Tsonga Amapiano genre takes Mzansi by storm, viral videos flood social media
Amapiano artists are working on a sub amapiano genre that sounds incredibly epic. Reinvention, the genre evolves with new artists bringing in their fresh individual flavour. When amapiano came into the scene, everyone enjoyed it, but we anticipated its demise to come soon. Amapiano is still relevant to this day, why?
Before amapiano came in and took over, gqom was the number one genre in Mzansi. Artists like Babes Wodumo, Dladla Mshunqisi and Sho Madjozi were the biggest in Mzansi. Gqom eventually became mundane as it was pretty much the same. Sure there are still artists who do gqom, but how much attention is the genre receiving?
Tsonga Amapiano
As mentioned, amapiano keeps reinventing; hence it’s always relevant amongst the people. Amapiano duo Marumba Pitch has a brand new sound called Venda amapiano. Their lyrics are in the Tsonga language, but that’s not the only twist of the genre. Tsonga amapiano sounds like the globally acclaimed Afro Beats genre from Nigeria.
With the sound so similar to afro-beats and yet still sticking to the essence of the Yanos, the sound will attract a big audience. No doubt amapiano fans in Mzansi love afro-beats as well and will jam to it.
Tsonga Amapiano genre takes Mzansi by storm, viral videos flood social media
Prediction on Tsonga Amapiano’s success
Internationally in countries like Europe and the United States of America, amapiano is gaining a lot of traction. n Mzansi there are a lot of afro-beats fans. In some clubs of Mzansi, there are days specifically set aside for the genre. Mzansi hip hop became popular because South Africans saw their own doing a genre they were fond of already. Tsonga amapiano has a high chance of booming, significantly if artists like Master KG and Makhadzi jump on the bandwagon.
So far, the first Tsonga amapiano song is still being recorded; what happens when it hits the people’s eardrums in Mzansi is yet to be witnessed. Of late, people have responded well to the teasers the same way they responded to the song Osama by Zakes Bantwini. We can all agree this might be the genesis of something bigger than we’ve seen before.
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