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This was almost Mission Impossible: we chose about forty of the many records that have surprised us, cheered us up, conquered us this year. Finding a guiding principle is equally almost impossible, as the artists\u2019 genres and regions of origin are so eclectic. Just like the editorial policy we are trying to keep here: the ears wide open to all the music that is linked to Africa. Whether it was produced locally, whether it was born in the West among the diasporas, whether they took from or even were inspired by African heritage, we are interested in all of them. Everyday we have been trying to make you discover some of it, meeting with the artists who produce them.<\/p>\n
Thus, in the selection that follows (which, strictly speaking, is not really classified), Southern Madagascar\u2019s tsapiky played by Damily stands alongside with the nu-soul of Akua Naru; South African and Congolese rappers (Earl Sweatshirt, Baloji) rub shoulders with stars of jazz (Shabaka Hutchings or Jowee Omicil); Paris-based ra\u00ef brass-band Fanfara\u00ef mixes with the afrobeat of Seun Kuti or his Brazilian cousins Bixiga 70… But enough with this foretaste, and let\u2019s focus on the essential: from Kenya to Trinidad via Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia, London and Paris, here is a trip in forty halts within the year that has just ended. Enjoy!<\/p>\n
Listen to selections from this list on our\u00a0Spotify<\/a>\u00a0playlist and\u00a0Deezer<\/a>\u00a0playlist.<\/p>\n Matjale sees Thabang Tabane take his rightful place in an illustrious lineage. Releasing along-overdue debut album,\u00a0the percussionist and deep musical obsessive shows the indelible influence of his father\u2019s music. He is the son of the now late Philip Tabane, a legendary guitarist regarded as the architect of South Africa\u2019s malombo style. He\u2019s guided by a fiercely independent ethos, informed by the African spiritual perspective which became malombo music.<\/span><\/p>\n Releasing it on newly-founded, independent South African label Mushroom<\/span> At just 30, Hollie Cook has already released her third album,\u00a0Vessel of Love<\/i>. She always turns the \u201880s \u201creggae lovers rock\u201d into a melancholic tropical pop, a very personal style she has created to accompany her sensual voice towards pop-ular shores. With\u00a0Vessel Of Love<\/i>, Hollie Cook’s sound has developed once again, as she effortlessly maintained the perfect balance between contemporary influences and a nostalgic spirit. Signed onto North-American label Merge Records, this latest album marks the first collaboration of the artist with prestigious producer Martin \u2018Youth\u2019 Glover (U2, Guns N\u2019 Roses, Paul McCartney, The Verve…).<\/p>\n 38.\u00a0Adekunle Gold<\/em><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n About 30<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Adekunle Gold\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>About 30<\/span><\/i>\u00a0saves us from the prevailing pop sound dominating the year. After leaving YBNL, Adekunle established the 79<\/span>th<\/span>\u00a0element band and released the most anticipated album of the year so far. With only two pre-released track, \u201cIre\u201d and \u201cMoney\u201d, Adekunle teamed up with DYO, Flavour, Seun Kuti\u00a0and the\u00a0Lagos Community Gospel Choir to create what is beginning to look like the best alternative music album of the year.\u00a0<\/span>About 30\u00a0<\/span><\/i>is Adekunle\u2019s mature, cohesive and creative attempt at progressive music.<\/span><\/p>\n The Blackest Joy\u00a0is the latest offering from US hip-hop artist\/activist Akua Naru, with this being her third studio effort. The album is a mixture of genres ranging from Jazz, Blues, Hip Hop and Soul, with a feelgood factor that comes with deeper lyrics that should not go unmissed. Akua also incorporated different languages like Swahili or Sesotho, representing the different cultures she experienced travelling.<\/p>\n Black Noise 2084<\/em>\u00a0opens a portal where displaced rhythms, chants, screams and dreams collide with a quaking bass, a vortex of shattering synths, jazz rains and emotion all together. Empires for millennia thrived across the African continent and Empires are being willed to rise. Emerging from dystopian roots,Khalab \u201cthe marabout of the beats\u201d has led his assembly of messengers to invoke this myth of cathartic liberation.\u00a0Black Noise 2084<\/em>\u00a0features the voices of musical voyagers seeking new pathways: Shabaka Hutchings, Moses Boyd, Tamar \u201cThe Collocutor\u201c Osborn, the master Gabin Dabir, Tenesha The Wordsmith, Tommaso Cappellato, Prince Buju and Clap! Clap!.