Rhythms of Zamunda

Rhythms of Zamunda
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	March 5, 2021
Recorded	2020
Studio	Def Jam Africa Recording Studio
Genre	Afrobeats R&B hip hop Pop Amapiano House music Funk Highlife Afro-Pop Dance Hall
Label	Def Jam Africa Def Jam Recordings
Producer	Sipho Dlamini (exec.) Colin Gayle Nasty C Kevin Ross J-Kits Richie Tunez Phantom Lastee Tellaman Select Play TMXO Prince Kaybee De Mogul SA DJ Ganyani Th&o. Lizer Classic TRESOR Clement Leslie James Carr Rudolph Wilemse Hubert Batundi Muisha Gemini Major Masterkraft De Mthuda Playground Productions
Singles from Rhythms of Zamunda
"White and Black"

Rhythms of Zamunda, released as Rhythms of Zamunda (Music Inspired by the Amazon Original Movie: Coming 2 America), is a soundtrack album curated by Sipho Dlamini^[1] for the film Coming 2 America. It was released on March 5, 2021, by Def Jam Recordings and Def Jam Africa for Paramount Pictures. The album features Pan-African artists such as Nasty C, Larry Gaaga, Umu Obiligbo, Locko, Tekno, Tellaman, Sha Sha, Oxlade, Alpha P, TMXO, DJ Arafat, Prince Kaybee, Msaki, Tiwa Savage, Th&o., Diamond Platnumz, Morgan Heritage, Toofan, Fally Ipupa, BONJ, Gemini Major, Anatii, De Mthuda, Njelic, and Ricky Tyler, as well as appearances from Ari Lennox.

Background[]

On February 12, 2021, Def Jam revealed^[2] the CEO of Universal Music South Africa, Sipho Dlamini, as the curator and executive producer of Rhythms of Zamunda. The Pan-African project was inspired by the film, with lead single "Black and White" by Nasty C and Ari Lennox. On March 10, 2021, National Public Radio released a Tiny Desk show, titled Coming 2 America, Sounds Of Zamunda: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert,^[3] a live performance from Nasty C, Lennox, Locko, Ricky Tyler, Alpha P, Prince Kaybee, Msaki, and Toofan.

The tracklist was revealed through Def Jam's official website^[4] on February 12, 2021.

Composition[]

In February 2021, Sipho Dlamini said, "We wanted to bring our knowledge of the music from the continent that is coming up and affecting the youth globally — it's not just Afrobeats. Much like the movie is about America on one side and Africa, we could draw on the African genres you would expect but you also have R&B, hip-hop, house and so forth. 'Black and White' is a great example. It sounds like it could have been made in a studio in the U.S., and it's a collaboration with an American artist, but Nasty C is as African as it gets."^[5]

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