Keep Counting on Benzi for More Girl Trapz
Hewa Yasin
There are few DJs you would rely on to blow the roof off a party like Benzi. He’s had the ‘Girl Trapz’ series running for years. And here’s the fourteenth…
Hewa Vibes
Sure Play: the Give and Go with Diplo
Hey, the NBA playoffs are finally here and that’s as good an excuse as any to pull out a mix from Diplo, one third of Major Lazer. OK, The Give…
R&Cs: Djadja
Depuis un petit bout de temps, j’avais envie de tenter une ‘Roll & Coasters‘ 100% francophone et — à une exception Nigérianne près — j’ai enfin réussi. Et c’est un…
R&Cs: Nice for What
I think that Drake deserves a lot of props for his woman-lauding, Lauryn-Hill-sampling, Southern-bounce-reviving hit single, “Nice for What”. What’s more, I can’t see any better way to drive the…
(For the Fifth Time) Snakehips Fly High
For almost a year now, my partner Wraith Yoshi has been enthralled with music from Snakehips, the British DJ/Producer duo of Oliver Lee and James Carter. Since its release last…
R&Cs: Bartier Cardi
Nothing much to say here to present this playlist. The title does speak for itself after all. You can’t knock the hustle so I will just take the opportunity for…
R&Cs: One Chance
This playlist has the feel and content of ‘Teintée Africaine‘. (You might remember that we’ve had one of those before.) Maybe the crew conversations unconsciously steered me, maybe it was…
R&Cs: Living It Up
To further illustrate my point in the last edition, look no further than the leadoff single, Damian Marley’s “Living It Up”. Damian’s new album (2017’s Grammy-award-winning Stony Hill) has been…
R&Cs: Frozen
I’ve been gushing a lot lately about the young talents stepping up to the plate this year and the many 2017 projects that caught my ear. Over the next few…
R&Cs: Me So Bad
You might break a sweat to any of the joints herein very soon. Led by the sexy Tinashe (with “Me So Bad”) and practically running the whole gamut of the…