\u00a0Within the tapestry of Khalab\u2019s\u00a0Black Noise 2084<\/em>,\u00a0the myth moves through its cycle of life, initiations and ceremonies with a cast of unnamed messengers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In\u00a0People of the Sun<\/i>\u00a0(or P.O.S.,\u00a0the acronym for Trinidad\u2019s eclectic capital, Port of Spain) you’ll find practitioners of steelpan, soca, Orishas, and rapso (a potent mix of Black political verse, calypso and soca) working alongside the musician Anthony Joseph, following musical paths traced by the elders, and fusing it anew with modern R&B, soul, rock, and broken beat. Far from being an old-fashioned aural sepia rendition of the past, nor a digital reckoning of the present, what we have here is a fusion, resolutely pointing towards the future.<\/span><\/p>\n With its various participants,\u00a0People of the Sun<\/i>\u00a0will bring\u00a0Joseph’s vision, as well as the music of Trinidad and Tobago, to listeners far beyond its shores, making this particular piece of the Caribbean puzzle glow more than ever, underscoring its motto: \u201cTogether we aspire\u201d<\/i>.\u00a0<\/i>Never before have these words resonated more intensely.<\/span><\/p>\n Ady Suleiman has already received high praise since he\u2019s joined the ranks of the new Neo soul voices in the UK and the US. At 25, he propels this often light-hearted musical genre into the peaks and valleys of his mental health, taking ownership of his illness and singing freely to an original soundscape. It\u2019s enough to make us question not just our mental health but our \u201cmusical health\u201d too\u2026\u00a0Like Ady, the record mixes the rough, urban, hip hop beats with the sweet, soulful, and more commercial side. \u201cThe album talks about feelings, not so much mental problems. It\u2019s more about how I lived with all of that as a young adult, because I wrote this record when I was 19.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n Ady, now 25, has only just released\u00a0Memories.<\/i>\u00a0He had to break free from a major label and create his own label in order to release it. His label, Pemba, is named in homage to the island of the archipelago of Zanzibar where his father was born and where he feels both \u201cat home and out of place.<\/em>\u201d, he clarifies. \u201cThis record took years to release because Sony, who had signed me, was constantly postponing its release. I ended up saying stop and I created Pemba. I don\u2019t get any royalties, because everything is paid to Sony, but at least my music is available<\/em>,\u201d explains Ady.<\/p>\n “Apologia” is the first full-length by the trio of Alberto, Ant\u00f3nio and Sara, expanding their organic machine music into hazy, fresh territories. Most tracks in here are concise, around the 3-minute mark, and they appear to us as openings to a fertile underground stream, ever moving. We are shown glimpses of some other world that simultaneously looks ancient and a patchwork of today’s moods of exotica. Throw in some sparse synth work reminiscent of Blade Runner ‘s skyline and you can hardly tell if this sounds like the future or some distant past.<\/span><\/p>\n Longer tracks “6:30” and “Siena” help you settle along this pan-tastic journey, acting as centerpieces to the album. “Siena” displays the loveliest flute vibes and gentle synthetic stabs adding to the groove. Fourth World PLUS.<\/p>\n With his first solo album,\u00a0Everyone\u2019s Just Winging It And Other Fly Tales<\/em>\u00a0(Lusafrica\/The Garden), DJ, rapper and producer Blinky Bill puts Kenyan modern music on the global map.<\/p>\n It is largely in his studio of Nairobi that leading figure of underground Kenyan and backbone of the collective\u00a0Just A Band<\/a>, recorded his album: 12 groovy tracks between rap, funk, nu soul and electro which favour the vibrant Kenyan urban scene (Muthoni Drummer Queen, Sage..)\u00a0and more widely African (Petite Noir,\u00a0Sampa the Great<\/a>, Nneka). A feel good album that owes its coherence to the haunting flow of this prolific experimenter and to its impeccable production.<\/span><\/p>\n South African Hip hop head honcho\u00a0<\/span>Nasty C\u00a0has blessed fans with some new heat with the release of his album\u00a0<\/span>Strings & Bling<\/span><\/i>. The uber talented music sensation is known for some hard bars and hit lyrics and this album is no different. After the astounding success of his debut album\u00a0<\/span>Bad Hair<\/span><\/i>, which introduced fans to a skilful MC, the new album cements his place as a wavy trapper and a smart, intuitive rapper. With rap songs like \u2018<\/span>Jungle<\/span><\/i>\u2018 and \u2018<\/span>Blisters<\/span><\/i>\u2018 or pop songs like \u2018<\/span>Gravy<\/span><\/i>\u2018 it has been dubbed as one of the rappers best releases yet.