I don’t like it.

This quality is rubbish, but the song itself is catchy

I like the song, but I wonder who tf decided that this quality of video and recording was ok for the song, if I was any of the artist I would deny them permission to do this shit. Anyway it was nice to see Samarino as an Atalaku it was a mie esperimenti.

Lol Werra clearly didn’t get the dress code memo everyone is dressed in white and there’s Werra looool

I like it, it’s danceable I feel like Innoss and Gaz Mawete were missing this is tailor made for them

He’s not a big legend in Congo. Because his songs are just remix versions of childhood songs and songs having lyrics who are to basic, while Congolese music is about poetic songs or songs about life. But Africans from other countries don’t know it, because they focus on the sebene and don’t understand Lingala. It’s like someone taking songs of Winnie the Pooh or Mickey Mouse and trying to make it. For example, my cousin had a Somalian friend who was a huge fan of Awilo. But him not understanding why he wasn’t liking Awilo. Then at some point asking if he could translate for him Coupe Bibamba and my cousin having something like “are you serious”. Him wanting especially to know the part “nzinzi akoti, abimi na malembe” and my cousin shaking his head.

Before Awilo you had artists like Kanda Bongo Man, Diblo Dibala and Aurlus Mabele, who were seen as people who were killing Congolese music and clowns by people in the Congolese diaspora. In Kinshasa they weren’t even known and the few who knew them, were sharing the same opinion.

It’s only recently that people in Kinshasa started a little bit respect Awilo. This is because of discovering the way he promoted Congolese music abroad during the time everybody was focused on Clan Wenge, Koffi and Wemba, seeing how important he was now Nigerian Music is dominating Congolese music. Also Awilo himself being often in Kinshasa to promote himself.