AKA – Dreamwork Featuring Yanga

Words By Phil Chard

Fresh off his 2 nominations at the SAMAs AKA has just dropped his new single Dreamwork featuring Yanga. Produced by American KJ Conteh (50cent, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, T.I.) the song is slower tempo track made up of sparse keys, trap beat pads and a monotonous chant.

“Who got the bright idea to clown me, last five years ain’t s*it without meMost consistent, I go the distanceLately though I don’t pose for picturesI just hope I’m home for Christmas,”

On the track The Super Mega raps about how “his team’s work has made the Dreamwork” and allowed him to cop a better whip at 25 than his Dad had back when he was in high school. AKA’s delivery is once again sublime as he weaves in and out rapping and a melodic delivery. The standout on the track however is Yanga who employs a completely new flow and cadence that fits the song beautifully.

The marketing assets and imagery for this single are an ode to the classic Super Nintendo game Contra. Fans washed old enough to remember what playing 32 bit games was like will remember the artwork to be a play of the games start screen. AKA also released a “play through” video to accompany the song that features a speed run video taken from this play session by DK28.

AKA is still yet to release the song Once Time which he teased us with a few weeks ago on LiveAmp so it seems he is sitting on a fair amount of material in the run up to the release of his third album.

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