Congo Vibes
Music => Congolese Music => Topic started by: Manzambi94 on August 15, 2019, 19:48
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With the arrival of the 5th generation leaders (Fally, Ferre, Fabro, Heritier, Robinio) the previous generation is relaxing a little bit more.
With that said who to you was the best Group and the best leader from the 90's till the 2006? (The year were Fally decided to launch a solo career)
Koffi & QL? Werra and Wenge MM? JB and Wenge BCBG? Wazekwa and 'S Grave?
To me music wise I think that the genrrique are a toe to toe between QL and Wenge. QL earlier generique weren't that agressive but the upcoming and bigger by the day success of Wenge made Koffi fear to lose his spot in Comgolese Music. For Wenge I think that it is hard to judge them fairly in generique since until Fleche Ingeta it was hard to see a generique by Wenge flop despite his actual Quality. Alerte Gemerale (2003), Ça Sonne (2004) Tindika Lokito (SKOL AD) Primus AD, Sous-Sol (2006) Mayi Ya Sika/Temps Present (2008) and so on. I think that the first bad generique by Wenge were the Malewa ones not because of the one with Sima Ekoli and the Mini Radio Generique of that Album but the main one of 14 minutes long was really off except maybe for Sabena and Brigade. BCBG could be inthe covnversation but they make pass too much time between albums to be taken seriously im this context but I have to admit it is impossible that a generique from JB fails Anti-Terro, Mpunda, Je Ne Te Calcule Pas etc.
For Rhumbas Koffi and JB are toe to toe but Koffi has a slight advantage since Koffi's rhumba tend to stick more in the memory unlike JB's recent ones (I am talking about recent ones) for the ols ones Koffi wins but JB also produced some incredible Rhumbas and Conseille songs that earned him the spot and the may loyal loyal fans he has.
Wazekwa really did some stellar generique but I don't know why he always lack something in the Rumba.
My personal choice (despite being a HUUUUGE, and Matebu can confirm a HUUUUUGE Wenge MMM fn) is Koffi. The guy is there from the 70's and he still competing with young guys from nowhere he made Selfie and reach worldwide at like what 60?
2nd Werra. I put him second because I think that a lot of Wenge Members especially recently after the golden generation are taken for the looks and/or to counterattack something or someone. Even the guys after the Ferre/Bill generation.
Deplick to counterattack Fally, Fabregas, Cafe Rhoum and Deplick himself to counter attack JB's success with Abraham, Djino and Nono Fudji in Francis Solution. Sous-Sol to counter attack the success from Fally Ipupa and even in the early days Bill given more space and time over Celeo to counter attack Tutu Caludji's success in animation.
Recently Arnake to Counter attack Ferre, Bercy also to counter attack Ferre, Ronaldinho for looks (the guy is a mediocre singer). Ozil for looks he is also a mediocre singer.
3rd JB. JB could be number one but he fails to be consistent. For real the guy has always amde great music, tell me one bad generique of him there is not a single one but JB is treating music like a 2nd job so he is nit very interested in being in that category of always releasimg
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Havent read your long book above but I can deduce something from what you are asking.....I think from the 90s up until the year 2004, Wenge MM and QL International were the best followed by Wenge BCBG and Zaiko LL Kolo Mboka. In the fifth generation, from a band percpective, I think Ferre Gola has been on top. From an individual performance, Fally Ipupa has been at the helm. My take
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I think that Koffi & QL held its own from the '90s until 2003, (this opinion may be bias as I've mainly grown up listening to Koffi's songs. ''Pops was a huge fan'') The musicality, the diversity and the catchiness of the songs is of higher quality than any members of Wenge. What differentiates Koffi from the rest is his musical ear, which you can hear through many of his songs. Of course, we know the classics such as Loi, Andrada, Génération Bercy, Effrakata, Ultimatum, Micko, etc. However, the underrated songs are just as pleasant to listen & even makes you want to swing your loketo. Such as Force de frappe, Danao, Skol, Bilan, Moprete lendila etc. Although, Koffi has dominated the seben genre around those years, the rhumba was definitely up to par.
Unfortunately, all great things must come to an end, and it was time to give chances to the next generation (At the time, Fally Ipupa). As soon as Fally left QL, I think that the Wenge members upped their game a lot more. Maybe it's due to Koffi & QL setting the bar so high in terms of musicality (my opinion), but Werrason's consistency on different générique's has been great. From Alerte Général, Techno Malewa (radio edit was not my favorite), Sous-sol, and even the later and more recent générique's Werrason has still managed to be consistently great such as Sattelite, Kata Fumbwa, Diemba, Zenga Loketu, Charge, etc. The only critique that I have towards Werrason is the fact that his générique's from 2004-2014 was extremely long. The newer seben's music is extremely condensed. Most songs from Fabregas, Robinio, Fally and even Koffi's newer songs have been condensed to no longer than 6 minutes. However, Werrason still did génériques for nearly 13-15 minutes.
In terms of Rhumba Ferre Gola has been consistently perfect (without surpassing, Koffi for my opinion).
I enjoy Fally's rhumba, however, I feel that he sometimes loses focus on his roots (hence the Tokoss album: His worst album for my opinion).
A very exportable and marketable artist with an abundance of talent, but Ferre keeps the authenticity of rhumba & pays hommage to Giants of the genre, with his distinctive sound.