I think that all people in Kinshasa being in their 40s, 50s and 60s that heard this song are touched. The unemployment in Kinshasa is huge, the way people live there is a wonder. Many also still live with their parents, some even calling their parents witches because of their pastors and going far by throwing their parents out of their own house, while its not even their fault but that of the system and not offering anything to the population.

I felt like JB could add more lines in this song. The song made me think about some of my cousins still living in Congo at their parents house and even making children there, having diploma's not never fiding a job and failed to get in Europe after multiple attemps.

I have not listened to Balle de Match yet, but a friend of my sended me this song and Raissoner, knowing that I might like it because of the subject since that I am fed to hear love songs and know that nobody will be able to top/equal the love-songs Koffi  made in the late 80s, 90s and 2000s and those JB Mpiana early solo-career.

The only thing that I don't like in this song is about JB giving shout-outs to Felix Tshisekedi and Denis Nyakeru

Knowing him he surely thinks that the song will promote itself,or that mosaka who has a fair part of the lyrics from him,will make people like it in interviews through his explanation,i do agree with you felix and denise had nothing to do there,i'd rather he finished giving a shoutout to street children and said words of  motivation like "ekosimba kaka ata nkale"

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I think that all people in Kinshasa being in their 40s, 50s and 60s that heard this song are touched. The unemployment in Kinshasa is huge, the way people live there is a wonder. Many also still live with their parents, some even calling their parents witches because of their pastors and going far by throwing their parents out of their own house, while its not even their fault but that of the system and not offering anything to the population.

I felt like JB could add more lines in this song. The song made me think about some of my cousins still living in Congo at their parents house and even making children there, having diploma's not never fiding a job and failed to get in Europe after multiple attemps.

I have not listened to Balle de Match yet, but a friend of my sended me this song and Raissoner, knowing that I might like it because of the subject since that I am fed to hear love songs and know that nobody will be able to top/equal the love-songs Koffi  made in the late 80s, 90s and 2000s and those JB Mpiana early solo-career.

The only thing that I don't like in this song is about JB giving shout-outs to Felix Tshisekedi and Denis Nyakeru

Would you say RDC is doing worse with Felix Tshisekedi as president compared to Kabila?

I feel like any song talking about the social life in Kinshasa will have shout out to the government to avoid censorship, it protects the artist from making direct enemies.

It deserves a music video if there is one

I think that all people in Kinshasa being in their 40s, 50s and 60s that heard this song are touched. The unemployment in Kinshasa is huge, the way people live there is a wonder. Many also still live with their parents, some even calling their parents witches because of their pastors and going far by throwing their parents out of their own house, while its not even their fault but that of the system and not offering anything to the population.

I felt like JB could add more lines in this song. The song made me think about some of my cousins still living in Congo at their parents house and even making children there, having diploma's not never fiding a job and failed to get in Europe after multiple attemps.

I have not listened to Balle de Match yet, but a friend of my sended me this song and Raissoner, knowing that I might like it because of the subject since that I am fed to hear love songs and know that nobody will be able to top/equal the love-songs Koffi  made in the late 80s, 90s and 2000s and those JB Mpiana early solo-career.

The only thing that I don't like in this song is about JB giving shout-outs to Felix Tshisekedi and Denis Nyakeru

Would you say RDC is doing worse with Felix Tshisekedi as president compared to Kabila?

I feel like any song talking about the social life in Kinshasa will have shout out to the government to avoid censorship, it protects the artist from making direct enemies.

RDC is doing worse with Fatshi. There isn't a month that finish without a scandal from the governement or blunder from Fatshi himself. Only people who support Fatshi because of fanatism, tribal reasons or because a family member being in the system, deny this but deep down in themselves they know that Fatshi and UDPS are worser than JKK. If I knew that this would happen, than I would have never supported UDPS when they were fighting Kabila back in 2011.


It depends about what you sing. Madilu sung Mokonzi, Frere Edouard, Assistant Social, Manuele Samuele, Vieux Samy and Vice Versa but never got in trouble with politicans. It's different when you will come with songs which are about problems were the governement is concerned. Like the song Mr Député made by Karmapa which got him in trouble or Maman Yemo (it was more those who control health in Kinshasa that sued Karmapa)

JB Mpiana would never get problems in this regime. Because he the artist that gives Fatshi and his wife the most shout-outs during concerts (its so annoying) and overpraising them plus being lucky of being from the same ethinicity like the Fatshi.

About giving ministers or influent politicians in such songs could maybe have helped to avoid censorship during LD Kabila's regime (1997-2001) and that of Joseph Kabila. However, the relation of the artist with the regime also counts. JB Mpiana gave some shout-outs to people who were in power during LD Kabila's regime in some TH-songs, but he still got problems because of the song Kinshasa hwile he didn't even sung about LD Kabila. For whatever reason he was seen as a mobutists, maybe because of still giving shout-outs to Mobutu's children and women married to them. During Joseph Kabila and LD Kabila's small artists and rappers saw their songs often being censored when singing such subjects.

Nowadays you can sing without problem about it, except when you attack Fatshi and UDPS, than you wil risk to get kidnapped or jailed

I think that all people in Kinshasa being in their 40s, 50s and 60s that heard this song are touched. The unemployment in Kinshasa is huge, the way people live there is a wonder. Many also still live with their parents, some even calling their parents witches because of their pastors and going far by throwing their parents out of their own house, while its not even their fault but that of the system and not offering anything to the population.

I felt like JB could add more lines in this song. The song made me think about some of my cousins still living in Congo at their parents house and even making children there, having diploma's not never fiding a job and failed to get in Europe after multiple attemps.

I have not listened to Balle de Match yet, but a friend of my sended me this song and Raissoner, knowing that I might like it because of the subject since that I am fed to hear love songs and know that nobody will be able to top/equal the love-songs Koffi  made in the late 80s, 90s and 2000s and those JB Mpiana early solo-career.

The only thing that I don't like in this song is about JB giving shout-outs to Felix Tshisekedi and Denis Nyakeru

For the shout-out towards.Tshisekedi and his wife you need to understand JB's psychology, he saw his father getting killed live on the Mob7tu regime  I don't remember if it was from Mobutu himself or from someone close to Mobutu and since then JB, I have noticed that have developed an incredible fear of.authority, so I understand his shout-out, second, Congo hasn't changed, they gave hell to MPR for criticizing the current government, so they won't have any problem doing the same to JB even Roga Roga with his "Social" song about Congo Brazza: Congolais Tika




Despite calling out what's wrong with Congo and Congolese people he still shout-out Nguesso and his family,  artists know.that they aren't special and the moment they say something bad they are out, so that's why he shouted her out, and about the song itself, tbh I stl haven't listened to the Rhymbas yet, but I will and see how.tjis song sounds like.and about the topic tbh, I have started to think about something else, because eberytime I think about Congo and.the many other Rich African countries who sits on potentially infinite wealth having their population struggle, going to the desert to reach Eyrope fora better life people living at their mom's home since at 50 it just hurts, so much that sometimes it makes.me wanna cry, I have a comfortable home, I have my life almost in order in a small place in Italy but only because my parents left Angola in 89 and came.to Italy in the midst of a Civil War, if not I would still be in Angola, so what about all of those people who never left Angola, who never left Congo and.who still have to survive? Shout-out to JB and Mosaka for.talking about this, someone needs to do something because tbh, as an old African tale used to say (Forogt the country's name) why being a king if you have no subjects to rule over?