kind regards

Celeste, from Argentina

All too true. I’ve touched on this issue a lot on Benn loxo, especially in the earlier posts when I was still living in Senegal. That’s why I try to feature a mix once and a while, with the occasional sprinkling of hiphop or pop. There are a few coupe decale posts in the past, many about hiphop galsene, and even some featuring modern (and, to my ears, nearly unlistenable) fuji, but those posts will never dominate Benn loxo’s pages.

Truth is, you’re right, it’s not what I prefer and, you’re right, it’s what the “youth” usually listen to. But the “youth” in Canada and France also listen to mostly horrible music. Britney Spears, for example, far, far, outsells the music I personally prefer from Europe and North America.

There are loads of locals from the African countries featured here who listen to the same kind of “good” music here at Benn loxo, but they’re not in the majority. Old-school highlife, classic rumba or even quality contemporary pop and hiphop will never be as popular as the cheesy mainstream stuff. All the more reason to promote it here.

That said, I don’t know any many music blogs that feature a lot of modern African pop, but there are definitely 1001 online radio stations that stream it 24/7!

Cheers,
Matt

you might not ba a fan of ‘poppy’ stuff and i know youre not a fan of modern coupe decale, etc.

do you know any music blogs dedicated to modern african pop and dance music? not just galsene rap, but cheesy modern african pop music in all its glory?

i feel like most blogs are either rap or folkier influenced. i like a lot of the music you post, but i dont feel like its exactly what youth across africa are listening to…

the students i knew from chad listened mostly to ethiopian pop..

I’m her in Canada listening to you!

from the wet coast …

http://www.ialtchad.com/musique.htm

Good to know that I’m not the only Chad-less site, too…

And if it makes you feel any better, Soundroots doesn’t appear to have had any visitors from Chad either. Nine visits from Niue, even three visits from Cocos (Keeling) Islands, but nobody from Chad.