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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 2h

split the difference between the two tracks I posted below and you get something like this, 🇿🇦Mpho.Wav’s brand-new track with (that man again!) Thakzin and Nelia, “morwa masingilo”: youtu.be/rjDrkJAa8uI?...

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Mpho.Wav, Thakzin & Nelia - morwa masingilo (Offical Audio)

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 3h

the Extremely Welcome Return of 🇿🇦Tete <<he of BRA GOD, the decade’s best album very few people heard>> making his comeback with musical partner Thakzin and Kususa and it’s murky gqom-3step (3qom?) - or is Tete still insisting on ‘Afro Funk’? “Kush’Umsindo” is a slam dunk: youtu.be/oXdLvv2C8Uw?...

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Tete, Thakzin, Kususa - Kush'Umsindo (Official Audio)

YouTube video by TeTeSAVEVO

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 22h

Antoinette is ~of course~ from Côte d’Ivoire 🇨🇮, as the song title very much implies 👍🏼 @otherdavemoore.com

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 22h

@peoples-pop-polls.bsky.social’s Black Pop 1986-1989 poll is all about tried and tested formulas and spontaneous inventions we’re (still) in 1986 now and I’m currently digging Antoinette Konan’s “Abidjan Adja” (🇨🇲Cameroon) youtu.be/2EVeFdxXtlw?... do join this poll party! #BPHM8689

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Antoinette Konan — Abidjan Adja

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

apropos of nothing, is Dlala Thukzin’s “iPlan” the best track ever? youtu.be/IiD7CA5TFjQ?... yes/no

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Dlala Thukzin - iPlan ft Zaba & Sykes | Official Audio

YouTube video by Virgin Music Group SA

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

happy to see ~people~ (as in critics, peeps are fine) getting hip to the wonders of Karol G’s “BbY WOW” 1 thing I 💕 about it is it takes me back to J Balvin’s “Tu Verdad” from his 2018 VIBRAS album, where he and producer Sky Rompiero went for a Wizkid-ish Naijapop ~vibe~: youtu.be/-FlRsN4cyF0?...

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J Balvin - Tu Verdad (Audio)

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

thankfully, there are ways of coming out on the other end of that long, dark 🇳🇬Naijapiano tunnel with newfound wisdom and dignity intact: youtu.be/3g6deNjbuxs?... “Ikebe 3000” by Blaqbonez ft. Asake #afropiano

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Blaqbonez- Ikebe 3000 (feat. Asake) [Official Music Video]

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

loving the everlasting fuqq out of this literal blast from 🇺🇸Tinashe’s new Popstar album. yea-ah!!! “Cloud 9”: youtu.be/iAqU_GMzBVo?...

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Tinashe - Cloud 9 [Official Audio]

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

loving the everlasting fuqq out of this literal blast from 🇺🇸Tinashe’s new Popstar album. yea-ah!!! “Cloud 9”: youtu.be/iAqU_GMzBVo?...

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Tinashe - Cloud 9 [Official Audio]

YouTube video by Tinashe

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Pure Akan is probably my favourite 🇬🇭Ghanaian rapper, going back to his 2017 debut album Onipa Akoma. I had lost track of him a little, but new track “Ogyidinii” is sublime, and yes, pure Akan: youtu.be/kI6ei-bDlXA?...

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Pure Akan - Ogyidinii (Audio)

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

remarkable: 🇨🇴Karol G scoring an honest-to-god fast-climbing breakout top 10 hit on the country-suffocated 🇺🇸Hot 100, not with her pandering Bruno Mars duet but with the wonderful 🇯🇲Coolie Dance riddim-inspired “BbY WOW”. ¡move ya body chica! youtu.be/fRIhCiUVaKs?... (it features 🇪🇸Judeline & 🇪🇸Rusowsky)

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KAROL G, Judeline, rusowsky - BbY WOW (Visualizer)

YouTube video by KarolGVEVO

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

(un)authorised or not, I also love 💕 love 🇨🇴Jefry Valencia’s “Remix Afro House” of it: youtu.be/1P_U9ffq2TI?...

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BbY WOW (Remix Afro House)

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

sometimes the only thing that makes sense in the world is listening to 🇧🇷funk. the track could be over two years old, who cares, as long as it’s DJ RD da DZ7 producing: youtu.be/P2KaBTLXArk?... “Bonde das Oncinhas” 🐆🐆🐆 by Cacau Chuu ft. DJ RD DA DZ7, DJ KLP OFC & Mc Vuk Vuk

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BONDE DAS ONCINHAS (Clipe Oficial) Cacau Chuu, MC Vuk Vuk, DJ KLP e DJ RD da DZ7

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

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KAROL G, Judeline, rusowsky - BbY WOW (Visualizer)

YouTube video by KarolGVEVO

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

…and most especially: youtu.be/tJzinix05vI?... “Crise de Identidade” by MC ZKW with producer DJ Cyber Original 🇧🇷 🇧🇷 pro tip: check out all the slowed and sped up versions on the EP as well to zoom in on all the individual mayhem!

