R&Cs: New Light
Hewa Yasin
Back in the day — over a decade ago, I believe — one of my high school homies introduced me to the music of John Mayer. (I’ve been a fan…
Roll and Coasters
R&Cs: Bout It
Personally, this year I’ve been revelling in the sheer amount of good music that’s been released thus far. My favorite artist out of Dreamville added to my delight with his…
R&Cs: Pay Up
Last year, one of the best rappers out right now released her sophomore album, Laila’s Wisdom. Oh boy, was I not ready for such dopeness! The latest Rapsody single off…
R&Cs: Bubblin
There have been whispers of a new Anderson .Paak album and with a new single (“Bubblin”) release, that album is in sight. More good news? How about Galantis teasing more…
R&Cs: Ring the Alarm
The new Black Eyed Peas single, “Ring the Alarm Pt. 1, Pt. 2, Pt.3”, was a pleasant surprise to me. There’s hardly any complaints one could have about it. I’m…
R&Cs: Woman
We were celebrating Mother’s Day over the past weekend and several apropos songs came out. I find it worth celebrating them and start this with “Woman”, a Juliana Kanyomozi classic…
R&Cs: Fake Love
In Lagos, 2018 has seen a relentless streak of Wizkid-featured potential hits. “Fake Love” has gotten the video treatment and looks set to supplant “Soco”. Wizkid and Duncan Mighty makes…
R&Cs: Audio
The supergroup trio of Labrinth, Sia and Diplo — aptly named LSD — is one I can wholeheartedly get behind. Each member stands out on their own, and their collaborative…
R&Cs: His & Hers (Perspectives)
I’m actually surprised it took Wretch 32 this long to release a video for one of the standout tracks off of FR32: “His & Hers (Perspectives).” For some time now,…
R&Cs: Caterpillar
Royce’s Book of Ryan will go down as one of the best project from 2018. It’s quite telling when the Bad Meets Evil reunion on the banging “Caterpillar” is a…