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August 12, 2024 - 01:46 PM THE FEMININE ACT IN MAMOU Franco Luambo : Yoka ndenge Mamou akosaka tata ya baaaana! (Listen to the way Mamou usually lies to her husband) Telephone ringing: Ngrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Ngrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Ngrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Mpundi Decca: Allo! Papa ya bana, biso toza kaka nabiso malamu, kakandenge bana nayo awa moyen te vritmentmobulu likambo sourtout mwana oyo ya moke ya mobali,oyo azua elongi ya papa eeh,Akamwisaka ngai papa, photo kutu otiya na sani natalakaelongi nayo abamba yango na mabelephoto epasuka, mwana oyo mpenza mobulu likambo kaka sendenge ozalaka mwana moke lokolamama nayo ayebisaka ngai, navandaka kaka na ndakokosala misala ya bana, papa ya bana na makambo mosusunaloba......

MADILU'S 17th ANNIVERSARY

August 11, 2024 - 05:55 AM MADILU'S 17th ANNIVERSARY.Today marks another year of celebrating and remembering the legend, Jean de Dieu Makiese Alias Madilu System. It's now 17 years since he passed on. He was once a member of the seminal band TPOK Jazz which dominated the Congolese scene from the 1960s to 1980s. The legend's alluring and much-informing songs Matata ya Mwasi, Si Je Savaic Ca, Nzele, Vice versa, Coesure Bureau, RTC River, Ya Jean, Colonisation, and many others are still perfect and irreplaceable. Your alluring voice is charming to many and will forever remain with us. Continue RIEP Le grand Ninja. Next Track Listen to Jabulani Radio Track......

WHAT WENT WRONG WITH MR.NICE?

August 11, 2024 - 05:10 AM Lucas Mkenda, popularly known as Mr. Nice, is a Tanzanian veteran singer and one of the most celebrated vocalists in East Africa dominating East African music in the early 2000s alongside Jose Chameleone of Uganda and Jua Cali of Kenya. Mr.Nice went professional in 1999 with the release of his debut album, Kidali Po, and towards the end of 2002, he released his second album, Rafiki, also his songs; "Kikulacho", "Fagilia Wote" and "Kuku Kapanda Baiskeli" were among major hit songs of his career. He was famous for his 'Takeu' style, which comes from the initials of Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda respectively. It incorporates elements from all three countries. Many controversies revolved around......

MATATA YA MWASI LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY FRANCO ET TPOK JAZZ

August 10, 2024 - 06:55 PM IntroOh oh nasali nini oh?.Senzela mwana moninga ozui ngai na mpasi.Batela ngai na ntango likambo bamona.Bondela ngai soki nasaliki,mwasi alingaka présence ya mobali. (Oh what did I do? Watch over your friend's/another person's son who has problems with care. Protect me whenever you see that I have a problem. A woman loves/likes the presence of a man) Oh tokabola faute.Mabe ebandi na yo, mpe na ngai.Lokola bato bayebi toluka équilibre.Senzela mwana ya bato.bondela mwana ya bato. (Oh let us tell the truth, to be frank, you and I are the cause of all evil. As the people understand it, the reason is we are looking for equality, Watch over some people's sons with......

LEARN THESE LINGALA PHRASES FROM THE SONG MBONGO BY DJO MPOYI, COMPOSER [SIMARO].

August 10, 2024 - 02:44 PM Bomengo tozali komona na mokili etonda makambo.The wealth that we see in this world is full of issues. Mosusu mbongo na ye moko ya mitoki, mpo otika ye asakana.One gets his money out of his own sweat, let him celebrate/be joyful. Mosusu heritage akuta na katia fami, olanda ye té okoiba.Someone else got an inheritance from his family, and if you follow him, you will steal. Mosusu mieke asilisa bato na fami, olanda ye té okotikala yo moko!Another used charms to finish his family, you follow him, you'll remain there alone! Mosusu escroquerie na mbogo ya leta... Another is out of swindling the government's money...The translation is provided to facilitate understanding......

