R&Cs: Power Is Power
Hewa Yasin
The final season of HBO’s wildly successful series, Game of Thrones, is breaking all kinds of records and redefining fan engagement. A show of that magnitude would obviously spawn merchandise…
Roll and Coasters
R&Cs: Oulala (Chilla)
We could have started off with any of the four first tracks in this playlist, but let shine more bright lights at French rapper Chilla, because she deserves it! Her…
R&Cs: Have Mercy
Admittedly, I don’t know much yet about YBN Cordae. I was impressed by a past single titled after my favorite other player of the Chicago Bulls era. And I’m very…
R&Cs: Al Xayri
Late in 2017, when we were gathering songs for our ‘Teintée Africaine‘ series, my Senegal homie put me on to the duo (and couple) Maabo and I’ve been hooked ever…
R&Cs: No New Friends
After “Audio“, “Genius” and “Thunderclouds” comes another LSD gem, “No New Friends” along with the debut album from the trio of peerless artists. I love music that can be hard…
R&Cs: Balance ton quoi
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…
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…