Recorded 2015 Artist Cassper Nyovest Label Universal Music LLC | Length 79:05 Release date 31 October 2015 | |
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Released October 31, 2015 (2015-10-31) Producer Refiloe Maele Phoolo (also exec.)
Alie Keyz
Anatii
RtzR(fortune Zikhali)
Beatjunky TP
Black Motion
DJ Cassanova
Ganja Beatz
Gemini Major
Patrick Lee
Taylor Made Beatz Genres Hip hop music, Motswako, Kwaito, House music, Reggae Similar Motswako albums, Other albums | ||
Refiloe is the second studio album by South African hip hop recording artist Cassper Nyovest, released initially on 31 October 2015 at his Fill Up The Dome concert at the Ticket Pro Dome in Johannesburg.
Contents
Refiloe, which means "we have been given", is Nyovest's real first name and is a unisex name in Setswana.
Background and recording
Guest appearances on this album include fellow South African recording artists Anatii, Riky Rick, Carpo and Doc Shebeleza, as well as international recording artists Stonebwoy and American hip hop recording artists DJ Drama, Casey Veggies and The Game.
Commercial performance
The album was first released on October 31, 2015 at Nyovest's show at the Ticket Pro Dome in Johannesburg, whereby the purchase of each ticket by each concert goer, resulted in each one of them receiving an accompanying copy of his second studio album. This resulted in sales of over 20,000 copies of the album in a few hours of its first day.
Refiloe debuted a few days later on November 6, 2015 on iTunes. Within 30 minutes of being made available for download, the album peaked at top of the South African iTunes chart across all genres.
As of January 13, 2016, Refiloe was certified Platinum for shipments in excess of 40,000 copies domestically.
Singles
The first single off the album, titled "Mama I Made It" was released on 14 August 2015, followed by the promotional singles "Bheki'ndaba Zakho" released on October 25, 2015 and "No Worries" released on October 30, 2015. The album's second single "Le Mpitse" was serviced to urban contemporary radio stations on December 3, 2015. The music video which was direceted by Kyle White and produced by Visual Content Gang, was released on Nyovest's YouTube account on December 17, 2015.
On January 20, 2016 Nyovest released an extended version of "Malome" as the album's third single.
Track list
From Connect.
Songs
1Pelo Yaka0:12
2Strive4:29
3Mangwane5:02