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Esau Mwamwaya of The Very Best (the band that released two SongsoftheCentury on last year’s groundbreaking self titled mixtape) paid a visit to The Fader’s East Village Radio show this week, and performed “Tengazako,” a psuedo-cover of M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes.” I love this guy.

I’m still battling with the decision of whether or not I should have included The Very Best’s debut mixtape in my Top 10 Albums of 2008 (as opposed to the honorable mention it has now). The band recently added this video to their myspace, and changed their username to “THE VERY BEST – Kamphopo Video [...]

This is the second song in a week by The Very Best that I have claimed to be the song of the century. So?

F*ck me. This is called The Very Best for a f*cking reason. As I’ve mentioned before, Radioclit and Esau Mwamwaya have joined forces to create some of the most incredible, original music I’ve ever heard. GvB recently blessed my life with a leak of the band’s first mixtape (officially out Nov. 1). “Hide and Seek” [...]

Esau Mwamwaya, the East African born traditional Malawian vocalist (on the cover of FADER issue 52) has been working with English producers Radioclit (Santogold, M.I.A., TV on the Radio, Buraka Som Sistema, etc.), and as well as the M.I.A. blessed track, “Rain Dance” (which leaked from their upcoming full length collaboration, The Very Best, feat. [...]