R&Cs: Breathe
Hewa Yasin
As far back as last year, we’ve had our eyeears on Seinabo Sey and we’ve rejoiced as she’s gone from strength to strength. “Breathe” keeps up with the upwards trajectory…
Roll and Coasters
R&Cs: Assurance
Everybody loves a good comeback story. And everybody can’t be mad at a good love story. Davido may possibly have both on his hand right now. It wasn’t that long…
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…
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…
R&Cs: Broken Clocks
It seems ludicrous to start a dive into the best music 2017 had to offer. After all, the past is gone and we should always keep our eye on the…