{"id":87062,"date":"2021-09-13T10:53:36","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T08:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=87062"},"modified":"2021-09-13T10:56:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T08:56:28","slug":"stonebwoy-focalistic-ariba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/stonebwoy-focalistic-ariba\/","title":{"rendered":"Stonebwoy and Focalistic team up on \u201cAriba\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Ghanaian dancehall star returns with a new single, recorded and shot in Ghana with South African rapper Focalistic, ahead of <em>#Album 5<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>As one of the most important West African dancehall and reggae singers, <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/stonebwoy\/\">Stonebwoy<\/a> has perfected a personal cocktail of Afro-dancehall. An artist that follows his gut feeling when it comes to music, his concoction now includes the sounds of the South African forerunner <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/focalistic\/?_per_page=17\">Focalistic<\/a> with \u201cAriba.\u201d Focalistic&#8217;s amapiano leaning and brutally honest approach to rap lyrics match Stone&#8217;s classic steady flow, making for great sonic chemistry on this new venture. In an era of increased cultural cross-pollination, this collaboration represents a beautiful and exciting addition to the scene: \u201cthat\u2019s the way the new world is now,\u201d Stonebwoy says. \u201cOne love. So, why can\u2019t we make a cocktail out of the music?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Directed by REX and shot in Accra, Ghana, the visuals are highly colourful and transmit an infectious dose of happiness. Featured in a vintage setting, the two artists appear as disco\/rockstars with flashy leather jackets and interpret new dance moves with a fun and singular angle. With the sunny days still with us, this dancehall-<a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/amapiano\/\">amapiano<\/a> piece sets up Stonebwoy\u2019s third album release later in the year, one that the artist has teased through intriguing #Album5 mentions on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to \u00ab Ariba \u00bb in our One Dance playlist on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/5fzbLUbqLiEvriBPMlLNbf?si=-0mH0IkjTN6PQ-2ZGmXuCg\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deezer.com\/fr\/playlist\/2316095842\" target=\"_blank\">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\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Stonewboy-Focalistic-Ariba-1010x1010.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87021\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghanaian dancehall star returns with a new single, recorded and shot in Ghana with South African rapper Focalistic, ahead of #Album 5.&nbsp; As one of the most important West African dancehall and reggae singers, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3944],"tags":[34102,29692,23663,23532],"location":[7994,7844],"yst_prominent_words":[8541,9435,8956,29498,8745,8934,8414,9185,8435,9474,37671,37670,9819,9834,8951,8412,8543],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87062"}],"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=87062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87062"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=87062"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=87062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}