Matata | Best Of

When Matata, the Oslo based Gengetone group, stole our hearts with their debut installment |Denge, party life in the 254 has never been the same again. They brought us high energy party ready anthem that included; Mare Mare, Kata, Ruracio, Mapema, Gengetone love and topped the year with the | Jenga Jirani Matata Live experience.

This year Matata have continued to rally and set the bar even higher with back to back hits and major league collaborations. They kicked off the year with a collaboration called | ACHUU that featured Norwegian Kenyan rap sensation STL aka Stella Mwangi. They then enlisted music legend Mejja for | Chini Chini and topped the year with a riveting 4 track mini EP |UNAWARE that features Nviiri the Story Teller and Bensoul.

Matata and Stella Mwangi (STL) | Achuu

Matata will simply excite the life of the party into you like a contagion and simply lift up your spirits. The transformative gengetone group have managed to pair up their sound and rhythmic style with some compelling visual story telling techniques that often liven up their songs.

Join us as we delve into some of the best tracks by Matata in 2021

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Matata ft Bensoul | Matatu

We kick of the countdown with Matata latest installment pairing Bensoul. This jam is just the right party starter vibe that warms you up pole pole.

Kwanza if you are taking that road trip this is the right take off sound for you and your team to sing along as you charge yourselves up for an epic get away.

Tao Mbao Mbao, Tao Mbao Mbao, Beba hao mbao, Beba hao mbao

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Matata featuring STL (Stella Mwangi) | Achuu

Matata are clearly allergic to bad vibes and in this mad tune pairing the sensational Stella Mwangi they champion the idea of living life unapologetically.

Stella brings in her hot edgy kikuyu rap fusion and powers the gengetone sound for yet another addictive playback tune.

Round hii tumenona kam paka za butchery

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Matata Featuring Mejja | Chini Chini

Its a Monday but am on a Friday vibe

Matata have been creating party ready jams since day one and when the gengetone fire starters teamed up with Mejja they were bound to cause chaos. We all know that Mejja is the life of the party- nothing comes close to a dance celebration tune like a jam backed by Mejja vibes.

Mejja jumps on this track and adds fuel to an already fire song and man this mad mad vibe is a definite go to song. the thing with this song is that it isn't just set up for the party life as it pursues the idea of being on a Friday vibe all week long. so every once in a while when you are having a slow week at the office, turn things up a notch and energize your vibe.

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Matata featuring Nviiri The Story Teller & Bensoul

Matata enlist Sol generation Bensoul and Nviiri to bring melodious rhythms on a gengetone vibe and we are just madly in love with this jam.

The thing about Matata teaming up with Nviiri and Bensoul is that the duo bring melody to the high energy dance heat by Matata.

The fusion of contemporary benga rhythms on this jam will for sure chanting in synchrony to the dribbles and rhythmic pattern that beautifully pair with the lyrics of the song.

Sikuhizi Uwizi ndo imekuawa hobby

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Matata Featuring Bensoul and Nviiri the Story Teller | Pombe na Kizungu Mingi

In this installment the artist tell of a typical Kenyan party story and lifestyle. True to it, the party culture can be addictive and as we usher in the revelers season this song will definitely be a crown jewel.

Pombe na Kizungu Mingi is an immediate contender for song of the year in the 254 and brings in the heat as one of the biggest party anthems of the year 2021.

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Matata is a definitive and transformative group of artists who are undeniably good at what they do from artistic visual representations to the sing along lyrical arrangement in their songs.

As we binge the best of Matata music into the holiday season we cant help but keep a happy face and so should you.

| Live it, love it, Binge it and Update your playlist.