R&Cs: Starboy
Hewa Yasin
We’ve reached the twentieth edition of Roll & Coasters and I feel like I’m just hitting my stride. This week’s is light work thanks to the likes of Solange (she…
January 2019
R&Cs: Daylight
At the risk of being exhaustive, I’m celebrating Yelawolf’s return with a visual trip to a variety of sub-genres within rap, pop, rock, afrobeats; accross three continents; and spread over…
R&Cs: Afrikan History X
A few months ago, I published a cursory peer into the growing appreciation for African pop music and its growing use. Clearly, there have been nuances in the acceptance, adoption…
R&Cs: Faut pas taper sur madame
Let me seize this opportunity to salute the likes of Franko that use their platform to bring awareness to serious scourges like domestic violence. I doff my hat to the…
R&Cs: Perfect Illusion
It is with relatively little fanfare that Lady Gaga has returned to the pop music circuit. Then again, in this election year, the hottest export from the States is a…
R&Cs: Hold Up/Fade
In terms of constantly pushing the boundaries of the music video, its format, its aesthetics, its significance and its importance in their catalog, Beyoncé and Kanye West should immediately spring…
R&Cs: Grass Ain’t Greener
Here are some quick thoughts about this week’s roundup. The Florida Georgia Line video treatment for “May We All” could have easily been expanded to a short film. It’s that…
R&Cs: Je suis chez moi
Let’s celebrate the return of R&B stalwarts Joe, Lloyd and Maxwell. Those golden voices were sorely missed. Let’s celebrate the rebuke of bigotry when it comes to defining French national…
R&Cs: Darte (Remix)
No time to waste in 2019! That’s supposedly the motto! I’ll give it a couple more weeks for the euphoria to subside, the determined spirit to give in, and everything…
Why Was I Mum on the Elections in Cameroon?
Hopiho
…Or as my good friend Morack asked me, “Why aren’t you writing about these Cameroon elections?”