Lution makes top five in radio charts

MBABANE – One of the most industrious and celebrated Eswatini Hip Hop artists, Lution of ‘Masonga’ fame, has had his massive radio hit ‘Vuka’ secure a place in the top five on the weekly Eswatini Top 20 charts.

µ9uka¶ is found in /ution¶s suc cessful album µAutonomy¶, which was released late last year. 7he song features 7ella, &haboy, and % Sim.

³,t¶s simply addictive to the ear, and one finds oneself singing along to the beautifully crafted melodies,´ said %ongani µ'- 7i]alami¶ 'ube, chart show co host.

7he mid tempo song laces some Amapiano elements with some Afro chords, with undertones of +ip +op, making it /ution¶s uniTue rendition of an oldie by one late &ondry =iTubu of South Africa. % Sim¶s poetry towards the end preludes a singalong chant, ‘Baphi laba labatsandza kulala’, making it a potential club anthem.

³/ution is seasoned and takes his craft seriously. 7his comes out strong ly in his latest album and in his recent performance at the Must ended %ush fire )estival,´ said %ongani µ%obo¶ 'lamini, chart show host.

/ution boasts several number one songs on the charts in a career that can be described as illustrious. +e is, without a doubt, one of the very few fine lyricists out of Eswatini. While his album is still doing exceptionally well in the market, the artist recently announced that he will be releasing yet another body of work this September or 2ctober, driving fans into an im mediate fren]y.

0eanwhile, Sibu 0an]ini topped the charts with the 9elemseni assisted song µ+angover¶. )ollowing reports that his song is the country¶s number one currently, the artist tweeted, “Sibonga lokuncane, sibonga lokukhulu. loosely translated to, we appreciate the small and the big milestones .´

&ompleting the top three this week were µ/egendary¶ by 03 7he *en eral and µAwesome *od¶ by Artwork Sounds, featuring %eebar and .ab]a 'e Small. µ/egendary¶ is taken from 03 7he *eneral¶s latest album, µEl *ab hadiya¶, which is considered one of the biggest +ip +op releases for the year.

0eanwhile, a Tuarter of the Eswatini 7op radio charts were made up of new entries, as a total of five new songs made their way into the charts.

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2pening the show at number were the duo of .ab]a 'e Small and '- 0aphorisa, who feature trending producer .elvin 0omo, vocalist Aymos, and saxophonist -ay Sax on a song called ‘Ufunani’. 7he song is taken from the duo¶s latest proMect, µ7he .onka 0ixtape¶.

/ubombo¶s popular spinner produc er '- 1Meb]a returned to the charts for the first time in three years with a new single, ‘S’tawphumelela’. 7he song features vocalist Shinely *reen], and it debuted at number . 7he last time '- 1Meb]a was in the charts was with the song µ,party .abani, a song that features South African artist '- 7ira.

0ississippi¶s finest rap duo, 5ae Sremmurd, debuted a new song, µActivate, at number from their latest album, µSremm /ife¶. 7he 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

song features Atlanta rapper µ)uture¶ of µWait for u¶ fame.

%E7 Awards nominee and *rammy Award winning 1igerian artist %urna %oy returned to the charts with a new single pegged at number

. 7itled µSitting on 7op of the World¶, the song samples %randy¶s s hit of the same title. %urna %oy dominated the E%,S radio charts last year with the song µ/ast /ast and this year with µ&ommon 3erson, both found in his

album µ/ove, 'amini¶.

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7he highest placed new entry this week came from South African Amapiano producer and spinner, 0as 0usiT, with the song µEkhaya¶. 7he song features his long time best friend Aymos of µ)atela¶ fame. µEkhaya¶ is found in 0as 0usiT¶s latest album, 1ini na nini¶.

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