Coming to us through the 24/7 buzz of Twitter, here’s a new (and as yet unmixed) demo track by Wale in which he pays homage to the time where his parents dragged him along to African parties.
Bunny Mack’s ‘Let me love you’ is indeed an African evergreen which slightly predates the tracks in our Nigerian rap update (1981). The Sierra Leone born singer lives on in the memories of three generations.
Bunny’s original was chopped up by producer Apple Juice Kid who must have got inspired by having produced a remix of K’naan’s TIA featuring Afrikanboy. We are looking forward to hearing the final version.
Listen to Wale’s ‘My Sweetie’:
[audio:wale-mysweetie.mp3]
And here’s the original:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEMsVpP6YFE[/youtube]
m.oh!
August 22, 2009 (01:36)
cool, nice one.good to know wale is proud of his roots.This joint will def appeal to lots of nigerians. the original is a nija classic.wale aint here just to play…………
deffman
April 11, 2010 (14:03)
serendipity or wat? I’ve been working on this bunny-mac beat / song and it’s been in the cooler since 2006.wat a coincidence
Anonymous
April 23, 2010 (12:11)
this is a Sierra Leone song that has been a loved classic, its nice to see the younger generation picking it back up again