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my fav discovery from #PeoplesPop25 challenge week: “MAKKA” by 🇬🇧fakemink, Ecco2k & Mechatok. does what it says on the tin (oh no, is this, cough, a drug reference?)
now let’s take it on- and upwards in the actual poll!
youtu.be/jC0pjkRpC6s?...
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“Bouwéy” by 1T1 and Theomaa from Guadeloupe🇬🇵 has a 50 Cent vibe to its verses, such as they are (complimentary). it’s a mean dog of a bouyon banger!
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one for the real heads! one of my afro-francophone YouTube travels led me to 🇧🇫Burkina Faso and an album by Ouendbénédo, with the log drum-enhanced “Christine” as a pop-adjacent highlight: youtu.be/bExoYr9KyIE?...
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don’t be misled by the generic-looking title/artist combo, “Mon bébé” by 🇫🇷RnBoi is a rhythmically intricate delicacy of a song. it’s also very catchy and the biggest francophone song in the world rn. boring video tho: youtu.be/U2t5Y89I2tE?...
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“Maghnatees” by 🇪🇬Maii Waleed and (producer) 🇪🇬Mallawany. beautiful track - turns out I’m an indie guy after all, all you need to do is walk it like an Egyptian:
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for everyone who’s doubting 🇶🇦 Qatar’s chances in the Pop World Cup stakes:
“سبحان (Subhan)” by Fahad Al Kubaisi* is a blistering banger
youtu.be/b18KVyM7QIs?...
(*try using Arabic (or Hebrew) script within Latin script at your peril)
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yeah baby, those 🇿🇦3Steppers are coming thick and fast in the wake of Thakzin, Thukzin and JAZZWRLD & Thukuthela.
the uplifting “Utshwala” by 🇿🇦Hypesoul, 🇿🇦ZuluBoy Musique & 🇿🇦DrummeRTee924 came out… [checking notes]… today:
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let’s turn this day into an impromptu 🇿🇦gqom day!
“Vala” by threesome 🇿🇦Dankie Boi, 🇿🇦Goldmax and 🇿🇦Blacks Jnr…
…plus 🇿🇦Dladla Mshunqisi & 🇿🇦Black Catz:
youtu.be/v5dwCR2HdHU?...
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“Célibataire” by 🇸🇳Wally B. Seck is a nifty little jam with funky horns & piano, quite unexpected for mbalax: youtu.be/18pLXsyU7eQ?...
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…plus my most played song of the year (it dropped on new year’s day!), “Corazón (DJ Arana Remix)” by whoa, it’s 🇨🇦Nelly Furtado and, obviously, 🇧🇷DJ Arana, which is the best thing since sliced bread: youtu.be/9bd-un9aywg?...
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I was lagging behind, so let’s have a 🇧🇷Brazilian double whammy today:
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the delirious “Oh Garota (Eu) Quero Você Só Pra Mim” by Oruam ft. Zé Felipe, Mc Tuto, Rodrigo do CN, MC K9, mc pl alves & Dj LC da Roça…
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“Onomkeerbaar” (‘irreversible’) by 🇳🇱Eefje de Visser is my one and only Dutch-language entry. all her songs are variations on the same theme (complimentary) and this is one of her most evocative best: youtu.be/8TH75f_mavo?...
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DJ Veek is one of the up-and-comers in
South African🇿🇦 3Step/3-step. his “Nkosi”with vocalist Criimora b.k.z is a work of art. stately and incredibly moving:
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“Coco Chanel”:
yesterday we learned about monogamy in the face of polyamory, today we’re putting the sapphism in shatta. take it away, ladies*!
youtu.be/nSozQlDpD1U?...
(*Meryl from Martinique🇲🇶 and Eva from France🇫🇷)
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we’re just here for fun, frolicking no-strings-attached fun!
“Cheat On You” by 🇬🇭Ghanaian heartthrobs KiDi and Gyakie:
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okay, #2025FavSingles it is (but I intend to leave it at a #top25of25, a/k/a #25SongsFrom2025 - it’s going to be #Twenty5Stinkers!)
ADVANCE WARNING: I will be zigzagging thru the year’s many faves, probably ending up with a random but hopefully fun and/or ~inneresting~ selection
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