<\/span><\/p>\n Akok\u00e1n\u00a0<\/i>means \u201cfrom the heart\u201d in Yoruba, a dominant African language throughout Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian cultures and religions. A huge part of the\u00a0sacred and secular music was born off\u00a0these cultures and religions ; and\u00a0long after the abolition of slavery, the music has kept on travelling\u00a0the globe. \u201cOrquesta\u00a0Akok\u00e1n\u201d\u00a0is the name of this orchestra, which is reminiscent of the Banda Gigante of Benny Mor\u00e9, aka \u201cEl Sonero Mayor.\u201d\u00a0Orquesta Akok\u00e1n<\/i>, also the name of the album, proves to be a magnificent tribute to a musical color and to an era whose music had seemingly disappeared without any trace, just after the death of its shining stars: the likes of Arsenio Rodriguez, Prado Perez, Benny Mor\u00e9, and Israel Lopez Cachao\u2026<\/p>\n The Orquesta Akok\u00e1n dabbles in the Cuban repertoire, with rumba and bolero, and also pays tribute to\u00a0Elegua<\/a>,\u00a0t<\/span>he deity of\u00a0caminos,\u00a0<\/i>who opens or closes all roads and paths. Throughout the different styles, a special care is always given to the sound. The Afro-Cuban drums, the glittering chandelier of brass, Pepito Gomez\u2019s voice that lingers, full of emotion\u2026\u00a0The album rightfully resurrects an era that we had never lived ourselves, and thanks to Orquesta Akok\u00e1n, has a seemingly long life ahead.<\/p>\n The album\u00a0137 Avenue Kaniama<\/i>\u00a0is the confirmation of the formidable artistic statement we all became aware of from the release of Hotel Impala, Baloji\u2019s first solo album, in 2008. It is the distillation of a rhythmic atmosphere which calls on the musical heritage of the 1970s, that era of artistic apotheosis, when Afro-American artists were inspired by African music and vice versa. We are in a patchwork universe here, rich in words, parables, a universe of stories, poetry in motion, which points a finger at the failings of our societies, now ravaged by collateral damage from globalisation.<\/p>\n 28. Ammar 808<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Maghreb United<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n AMMAR 808 is a member of Tunisian funky folk music band Bargou 08. The band\u00a0 features the singers Mehdi Nassouli (Morocco), Sofiane Saidi (Algeria) and Cheb Hassen Tej (Tunisia). Maghreb United\u00a0offers an electronic version of ancient North African music. \u201cThe past is a collective heritage,\u201d explains\u00a0AMMAR\u00a0808. He started the project a year ago, after working with the lauded Bargou\u00a008, searching for something to link the sense of what has been with what will be. \u201cIt\u2019s what we all call on, what we all share\u2026\u00a0I\u2019m trying to weave threads from folklore and mythology into futurism. And I\u2019m not necessarily projecting a positive image; from all we can see, things aren\u2019t going in the right direction. What I hope is that it will raise an alarm.\u201d\u00a0Yet there\u2019s also plenty of hope here.<\/span><\/p>\n With singers from Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco, songs from the Targ, Gnawa, and Ra\u00ef histories, and a TR-808 alongside a distorted gumbri (Mehdi Nassouli), gasba flute and zokra bagpipes (Lassaed Bougalmi), this album reaches out to encompass the entire Maghreb area of North Africa. \u201cThe album isn\u2019t so much about a united Maghrebi region, but how we can connect while observing our differences \u2013 our differences are also our connection\u00a0\u2013 and using them to unify as humans.”<\/span><\/p>\n 27. J. Cole<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n KOD<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Once again this year\u00a0<\/span>J. Cole\u00a0caught his fans off guard by unveiling at the last minute the release of his new album\u00a0<\/span>KOD<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(\u2018Kids on Drugs\u2019, \u2018King Overdosed\u2019, \u2018Kill Our Demons\u2019), without any teasing strategy, no official statement, or even a single premiere.