Friday Jam: Dancehall Firestarter- The Album by Manariga

Kenya's music scene is home to a multitude of artistes who fuse Afro-beat, rhythm and blues, reggae, and dancehall.

The Dancehall genre of music which is a genre of Jamaican popular music that fuses elements of reggae and hip-hop is wildly popular amongst urban youth in the country.

Various clubs in the city have dedicated dancehall playlists and theme nights and almost all matatus in the city bop to this.

Drawing heavily on Jamaican pop tropes which themselves owe a debt to the continent, Kenyan artists reclaim Reggae Dancehall as broadly African and hence legitimately their own.

One such artist who is on a mission to uniquely indigenize the art form in Kenya is Manariga.

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The soon-to-blow dancehall artist is on the radar of many dancehall DJs in the city and will be dropping his 10 track album Dancehall Firestarter tomorrow, Saturday 7th.

Tracklist:

1.Wacha Kuzubaa

2.Adi best

3.Baba Yao

4.Love me style

5.Dance

6.See

7.Ghetto

8.Love me style

9.Life it no easy

10 . Do me dat

Bonus Tracks

1.Pretty Girl

2.Every

The album launch will be live at Anga Diamond Cinema, Diamond Plaza 2 from 3pm .

Cop tickets & copies of the album by texting 0720497556 on Whatsapp. Album is available for sale in soft copy for Ksh 100. The hard copy retails at Ksh 500.

Friday Jam: Dancehall Firestarter- The Album by Manariga

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Maureen Kasuku

Friday Jam: Dancehall Firestarter- The Album by Manariga

About The Author

Maureen Kasuku

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