R&Cs: Al Xayri
Hewa Yasin
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…
Hewa Yasin
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…
R&Cs: Se Eu Soubesse
I’m not sure whether C4 Pedro came to my ear radar before his collaboration with Sauti Sol or not; whatever the case is, I’ve been on the lookout for his…
R&Cs: Connected
It was sad to see Victor Oladipo’s NBA season cut short because of injury after having overcome doubters and established himself as a franchise cornerstone player the previous year. We…
R&Cs: Yebo Mama
I guess that we should be grateful to the Bacardi brand here. Through their House Party sessions, they brought together the genius producer Heavy-K and the electro firecracker Moonchild Sanelly.…