Shifty Throwback to a Summer Ting 2017
Hewa Yasin
Back in 2016, we broke into the spring and summer seasons with electric dancehall and afro pop vibes deftly mixed by the german DJ duo So Shifty. This past year,…
Hewa Vibes
Teintée Africaine L/O/O/O-TA-18-1S
It gives me great joy and pride to share this new edition of “Teintée Africaine“. As I hinted in the previous run, I went about this differently: I didn’t go…
Teintée Africaine L/O/O/O-TA-17
With another year coming to a close, I decided to do something special to celebrate the heavy amount of good music that came from Africans and the diaspora. Before that,…
DJ Spinall Guarantees a Lit December
DJ Spinall is no stranger to us. We’ve raved about and broke a sweat over his mixes. So when the festive period came around, we knew we’d get treats from…
Pour Me Water
There’s no denying that aficionados of Afro Pop vibes have been regaled this year. And the tap of Pon Pon rhythms is still turned on as artists from all over…
Hood Go Bang
Ain’t nothing like the Wu to bring up and sustain a boisterous attitude. That is exactly the energy I’m going for here with Tical, ATL vibes, bad (meaning good) chicks…
Shulala
Being a fan of Harmonize and having converted a few Nigerians to his falsetto, it was a joy to see him collaborate with his fellow soft-voiced rising star from the…
Let Me Know
Last year, Maleek Berry blessed us with an absolute gem of an EP, Last Daze of Summer. Although he’s built on that with a few singles this year already, it…
THE STORM
I was all set up for a pretty standard playlist bookended by a short film starring Cassie (because… Cassie). But then there were the BET Awards Cyphers… The Eminem freestyle…
Mumble Rap
Score one for Canada and my namesake, Ahmad Balshe. Indeed, with his latest mixtape, Mumble Rap, Belly adds another solid piece to his growing (and impressive) body of work. It…