Esau Mwamwaya – Sister Betina
We been fans of Esau Mwamwaya ever since first heard of him. Esau is from Malawi and mostly sings in Chichewa which for me sounds more authentic than if he was singing on the same beats in English. Sister Betina is an interesting track – The beat combination is sick, its a combination of like 3 or 4 styles it has a kwaito feel, a dancehall beat and HipHop Aliyah/Timberland Try Again sample. Checkout a live video of his onair performance and at the bottom download Sister Betina.
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Esau Mwamwaya – paper planes refix
Esau Mwamwaya was recently featured on the cover of Faders Africa edition due in part cause the noise
hes been making. The thing i like about Esau is that he has an authentic african sound regardless of what genre of music hes playing.
1. Check out the refix of M.I.A’s paper planes: Tengazako
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2. Check out this other track:kamphopo
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