The Sun of Mourning ft. TJ Zulu

here I reflect on the deminor I uphold and how I belive when you have confidence in who you are most time the people who envy you are close to you.
I make it fun near the end while rapping and singing to show how your environment may distract you even if it's fun Hence why I say may the force be with you. 

hoping you'll find a way to listen and get out the trap
my job is to lead you into my world and ways I've traveled. 

may the force be with you (demo)

Ndabuko is based on real events
I normally jot about love or what not but in this case I tried to let you into my life kancane & had contemplate on what I’ve been through empilweni, I share a bit about the hard times we had we the fam.
Most importantly this is dedicated to my rents & is isithembiso sokuthi ubomi buzoshintsha. & Yes these joints are all in isizulu ngisakhathele ukucula ngesngisi
I hope you enjoy, sing a long & relate if you can, thanks for your time & energy ❤️


Composer: Sihle Ndlovu 
Performer: Enocs Mae
Art Cover: @sihlethegoodguy
Mix & Master: Mav Msuks

Ndabuko

NGOMSO

ABAZALI

Ndabuko is based on real events
I normally jot about love or what not but in this case I tried to let you into my life kancane & had to contemplate on what I’ve been through empilweni, I share a bit about the hard times we had w the fam.
Most importantly this is dedicated to my rents & is isithembiso sokuthi ubomi buzoshintsha. & Yes these joints are all in isizulu ngisakhathele ukucula ngesngisi
I hope you enjoy, sing a long & relate if you can, thanks for your time & energy ❤️


Composer: Sihle Ndlovu 
Performer: Enocs Mae
Art Cover: @sihlethegoodguy
Mix & Master: Mav (Msuks)

GRACE

'23 RAMSEY FEAT. WILLING LISTENERS FORUM & DOXTHE_MAVERICK (PROD.RVCKY)

we all feel lonely, at some point — in love or outside of it.

sometimes, all it takes is a companion to fill that void — a shoulder to cry on, a chest to lay on & the warmth of a beating heart that reassures love.

alma del niño not only stresses this through the bass he plays but the harmonies he boast, almost feeling that a weeping, heart

credits 🎬

production: written, composed + arranged by Itumeleng Leso 

additional bass, production vocals: written, arranged + performed by Pfano Malada (@almadelnino on instagram)

cover art: written, designed + illustrated by Candice Myataza (@deepartearthworld on instagram)

sometimes, i wish that my soul’dmate could replace my pillow, at night (feat. alma del niño)

Where U Been?

i was at a friends house, whose roofing is mostly zinc & when it started raining — i pulled my phone out to record the sound of water, caressing the surface of “amazenke”.

this then became the sample which undergoes a lot of timing & sound design to become the first sound you hear within this composition.

once that had served as the foundational sound together with a bongo arrangement that’s in the thirds, i played a harp progression which i went on to layer with a double bass, a sub bass & a hit foley, before introducing an arpeggiated guitar to tie the production altogether.

upon arrangement & having exported the composition, i sent it to LUNGĒLWA as a congratulatory for their Narowbi debut & they sent the song that you’re to immerse yourself in, in a matter of hours — almost a flex of their immeasurable genius.

- [kimetsu.]

When I wrote this song it was me being my most vulnerable and about not recognizing someone l used to be with. It almost felt like betrayal and the only way I could process it was just letting the song cry for me. As reference to Jay Z and how he has a classic joint called a song cry I had to let the song embody that type of pain.

Abandonment is something I often deal with but still haven't yet fully mastered the aftermath that come with it. Although this is not a love song it's love singing through yearning for a deeper understanding into one's experience of heartbreak. It can be from family a friend, a lover but you interpret it how you must [kimetsu.] sent it to me as a celebratory gift after my NarowBi debut and I sent it in within 2-3 hours back because it spoke to me and exactly what I was feeling during that time, an ode to vulnerability.

Not a love song but love singing
Poetry in our wounds

- LUNGĒLWA

LUNGĒLWA & [kimetsu.] - do i really know you...

Searched and Found

the making of ilanga lase'busuku turned out to be one of my most cherished sessions i had with takatso. well before i tell the story filled with smiles and happiness, one question: the naming of a song should be the easiest part in making music right? nope... not with this one. actually... nothing is ever easy with takatso but anyway. i originally made the beat with a straight forward concept in mind, a weird concept when i now think about it but when i was making the beat, it kinda made sense. you probably wondering, what the hack?? but i specifically made the beat for a person who has to catch a taxi to work, school or home. and am not talking about any other taxi, am talking about a white isiyaya driven by umzulu phaqa with a short temper when you miscounted his money. i made it for the ones who give a 110% in everything they do. whether a 9 to 5, university or college, the chasing your dreams grind or the i have to hustle for my family person, i made it with them in mind. i titled the untitled beat "feel good today" with the intention of listeners could bump to it in the morning and whether they predicting a shity day today, i hoped they would play this jem in the morning and feel good for the rest of the day. takatso and i meet way back in high school, i actually liked his freestyles in rap battles we had but that's just a story another day, and when he pulled through to the studio, i played him the beat and he immediately started pulling up hooks and flows from different verses he wrote on his notepad and we started "knitting" different lyrics together. luna: that's was the name i came up with after recording the song. takatso thought i was making reference on what he said on the chorus said "don't worry babe the moon will take me home" nope. luna was actually the name i gave my dog which passed on around that time. she was two months old before she passed on. sad but takatso and sifiso thought i shouldn't take my sob story and make it the center story of this "beautiful" song. it was actually hard for me to change the title cause i wanted something that could remind me of her. ilanga lase'busuku: this title has so many versions of the same story so if i would tell you my version of it, some would be lies in takatso's eyes. but to some it all up, i couldn't illustrate the vibes that occurred on those sessions with the boy. can't forget sifiso with the hums. 

Produced by: scamu.
Composed by: Takatso Mothapo, Mpumelelo Hlophe
Published by: GODSPEED BOYS.
Record Label: eesaiisound.
Cover: Musa Kabini
Sloane appears courtesy of eesaiisound.
Recorded by: chef chenko.
Mixed & Mastered by: Mpumelelo Hlophe
All rights administered by eesaiisound.
22.09.20

ilanga lase'busuku (feat. Sloane Sphepho)

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