Even lingala music has subgenres. From Soukouss, which like Loketo, is super fast, to rhumba franco style, which is generally slow. Akina Ferre came up with their own style that is a fusion of many other styles, including foreign ones. All the same, lingala music is great.
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What I like about congolese music is, it is complex music.
I guess it comes down to the notes or rhythm of the song… While some have pulsating drum beats that want you leaping onto the dance floor, like akina Loketo… others have soulful rhythms that string at your senses… Still, I would not consider it slow. There is always a background percussive element in sync with the trot of a horse.
Unless you are comparing it to the other simpler western pop music or jamaican ama hii ingine ya akina tommorow land
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@Lionheart
Lingala Music is a highly refined African Art form akin to Jazz.
It has many variations that appeal to different sections of the population.
Us Elders prefer the melodious , smooth , soothing offerings of the Older Generation Maestros …
Mbenzu Ngamboni Bokili (born 28 September 1951) better known as “Le Grand Pere” Benz Bozi Boziana , is a Congolese Singer , Composer and Bandleader.
He has been in several major Soukous and Rumba bands , including being an early member of Zaiko Langa Langa “Nkolo Mboka” and founding his own band , Orchestre Anti Choc which was notable for grooming top female celebrity vocalists - Jolie Detta , Scola Miel “Nzawissa” , Deesse Mukangi , Betty Bis Sumbu “Kindobika” , Inyoka Fifi and his current female vocalist , Fayila Pasira.
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Sounds better than Gengetone
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He had good music. Especially the song Bolingo ya Moitie Moitie. MHSRIP
Lingala gives me incredible nostalgia bana. Memories of the 90s nikiwa likkle boy waking up to KBC blasting those soulful melodies. It’s a genre that grows on you as you discover more better records. The production is usually top notch na the musicians very skillful Kwanza ukiimagine most of those older compositions were recorded live no fake computer music.
@Baby_Panay Must be a Gen Z philistine who swears by konshens or masika
What genre is better than Lingala to those denigrating it?
I listen to Madilu regularly, natural pace, melodious vocals, bomb guitar crescendos
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