<\/span><\/p>\n The new project is not as jazz oriented as his previous album\u00a0<\/span>4 Your Eyez Only<\/span><\/i>\u00a0released two years earlier, but J. Cole continues to explore the themes that are dear to him: anti-materialism, responsibility of speech of Hip Hop artists, addiction, racism, lack of solidarity in the black community\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n Okzharp and Manthe Ribane is producer Okzharp teamed up with vocalist, artist and dancer Manthe Ribane. Working closely with photographer and film maker, Chris Saunders on this project, they all hail from South Africa, where Manthe still resides, although Okzharp lives in London where he is a DJ and producer, and where he had initially cut his teeth in LV \u2013\u00a0one of the first acts to sign to Hyperdub. When Okzharp left LV, he spoke to Chris about an idea for a film, and was introduced to Manthe \u2013 who was then a dancer and choreographer for Die Antwoord \u2013 as a possible lead. They hit it off, and upon hearing Manthe singing to herself, they started collaborating musically, releasing two well-received EPs on Hyperdub, recorded in Joburg and London respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n The album has a softness and openness that contrasts with the tougher sound of the EPs. \u201cThe new music is a 360\u00b0 turn,<\/em>\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Manthe explains.\u00a0<\/em>\u201cIt’s an expression of my \u2018Lady\u2019 side. I grew up listening to jazz, classic and gospel, I am a very soft spoken person, and it resonates with being confident with that.<\/em>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Melissa Laveaux is determined to reinvent herself. With\u00a0Radyo Siw\u00e8l<\/i>, she steps forward by stepping back to the past, that is, the past of her parents birthplace: Haiti.\u00a0Although only fragments and traces of the past remain, the memories burn bright. Her album title speaks directly to this idea. \u201cRadyo\u201d denotes the idea of a transmission that can get lost. \u201cSiw\u00e8l\u201d alludes to the popular songs of of the\u00a0Bann Grenn Siw\u00e8l<\/em>, the troubadour orchestras that, through their poetic lyrics, would convey the history and identity of the Haitian people and stand testimony to their resistance.<\/span><\/p>\n Radyo Siw\u00e8l<\/em>\u00a0definitely recounts the history of Haiti but it also tells the story of a re-imagined history, written by Laveaux, who only knows the country through the eyes and stories of her exiled parents. \u201cWhen you are a refugee, no one needs to know your past, to know where you come from. You can build another past, to shape what you want to happen next.<\/em>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Nigerian star of Afrobeats\u00a0Mr Eazi\u00a0unveiled a new mixtape\u00a0Lagos To London<\/i>, which as its name suggests, brings together naija and English artists, but not only. We find\u00a0Maleek Berry,\u00a0Burna Boy,\u00a0Giggs,\u00a0Chronixx,\u00a0Sneakbo,\u00a0Diplo,\u00a0Rudimental\u00a0on the tracklist of this project of 15 tracks oscillating between Reggae-Dancehall, Naija Pop, Afrobeats,\u00a0and Hip Hop.<\/p>\n Farai\u2019s debut album (a collaborative project between London based vocalist Farai and artist, musician and producer TONE) documents a process of recovery. For the eponymous vocalist of the project, Farai, music has always been personal.<\/span><\/p>\n Born in Zimbabwe and raised in London, her lyrics are coloured by the different cities she\u2019s lived in, and how that series of different homes has shaped her perspective.\u00a0Rebirth<\/em>\u00a0weaves together South East London landmarks, the bare-bones ethos of post-punk, and the experience of being part of the African diaspora. The record is the biggest stepping stone yet in a journey which Farai started in 2012. She hit a period of feeling burnt out, and started attending weekly music therapy classes, where she started writing poetry and music for the first time. It charted a new direction, one that\u2019s brought her to the exciting point where she now stands.<\/span><\/p>\n Global pop star and three-time Grammy winner\u00a0Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo has partnered with super producer Jeff Bhasker (Rihanna, Kanye West, Harry Styles, Bruno Mars, Drake, Jay-Z) to create\u00a0Remain in Light<\/em>.\u00a0With her own version of\u00a0Remain In Light<\/em>, she celebrates the genius of Talking Heads, Brian Eno and the touchstones that made the original so revered, yet she injects it with her euphoric singing, explosive percussion, horn orchestrations, and select lyrics performed in languages from her home country.<\/span><\/p>\n Remain In Light<\/em>\u00a0features appearances byVampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig, Blood Orange, Tony Allen, Angelique\u2019s longtime guitarist Dominic James, and Magatte Sow (percussionist for the\u00a0Black Panther<\/em>\u00a0film score). Visual artist Kerry James Marshall collaborated on the album artwork.<\/span><\/p>\n Popcaan\u2018s album\u00a0Forever<\/em>\u00a0is the dancehall album to listen to in 2018. Produced by\u00a0Dre Skull,\u00a0Forever<\/em>\u00a0is a pure concentrate of the best Caribbean vibes, all perfectly rooted in the era with\u00a0hints 0f R&B, hip hop, and even pop. It offers several instant classics like \u201cSilence\u201d, \u201cFirm and Strong\u201d\u00a0or the awesome \u201cWine for me\u201d.