A great way to start off any week is always with good music. There are tons of new releases every week and it can be difficult to keep up. With these weekly articles, we will be sharing our top picks of the best new releases from the week.
Afrobeats the Genre, a branch of the Amplify Africa family, compiles a list of our favorite new releases every week and keeps a regularly updated playlist across different platforms. You can access our playlist here.
These are our favorite new releases from over the last week.
Burna Boy & Polo G – Want It All
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0FE2Hjn30E
Burna Boy is a force to be reckoned with as he releases his 3rd single of the year, Want It All. The song features American rapper, Polo G, and is a song that highlights Burna’s story of how he made it to where he is today. It is a special song that is very on brand for Burna in what he calls ‘Afro-fusion.’
Zinoleesky – Gone Far
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN1-dLH_nRI&ab_channel=SavaqeWRLd
Zinoleesky is undoubtedly one of the brightest young talents around and undoubtedly the most talented artist that Naira Marley has signed so far. Everything he releases seems to be based on catching good vibes and with Gone Far he teases another feel good anthem that’s sure to keep the streets dancing.
Phyno – Stacks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op6YKX4BsMI
Phyno’s latest release, ‘Stacks’, paints a picture of lazy sounds with litters of drums, twirled around in an intricate play on words. The rapper from the Eastern part of Nigeria certainly knows how to rap and will never miss an opportunity to show how good of a rapper he is.
YCee – Love Drunk EP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYi2XGGYw5E
After around 2 years since his last body of work, YCee returns to the scene with a 7-track EP titled Love Drunk. The EP features Patoranking and DwillsHarmony and a host of production credits from some of the top producers around like ItsAdey and Guiltybeatz.
DJ Yin – Domitila
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idIe50AVx1o
The latest Nigerian to enter the Guiness Book of World Records released her brand new single, Domitila, to celebrate the moment and what a moment it was. Over 240 hours stretched across 11 days that was how long it took Yin to break the record for longest Dj set.
Fave – Baby Riddim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAfl-ZhAmsM
On her way to becoming Nigerian musics next big thing, Emapawa’s new artist, Fave, releases Baby Riddim. The hypnotic Damie-produced single is taken from Fave’s forthcoming debut EP Riddim and is a follow up to her previous release Beautifully, and her show-stopping appearance on fan celebrated Olamide’s 10th studio album, UY Scuti.
M.anifest – Scorpio Flow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsxZSWxUckM
Ghanaian rapper M.anifest released the well-made music video for his song Scorpio Flow. As we rapidly approach Scorpio season, his song’s lyrics come across as most Scorpio’s character does, gently assertive. If you’re into astrology then you will fully understand that reference.
Mayorkun – Back in Office
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I9yjYFy1eE
The Mayor of Lagos is back with a debut release under his premiere release with Sony Music. It follows the August hit Let Me Know, a track that surpassed one million streams in its first week of launch. The new record is a demonstration of Mayorkun’s trademark vibrant Afropop sound with an Amapiano twist, pairing his slick vocals with a sleazy sax and upbeat percussion.
Naira Marley – First Time in America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aotgc65GJcE
Naira Marley and Rexxie’s track record is almost unmatchable and they’ve done it again on this new track, First Time in America. It’s the first track off Naira’s highly anticipated debut album and if the rest of the album is going to be like this first track then we’re in for a good time.
Seyi Vibez – No Seyi No Vibez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6xwRGWmcf0
Talented young popular Nigerian music star Seyi Vibez unlocked this incredible and much needed studio project tagged “NSNV Album, No Seyi No Vibez. The young artist has answered fans calls for a body of work with this 8-track EP.
