{"id":63564,"date":"2020-10-23T16:09:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T14:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=63564"},"modified":"2020-10-23T18:08:11","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T16:08:11","slug":"major-lazer-music-is-the-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/major-lazer-music-is-the-weapon\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Lazer brings the feats on Music is the Weapon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Major Lazer invites Joeboy, Mr Eazi, BEAM, Shenseea and Skip Marley on latest album, Music is the Weapon<\/em>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Major Lazer continues their exploration in emerging global sounds with Music is the Weapon<\/em>, which shares the name of afrobeat founder and Pan African legend Fela Kuti\u2019s 1982 documentary. The latest project continues to imbue its EDM \/ pop flavor to the music of their collaborators, often to the criticism of purists from the worlds of reggaeton and afrobeats. Whether or not Major Lazer\u2019s imaginary personage of \u201ca Trinidadian dancehall club owner, a Jamaican hero commando who lost an arm in the Zombie Wars suddenly re-emerged with a laser gun in the place of his missing limb\u201d<\/em> is a case study for appropriation, their popularity is undoubtable and their choice of collaborators impeccable. The group, made up of American producer Diplo and DJ Ape Drums, as well as Jamaican-American DJ Walshy Fire (with past members including Jillionaire and DJ Switch), has been making hits since 2008 releasing 3 albums, 5 EPs, and massive singles like \u201cLean On (Feat. MO and DJ Snake)\u201d which has well over 1 billion streams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Past collaborations include stars like Bruno Mars, Pharrell Williams, Nicki Minaj, Justin Bieber, Travis Scott and Ariana Grande, however as of late the group has dipped their hand into the collection of international influencers like J Balvin, El Alfa, Tarrus Riley<\/a>, Mr Eazi<\/a>, and others. In 2018, for example, the group announced their newfound love for afrobeats with their Afrobeats Mix <\/em>(DJ Mix) that featured the work of Burna Boy<\/a>, Nasty C<\/a>, DaVido<\/a>, Mr Eazi, Patoranking<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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