The Songs You Need to Hear This Week
These are the best songs that came across our desks this week, featuring Mr Eazi, Ibeyi, DJ Spinall and more.
At the end of every week, we highlight the creme of the crop in music and round up the best tracks and music videos that came across our desks throughout the last few days.
<p>Check out all of the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/songs-you-need-to-hear-this/idpl.96a0f6d531a54cbb959cbc4442d310d0" target="_blank">"Songs You Need to Hear This Week"</a> in our extended <a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/featured/introducing-okayafrica-apple-music/" target="_blank"><strong>Apple Music</strong> curator playlist</a> and read about some of the selections ahead.</p><p></p><p></p><h2>Mr Eazi "Leg Over"</h2><p><span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0afbcd15063f24a516b008e69d4d3378"><iframe type="lazy-iframe" data-runner-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/v15sS1sL_S4?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span></p><p><strong>Mr Eazi</strong> <a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/audio/mr-eazi-life-is-eazi-download-accra-to-lagos/" target="_blank">connects Ghana and Nigeria like no one else</a> on his new mixtape <em><a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/life-is-eazi-vol.-1-accra/id1199494285?mt=1&app=music&at=1001lph9" target="_blank">Life Is Eazi, Vol. 1 – Accra To Lagos</a>.</em> The excitement brought on by his rise and this new release isn’t too different from that which greeted his Starboy label boss, <strong>Wizkid</strong>.</p><p><div class="preroll-video"></div><ora-player></ora-player></p><p></p><p></p><h2>Kae Sun "Flip the Rules"</h2><p><span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="3be71ebea642bdc7d0daa1f0f7461d3a"><iframe type="lazy-iframe" data-runner-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EzD2mFsHsh0?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span></p><p>Canadian-based Ghanaian singer <a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/tag/kae-sun/" target="_blank"><strong>Kae Sun</strong></a> has been making some of the strongest pop tunes on our radar for a while now. His latest, "Flip the Rules," is full of soul.</p><p></p><p></p><h2>DJ Spinall x Davido x Wande Coal</h2><p><span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="e13c6b4e66c5a30a7167546cb8445e25"><iframe type="lazy-iframe" data-runner-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YeTvIm_qcQs?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span></p><p><strong>DJ Spinall</strong> recruits <strong>Davido</strong> and <strong>Wande Coal</strong> for this all-star dance floor banger "Olowo."</p><p></p><p></p><h2>Stream our ‘Songs You Need to Hear’ playlist on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/curator/okayafrica/id1173591451" target="_blank">Apple Music</a>.</h2><p> </p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="500px" src="//tools.applemusic.com/embed/v1/playlist/pl.96a0f6d531a54cbb959cbc4442d310d0?country=us&at=1001lph9" width="100%"></iframe></p><p></p><p></p><h2>Ibeyi "Lost In My Mind"</h2><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="110px" src="//tools.applemusic.com/embed/v1/song/1201984488?country=us&at=1001lph9" width="100%"></iframe></p><p>Afro-Cuban twins <strong>Ibeyi</strong> have been quiet since <a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/culture-2/beyonce-lemonade-ibeyi-laolu-senbanjo-warsan-shire/" target="_blank">their work on Beyoncé's <em>Lemonade</em></a>. They return with the dark and ruminating "Lost In My Mind."</p><p></p><p></p><h2>Aina More's "Healer"</h2><p><iframe height="150" seamless="" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=3220339863/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=7137dc/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;" width="300"><a href="http://ainamore.com/track/healer">Healer by Aina More</a></iframe></p><p>London fly girl <strong>Aina More, </strong>who's penned <a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/tag/aina-more/" target="_blank">some serious afro-house jams</a> lately, shares her new single "Healer." It's a“true healing song for myself and the producer," the singer mentions. "It was the first recording I made after losing my Dad and it provides me with a true uplifting feeling and I hope it does the same and more for others.”</p><p></p><p></p><h2>MC Galaxy "Your Love"</h2><p><span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="01c1dffe4df97bf16553331d0559fed5"><iframe type="lazy-iframe" data-runner-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/acp4cMMPzoI?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span></p><p>Nigerian comedian and musician<strong> MC Galaxy</strong> came through with the romantic video for his new single "Your Love." If you recall, last year <a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/audio/sekem-swizz-beatz-mc-galaxy-remix/" target="_blank">Swizz Beatz remixed</a> his previous hit "Sekem."</p><p><div class="dfp_atf-slot" data-not-loaded="true"></div><script type="text/javascript">
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