R&Cs: Senseless
Hewa Yasin
I’ve been talking up the summer and the bangers that usually come with it. Well, summer’s here and it’s not looking disappointing at all. Stefflon Don’s star has been on…
June 2018
R&Cs: Abangani
I like Sjava. A lot! And his new single, “Abangani” (it means ‘friends’ in Zulu) is the type of music I live for. We always look for and cherish music…
Quand le Mondial ne commence pas tout à fait comme prévu
Kadija Boiro
Petit fiston étant hospitalisé, il a gagné haut la main… Fiston 1. Maman fan de foot 0 Mais Dieu dans sa grande bonté a fait coïncidé le début du Mondial…
Smoke & Mirrors, June: II
It's Just Sen
These past few weeks have filled me a deja vu feeling: it feels like Kanye West has brought back G.O.O.D. Fridays. And it reflects in the ‘Smoke & Mirrors‘! Previous…
R&Cs: The One
Remember the BET Cypher that featured an all-star lineup of Leikeli47, Kash Doll, Rapsody and Tokyo Jetz? Admittedly, I didn’t know anything about the latter but I’ve been a rooting…
Lloyd Banks: PLK, The Fortune Not The Fame
Wraith Yoshi
I was going to write an intro to this Lloyd Banks playlist that I’ve curated. But frankly, I feel that none of my own words could do justice to this…
R&Cs: Fella
It may have to do with the fact that this Tanzania duo has been a firm favorite for a few years now. And let’s not forget that their last album…
R&Cs: AmaBlesser
At the tail end of 2017, I recall a few tweets from super producer DJ Maphorisa raving about a young talent he found on YouTube, Mlindo The Vocalist. Thereafter, the…
R&Cs: Unfair Games
There was no particular reason to have the dancehall smash, “Unfair Games” as the lead here, but let me venture a few. It made sense to me in the flow…
R&Cs: Habitué
In a game (French Rap) that has had an uncontested leader for well over a decade now (Booba) and no apparent successor in sight, there might be little for a…