Is Koffi Olomide suffering depression? Because he has beside of love songs many sad songs who are about himself singing that people don't like him and not wanting to see him shine.



this is from the 13eme Apotre album.



from Abacadabra album



Parking ya Baba from the V12 album with Beniko on the Bass !!!!. Koffi wrote this song at his home in Neuilly-Sur-Seine (France) with Beniko on the guitar in 1994 when they came for the Magie-tour. Andrada from the same V12-album was written in the same period. He started to write it during a rehearse-session in Paris, after that Beniko improvised a Zebola-rhythm on his guitar.


from the Noblesse Oblige album written by Wazekwa, who's dedicated two times in this song by Koffi. Koffi himself played the rhythm guitar on the song, he played it also the songs Miss des Miss & Noblesse Oblige of the same album.


Evangile from the same Noblesse Oblige-album, the song had hints towards his brother Didi Olomide who died that year and who's indirectly the reason of the union of him and his wife Aliane. For who he sung the song Miss des Miss.


Papa Bonheur from the Koweit Rive Gauche-album. This song made him very famous in Africa and won many awards due to this song. It had Code 36.15 niawu on the shaker, Ngouma Lokito on the bass and Beniko Popolipo on the lead.



Qui Cherche Trouve from the Koweit Rive Gauche-album with Djudju-chet Luvengoka on the drums.



Tcha-Tcho du Sorcier from the Elle et Moi-album the song was a big succes along with Coucou, Elle et Moi, Mannequin and V.I.P. The album was arranged like Henriquet, Rue d'Amour & Les Prissoniers Dorment by Manu Lima, Rigo Star and Koffi himself. Koffi played in this song and some other songs the rhythm guitar and bass. At that time he got the nickname Golden Star.



Mal Aime from the Henriquet-album also called the Rambo du Zaire-album. With Koffi on the rhythm guitar and bass. This album made seat Koffi's succes very well in Zaire. At that time people were calling him the Zairese Julio Iglesias(a famous Spanish singer), due to his love songs and the sound (mainly due to style of Manu Lima's keyboard-playing, which was close to Kassav and Julio Iglesias). Koffi Olomide was voted at the end of 1988 as best songwriter because the succes of the songs from the Rue d'Amour-album and Henriquet-album (Djino, Orphelinat, etc.)


Droits de l'Homme from the Rue d'Amour album released at the end of 1987 and in 1991 re-released as Golden Star dans Stephie. With this Koffi confirmed his succes, started to got a big fanbase under women in Zaire due to his love songs and started also to get known and performing in countries like Togo, Cote d'Ivoire and Rwanda. With the same album he got a villa rewarded in the quarter Bandalungwa of Kinshasa by General Likulia Bolonga, due to having dedicated a song to Claudia Likulia who was his daugther.



Petit Frere Ya Jesus, from Rue d'Amour. the song created a little bit controversy. due to his song-title.



Dieu Voit Tout released in 1987 on his duo-album with ex'Viva singer Fafa de Molokai and re-released on The Top-EP. The song was a huge succes and brought Koffi back on the top. Koffi Olomide recorded this song after that people in Kinshasa were speculating that he died from Aids in Paris. His mother thought that it was real and cried on tv, but discovered that Koffi was alive when she's called to Koffi's home and Koffi who was then watching tv reacted very shocked and decided then to record this song. The same song created also for much controversy, because it was released 2 years earlier by Papa Wemba as Destin Ya Moto with him as credited as official songwriter, while the most people knew that Reddy Amisi was orginally the songwriter like the song Petite Gina and the same Dieu Voit Tout/Destin Ya Moto made apparently Reddy join Viva La Musica in 1982. Till this day nobody knows who's the real songwriter of Dieu Voit Tout/Destin Ya Moto. But the thing which people well know is that there is always much controversy or a big incident before Koffi Olomide wants to release an album of organize a big event. Koffi Olomide got end of the year 1987 the award of best artistic merit, due to the strong lyrics of Dieu Voit Tout. 



This song Ngulupa was released in 1986 on the duo-album Ai Ai Ai "La Bombe Eclate" with guitarist Rigo Star, who arranged all his albums from 1983 till 1991. Koffi Olomide recorded this song, after that people were suspecting that he contracted Aids.



After the succes of the Diva-EP in 1985, which brought him really back in the spotligths. Koffi decided in 1986 to record the Ngobila-EP with like his debut-album Josky Kiambukuta as special guest. The same year he decided to found his own orchestra "Quartier Latin Entreprise" Who had then guys like Yoto Nkelani, Coco Tchomba, Simolo Katondi, Fofo Le Collegien (as bass-player), Toussaint Vince, Vieux Veron, Aladji HC, Mascot de Katalas and Djunafa as members. But the Ngobila-album was then  unfortunately not a big succes, 5 or 6 years later the song Ngobila and Apolosto Ya Bolingo becaume strangely enough a big succes. Koffi decided then to release the song Ngobila with Bennie in 1992 on the Diva-re issue.



this song is from 1978 orginally written by Koffi Olomide, but sung and credited Papa Wemba as official songwritter.

A number of his songs from the 80's and 90's were direct reflections of struggles he faced. The recent ones, however, seem to be more tongue-in-cheek, especially how he does self-praise. He is known to lament at times about his decisions to engage in polemiques and other issues.

I still think that Mal Aime Mbulamatari is the most his heartfelt song:
Na lala na boutou, motema na ngaï moto moto.
Likambo nga na sala nako louka nayebaka te.
Nako louka nako louka nako louka nayebaka te.
Nako louka nakolouka nganga ya Nzambe atoubela ngaï.
Oyo ya ngaï massoumou, oyo na sali te oh.
Yo mama Amie eh, yambelanga.
Pourquoi vraiment, pourquoi vraiment je suis si mal mal aimé?
Pourtant tchatcho, pourtant tchatcho eza pona tout le monde.
Moyi ebimaka pona moto nioso tout.

In the early 80's it was quite difficult for a then young solo artist like Koffi to have a sustained impact on the musical scene as a solo artist, which is why had numerous featurings to gain traction. This of course frustrated him.

As the era of big bands came to an end, Koffi began have a break through and became a sensation, with delayed success of Diva/Kiki Ewing, Ngobila, and Stephie. Henriquet, subsequently was massively successful in Africa and Europe, cementing him at the forefront of popular music leading into the 90's.

Here he is featured on the most popular Francophone show of the 80's:
Singing Mal Aime:

maybe he is paranoid.

@mvulusi96 

Finding this old subject, several questions come to mind

1 - Why the version of Ngobila which is in the reissue of Diva is not sung by Koffi and who sings it?

2- Do you have any information about Didi Olomide, we know that he is his brother but he died of what and at what age?

Eh mbadi, this is so old....

Listen to the song from the beginning to the end and you will hear Koffi singing. It's a duet of Koffi Olomide with Josky Kiambukuta (ex' OK Jazz-singer). The same Josky sung on many albums of him Ngounda, Lady Bo, Diva & Ngobila.

I don't know anything about Didi Olomide.

Eh mbadi, this is so old....

Listen to the song from the beginning to the end and you will hear Koffi singing. It's a duet of Koffi Olomide with Josky Kiambukuta (ex' OK Jazz-singer). The same Josky sung on many albums of him Ngounda, Lady Bo, Diva & Ngobila.

I don't know anything about Didi Olomide.

No ndeko, I misspoke, I did not speak about the version with Josky Kiambukuta but of the version contained in the album Diva from the 40:29 :

He uploaded the wrong song. I had the cd-version of Diva ('92) and they putted Ngobila of 1986 and Bennie as bonus