{"id":114758,"date":"2022-10-28T16:41:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T14:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=114758"},"modified":"2022-10-28T17:32:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T15:32:50","slug":"top-albums-28-10-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/top-albums-28-10-22\/","title":{"rendered":"5 albums to discover this week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Young Preacher<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blaqbonez<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Nigerian rapper is here to preach the good word and good rap on his second solo album Young Preacher<\/em>. After two EPs<\/em>, and the Sex Over Love<\/em><\/a> <\/em>project in 2021, Blaqbonez<\/a> is back with even more energy. Efficient on 14 afrobeats-infused rap titles, the Chocolate City talent isn\u2019t a rookie anymore. The first single \u201cBack In Uni<\/a>\u201d, produced by Jae5, gave a fair idea of this new opus, full of humour and Nigerian pop references. Blaqbonez is confident and self-assured. He doesn\u2019t hold back on anything. He samples Youssou N\u2019Dour, and even Summer Walker on \u201cFake Nikes<\/em>\u201d, featuring South-African rapper Blxckie and Ghanaian alt\u00e9 voice Amaarae<\/a>. He even mimics Zinoleesky on \u201cFashionnova\u201d. But Young Preacher<\/em> is an inspired album and original, showcasing the rapper\u2019s ability to rhyme and switch flows on diverse beats, leaving you wanting more.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Baiser Mortel<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lala &ce, Low Jack<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Death itself visits mortals on Baiser Mortel<\/em> (translated Deadly Kiss)<\/em>, the second act of an original production spearheaded by Parisian art center La Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection. Last year, Lyon-raised rapper Lala &ce and Britanny-born composer and electro beatmaker Low Jack played four sold-out dates of the eponymous show. The Baiser Mortel<\/em> opus is the soundtrack of this exploration of demise, love, and spirituality. The charismatic Lala &ce embodies the great reaper on Low Jack\u2019s eerie, intense and alternative beats. Supporting roles on this album include another Lyonnaise talent, the RnB singer J\u00e4de, as well as Boukan Records<\/a> duo Le Diouck<\/a> and Bamao Yend\u00e9<\/a>. It also casts futuristic cloud trapper Rad Cartier and bubblegum rapper Babysolo33, making Baiser Mortel<\/em> a mystical experience, which you might want to risk your life for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Listen here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Toumani, Family & Friends<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toumani Diabat\u00e9<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Malian Griot master Toumani Diabat\u00e9<\/a> releases his tenth project: Toumani, Family & Friends<\/em>, the wonderful family reunion of some of Africa\u2019s most prestigious artists. The exceptionally gifted kora player invites musicians from all around the continent. In his home country, he harmonizes with prodigy balafon player N\u00e9ba Solo on the ballad \u201cLife\u201d and offers the joyful anthem \u201cYako\u201d with Fatoumata Diawara<\/a>. In Ivory Coast, for instance, he\u2019s joined by the great Meiway, looking for true love on “Nadine Sankar\u00e9\u201d<\/em>. Mythic group Magic System touches on immigration on \u201cKana Ta<\/em>\u201d, featuring Sidib\u00e9 Diabat\u00e9, Toumani\u2019s son. Tiken Jah Fakoly always gives conscious reggae on \u201cLes Faux Marabouts\u201d. Toumani Diabat\u00e9 explores countries, genres, and generations on 14 songs reflecting the talent of this one-man orchestra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE4MULA<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blxckie<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Durban trap lyricist and producer offers his fourth EP<\/em>, following his debut album B4Now<\/em> in 2021. THE4MULA<\/em> is a short trap gem in 8 songs. Blxckie goes hard for 21 minutes, flowing seamlessly through the bass-heavy instrumentals, making it sound like one long surprising track. From the get-go, \u201cplug call [freestyle]<\/em>\u201d is charged, confident, and the project never loses momentum. Even the rookie South-African guests manage to keep up. The bouncy anthem \u201cwerrkk<\/em>\u201d features newcomer Mench. Young female rapper Scumie is impressive on \u201cinvestigate\u201d, also featuring K1llbrady. THE4MULA<\/em> is high-speed, only slowing down the tempo towards the end of the EP<\/em> with hit singles \u201cKhupuka<\/a>\u201d, and \u201cKwenzekile<\/a>\u201d featuring Madumane and Chang Cello. A solid recipe, cementing Blxckie\u2019s talent as one of South-Africa hottest rappers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zamzora<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gr\u00e8n S\u00e9m<\/strong>\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five years after the Hors Sol, the R\u00e9unionese Carlo de Sacco and his band Gr\u00e8n S\u00e9m\u00e9<\/a> are back with Zamroza<\/em>: a cosmic record that celebrates music without borders. “Without preconceived rules, I flee from any routine. To create my texts, my songs, I put myself to the listening, to the watchful eye… I glean from books, interviews, films, snippets of words, formulas, that I add to melodies… I scribble on my notebook, I write on my phone or my computer, I record memos, I tweak on Ableton… <\/em>” says Carlo of the latest project that expands into music cultures from around the world including maloya, indian music, electro, rock, French tradition and tribal trans. The songs are written to make listeners feel good, heal the soul and touch another aspect of the sounds of our Earth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This week, Blaqbonez with the good rap, deadly tunes, an African family reunion, Blxckie goes hard, and a deep dive into maloya. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":114776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3944,87],"tags":[25241,5354,41282,23741,33635],"location":[],"yst_prominent_words":[8539,12616,26381,8933,9391,8402,8435,10756,17267,8543,33163],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114758"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114758"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=114758"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=114758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}