Afrobeats Weekly

In this week’s episode of Afrobeats Weekly, Tunde and his co host, Showontstop, discuss the on going 9ice vs Flavor debate. They also touch on news making the rounds in Afrobeats this week and all the major songs that dropped this week.

OUTLINE 

00:00 - Introduction
02:30 - Fan mail 1
03:16 - Response to the fan mail
06:11 - News making the rounds this week
          - Ghanaian musician Obrafour sues Drake over copyright infringement
           - Libianca's 'People' becomes the highest-charting African song in UK Chart history
            - Rema 'Calm Down' sets new record for highest charting African song on Billboard Hot 100
10:40 - 9ice vs Flavor
 18:58 - New Songs
           - Let them know by Wande Coal
           - Trumpet by Olamide and Ckay
           - Many Things by Zinoleesky
           - Amina/The One by Ric Hassani
25:27 - New Albums
          - No Bad Vibes by L.A.X
          - Ultralight by Sute
32:04 - Spotlight of The Week : Rukmani
33:32 - Afrobeats Charts 
35:58 - The Five
          -  Top 5 Q1 Projects
                  - Pheelz Good by Pheelz
                  - Gangstar Romance by Lojay
                  - Wast African Goat by Paybac
                  - Winny by Winny
                  - Timeless by Davido
         - Top 5 Go To Producers
                   - Baby Beatz
                   - Magicstickz
                   - Jae5
                   - Blaise Beatz
                   - P2J
42:07 - Eliminate section: 9ice edition
45:54 - Sign out
                                                       

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Creators and Guests

Host
Sho
Afrobeats and Hip-Hop fan
Host
Tunde Adediran
Tunde is an all-around curator of African music with an emphasis on West African sounds and has hosted several web music shows in the past. He currently writes and A&Rs for record labels in Nigeria.

What is Afrobeats Weekly?

Afrobeats Weekly is a podcast about African music that podcast highlights some of the biggest news around the Afrobeats genre and the people behind it - the musicians, producers, writers.