Mzansi is not taking it lightly as they are going all out to gate-keep Amapiano because American music artist Jorja Smith drops Amapiano track produced by guilty beat.
Amapiano is the rave of the moment and has caught the attention of the music lovers across the world.
The sound is mostly played in clubs across Africa and has continued to dominate play-list in South Africa.
Rightly hailed as the sound of the summer, the percussive grooves and rolling bass patterns of South African-bred genre Amapiano have been worming their way into everything from house music to drill and even pop.
The latest to join the party is Jorja Smith who returns after her recent EP, Be Right Back, with her new single, “All Of This”, amapiano which features production from Ghanaian producer GuiltyBeatz.
When the EP dropped back in May, Smith made it known that it was a quick little release to tide us over while we wait for what’s to come. Details on what exactly that could be were somewhat elusive, so it’s not clear if this new single will form part of a larger project or not; either way, it’s a welcome surprise on the way to whatever comes next.
In the accompanying press release, Jorja explained how the song came together: “I met [Guilty] when I went over to Port Antonio in Jamaica for a writing camp in 2019.
He’s so wonderful to work with and when we initially started the song, it was more a fall to the floor type beat.
He’s shared Amapiano playlists with me before and then during the first lockdown in 2020, he sent me a version of the song like it is now.
It’s all about someone who doesn’t deserve you and thinking, ‘Wow, you really had all of me once. Ew.’”
But South Africans were n[t impressed as they come heavily on her
Hit play on the visuals at the top and then add “All Of This” to your playlists.
Some even accused her of sampling Heavy K’s track “Easy To Love”
Heavy K also credited to himself under Cassper Tweet who hailed the track but suggested that it would have been better if indigenous artists like Kabza De Small, De Mthuda had been featured on the track.
Mseveni