MBUTA LIKASU BIOGRAPHY

August 07, 2024 - 08:52 AM MBUTA LIKASU comes from Congo Brazzaville. his real name is Ngimbi Malonda, his stage name became so famous in the mid-1990s because he combined music and comedy.He started his career first not as a musician, but as a comedian back in 1992 in Brazzaville. As young guys around the Ouenze suburbs were forming musical groups, Mbuta was always around doing comedy parts on occasions like funerals and weddings following some of his musical wannabe comrades... in 1993 some of his friends eventually formed the group that came to be known as Extra musica! but he never ventured into music despite having very good vocal abilities.In 1997, He came up with a full musical 10 tracks album SAUVE QUI......

THE AMBASSADORS OF RUMBA MUSIC

August 06, 2024 - 08:00 PM KEKELE This is a group of 5 veteran Congolese musicians who have come together with the main aim of keeping the old Rumba music alive: 1. Boumba Massa - a well-known singer of the 70s who worked with the late Vicky Longomba.2. Syran Mbenza - a veteran guitarist and composer of the 4 Etoile group.3. Nyboma Mwandido - a singer whose career started in various popular bands of the 70s.4. Wuta Mayi - a former TP Ok Jazz singer and member of 4 Etoile.5. Loko Masengo Djeskain - a former member of the group Trio Madjesi. The idea of forming this super Rumba group came from a well-known African music producer, Ibrahima Sylla (who died in 2013), the owner of the music label Syllart Records. He......

CELEBRATING THE WORKS OF THE BASS MASTER

August 06, 2024 - 05:00 PM They call him 'the vibration of the Python' or 'Power of the bass'. Shungu Omba is his name but he goes by the popular stage name 'Ngouma Lokito'. He has been the guy behind the bass lines in many...many Soukous projects over the years, he says that he has played in so many songs over the years that he has lost count! He has played with every musician in the Soukous music world!Since the days of Minzoto Wella Wella in 1983, Choc Stars, AntiChoc 1985-89, and Soukous Stars throughout the 1990s. Three albums under his name: LEDDY 1991 with Soukous Stars, WABI 1993 with Soukous Stars, and TALISMAN 1996. Currently based in the Big Apple, New York USA, he continues to be a session......

BIOGRAPHY OF VERCKYS

August 02, 2024 - 03:52 PM Biography of Verckys & Orchestra Vévé. Georges Kiamuangana was born in Kisantu, Bas-Congo on 19 May 1944. He took the name Verckys after being impressed with American sax player King Curtis and he heard the name "Curtis" as "Verckys." He started out in 1962 with Los Cantina, then Jamel Jazz. He joined Paul Ebengo a.k.a. Dewayon's Congo-Rock before joining OK Jazz in 1963 with some musicians from the band of Gerard Kazembe: Christophe Djali, trumpet, singer Henriette Boranzima, and Dele Pedro. Georges became Franco's right-hand man and delighted audiences with his onstage antics and wild clothes. But when Franco was away in Europe in 1968 he took a splinter group with......

THE TROUBLED RELATIONSHIP

August 01, 2024 - 11:26 PM Papa Wemba and Koffi OlomideThe history of these two friends dates back to the 1970s, when young Koffi started becoming an associate in the group Viva La Musica. He was a very good composer. Papa Wemba gave him a platform and exposure to fulfill his musical dream, even giving him his famous stage name 'Olomide'. He also trained him to sing. Many projects followed until 1986, when Koffi started working on his own. Trouble in the relationship began around 1993/1994 from a personal problem between them when Papa Wemba started dating Rosette Kamono, who was Koffi's favorite female dancer. He was not impressed at all, and it is said that he retaliated by snatching one of Papa's......

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MADILU'S 17th ANNIVERSARY

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MATATA YA MWASI LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY FRANCO ET TPOK JAZZ

LEARN THESE LINGALA PHRASES FROM THE SONG MBONGO BY DJO MPOYI, COMPOSER [SIMARO].

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DECCA MPUDI MASTERY

MADILU'S 17th ANNIVERSARY

WHAT WENT WRONG WITH MR.NICE?

MATATA YA MWASI LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY FRANCO ET TPOK JAZZ

LEARN THESE LINGALA PHRASES FROM THE SONG MBONGO BY DJO MPOYI, COMPOSER [SIMARO].

MBUTA LIKASU BIOGRAPHY

THE AMBASSADORS OF RUMBA MUSIC

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BIOGRAPHY OF VERCKYS

THE TROUBLED RELATIONSHIP

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WEEKEND RHUMBA TWILIGHT MIX

WEEKEND SOUKOUS ODYSSEY

BENGA BLAST

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