9. Emtee, ‘Manando’
Label: Ambitiouz Entertainment
Release date: September 15, 2017
Emtee’s Manando is a good album but its weakness is that there are too many forgettable songs on the album due to too many songs. The album is 20 tracks long – hence, you need good 1 hour 20 minutes to digest Manando. Nobody has so much time these days. 80 good minutes? Nah.
Despite Manando’s failings, the strength of the album has to be admired. Manando is a good story telling album. The title track Manando, can pass for a movie if well directed and financed, while Ghetto Hero also describes Emtee’s growth from the street to one of biggest trappers in Africa. Me & You, featuring Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage also showed some level of success look out for ‘Plug’ too, the next single off Manando.
8. Prince Kaybee, ‘I Am Music’
Label: Universal Music
Released: September 29, 2017
Prince Kaybee is one of the best mixer of house music in the country and as such a lot was expected from his album. The ‘I Am Music’ album houses some of the biggest songs out of South Africa in the past 2 years. Charlotte was the most played song in South Africa in 2016 and Yokinto is still getting massive rotation.
If you are a fan of house music , Prince Kaybee’s album can’t be far from each of your playlist.
7. Afrotainment, ‘AfroSummer17’
Label: Afrotainment
Release date: September 22, 2017
Afrosummer17 is the biggest Gqom album released in 2017, although Gqom Is the Future beats it slightly in terms of hit records but not my a large mark. The album features some of the biggest musicians in the game such as DJ Tira, Kwesta, Dunca, Busiswa, Distruction Boyz, NaakMusiQ, DJ Gukwa and Character.
The album houses monster hit records including NaakMusiQ’s Mamelani, DJ Tira’s Malume, Tipcee iScathulo, Duncan’s Change 4 Nobody, DJ CNDO’s Bheja, and DJ Gukwa’s Amadada. It’s nearly impossible to name any other album in 2017 that has as many hit. Any party is incomplete with at least one song off the Durban-made album.
