Always & Forever: The Keys to Your Best (Married) Life
Hopiho
I remember (almost a couple of years ago now) when I celebrated my first wedding anniversary, people kept asking me what lessons had I learned in that first year. My…
2019
R&Cs: Balance ton quoi
Hewa Yasin
The #MeToo movement has made significant strides to stamp out rampant and (practically) normalized sexual abuse/harassment against women in professional environments as well as the perpetrators’ relative immunity. There’s still…
Le magasin des envies, Vol. 5
Wraith Yoshi
You better be in the mood to bathe in lust and ecstasy.
R&Cs: Le bruit du silence
Dosseh, l’un de mes rappeurs favoris pour quelques années déjà, n’en est pas à sa première affiche dans la série ‘Roll & Coaster‘ (cf. “Afrikan History X” et “Habitué“). Son…
R&Cs: Ndibambe
When Heavy-K released his excellent album last year, I was immediately drawn to “Ndibambe” and Ntombi’s lovely voice. Finding out what the lyrics actually meant — ndibambe means “hold me”…
R&Cs: Green Light Go
In case you didn’t know, Becky G is no small fry in pop music. Being an American of Mexican descent, from The Wood no less, surely helped with the necessary…
R&Cs: Uhlalu’kwenza
Here, in “Uhlalu’kwenza”, is a tale of triumph over adversity. In the last quarter of 2017, South African singer Busisiswe Thwala — her nom de plume is Cici — released…
R&Cs: Se Eu Soubesse
I’m not sure whether C4 Pedro came to my ear radar before his collaboration with Sauti Sol or not; whatever the case is, I’ve been on the lookout for his…
Smoke x Mirrors ’19|03: III
It's Just Sen
As you enjoy this one, I will like you to keep variety and balance at the forefront of your lives. I believe in striving for balance with everything that you…
R&Cs: Connected
It was sad to see Victor Oladipo’s NBA season cut short because of injury after having overcome doubters and established himself as a franchise cornerstone player the previous year. We…