Coli we need consensus: The GOAT OG African Song

[phcitywarrior]

Coli: We need to pay homage to the African brehs of old that paved the way for today's modern African artists/musicians.

These two songs are arguably the most popular songs from the old guard and we need to decide on 1 GOAT.

The two songs in question:

"Coupé Bibamba" by Awilo Longomba



"Premier Gaou" by Magic System


The culture

 

[Turk]

How bout neither

 

[The Minister Of Culture]

@YaThreadFloppedB! @YaThreadTrashB!

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@Reaper of Threads

 

[phcitywarrior]

How bout neither

These songs had Central and West Africa on LOCK

 

[Turk]

These songs had Central and West Africa on LOCK

Is the real answer here

 

[BlackPrint]

Is the real answer here

That sounds like Panamanian calypso.

The shyt in OP sound like some Flatbush ave roti shop music too

Did that kind of music develop prior to the Caribbean calypso music pre slavery or does it lend itself to the disapora sound?

 

[phcitywarrior]

Is the real answer here

BRUHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! I remember this when I was in Nigeria


BUT: The 2 songs I mentioned where legit anthems. "Premier Gaou" was the to-go party song during its heyday. It was the equivalent to the cha-cha shuffle for black parties.

That song was a staple.

Awilo put Congo on the map though. The women in that "Gate coin" video

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

It's Sweet Mother - the most popular song in African history

 

[phcitywarrior]

It's Sweet Mother - the most popular song in African history

It's a popular song no doubt, but when you start playing "Premier Gaou" at a party . You can't front on that song.

 

[Turk]

That sounds like Panamanian calypso.

The shyt in OP sound like some Flatbush ave roti shop music too

Did that kind of music develop prior to the Caribbean calypso music pre slavery or does it lend itself to the disapora sound?

I have no idea

 

[smokeurobinson]

I'm constantly hearing this played on a youtube ad as I wait 5 seconds before what I want to watch comes on . Plus Nas and Damien knew they were sampling greatness.

 

[kaldurahm]

That magic system track is a big tune, hear it all the time at parties

 

[BigMan]

That sounds like Panamanian calypso.

The shyt in OP sound like some Flatbush ave roti shop music too

Did that kind of music develop prior to the Caribbean calypso music pre slavery or does it lend itself to the disapora sound?

The song:

"Sweet Mother" is a highlife song by the Nigerian and Cameroonian singer Prince Nico Mbarga and his band Rocafil Jazz. Released in 1976, it remains one of the most popular songs in Africa.

The demo-tape of "Sweet Mother" was turned down by EMI in 1974, citing the song's "childish appeal." "Sweet Mother" was later also rejected by Decca Records and Philips Records, before it was eventually released in December, 1976, by Rogers All Stars, a Nigerian recording company based in Onitsha.[1][2]

The song is a celebration of motherhood, sung in Nigerian Pidgin English. The music is West African highlife, with Congolese Soukous-style guitar finger-picking.

Highlife:

In the 1920s, Ghanaian musicians incorporated foreign influences like the foxtrot and calypso with Ghanaian rhythms like osibisaba (Fante).

according to wiki.

so calypso came first

 

[GrindtooFilthy]

Is the real answer here

memories, this is the real answer

man being a youth and them playing all 3 at parties :mygawd2:

 

[Self_Born7]

im a go with my favorite african artist... Fela Kuti

when my daughter was young as 2 or 3, we used to get dressed to this song... I played it so much, she was able to sing the chorus....