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Congolese artists needs to re-record songs about the dailylife in Europe within the Congolese community. There are many subjects can use, for example the conflict between parents and children that are born here because of the culture, the way people pass away after years of working and sending money to Africa to build a house but not having enjoyed life, how couples decide to live separated because of caf (caisse d'allocation), the life as asylum seeker, the frustration of men about seeing wives going to Kinshasa to get rich politicians/businessmen or having adventures with young men for sex, bana poto ya kala vs bana nzela mayi, etc.
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unfortunately most of these guys only care about the songs which can have quick commercial success,whether its love songs or "catchy" dance songs,the few artists that still accept talking to me with how im too honest lol always fear that nobody will pay attention to those song i give them example of the reddy songs and how people stand and sing along in parties,and they say but the same reddy still does the same but who cares about him
i think the problem lies deeply in the lack of civism we have got in the post mobutu-mzee era,most people just live and get along with life we no longer have the strong moral grounds we used to have so you can be wrong by doing the right thing,they'd rather listen to a "lembola nga na yoka aieee" or a "lelo tokoyoka mutu teeeee tokomela...." song than "tia elikia lobi ekosimba,musala ya muke ezalaka te" -
You have to understand a lot of that message is no longer relevant to the younger generation in the diaspora. Most are already second or third generation, and do not have that same attachment to "home" that the first generation nostalgically sung about. just my two cents.
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You have to understand a lot of that message is no longer relevant to the younger generation in the diaspora. Most are already second or third generation, and do not have that same attachment to "home" that the first generation nostalgically sung about. just my two cents.
I think you misunderstood me. The generation that are born here have their own artists (Dadju, Tayc, KobaLad, Zola, Ninho, Ya'Lewis, etc.). I am talking about "les bledars" those who came and are coming from Congo and also those who are born that are still attached to their country. For them it would be nice if there would be songs that are about the daily life. Look how huge the impact of Madilu's song "Assistant Social" when it got released until this day people are still talking about it, because alot of men are having these issues and don't forget that the winter is around the corner. The same for the song Kaokokorobo. At that time many people used to steal clothes at stores, when Viva la Musica would perform in Brussels, Paris or London for musicians or themselves and some people getting deported because of that. The song would get used by combattants as "proof" about having concerts in Europe being. Another example is song "Reponse ya ba Venants" of guitarist Demukuse, alot that came in the 1990s didn't like how those who came in the late 1970s and early 1980s used to label them as "Ba Venants" while they also live in Congo before and them not being natives of Europe. -
There's always an appetite for songs that reflect life's struggles, the key is good songwriting and song's arrangement. I know this newer generation is into sebene, so maybe go the route of Kinshasa or Bana Lunda by JB Mpiana or Nzimba by Extra Musica. Mix the medicine with the candy – thoughtful lyrics about life and family but the sweet sebene at the end
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There's always an appetite for songs that reflect life's struggles, the key is good songwriting and song's arrangement. I know this newer generation is into sebene, so maybe go the route of Kinshasa or Bana Lunda by JB Mpiana or Nzimba by Extra Musica. Mix the medicine with the candy – thoughtful lyrics about life and family but the sweet sebene at the end
The song Gerant was a big hit in many African countries. I saw a woman on tiktok from I think Kenya translating the lyrics and many people from East African countries realizing that the song had a whole message behind, not knowing on what they were dancing for like 30 years.