
One of the biggest amapiano songs of the year is about alcohol. Released in March, “Tshwala Bam” by TitoM and Yuppe typifies South African groove culture and its attendant wild side. The featured artists S.N.E and EeQue trade bars from the bottom side of the brown bottle, waxing creatively about the various scenarios that alcohol has landed them in. It’s a song about being unhinged and out of control, the soundtrack to escapism, and the longest middle finger to any sort of political correctness — an unintentional ode to nightlife,…