Unamagqubu

# Menzi Music Announces 15-Track Maskandi Album *Unamagqubu*

Menzi Music’s *Unamagqubu* is a 15-track Maskandi album arriving on 12 December 2025. The project places Menzi Music at the centre of a release shaped throughout by recurring collaborations with Stshomi Shange and Menzi Mabizela.

The album’s title track, “Unamagqubu”, appears as the second song, setting an early point of focus for the project. From there, the tracklist moves through a broad set of titles, including “Ngisesibhedlela”, “Emathandweni”, “Tough Time”, “Sinencindezi”, “Iyeke Lendaba” and “Inhliziyo”. While the supplied information does not outline the songs’ individual meanings, the titles suggest a project drawing from personal, relational and everyday-life subjects—without reducing the album to a single theme.

A defining feature of *Unamagqubu* is its consistent collaborative format. Stshomi Shange and Menzi Mabizela are credited across all 15 tracks, including the closing “Siponono (Instrumental)”. Their repeated presence gives the album a clear ensemble identity rather than presenting it as a collection of isolated guest appearances. The credits also shift in order across the tracklist, with some songs listing Stshomi Shange first and others Menzi Mabizela, while Menzi Music remains the primary artist throughout.

The album also balances vocal-led songs with an instrumental closer. “Siponono (Instrumental)” provides a different endpoint to the project, extending the collaboration beyond the album’s sung material and giving the tracklist a distinct final entry.

For listeners exploring contemporary Maskandi, *Unamagqubu* is worth noting for its focused 15-song structure and unusually consistent pairing of artists across the full project. Menzi Music’s album will be available from 12 December 2025.