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CRISE DE IDENTIDADE

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

much needed 🇧🇷funky São Paulo palate cleanser in these Sh**r*n times, both involving MC ZKW - check out his excellent Só pra Pá album from last year! youtu.be/EgDbVPtzS3s?... “Paramount Crucifixus 2” by DJ DV3 DA ZN, also with Dj Insan3, Mc Gw & Mc Rd (1 and 3 exist too; this is the best version)

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Paramount Crucifixus 2

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

oh have another 🇿🇦shot why don’t you youtu.be/bnMtzi7EP1s?... “Cosh’Upin” by Woza Bakzin ft. GoldMax, Funky Qla, the always very gqom-friendly Zee Nxumalo & Ornica Bellz

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Cosh’Upin

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

your biweekly 🇿🇦gqom shot in the arm: youtu.be/V-wCoTD95wA?... “Devil Dance” by M&W ft. Omagoqa

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Devil Dance

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

falling prey to a healthy dose of 🇳🇬Naijapop nostalgia: youtu.be/e2HXUabfxmE?... Yemi Alade! featuring Don Jazzy! produced by DJ Coublon! stand up for the threesome of the year! if you know you know! inviting you to enjoy “Ala Bekee”

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Yemi Alade - Ala Bekee (Official Video) ft. Don Jazzy

YouTube video by YemiAladeVEVO

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

<<tracks named after a genre that don’t really sound like that genre but are great just the same>> I have two of those - I’m sure there’s others. feel free to add other candidates!

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

🇿🇦Dlala Thukzin and Funky Qla just dropped an EP together. it may be called Smoothie, but they were clearly like, JAZZWRLD be damned, our 🇿🇦3Step is going to be of the gqom-adjacent kind. “Maye” features Kabza, Maphorisa & Thatohatsi: youtu.be/87w7OJrDGcI?...

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Dlala Thukzin & Funky Qla - Maye ft. Kabza De Small, DJ Maphorisa & Thatohatsi (Official Audio)

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

also elated to report there’s an honest to god gqom track among the top 10 🇿🇦SA streamers! very happy for veteran of sorts Mr Thela and new star kid on the block Dankie Boi to be on Mihlali The Guy’s “Wo Lo”, along with Cairo CPT and vocalists Sino Msolo and Konke: youtu.be/E6Tv3ghgRj8?...

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Mihlali The Guy, Dankieboi, MrThela, Cairo CPT, SinoMsolo, Konke - WoLo (Visualizer)

YouTube video by Mihlali The Guy

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

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Dlala Thukzin & Funky Qla - Maye ft. Kabza De Small, DJ Maphorisa & Thatohatsi (Official Audio)

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

oh yeah hade hade, keep on hypnotizing me! youtu.be/VsKWVGSJoAc?... “Hade Hade” by 🇿🇦Djy Biza ft. Scotts Maphuma, Boips & Steamzy_Da_Kid

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Hade Hade

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

we INTERRUPT our regular programming: youtu.be/dTjJHh2hvYQ?... “Pendulum Swing” by 🇺🇸Courtney Marie Andrews what a song (and, how topical, some potential lyrical overlap with the Cardigans’ “Erase/Rewind” it so happens)

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Pendulum Swing

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

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Pendulum Swing

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

excellent vibes on 🇬🇧Jorja Smith’s latest album What Are The Odds. she made it with producer 🇳🇬🇬🇧P2J, who graduated from afrobeats, and it shows in the adventurous range of beats and rhythms. case in point: “Young Heart” >>> youtu.be/cky4v290_vA?...

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Jorja Smith - Young Heart (Lyric Video)

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

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Jorja Smith - Young Heart (Lyric Video)

YouTube video by Jorja Smith

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

un-gainly words but I’m doing a really great job sym-metrical with the Manics whose words are much better but who suck at performing un-erringly the electorate disagrees un-gainly words

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

here’s my very r&b and hip-hop-forward as well as ballad-o’clock top 10 ballot. guess the omission! #PPP96

FINAL FORTY: MY TOP 🔟 (11?)

