Halifax, Nova Scotia-based artist, Lance Sampson aka Aquakultre dropped Africvillean Funk featuring Trobiz.
The third single is taken from his upcoming album called Don’t Trip which comes out on July 22 via Forward Music Group and Black Buffalo Records.
Another great funky retro soul and hip-hop vibe song that brings out the summer.
About the track:
“Africvillean Funk” arrives as a g-funk-indebted feel-good bop, featuring the guest vocals of Halifax-based rapper, Trobiz.
Speaking about the single, Sampson says: “‘Africvillean Funk’ is a vibe, a tone, a feeling, a zone.
I wouldn’t really say it’s about anything in particular, but just me trying to harness what a good time would feel like during the Africville period of Nova Scotia.
Historically we know what happened to Africville, but I wanted to shake it up a little bit and envision the people coming together, and not fighting for their homes, and land through violence, but fighting through music, and dancing. That Afro-Indigenous connection to ceremoniously come together and fight through sonic, and waves of music, and sweat.
Like, music has the ability to connect living things, and it also has the ability to defend, and fight, and spread love, and cause wars. ‘Africvillean Funk’ is an effort to keep culture alive through music and rhythm.”
For context, Africville was a primarily Black community located on the south shore of the Bedford Basin, on the outskirts of Halifax.
The first records of a Black presence in Africville date back to 1848, and it continued to exist for 150 years after that. Over that time, hundreds of individuals and families lived there and built a thriving, close‐knit community. Unfortunately, discrimination and poverty presented many challenges for the community of people in Africville.
The City of Halifax refused to provide many amenities other Haligonians took for granted, such as sewage, access to clean water and garbage disposal. Africville residents, who paid taxes and took pride in their homes, asked the City to provide these basic services on numerous occasions, but no action was taken.
The City compounded the problem by building many undesirable developments in and around Africville, including an infectious disease hospital, a prison and a dump.
Africvillean Funk gets: 📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷/10.
Aquakultre – Africvillean Funk (feat. Trobiz) [Listen]
