Sound of Africa vol. 1: Azonto, Hiplife & Naija Rap (2011)

This was the first installment of the Sound of Africa mixtape series. I originally posted this on the digging4gold site April 2011. http://digging4gold.tumblr.com/post/4815480559/the-offical-sound-of-africa-vol-1-mixtape At the time, the Azonto sound was still developing and was not yet a household name in Ghana. The biggest hit at the time - and one of the songs that led to the Azonto explosion - "Muje Baya," was blasting out out of every kiosk and open street pub in Accra. So, after months of dancing to these tunes, My friend, DJ Kev, and I decided to rent some cdjs and lock ourselves up in a dusty Accra apartment for a couple hours to bust out this mix. Looking back, this mix is a great example of the transition hiplife was making into the more house-oriented production of Azonto. It nothing else, if was definitely the launching point for my current musical trajectory. Enjoy! Tracked out zip folder here: http://www15.zippyshare.com/v/50279178/file.html 01. King Ayisoba - Sister feat. Treach 02. 4x4 - Makomah (Miss Doctor) 03 Sway - Sheperd's Pie feat. Gyedu-Blay Ambolley 04. Ruff n' Smooth - Sex Machine 05. Wande Coal - Bumper to Bumper 06. Mimi - Good Love feat. Sazzy 07. Eazzy - Wengeze 08. Zigi - U Sey Wey Tin 09. Dj Cndo - Amerido (South Africa) 10. 5 five - Move Back (Muje Baya) 11. Stay Jay - Shashee Wowo 12. Timaya - Mama Yekuli 13. Ruff n' Smooth - Boom Boom Back 14. Adezi - Wo Ma Me Twe b/w 'My Sweetie' African Party Break 15. Adani Best - jata Bi (Ga Version) 16. Flavour - Adamma 17. Nana Boro - Eha Ye de (Bebia Awo) 18. J. Martins - Jukpa feat. Bracket 19. Bracket - No Time feat. P-Square 20. J. Martins - Good or bad feat. Timaya 21. 2 In 1 - Hudaada 22. Eazzy - Bo Wonsem Ma Me 23. Flavour - Ashawo (Nwa Baby Remix) 24. Iwan - Who's bad? 25. D'banj - Ogbono feli feli 26. 9ice - Gongo Aso 27. Kwaku T - Kwaku Tu Tu feat. Eazzy 28. D'banj & Mo Hits All Stars - Pere 29. DJ Zeez - Collabo 30. Bradez - Freestyle (Party Hard Remix) 31. Akoo Nana - Mungu feat. Ruff n' Smooth 32. Danaeo - Fly