12 points: Ginuwine • Pony
10 points: Toni Braxton • Un-Break My Heart
8 points: Céline Dion • It’s All Coming Back To Me Now
7 points: En Vogue • Don’t Let Go (Love)
6 points: Mark Morrison • Return Of The Mack
5 points: Busta Rhymes • Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check
4 points: Fugees • Ready Or Not
3 points: Outkast • ATLiens
2 points: Orbital • The Girl with the Sun in Her Head
1 point: Lady Saw • No Long Talking

(there is one notable omission, which I left out for strategic reasons - it wouldn’t have been my number one here tho)

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

thankfully the 🇳🇬Doremi Boys have a much more recent wild banger as well! youtu.be/azqbOeUxRi0?... it’s called “MONEY” and only has producer member K0NYE and 9fingers in the featuring credits

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MONEY

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

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MONEY

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

how on earth did I miss this slice of utter 🇳🇬Naija beauty last year?* youtu.be/mJ6FffFbW7g?... “Lagos Riddim” by Doremi Boys ft.** K0NYE, Damare YK, VAR1, Hargoi & Debayo (**the 5 individual Doremis, I think) *maybe it’s what happens when u r not nearly as much on top of stuff as u used to be

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Doremi Boys, K0NYE, Damare YK, VAR1 & Hargoi - Lagos Riddim (Official Audio)

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

ekse eaters! (as the kool kids in 🇿🇦SA say) here’s two complementary moody & monotonous (complimentary!) bangers, both involving producer-sgijapreneur W4DE his own “TEZE” with fellow producer Royal MusiQ (who just dropped a new album, how exciting!): youtu.be/vFwj9ajn0P4?...

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TEZE

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

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TEZE

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

a mini thread of some of my favourite train songs / railroad tracks 🚂🚂🚂 (in reply to an impromptu query from @koganbot.bsky.social during the @peoples-pop-polls.bsky.social World Cup of 1996 poll #PPP96)

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Buskers round the way doing Waterloo with full Frida posing and I’ve never felt more alive.

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Zee says hello! 🇿🇦🇿🇦 youtu.be/3vMk8Vsx0_0?... “Yang’Bhampela” by Rebiirth ft. Zee Nxumalo

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Yang'Bhampela

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

if you’re ~somehow, someway~ slightly sick of “Pony” there’s always the hypnotically porny (and dare I say slightly ATLien-y) Black Market Slow Ride remix to consider: youtu.be/ZsJJm5wqQXk?... #PPP96 #PWC96

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Pony (Black Market Slow Ride)

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

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Pony (Black Market Slow Ride)

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

oh you want your 3-Step more straightforward, like three-to-the-floor? “Bring Me More Bass”, you say? here are 🇿🇦Chronical Deep and our old friend 🇿🇦Sun-El Musician, offering you just that: youtu.be/t2adntP8Q4s?...

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Chronical Deep, Sun-El Musician - Bring Me More Bass (Visualizer)

YouTube video by ChronicalDeepVEVO

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

all this music is out there for you to enjoy - enhance your weekend!

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

gorgeous* Atmos Blaq-produced 🇿🇦3-Step “Phepha Abanye” by 🇿🇦Makhanj ft. 🇿🇦Atmos Blaq: youtu.be/_kDRUO9fRIk?... (*is there any other?)

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Makhanj & Atmos Blaq - PHEPHA ABANYE (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Makhanj

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Steve Osborne’s Hexadecimal remix of Bim Sherman’s “Solid As A Rock” is like a musical elixir for me. every time I’m reminded of it I’m enraptured anew. it cleanses, it soothes, it heals, it nourishes. please listen to the full 9+ minutes. if it doesn’t move you I don’t think we can be friends 💜

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

pure 🇿🇦vibeology who needs anything to go anywhere as long as it keeps us moving in the realm of vibes on endless repeat youtu.be/-Aiqsdu3fLE?... “Welele Bambo” by BenyRic, Lowbass Djy & Ndibo Ndibs

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Welele Bambo

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

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Welele Bambo

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

loved (most of) 🇬🇧DjRUM’s Under Tangled Silence album of last year and am smitten to bits by their new track “I Wander (IV + V)”. anyone daring to play their football like this sounds will surely be our new world champion: youtu.be/B_dqecmA33U?...

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I Wander (IV + V)

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

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I Wander (IV + V)

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LokpoLokpo @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

1 EP = 3 songs = 5 minutes of unbridled 🇳🇬Danpapa GTA fun youtu.be/sFqU1DspZc0?... he’s bringing the GBEDU and making the old sound fresh or some such nonsense

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DANCING STEP

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