African Swim

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African Swim
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Compilation album by
ReleasedOctober 21, 2008 [1]
Genre Hip hop, Electronic, Kwaito
Label Williams Street
Adult Swim Music chronology
World Wide Renewal Program
(2008)
African Swim
(2008)
ATL RMX
(2009)

African Swim is a free download album released in 2008 by Adult Swim (through Williams Street Records). [2] The track listing contains songs by African artists and/or songs dealing with African culture. [3]

In computer networks, download means to receive data from a remote system, typically a server such as a web server, an FTP server, an email server, or other similar systems. This contrasts with uploading, where data is sent to a remote server. A download is a file offered for downloading or that has been downloaded, or the process of receiving such a file.

Adult Swim is the adult-oriented nighttime programming block of the American children's pay television network Cartoon Network programmed by its in-house production studio, Williams Street. It currently broadcasts nightly from 8 p.m to 6 a.m. ET.

Williams Street Records, LLC is an American independent record company found by Jason DeMarco, based in Atlanta, Georgia. It is a joint venture of Cartoon Network’s Williams Street Studios and Warner Music Group and it is distributed through Alternative Distribution Alliance. Under that label, they have released original works of music, some of which are related to their shows on Adult Swim. The label is managed by Chris Hartley, and the A&R is Jason DeMarco.

Track listing

  1. Jozi – "Living In Africa" (1:18)
  2. Prokid – "When We Rock (Leaders)" (4:37)
  3. Da L.E.S (featuring Bongz and Maggz) – "We On Fire" (4:10)
  4. Gumshev – "Es'kabani" (2:49)
  5. Drencko – "No More" (5:11)
  6. Mthinte – "Skomplazi" (5:45)
  7. Rusty Dusty – "The Place I'm From" (4:21)
  8. Zola – "Zingu 7" (3:02)
  9. Etc. –"Organic Boom Bap" (2:56)
  10. Maggz – "Dangerous" (3:12)
  11. Cook – "Bring It On" (2:44)
  12. B Zee – "Swagga All Day" (4:04)
  13. Gumshev – "Matha" (4:18)
  14. Mapaputsi – "Kufa" (3:38)
  15. Jozi – "Muthaland" (4:06)

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References

  1. "Various - African Swim".
  2. "African Swim".
  3. "Adult Swim's Free Download African Swim Shoots, Scores with Ubisoft". Wired. 2008-10-21.