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  • Watch M.anifest, The Cavemen and Flea’s video for the incredible ‘Puff Puff’ more than once

    “Puff puff pass o”

    Two months ago, M.anifest, one of Africa’s highly skilled and celebrated emcees, teamed up with the beloved modern Nigerian Highlife musical duo The Cavemen for the remarkable dance track ‘Puff Puff’. For the visual, the West African stars cruise the city in the back of a vintage vehicle before heading to the beach for an impressive performance shot with Flea. In a denim get-up and dark shades, thought-provokingly, the Accra-born legend raps about how the human race allowed social media statistics to occupy a large portion of our lives and dictate our worth, the seemingly everlasting issues baked into society linked to the decline of African currencies, escapism as a result, and more of his daily observations. Watch the attractive music video below and stream the track, which is out now exclusively through Mass Appeal.

    [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEfU8TKQO3U&h=315]

    You may want to watch it more than once to learn the lyrics and replay the excitement displayed by Flea, the Australian-American bassist and founding member of the legendary American Rock group Red Hot Chili Peppers. He plays the trumpet on this song.

  • Play this Sarkodie record ‘Brown Paper Bag’ featuring M.anifest more than once

    Photo: YouTube

    There is a God. It’s always been in the back of my mind, but I wasn’t sure if it would come to pass. If you’re new to my site, African music, or particularly music from Ghana, Sarkodie and M.anifest are Hiplife’s finest artists. A few years ago when a Ghanaian woman told me about M.anifest, she explained that he and Sarkodie have die-hard fans and they put the two against each other. It wasn’t an odd idea. In American, music fans tend to the same thing with rappers, especially if they are women. Knowing what I knew, I made sure I was careful with my wording and authentic in what I supported by each artist. To my surprise, this week, the two African giants released a record called ‘Brown Paper Bag’.

    On it, Sarkodie and M.anifest discuss slavery, self-hate and corrupt government officials in English, which I think is powerful for African artists to do right now. During Sarkodie’s verse, the BET Hip-Hop Award-winning rapper points out that we can read between the lines, but we still can’t read and lists what freedom is. M.anifest addresses the sitting American President, offering clarity on how we got here, stating “Religion is a prison” and valuing foreign exchange more. And before he ends his informative verse, the Ghana Music Award-winning rapper lists the people and ideologies we all need to beef with since we like beef.

    Stream the beautiful record—produced by Nova—below because it doesn’t condemn anyone, it offers solutions and helpful depictions. I think both of the men did a fantastic job.

    [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9L4EiRsp7U&h=315]

  • Song of the Day: ‘We no dey hear’ featuring Kelvyn Boy & Kel-P by M.anifest

    Name: M.anifest
    Representing: Accra, Ghana
    Genre: Hiplife, Afrobeats
    For fans of: Bisa Kdei
    Single from: N/A
    Produced by: N/A
    Song of the Day: June 15, 2020
    Label(s): Singitdamnit Music

    Opening his video with a mantra that we can all apply to our lives right now, “When life puts me in a tough situation I don’t say ‘Why me’ I say ‘try me’”. Music is beautiful, and art has a way of healing people, in a way that nothing else in this world can measure. Last month, Ghana’s M.anifest released the official visual for bilingual banger ‘We no dey hear’ featuring fellow artists Kelvyn Boy & Kel-P, which features beautiful pictures of local people, hypnotic choreography, and lifestyle. Watch the video directed by Allison Swank below now. Allow the well-produced track move you, and help you escape from the unfortunate events (like police brutality, murders of Black people, and rape and murders of Black cis-gender and trans-gender people) happening all over the world.

    [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxW7MtxYHyM&h=315]