{"id":62367,"date":"2020-10-13T10:51:28","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T08:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=62367"},"modified":"2020-10-13T11:00:36","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T09:00:36","slug":"costa-titch-made-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/costa-titch-made-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Costa Titch unveils debut album, Made in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The South African rapper begins a new chapter in his career with this boiling project.  <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cMy only concern with Costa is his consistency, I worry that he keeps the same energy. \u2018Nkalakatha\u2019 is nice but will he continue that with his next song?\u201d<\/em> These words serve as an introduction to <em>Made in Africa<\/em>, in the eponymous track of the project. The journalist speaking about the rapper got it right: energy is what defines Costa Titch\u2019s art. An energy that he first put in dancing, by sharing the stage with South African heavyweight Cassper Nyovest for 5 years; and an energy that he put in rapping from 2017 and until 2019, with the release of &#8220;Nkalakatha&#8221;. The track was a national hit that quickly propelled the artist in the spotlight, winning a remix with the two bosses AKA and Riky Rick. After a frantic string of singles and mini-EPs, it is time for the Nelspruit rapper to release his debut album. &#8220;This moment only comes once in an artist&#8217;s career,&#8221; he writes to us. &#8220;We wanted to take control of the opportunities we have&#8221;.&nbsp;<\/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-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"COSTA TITCH - NKALAKATHA (Music Video) [PART 1]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o8VTvQBEhP8?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><figcaption>COSTA TITCH &#8211; NKALAKATHA (Music Video) [PART 1]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The rapper&#8217;s initial energy has remained the same: <em>&#8220;there was no real difference in the creative process. The only difference was that we spent more time and invested more energy into it&#8221;<\/em>, he tells us. Costa clearly enjoys his fruitful success in songs like &#8220;Blessings&#8221;, and knows how to deliver egotrip-soaked bangers like &#8220;Got it&#8221; or &#8220;Great&#8221;. The style has remained authentic, but we still have the impression to know the artist a little better now thanks to more introspective songs than usual, like &#8220;Holy Rain&#8221;.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the sounds of the project are resolutely turned towards American trap, <em>Made in Africa<\/em> is clearly a celebration of South African hip-hop. Firstly through the artist&#8217;s lyrics, that he proudly raps in isiZulu, Sesotho, English and Afrikaans (as he reminds us in &#8220;Mpulele&#8221;). Secondly by its XXL casting, which gathers national legends (DJ Maphorisa, Sjava, Riky Rick, AKA, YoungstaCPT) but also promising newcomers (Boity, Frank Casino, Thsego, Rouge&#8230;). A casting that the rapper intends to extend to the entire continent: <em>&#8220;the goal is to make a deluxe version in which we can extend the featurings to artists from other African countries\u201d<\/em>. This potential sequel will with no doubt be awaited while listening to the intense rhythm of <em>Made in Africa<\/em>, which clearly gives a new dimension to Costa Titch\u2019s position in the South African game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to Costa Titch in our Songs of the Week playlist on <a href=\"https:\/\/spoti.fi\/2Pz0eyg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\">Spotify<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/30zVbUA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\">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-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a30c1d95-costa-titch.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a30c1d95-costa-titch.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a30c1d95-costa-titch-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a30c1d95-costa-titch-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a30c1d95-costa-titch-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a30c1d95-costa-titch-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a30c1d95-costa-titch-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a30c1d95-costa-titch-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a30c1d95-costa-titch-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a30c1d95-costa-titch-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South African rapper begins a new chapter in his career with this boiling project.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":62364,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3944],"tags":[25257,10293],"location":[7844],"yst_prominent_words":[25222,25218,25216,25221,25223,25219,25220,19651,8447,12593,25208,8435,25217,9834,17317,13335,12867,9209,9837,9833],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62367"}],"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\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62367"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=62367"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=62367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}