<\/p>\n For their 4th album,\u00a0Quebra Cabe\u00e7a<\/em>, the Brazilian afrobeat big band bring forward more complexity to their musical puzzle and also welcome the electronic vibrations of the S\u00e3o Paulo megalopolis to the studio.\u00a0\u201cWhat we put on top of [the African influence] is essentially the urban music of S\u00e3o Paulo,<\/em>\u201d they say\u00a0of\u00a0Quebra Cabe\u00e7a<\/i>. \u201cThis city is a huge influence on us. It has that sense of urgency, always running to catch up.<\/em>\u201d\u00a0By continuously absorbing their everyday life in a cosmopolitan city, the band relays the voices of communities that advocate the great and precious variety of Brazil\u2019s society, largely shaped by the culture of African slaves and their descendants, altered through the contact of a new territory. Their recent collaborations with Ghanean singer Pat Thomas and Nigerian saxophonist Orlando Julius illustrate this spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Thabang-Thabane-matlaje.jpg\")
<\/h6>\n40. Thabang Thabane<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
Matjale<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
\nHour Half Hour, he, together with labelmate Sibusile Xaba (who released 2017\u2019s<\/span>
\nUnlearning \/ Open Letter to Adoniah<\/em>) has picked up that musical baton: charting new, divergent directions for independent music made in a South African image. As an album, it\u2019s carried through with a loping, instinctive sense of groove.\u00a0Thabang Tabane takes a single-minded approach: he hones an insistent, enchanting sense of groove.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Hollie-Cook-Vessel-Of-love-PAM-albums-2018.jpg\")
<\/h6>\n39. Hollie Cook<\/span><\/h6>\n
Vessel of Love<\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n
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<\/h6>\n37. Akua Naru<\/span><\/h6>\n
The Blackest Joy<\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DJ-Khalab-Black-Noise-2084.jpg\")
<\/h6>\n36. DJ Khalab<\/span><\/h6>\n
Black Noise 2084<\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Anthony-Joseph-People-of-the-sun.jpg\")
<\/p>\n35.\u00a0Anthony Joseph<\/span><\/h6>\n
People Of The Sun<\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n
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<\/p>\n34. Ady Suleiman<\/span><\/h6>\n
Memories<\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Niagara-Apologia-Principe.jpg\")
<\/h4>\n33. Niagara<\/span><\/h6>\n
Apologia<\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Blinky-Bill-pam18.jpg\")
<\/h6>\n32. Blinky Bill<\/span><\/h6>\n
Everyone\u2019s Just Winging It And Other Fly Tales<\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Nasty-C-Strings-Blings.jpg\")
<\/h6>\n31. Nasty C<\/b><\/span><\/h6>\n
Strings & Bling<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/orquesta-akokan.jpg\")
<\/h6>\n30. Orquesta Akok\u00e1n<\/span><\/h6>\n
Orquesta Akok\u00e1n<\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Baloji-137.jpg\")
<\/p>\n29. Baloji<\/b><\/span><\/h6>\n
137 avenue Kanyama<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n
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\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Okzharp-Manthe-Ribane-Closer-Apart-2018.jpg\")
<\/p>\n26. Okzharp x Manthe Ribane<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
Closer Apart<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Melissa-Laveaux-Radyo-Siwel.jpg\")
<\/p>\n25. M\u00e9lissa Laveaux<\/span><\/h6>\n
Radyo Siw\u00e8l<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/h6>\n
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Mr-Eazi-Lagos-to-London.jpg\")
<\/p>\n24. Mr Eazi<\/b><\/span><\/h6>\n
Lagos To London<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/farai-rebirth-pam-top-albums18.jpg\")
<\/strong><\/p>\n23. Farai<\/span><\/h6>\n
Rebirth<\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Angelique-Kidjo-Remain-In-light.jpg\")
<\/p>\n22. Angelique Kidjo<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
Remain In Light<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/PopcaanForever.jpg\")
<\/h4>\n21. Popcaan<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
Forever<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Bixiga-70-Quebra-Cabe%C3%A7a.jpg\")
<\/p>\n20. Bixiga 70<\/span><\/h6>\n
Quebra Cabe\u00e7a<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/h6>\n
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Vince-Staples-FM-PAM-albums-2018.jpg\")
<\/p>\n19. Vince Staples<\/span><\/h6>\n
FM!<\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n