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<div style="margin:1em 0">Happy #Phupholethu Day 💥💥 please download & stream it NOW 🙏🏽❤ #PhupholethuOutNow💽💽 Link 👉🏾 https://t.co/l1wHDBv95N</div> — #UmhlabaWonke (@#UmhlabaWonke)
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</div><p>The 20-year old vocalist, deejay and producer has grown into and learned to trust his peculiar voice more. As a result, he has a vocal contribution on almost all of the songs, on top of being behind a majority of the production.<br></p><p>The album, named after his son, boasts plenty of impressive collaborations, from veterans such as <strong>DJ Tira</strong>, <strong>Danger</strong>, <strong>Bhar</strong> and <strong>Professor</strong> to talented young producers like Dlala Thukzin, GoldMax, Skillz, Drega, Funky Qla and BlaQRhythm.</p><p><div class="preroll-video"></div><ora-player></ora-player></p><p><em>Phupholetu </em>is filled with Afro-house bangers, with a few dabbling into a bit of gqom ("Shova" and "Taquila") and elements of other dance music genres. His voice is the piece that ties everything together and makes for a seamless listen.</p><p>Songs like "KwaMashu," "Ezase Durban," "Ethekwini," "Egoli," "Soshanguve" and "eMthatha" make mention of, and are titled after well-known South African townships.</p><p>The album was initially supposed to drop late last year but was pushed back a few times due to the lockdown, which, in TNS' own words, "make it really difficult to promote (my) new music". Leading up to the full release and as part of the album's roll-out, a host of the songs were dropped almost every Friday between December and January.</p><p><div class="dfp_atf-slot" data-not-loaded="true"></div><script type="text/javascript">
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</script></p><p>In his debut album, the "Umona'' hitmaker crowned himself the King of African House and on <em>Phupholetu </em>he strives to prove that he is the king indeed. </p><p><strong>Stream <em>Phupholetu</em> on <a href="https://music.apple.com/za/album/phupholetu/1543722656" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Music</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4TUVnYDBvpdynUlRboaQrD?si=YyTML_QZQZSLMR5cc94Z6A" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a>.</strong></p><iframe src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify:album:4TUVnYDBvpdynUlRboaQrD" id="8ef2e" frameborder="0" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="596a400625d6f60e0eea8ff9090a1113" expand="1" height="480" width="100%"></iframe><p><br></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><iframe allow="autoplay *; encrypted-media *; fullscreen *" frameborder="0" height="450" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" src="https://embed.music.apple.com/za/album/phupholetu/1543722656" style="width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;"></iframe></div>
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