Exclusive Freeload: Afrikan Boy, “I Go Chop’am” MP3
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Young genius like Fela Kuti… but the rapper version, raps Afrikan Boy in this track off the long-awaitedd Can of Whoopass Vol. 1: The Rise of Captain Africa mixtape, and we are not at all inclined to disagree. There’s something infinitely more menacing about an MC who challenges all others to verbal duels without resorting to evil barking or voice-raising—here, Afrikan Boy’s delivery is so calm and joyful (check the cascading waterfall of autotune, courtesy of producer Zakee) you know he has the confidence to beast whomever on the mic, and the wordplay to match. Somebody call Joe Budden, this is killing it! We hear Afrikan Boy will be touring the US in June/July and dropping a video for “Lagos Town” soon, so don’t sleep.
Download: Afrikan Boy, “I Go Chop’am”
Freeload: Afrikan Boy, “African Warrior (Remix)” + “Flap Your Clothing”
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Ever since he appeared on MIA’s “Hussel” from Kala and reappeared on his own “One Day I Went To Lidl”, we have been waiting for more of the offbeat lyrical stylings of Afrikan Boy. Well, apparently he has a new mixtape called Can of Whoopass, Vol. 1: The Rise of Captain Africa coming out soon and has posted a couple songs from it on his MySpace. The first is him over Donaeo’s funky house jam “African Warrior,” which appeared in Prancehall’s Bass Odyssey in a Marcus Nasty 1Xtra playlist, and the second has him chatting dancesteps on top of Bablee’s “Bablee Samuz” which we talked about here a little bit ago. Enjoy both and pick up that tape on or around October 1st.
Download: Afrikan Boy, “African Warrior (Remix)”
Download: Afrikan Boy, “Flap Your Clothing”
Afrikan Boy Jam
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We’ve talked about Afrikan Boy before. He has a shirt that says Who Stole My Visa and he appeared on one of the many M.I.A. “Paper Planes” remixes. He also rapped over “We Takin Over.” Now he has a new song called “Lagos” and it is excellent and full of corroded synths sort of like when grime first came out. Check it out here along with a bunch more great Afrikan Boy songs.
Video: MIA, “Paper Planes”
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Yes! MIA and Afrikanboy serving hoagies Bed-Stuy. The only thing that kept us from giving up on life while walking to work in the brick-ass cold this morning was the steamy stank of street meat carts every 100 feet. Directed by Bernard Gourley.
Read MIA’s comments on the leaked version here.
