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Listen UP: Kosi YNot feat. Spicer – Color Me
Kosi YNot – Color MeKosi YNot – Color Me[/caption] Kosi YNot is a Ghanaian singer, song writer and rapper. He is one of the young talents springing up with great lyrical content. Kosi YNot has released Gavivina produced by Hasty Baba and mixed by Possi Gee which is a unique blend of afrobeats and rap. https://soundcloud.com/user-994464763k/kosi-ynot-color-me-ft-spicer His new single Color me also produced by Hasty Baba and mixed by Possi Gee features Spicer talks about the colors of love. Follow Kosi YNot on Facebook Kosi YNot and on Instagram @kosiynot126]]>
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Youssou NâDourâs new album, ‘History’ pays homage to great African artists, without losing sight of the future ahead
Youssou NâDourâs new album meditates on moments from a storied career and pays homage to late great African artists, without losing sight of the future ahead. History (NaĂŻve Records release: May 17, 2019)gives new life to tracks from Babatunde Olatunjiâs 1970s records, NâDourâs own cassettes sold on the streets of Dakar in the 1980s, and a 2019 […]
Youssou NâDourâs new album meditates on moments from a storied career and pays homage to late great African artists, without losing sight of the future ahead. History (NaĂŻve Records release: May 17, 2019)gives new life to tracks from Babatunde Olatunjiâs 1970s records, NâDourâs own cassettes sold on the streets of Dakar in the 1980s, and a 2019 hit by Swedish star Mohombi. NâDour reinvigorates them all with that inimitable voiceâand mature musicianshipâthat makes Youssou NâDour the undisputed King of African Pop.
Heâs achieved a globe-spanning career, 35 albums, and hits at the top of charts around the world, but NâDour still sees each project as a chance to explore different directions. 2017âs Seeni Valeur took to new heights the spirited Senegalese mbalax that NâDour popularized in Senegal and around the world, while Africa Rekk (2016) featured up-to-the-minute Pan-African collaborations with Akon, Fally Ipupa, and producer Spotless, who returns on History.
The new album opens with âHabib Faye,â a moving tribute to the bassist who, as musical director of NâDourâs band Super Ătoile de Dakar, shaped their sound starting in the 1980s. The two giants of mbalax worked on separate projects in recent years, but at Fayeâs untimely death in April 2018, NâDour cancelled shows to be at his funeral. “Habib Faye was my friend, bassist, and music director for almost twenty years.â NâDour reminisces. âTogether we created many songs and played many shows around the world. Naturally, this is the first song I wrote for this album.” Itâs serene, not a lament but a contemplative elegy, a prayer with a mbalax beat and smooth sax by Cameroonian Alain Rodrigue Oyono.
History honors another late legend: Babatunde Olatunji, the Nigerian-American drummer, singer, and social activist whose Drums of Passioninspired the likes of John Coltrane and Carlos Santana. âI wanted people to know about Babatunde, a great Nigerian who had an immense impact on his country,â NâDour explains. NâDour returns Olatunji to the spotlight with covers of âMy Childâ and âTakuta,â co-composed with Prince Ayo Manuel Ajisebutu, that feature Olatunjiâs original vocal recordings at the center of new arrangements. NâDourâs own unmistakable voice carries Olatunjiâs songs into the present moment.
NâDour also digs deep into his own history, with fresh takes on three tracks from across his remarkable career. The first recording of the love song âSalimataâ dates to 1989âs Jamm, while âAy Coono Laâ appeared on Set in 1990. These were electric times for NâDour: after 10 years as a star in Senegal at the helm of Super Ătoile de Dakar, his work with Peter Gabriel brought him international notice, and his 1989 album The Lion attained global fame. Reimagined for 2019, these tracks have a new energy and lush production that leaves space for the emotional colors of NâDourâs voice to glow.
With âBirima Remix,â NâDour places the past and future in harmony. From the album Joko in 2000, âBirimaâ tells the legend of a Senegalese king. Now NâDour has recreated the song with a new richness in collaboration with Seinabo Sey, a young Swedish singer with Senegambian roots making waves on the Scandinavian electro-soul scene. Seyâs new lyrics pay tribute to her fatherâs heritage and the immigrant experience, creating a multilayered exploration of African values and ancestors. NâDourâs remix of âHelloâ by Swedish-Congolese singer Mohombi shows that History is not only about the past: âHelloâ swept Mohombi to the final of Swedenâs Melodifestivalen competition in March 2019.
NâDourâs new songs make vivid, current stories a part of History. âConfession,â a collaboration with Mike Bangerz (BGRZ), a French beatmaker of Beninese heritage, chronicles the romantic plight of a young emigrant working abroad. On âMacoumba,â NâDour, BGRZ, and saxophonist Oyono riff on the characters and sounds of Dakarâs streets, where a macoumba is an unlucky gambler. âTell Meâ rounds out the album with a multilingual plea for connection and trust.
Throughout his extraordinary career, Youssou NâDour has always been moving forward, creating new sounds even when he makes forays into tradition. Now, exploring his own past and the legacy of friends and heroes, NâDour makes History his own.
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