{"id":58456,"date":"2020-09-04T14:35:09","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T12:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=58456"},"modified":"2020-09-04T14:37:13","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T12:37:13","slug":"langa-mavuso-panther","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/langa-mavuso-panther\/","title":{"rendered":"Langa Mavuso puts South African RnB on the map"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Langa Mavuso invites heavyweight emcee Yanga Chief and production duo Noble to kick off the artist\u2019s r&amp;b laced album campaign<\/strong>.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Langa Mavuso enlisted SAMA Award-winning songwriter, producer and emcee Yanga Chief to coast with him on the spaced out <a href=\"https:\/\/platoon.lnk.to\/panther\">&#8220;Panther&#8221;<\/a>, a song about finding one&#8217;s centre after long drawn-out periods of escapism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>I&#8217;m so tired of dressing up\/ filling love in empty cups<\/em>&#8220;, sings Mavuso, his baritone voice flailing with gratifying flashes of falsetto amidst an emotive sonicscape courtesy of the production duo Noble, whose own production credits include an appearance on Beyonce&#8217;s Lion King soundtrack, <em>The Lion King: The Gift<\/em>. Yanga Chief emerges amidst the sheer beauty of the emotive piece to deliver a performance that cements his abilities as a unifying force with proven cross-genre potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The song precedes Langa Mavuso&#8217;s long-awaited, highly anticipated self-titled debut scheduled for the end of September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to Langa Mavuso in our Songs of the Week playlist on <a href=\"https:\/\/spoti.fi\/2Pz0eyg\">Spotify<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/30zVbUA\">Deezer<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Panther\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UAZuBDS_ZCk?feature=oembed&#038;autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/e6df057c-langa-mavuso-panther.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/e6df057c-langa-mavuso-panther.jpg 900w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/e6df057c-langa-mavuso-panther-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/e6df057c-langa-mavuso-panther-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/e6df057c-langa-mavuso-panther-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/e6df057c-langa-mavuso-panther-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/e6df057c-langa-mavuso-panther-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/e6df057c-langa-mavuso-panther-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/e6df057c-langa-mavuso-panther-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/e6df057c-langa-mavuso-panther-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Langa Mavuso invites heavyweight emcee Yanga Chief and production duo Noble to kick off the artist\u2019s r&amp;b laced album campaign. 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