The ever-growing record label, Black Is Brown, known for finding breakout talent, just signed new kids on the block, Jayden Lanii and DJ Sickoo, who are set to take the labels hit making status up a notch. Today Jayden Lanii & DJ Sickoo kick off their 2023 with hit maker, Abuti wadi operations, Mr JazziQ & Sizwe Alakine, with their new single ‘Excellent’
When speaking about the inspiration behind ‘Excellent’ Jayden Lanii shares “I had a friend named Kabelo who we used to call Kabaza. We’d chill together and whenever we had conversations he would always interject; so we would tease him and say ‘Kabaza why uthanda uku fakaza,’ which is a lyric on the song. I then added the lyrics – dedela bonela fakaza Kabaza cabanga walaza fakaza excellent.”
On how he produced the beat DJ Sickoo said: “I made the beat for ‘Excellent’ on my birthday. It was the first beat I made and it came out excellent because I was just in a really good mood.”
In true Black is Brown style ‘Excellent’ is accompanied by the ‘Excellent’ dance challenge that has gained high popularity and has multiple creations on TikTok. The single has been teased on the social streets for a while, tantalizing fans and the streets for yet another smash hit from the label. Jayden Lanii and DJ Sickoo took to their socials to cement and confirm the drop with a post on IG, accompanied by Tik Tok clips from their excellent dance challenge.
“We embody excellence in the song by producing the best quality and the best of our artistic qualities, and we wanted people to receive that from this single” – DJ Sickoo
Stream ‘Excellent’ below:
