R&Cs: Ndibambe
Hewa Yasin
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”…
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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…
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…
R&Cs: Yebo Mama
I guess that we should be grateful to the Bacardi brand here. Through their House Party sessions, they brought together the genius producer Heavy-K and the electro firecracker Moonchild Sanelly.…
R&Cs: SMA
When it’s so nice, you play it twice! A couple of days ago, I featured “SMA”, Nasty C’s latest single with his label signee Rowlene. I always felt that the…
R&Cs: YUSO
Kudos to Kid Ink for bringing together one of the more exciting up-and-coming talents in Saweetie with her idol, the Hollygrove legend Lil’ Wayne. You couldn’t have a better line-up…
R&Cs: Tipsy
With his critically-acclaimed debut album, Odunsi brought widespread recognition to the alté movement that he’s part of; it also heightened anticipation for whatever would be next. As “Tipsy”, a smooth…
R&Cs: Kainama
Tanzanian crooner Harmonize has recently released an EP (Afro Bongo) with the intent to conquer outside shores and maintain the Wasafi Classic Baby imprint’s reputation as a hit factory. On…