Audio: The Very Best ft. Baloji 'Super Mom (Remix)'

Audio: The Very Best ft. Baloji 'Super Mom (Remix)'


Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit, aka The Very Best, spent the last five weeks in Malawi where they put the finishing touches on their upcoming full-length and played their only live show of 2011. To keep us tied over 'til the album drop, the boys sent this remix of their Super Mom mixtape title-track. The reworked tune features Kinshasa's sorcerer of words Baloji, who spits au francais while Radioclit loops the trumpet/synth chorus of the original into a celebratory jolt.

The Very Best - Super Mom feat Baloji by The Very Best

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