R&Cs: Thanksgiving
Hewa Yasin
The video for YBN Cordae’s “Thanksgiving” came just in time for me to put this together! By now, for those that observe this American holiday, I’m willing to bet that…
November 2019
R&cs: Sound
Over the past few months the big shots at Wasafi Records have ratcheted up their music outputs. Between Diamond Platnumz and his proteges (the recently-departed Harmonize and Rayvanny), they’re almost…
R&Cs: Trenches
Recently, along with his new album, Street Dreams, Tiny Boost also contributed “Trenches” to the music companion project of Rapman’s directorial debut movie, Blue Story. (Remember “Shiro’s Story“? This is…
How I Fell in Love with AmaPiano, Pt. 3
I hope you enjoyed DJ Maphorisa’s Danko Mix, a determinant moment in my falling in love with amapiano. Since the release of that mix and the Scorpion Kings album, DJ…
R&Cs: Daddy
Surprisingly, Coldplay — you know how we feel about them, right? — never got to lead any of the Roll & Coasters playlists. Gladly, it’s no longer an omission. “Daddy”,…
R&Cs: Again
Even if you have a passing interest — and in my case, a good dose of pessimism — you have to admit that Jaden Smith holds his own as an…
R&Cs: Selense
Simi, without a doubt a firm favorite around these parts, has just released a new single, “Selense”, on her new label through Mr Eazi’s emPawa incubator platform. (Does it portend…
I Called It Trap in the Slums…
DJ Okoro
…Because that’s the feeling I was going with. They been told me DJ Okoro, you’re all about the sweet moments and lovely times. But just in case you didn’t knew,…
R&Cs: Courage
We’d have to go back 23 (!) years — to the spring of 1996 — to pinpoint exactly when I became a raving Céline Dion fan. Her Falling into You…
R&Cs: Stainless
The Game is supposedly about to release his final album and move on to other things. Whether I believe him or not, and what I think of that decision… Those…