Refiloe

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Refiloe is the self-titled second studio album by South African hip hop recording artist Cassper Nyovest, released initially on 31 October 2015 at his Fill Up The Dome concert at the Ticket Pro Dome in Johannesburg.

Refiloe, which means "we have been given", is Nyovest's real first name and is a unisex name in Setswana.

Background and recording

Guest appearances on this album include fellow South African recording artists Anatii, Riky Rick, Carpo and Doc Shebeleza, as well as international recording artists Stonebwoy and American hip hop recording artists DJ Drama, Casey Veggies and The Game.

Commercial performance

The album was first released on October 31, 2015 at Nyovest's show at the Ticket Pro Dome in Johannesburg, whereby the purchase of each ticket by each concert goer, resulted in each one of them receiving an accompanying copy of his second studio album. This resulted in sales of over 20,000 copies of the album in a few hours of its first day.

Refiloe debuted a few days later on November 6, 2015 on iTunes. Within 30 minutes of being made available for download, the album peaked at top of the South African iTunes chart across all genres.

As of January 13, 2016, Refiloe was certified Platinum for shipments in excess of 40,000 copies domestically.

Singles

The first single off the album, titled "Mama I Made It" was released on 14 August 2015, followed by "Bheki'ndaba Zakho" released on October 25, 2015 and "No Worries" released on October 30, 2015. The album's fourth single "Le Mpitse" was serviced to urban contemporary radio stations on December 3, 2015. The music video which was direceted by Kyle White and produced by Visual Content Gang, was released on Nyovest's YouTube account on December 17, 2015.

On January 20, 2016 Nyovest released an extended version of "Malome" as the album's fifth single.

Tracklist

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer	Length
1.	"Pelo Yaka (Skit)"	Refiloe Maele Phoolo		00:12
2.	"Strive"	Refiloe Maele Phoolo	Ganja Beatz Cassper Nyovest	04:29
3.	"Mmangwane"	Refiloe Maele Phoolo	Gemini Major Ganja Beatz Alie Keys	05:02
4.	"Refiloe"	Refiloe Maele Phoolo	Ganja Beatz Alie Keys	04:21
5.	"Malome (Interlude)" (featuring Mahotella Queens)	Refiloe Maele Phoolo Hilda Tloubatla Nobesuthu Mbadu Amanda Nkosi	Cassper Nyovest Alie Keyz Anatii	02:43
6.	"Americans"	Refiloe Maele Phoolo	Beatjunky TP	03:18
7.	"War Ready"	Refiloe Maele Phoolo	Ganja Beatz	05:44
8.	"AJah in Motion"	Refiloe Maele Phoolo	Black Motion	05:09
9.	"Find My Way" (with Black Motion)	Refiloe Maele Phoolo	Black Motion	04:00
10.	"Mama I Made It"	Refiloe Maele Phoolo	Ganja Beatz	03:21
11.	"Bheki'ndaba Zakho"	Refiloe Maele Phoolo	Ganja Beatz	04:12
12.	"Upper" (featuring Carpo)	Refiloe Maele Phoolo	Bass Patrick Lee	03:44
13.	"428 to L.A" (featuring Casey Veggies)	Refiloe Maele Phoolo Olaide Daboiku Anathi Mnyango	Anatii	04:06
14.	"Le Mpitse" (featuring Riky Rick)	Refiloe Maele Phoolo Rikhado Makhado	Taylor Made Beatz	04:05
15.	"Tse Tswembu Tse Blind" (featuring DJ Drama)	Refiloe Maele Phoolo Tyree Simmons	Anatii	03:00
16.	"Monate So" (featuring Doc Shebeleza)	Refiloe Maele Phoolo Victor Bogopane	Bass DJ Cassanova	04:13
17.	"Cooking In Da Kitchen" (featuring The Game)	Refiloe Maele Phoolo Jayceon Taylor	Ganja Beatz	04:04
18.	"Fever" (featuring Stonebwoy)	Refiloe Maele Phoolo	Gemini Major	03:28
19.	"A Lot To Live For" (featuring Tshego & Alie Keyz)	Refiloe Maele Phoolo	Alie Keyz	05:01
20.	"No Worries"		Alie Keyz	04:53
Total length:				79:05

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
South Africa	October 31, 2015	CD	Family Tree, Kalawa Jazmee Records, Universal Music South Africa
	November 6, 2015	Digital Download