I’ve talked about AY on this site over and over again so I will try not to get into it as much, other than the fact that those t-shirts seem to have been tupwad nyara nyara nyaya!!! coz every East African artists is flaunting one. First was Jua Cali, then Nonini, now AY and I have seen Mwana FA with one too.
AY has always been big on big collaborations, big songs, big hits, big things. He is sort of a visionary, he seeks the closest opportunity to become a bigger or better star. He has done collabos with almost any local Big East African artist you can think of… however to date my favorite song from AY has to be a Steve Jean produced Yule. All around that was just a hit song..
This new song called Freeze is no exception, A.Y teamed up with the biggest name in African hiphop/R&B right now – P-Squared. Coincidentally anyone hoping to book P-Square for a show in the US, you gotta wait till about April 2009. The guys are totally booked and rumor has it a show goes for about 10,000 USD (so much for the guys who were complaining about a 3,000USD Ali Kiba show). P-Square is the most sought after African pop group whom I think deserve every little bit of attention they get… I mean the brothers are good, multi talented, well packaged and most of all, they are very open and willing to work with the rest of Africa… Thats something you have to admire.
image courtesy of www.mypsquare.com
Here is AY’s track with P-Square (personally I think the Klepto and Ulopa hands down smashes this song, but thats just my opinion)
listen to freeze here:
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download the track here:
Hey all,
There seems to be a small bug with the streaming service as of this morning. You can download the songs perfectly but the streaming will be a little flakie. I hope to resolve this before the end of day so please be patient so if you do download the tracks the quality is okay. We are just having issues with the live streaming.
Thanks
GetMziki Team
true the ulopa jam kicks ass but that
psquare flow is the same in all their songs
It’s too late to poll this joint…Its already a hit…Lol…
Fire collabo though. I’m waiting to hear more from Psquare man. This dudes have done what many modern/urban artist dream of…Continental recognition.
Someone was on-point to suggest “Psycho” beats “Freeze” hands down! Weak intro, weak Kick but hey, P Square’s on it so why shouldn’t it be a hit? AY the classic rapper doesn’t disappoint on this one as well..but overall, nothing to write home about. Sometimes I think the best footballers are the ones who are seated on the stands..I’m not sure if I could unleash a better single myself ha!ha! But that’s why we are called critics: we’re hugely in love with the industry and have developed the ears to distinguish between the monster productions and the Dinosaurs ha!ha! Freeze is neither of those…iko hapo kati kati!
As a big psquare fan,n AY well….one,the beat sounds like the bizzy body remix,which sounds calipso(i hope thats the right word),Psycho def beats this one,its hot but still got an “african” touch!but its ok.
hi I’m african and i looove p-square mamasita ohya and im from east africa i came from the city lagos bye and i love you p-square oh and were is akon from?
the song is awesome big up guys you are doing it go on….