Meaning dedicated writers, and not big leaders.

Simaro - Greatest, all-time. Repertoire speaks for itself - Faute ya Commercant, Mabele, Ebale Ya Zaire, Affaire Kitikwala, Verre Cassé, Mandola, Dati Petrole, Kadima


Max Mongali (RIP) - beautiful self-reflection song. Remix of Idi Mane (1973).


Mayaula Mayoni - Don Padrino (RIP)


Pascal Poba - Voyage, Chantal Switzerland, Blandine, Omba. All of Wenge's most famous rhumbas


Benz Petrole - “Le Savant de la RDC”. Highly respect and has collaborated with most artists. Song for Arthis Photo (aka the person who did the cover art for most artists)


Do Akongo “Dikoel” -  Sens Inverse, Kot-Kot


El Dorado -


Honorable mentions - Strevos Niarcos (RIP) Pida Star, Didace Iboula, Mosaka, Riva Menga (RIP), Adada & Mobe, Fiston Youlou

Jules kibens is another one

Jules kibens is another one

Mr. Fancy French proverbs . Great composer otherwise

Wow did Riva Menga also write songs ? His brother Bibisha ‘R.I.P.’ played bass in Langa Langa Stars. Younger brother Joly Menga was also a little bit active in music with their cousin Wabanko many times in Emeneya’s and their younger sister Meda Mukuna sometimes in songs of Koffi Olomide. The crazy thing is that their father Mukuna est Dieu (R.I.P.) was a pastor.

Pascal Pona & Do Akongo

 loool there was a song kibens gave for th  called les prolegomènes de notre amour which was dropped,one hell lot of sophisticated french jb asked him if he thought his colleagues  were working for NASA

Who ever wrote some of classic songs for the late Pepe Kalle, I would like give him a shout out.

Who ever wrote some of classic songs for the late Pepe Kalle, I would like give him a shout out.

Yeah, likewise. I know in the late-80’s-early 90’s Do Akongo collaborted with Empire often. Simaro also was an advisor. Dilu was a good composer himself.

I wonder who composed “Djarabi Adjatou”? Really beautiful song

loool there was a song kibens gave for th  called les prolegomènes de notre amour which was dropped,one hell lot of sophisticated french jb asked him if he thought his colleagues  were working for NASA

Mulongeshi should write a book.

Kibens wrote Mamy hitsongs for JB Mpiana & Wenge 4x4 (La Verite, Coco Madimba, Jeannette, Sans Te Toucher, Je Suis La, Liberez, Dis Moi Amour, etc.)

The guy who wrote Mbongo by Franco and Kibens for Liberez and also the guy who wrote Education for JB and the writer of Fouta Djallon

The guy who wrote Mbongo by Franco and Kibens for Liberez and also the guy who wrote Education for JB and the writer of Fouta Djallon

Koffi himself wrote Fouta Djallon.
Education was written by Pascal Poba.

education is bogus bompema,and possibly a few touches of poba,it was one of the songs he tried to offer jb on feux de l'amour,then blaise came with conseil patsho(which had a donor),its kinshasa(exode rural) which is poba
he was even about to sing it on his album he was doing before ending up in viva

education is bogus bompema,and possibly a few touches of poba,it was one of the songs he tried to offer jb on feux de l'amour,then blaise came with conseil patsho(which had a donor),its kinshasa(exode rural) which is poba
he was even about to sing it on his album he was doing before ending up in viva

Oh really it everwhere stated that Pascal Poba wrote that song. Bogus Bompema wrote also many hits. So sad that his solo album flopped it had good songs. I think that if the problem with Socoda is fixed and that it would be like Sabam or Sacem, then alot of goshtwriters will claim their song and bandleaders will stop putting their name on the credits as songwriter. I think that the bandleaders themselves don't want to see the problem of ... being fixed, since that nobody write the songs by themselves anymore. With 50% procent going to the songwriter/composer, or 25% to the songwriter, 25% to the composer and 50% to the recordlabel with the singer not getting alot of money the way Verckys explained it.

Koffi is another great parolier with poetic works like Mere Superieure, La Fleur Betoko, Etoile du Nord, Oiseau Bleu, Bien Aime, Elengi ya Mbonda, VIP, Mulherengo, Dieu Voit Tout, Longomo, Fouta Djallon, Aspirine, Airways, Phaseur ect