Off the Wall - EP

Sweetest Allure [Prod. by OSYM]

Never Expected - Fuego Diego ft. Proph3cy

12" vinyl available from www.sofrito.co.uk

A1: Dionisio Maio – Corpim Sabe (Alma Negra Edit)
B1: Bulimundo – Santo Antòni La Belèm (Hide & Smile Edit)
B2: Os Kings – Minino Na Tchora

Musical collisions in the Atlantic!
Sofrito kicks off the new Island Series with a celebration of the vital dancefloor sounds of Cape Verde – a mixture of local Funana and Coladeira rhythms, Batuque percussion and psychedelic disco synths.

Musical collisions in the Atlantic!
Sofrito kicks off the new Island Series with a celebration of the vital dancefloor sounds of Cape Verde – a mixture of local Funana and Coladeira rhythms, Batuque percussion and psychedelic disco synths.

Hailing from the island of Sao Vicente and originally released in the early 80s, Dionisio Maio’s anthemic Corpim Sabe is stretched into a 12” mix by the Alma Negra collective – bringing the thumping bassline to the fore and tweaking the piano-led groove into a slice of cosmic Coladeira-disco perfection.

On the flip the dynamic Hide & Smile duo (aka Frankie Francis & Miles Cleret) splice an early track from trailblazing Santiago-based group Bulimundo into a percussive workout that prefigures the sounds of Kuduro and Coupé Decalé.
Os Kings (from the island of Sao Vicente) complete the EP with an ode to struggling youth, anchored by sweet guitars and a slick bassline.

Fact fans:
The Republic of Cape Verde is an island chain situated 500 km off the coast of Senegal. Uninhabited before Portuguese colonization in the 15th century, the country was a staging post for the transatlantic slave trade and occupies a unique cultural position between Africa, Europe and the Caribbean.
There are large Cape Verdean communities in Paris, Lisbon, Rotterdam and Boston and as a result the music of the French Caribbean (in particualr zouk) is extremely influential.
Extra fact:
One of the most popular drinks in Cape Verde is a pint of gin and tonic.

Sofrito Island Series: Sound of Cape Verde // O Som de Cabo Verde EP

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I ain't got nobody else left
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I ain't got nobody else left
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Left the past way back in the corner
Feelin' new real life of a foreigner
I walked right across up the city
Met a bank teller she from the border
I met Kira scrolling on TikTok
Pretty girl from the shore
Never flip flop
The drive hit bout three to four hours
But we can meet
Right down there in Florida

I ain't got nobody dictate
My body I move how I want when I wanna
I ain't got nobody
Can't trust somebody
Move fast till I crashed in the sauna
I ain't got nobody dictate
My body I move how I want when I wanna
I ain't got nobody
Can't trust somebody
Move fast till I crashed in the sauna

I been
Count on myself
I been
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I ain't got nobody else left
To my left dawg
I been
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I ain't got nobody else left
To my left dawg
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I been
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They told me
I was just Bi-Polar
Too much energy in the kid
Play him safely
Outgrew every pill that they gave me
Now they tryna tell me
I'm ADHD
Tell the doctors eat dick eat it greatly
I'm Unleashed Jet-Li
Can't phase me
Outgrew every pill that they gave me
Now they tryna tell me
I'm ADHD

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I ain't got nobody else left
To my left dawg
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I ain't got nobody else left
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NO EFFORT III

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PSYCHO

Reset ft. EssJay TheAfrocentricRatchet & Kateam

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Real sinister not afraid to finish ya 
Say get over here like scorpion and your head I’ll rip it up
Turn you down don’t make a sound or I will diminish ya 
Ain’t shaking still hating and I’ll spin ya words 
Verse 1: 
Spin ya words like I’m fucking dyslexic 
Been preferred but there always is skeptics 
When I turn you blue I’m sending a message
Burn you with many bars and ain’t end the sentence 
The talk is relentless till I got an extension 
You all getting detention cause wouldn’t give an extension 
So listen up to my lecture you all suck there’s no pressure 
Ripping up your impressions cause I ain’t care bout the press in 
I can tell that you pressing more shots there than a western
Since this shit destined you can piss off with your blessings 
Your bars you are stretching while this the warm up I’m stretching 
Pouring up to all my blessings and those who are invested 
You’ll doubt me till I’m big enough than you shouting 
“shout me out?” like nah bro know what you about g 
Start counting I don’t give a fuck soon you’ll be drowning 
In my wave can’t be saved you know I’m down with
Verse 2: 
If it’s hate that your spitting then the bank is still spinning 
You make those decisions but it won’t faze my mission 
When Im breaking the ceiling then all the stakes I’m winning 
When you break it you feeling a torn hole in the system
If it’s different dismiss it they always quicker to rip it 
I got it won’t submit to them dissing put my whole grip in 
Dodge it less criticism but there is something missing
Pessimistic persistent then all your doing is shitting 
On the art form that I love shit is how I cope 
When my heart tore lost a buzz this is how I spoke 
What the dark stored and caught up coulda dropped to the floor 
But I got what was poured and I locked in
and stored till I was

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Origins II ft. Swade (Prod. ThatKidGoran)

I'm a producer based in Boston, MA.  I started making beats over 16 years ago, and specialize in soulful hip hop beats.

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