She has recorded with a number of artists including Samba Mapangala (Congo), Chameleone (Uganda), Mad Ice (Uganda / Tanzania), Matonya (Tanzania) and Mina Nawe (South Africa) amongst others. Some of her hit songs include : Yahaya, Joto Hasira featuring Professor Jay and Wangu featuring Mr.Blue.
Yvonne Chaka Chaka is one of South Africa’s best-loved daughters.
An acclaimed singer, she has been an integral part of the country’s
music industry for more than 25 years.
Born into a humble Soweto family in 1965 as Yvonne Machaka, she broke
onto the local music scene when just a teen with the disco-inspired hit,
I'm in Love with a DJ. This radical new sound was unlike
anything audiences had heard before and quickly garnered her a following
among South Africa’s urban youth. Her debut album of the same name went
on to sell 35 000 copies, catapulting her into the limelight.
What followed was a string of hits that successfully merged mbaqanga (a rhythmical
style with Zulu roots) influences with the new pop sounds, effectively
positioning Chaka Chaka at the forefront of the so-called ‘bubblegum’
music genre both at home and throughout Africa.
By the late 80s Yvonne was South Africa’s hottest musical export,
having toured Africa extensively and playing to sell-out stadium
concerts in many countries. Throughout the 90s she continued to delight
African audiences, her style evolving to reflect more Afro-traditional
musical influences and her lyrics becoming increasingly personal.
Chaka Chaka’s dedication to and relationship with Africa earned
her the title ‘Princess of Africa’. Among those who fondly refer to the
star by this name is Nelson Mandela, who once said her music helped
sustain him and others while imprisoned on Robben Island.
In fact, as a performer, Yvonne Chaka Chaka is no stranger to
entertaining luminaries, having performed for Queen Elizabeth, ex-United
States President Bill Clinton and several African heads of state. She
has shared the stage with Bono, Angelique Kidjo, Annie Lennox, Youssou
N'Dour and Queen.
In more recent years she enjoyed stints as a record producer,
radio and TV presenter, talkshow host, actress and businesswoman. She
has a keen interest in humanitarian work and is a Goodwill Ambassador
for the United Nations’ Roll Back Malaria Partnership.
Yvonne Chaka Chaka has received numerous music awards throughout
her career. In 2012 she was honoured for her humanitarian work when she
received the World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award for artists who
improve the world through their work. She was the first ever woman to
receive the award.
Leticia Bandiho Chausi.