Lil Durk’s ‘All My Life’, The charts and the importance of originality in afrobeats

In this week’s episode of Afrobeats Weekly, Tunde and his co-host, Showontstop, discuss Lil Durk's high chart placement in Nigeria. 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 01:50 - Catch up 04:50 - Submission begins for the 2023 Headies Awards 06:40 - Asake announces release date for second album 07:32 - Seyi Vibez announces date for 2023 London O2 show 10:30 - Lil Durk’s ‘All My Life’, The charts and the importance of originality in afrobeats HipHop culture's influence on Afrobeats Why ‘American’ rap is popular and not Nigerian What can Nigerian rappers do to gain success 17:50 - New Songs Amapiano by Asake and Olamide My Moto by Timaya Sunflawa by Cheque and Crayon Bad Persin by Erigga Tio Tequila (3pac Ep) by Adekunle Gold 25:35 - New Album 33:20 - Spotlight Of The Week 34:00 - Charts 35:35 - The Five Segment 41:18 - Eliminate Segment 47:15 - Sign out

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