Video: Native Sun ‘Legacy’

Mohammed Yahya and Sarina Leah are the duo behind Native Sun — a London-based group that fuses “hip-hop and African rhythms with the aim of promoting a positive message of universal peace, equality, social justice and environmental change.” They pay ode to the O.G. visionaries in their latest single “Legacy.” Stream and grab Native Sun’s Indigenous Legacy LP and catch them live alongside FOKN Bois 3/16 at SXSW.

Audio: DJ Juls ‘Da Burst of FOKN Bois’ Mix


DJ Juls flexes his golden era hip-hop muscles over favored cuts from the pidgin prankster duo in Da Burst of FOKN Bois mix. Juls revisits old and new FOKN joints to create an elongated best-of compilation (or intro) to one of Ghana’s most unique crews. For more reworks from Juls check his take on M.anifest and the excellent “Brkn Lngwjz” remix. FOKN Wit Ewe is out now.

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TRACKLIST
1. Intro
2.Fokn Bois-Strong Homosexual Guys
3.M3nsa-Missudei
4.Wanlov Da Kubolor-Veverita
5.M3nsa-Props Due
6.Wanlov Da Kubolor-Kokonsa
7.M3nsa ft V.I.P-If you don’t know
8.Wanlov Da Kubolor-Smallest Time
9.Fokn Bois-Sometimes (Kweku Ananse Remix)
10.Kobi Onyame ft Fokn Bois-Chock It
11.Yaa Pono ft Wanlov Da Kubolor-Bush Boys
12.Mr Max ft M3nsa-Let me thrill you
13.Lil Shaker ft Wanlov Da Kubolor-So Whut
14.Kobi Onyame ft M3nsa-Green green grasses
15.Wanlov Da Kubolor ft Long John-For the River
16.M3nsa ft Terri Walker-Fanti Love Song (Remix)
17.Fokn Bois ft Sena-Aha (Original Mix)
18.Fokn Bois-Help America
19.M3nsa-Adjuma
20. Wanlov Da Kubolor ft Shocka-Horogozov (Kweku Ananse Remix)
21. Reggie Rockstone ft M3nsa and Lord Lust-Mapouka
22. M.anifest ft Wanlov Da Kubolor-Gentleman
23. Fokn Bois-Only Your Walkings
24. Fokn Bois-Want to be White
25. Fokn Bois-Thank God We Are Not A Nigerians
26. Fokn Bois-Brkn Lngwjz

Audio: FOKN Bois ‘FOKN Wit Ewe’

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Last year, Ghana’s most unique mathafuckas FOKN Bois managed to offend an entire nation with their tongue-in-cheek jab “Thank God We’re Not A Nigerians.” They’ve since penned the world’s first pidgen musical Coz Ov Moni and shot a video for one of our hands-down favorite tracks “Brkn Lngwjz.”

Well, M3nsa and Wanlov are at it again with new album FOKN Wit Ewe. This time no one’s spared — track titles like “Strong Homosexual Guys,” “Laffin At Cripples,”Want To Be White,” and “Sexin Islamic Girls” give you a clue. FOKN Wit Ewe is up for FREE DOWNLOAD this week only. Stream and grab it below.

Okayafrica’s 11 Top LPs of 2011

For our top 11 LPs of 2011 we opted to stick to works we featured on Okayafrica in the past 12 months. We scraped up some new works, some re-issues, and a fair amount of rare compilations. Browse our top albums (and one EP) of 2011 below and check out our top music videos, songs, and side-eye moments of the year!

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Fela Soul: Fela Kuti x De La Soul

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Bambara Mystic Soul: The Raw Sound Of Burkina Faso 1974-1979

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The FOKN DunaQuest in Budapest

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Danger [Re-Issue]

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Tassili

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From Africa With Fury: Rise

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Assimilations

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Give The Beggar A Chance/Dawn of Awareness [Re-Issues]

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BLNRB: Welcome To The Madhouse

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Native Sun

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Put Some Red On It

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Video: FOKN Bois ‘Broken Language’

You already know how into “Broken Language” (apparent new title “Brkn Lngwjz”) we are. Wanlov and M3NSA finally release a clip for their undeniable pidgin rap stomper. In the Jay Hill-directed video, the FOKN Bois mug around Ghana streets to the backdrop of future-synths and rhymes that showcase why they’re the most unique mathafackas. Watch above.

Video: FOKN Bois’ Pidgen Musical

M3NSA and Wanlov, better known as the FOKN Bois, have been steadily uploading clips of their (world’s first!) pidgen musical Coz Ov Moni to their youtube page. The premise:

Two gay lesbian friends in Accra wake up one ordinary morning. They have wild hot plans for the night…but first they must slap a crooked cripple for their money during the day.

If you haven’t caught it now’s your last chance, as the film will be taken down this Thursday. Watch a few select clips above/below and stream Coz Ov Moni in its entirety.

Audio: FOKN Bois’ Dunaquest In Budapest Remix Album

Wanlov and M3NSA are on the heels of releasing the “world’s first pidgen musical” in its entirety, which we’re keeping a close eye on. ‘Til the full thing’s out, the FOKN Bois hold us over with a (free!) remix of The FOKN Dunaquest In Budapest LP. The 10-track album features remixes by an array Global Bass Scene producers including Flore, Hijo De La Cumbia, Vadim and Frikstailers. Stream and grab it below, it’s only free for a month!

The FOKN Dunaquest in Budapest Remix Album by Irie Maffia Production

Video: M3nsa ‘Fanti Love Song’

New clip for FOKN Bois pidgen rapper M3nsa the Magnificent. Stepping away from the eccentric raucousness of his rhymes alongside Wanlov the Kubulor, “Fanti Love Song” finds M3nsa delivering a relaxed meditation and ode to his fellow Ghanaians — and probably a particular female Ghanaian. The Brooklyn-shot video shows M3nsa longboarding around the borough, stopping by bodegas and practice spaces like so many locals do. Watch the clip above and a ‘making of’ below. “Fanti Love Song” can be found on No. 1 Mango Street out now.

Audio: FOKN Bois “Broken Language (DJ Juls Remix)” + The Blue Color Mixtape

M3nsa and Wanlov‘s undeniable pidgin jam “Broken Language” is stripped of its syncopated future-synth beat in exchange for an upright bass and acoustic drum kit combo. Ghanaian DJ Juls achieves the near-impossible by crafting a sparse new rhythm to the FOKN Bois‘ acapella that doesn’t immediately make us want to throw on the original.

Grab DJ Juls’ free Blue Color Mixtape, which features this remake of the FOKN Bois’ joint and other interpolations of tracks by M.anifestYaa Pono, Nas, and Lil Wayne.

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Audio: Kay-Ara ft. Lil Shaker and Yaa Pono “Me Dough”

Kay-Ara is a Ghanaian rapper with ties to Okayafrica homies M3nsa and Wanlov, aka FOKN Bois. The freshman MC’s first official single “Me Dough,” featuring freestyle murderer Yaa Pono and pidgin rap pioneer Lil Shaker, has been making waves in Accra.

The track’s bass heavy beat rests on a sampled/looped refrain (Me ko gye me dough“) which roughly translates to “I’m gonna get my dough.” But, as Kay-Ara recently told Akwaaba‘s Benjamin Lebrave, “the song is not just about money but about respect, as much about collecting your money as it is collecting your dues.”

If Kay keeps releasing stompers like this he’ll definitely be collecting dues as one of Ghana’s rap heavyweights. Listen to “Me Dough” below, and then DOWNLOAD here.

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