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Audio Premiere: Whosane x Ski Beatz "The Legacy"

Lenny Kravitz, Grace Jones, Lauryn Hill, Lion Babe, Thundercat, SZA & More Rock The Afropunk Festival 2015 in Brooklyn, NY.Whosane_x_Ski_Beatz-Legacy_single_art

World Premiere business, y'all. We told you this Whosane comeback is not a joke thing...the pan-African MC continues to expand on the promise of his forthcoming LP Brooklyn to Cape Town with every new joint he delivers.  "The Legacy," with Lindiwe and super-producer Ski Beatz flips the melody of "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" into an epic beat and--short of licking a toyi-toyi in the air--you couldn't really create a track to get anybody who knows the history and struggle embodied in this song any hyper. And with lines like "I'ma tell you what's gone bring us a brighter day / and make Madiba smile like seeing freedom a mile away..." it shows in the verses Whosane and Lindiwe put down. Charge up below...