DaKAR II
DaKAR II is the third studio album by South African hip hop recording artist and poet Kwesta.[1][2] The album was released on February 26, 2016, by Urbantainment, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment Africa. The album is certified Diamond and it is currently South Africa's best selling hip-hop album of all time.
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Released | February 26, 2016 | |||
Recorded | 2014 - 2015 | |||
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Background and recording
Kwesta started working on DaKar II in 2014 after a commercial success of the first DakAR which was released at the beginning of 2014. Kwesta said, in relation to the album, "My first album, Special Rekwest, was introducing Kwesta as a rapper. On the first DaKAR I got personal, told stories of my life and of the people I grew up with. This album (DaKAR II) I'm enjoying myself as an artist, it is different from the first two, as the second was from the first." [3]
Commercial Performance
DaKAR II is now Certified Diamond By Recording Industry of South Africa
Singles
In July 2015 Nomayini was released as the album's first official single. It topped most of the country's charts and would go on to be one of the smash jams played in the festive season. At the beginning of 2016 Kweska released a second single, 'Ngud', which features Cassper Nyovest and DJ Maphorisa as a producer. Ngud has gone on to be Kwesta's most successful hit single to date, it was on summer 2016 SABC's top 10. Other singles released from the album were Day One, Mayibabo and Ngiyaz'fela ngawe as the latest.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Fire" |
| Ameen | 04:03 |
2. | "Ggg" |
| Gobi Beast | 05:03 |
3. | "Tjovitjo" |
| Marques Trackz | 04:56 |
4. | "Nomayini" |
| Makwa 6eats | 04:59 |
5. | "K1 God" |
| Makwa 6eats | 04:23 |
6. | "Kokotela (featuring Yanga and Kid X)" |
| Gobi Beats | 06:03 |
7. | "Act Like (featuring Tellaman)" | S. Vilakazi, Thelumusa Samuel Owen, Nhlamulo Baloyi, Thulasizwe Dlamini
| 04:47 | |
8. | "Let a Nigga Hit" | S. Vilakazi, Jake Stephenson, Brian Trower
| 03:54 | |
9. | "Tshek" |
| 04:21 | |
10. | "Preacher (featuring Nota)" |
| 06:02 | |
11. | "Karma (featuring Nota)" |
| 04:11 | |
Total length: | 52:39 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Lights" |
| Makwa 6eats | 04:23 |
2. | "Mayibabo (featuring DJ Maphorisa, DJ Bucks and OkMalumKoolKat)" |
| Makwa 6eats, DJ Maphorisa
| 04:36 |
3. | "Day One (featuring. AKA and Tweezy)" |
| 04:27 | |
4. | "Afro Trap (featuring Busiswa)" | S. Vilakazi
, Themba Sekowe, Busiswa Gqulu | DJ Maphorisa | 03:49 |
5. | "Ngud' (featuring Cassper Nyovest)" | S. Vilakazi, Cassper Nyovest, T. Sekowe
| DJ Maphorisa | 04:31 |
6. | "Mind Fcuk (featuring.Bucie)" |
| 04:03 | |
7. | "Shooting Star (featuring Ameen)" |
| Ameen | 03:46 |
8. | "Ngiyaz'fela Ngawe" (featuring Thabsie) | Thabsie, S. Vilakazi, Nhlamulo Baloyi, Yanga Ntshakaza, N. Makwa
| Yanga, Makwa 6eats
| 05:28 |
9. | "Lala Khai" | S. Vilakazi, N. Makwa
| Makwa 6eats | 03:51 |
10. | "One Day (featuring Psyfo)" | S. Vilakazi, N. Baloyi, Sipho Ngwenya, N. Makwa
| Psyfo, Makwa 6eats
| 03:09 |
11. | "Mmino (featuring T.L.T,Polamo)" | S.Vilakazi, Vusi Rantlha, Phetego Makanyane,Polamo,N. Makwa
| Makwa 6eats | 06:26 |
Total length: | 48:22 |
References
- Hlongwane, Sefiso. "This is how Kwesta got AKA and Cassper to feature on his album". sowetanlive.co.za. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- Tjiya, Emmanuel. "Kwesta: 'I have not arrived'". sowetanlive.co.za. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- Zeeman, Kyle. "Kwesta: 'Relax fam Kwesta is not part of the Illuminati'". channel24.co.za. Retrieved 12 May 2017.