With Africa on My Sleeve
We shouldn’t have been out for this long; it’s been a rough month trying to process and adapt to the current pandemic we’re enduring. What I’ve taken away so far is that, in dull moments when we lean to catastrophizing, music provides a much needed respite from the avalanche of news updates that have so...Continue reading
The homie was talking earlier about the older cats embracing the new generation of talent. And there’s no bigger case here than the recent pairing of Eminem and gone-too-soon Juice WRLD on “Godzilla”. We often deride the current hip-hop flagbearers and point at their lack of rapping skills, which they make up for with other...Continue reading
There’s no silver lining in senseless tragedies. Hip-Hop has (yet again!) been robbed of another talent; I’m talking about Pop Smoke. The kid was only 20! One of my homies was just lamenting about only getting on the Brooklynite’s explosive brand of drill. And a week ago, another one was sadly observing how they ran...Continue reading
We conclude our playlist series of 2019 faves here. It should be clear by now that there was a lot of music to take in. Collectively, it was also a good way to get an idea of the major tides last year. Indeed, the songs we liked reflected the continuous shift towards a more (genre)...Continue reading
…Because that’s the feeling I was going with. They been told me DJ Okoro, you’re all about the sweet moments and lovely times. But just in case you didn’t knew, your boy can get grimey and all that if the occasion calls for it! And this is just a little exhibit of how sick the...Continue reading
Welcome back to another session of ‘Smoke x Mirrors‘. And indulge me as I share a bit of introspection. Going back through the past editions, and considering the excellent project that have been coming out as of late, I felt like I might not have shone a brighter light on our homegrown talents. So here...Continue reading
Since his last album, a couple of years ago, G-Eazy has kept us on a drip of EPs while working on the next album. “Hittin Licks” is off the last of those aforementioned EPs, Scary Nights — you might be familiar with it if you’ve been keeping tabs on the Smoke x Mirrors releases. The...Continue reading
I’m just in time to close the month of October 😅😅😅. If you’ve been keeping up, then you will agree that this last quarter has been replete with good music projects. They are being released at a breakneck pace too! Certainly, we might need to gasp for air at some point; I just have this...Continue reading
As promised a few days ago, here’s the companion piece to the last playlist I shared with you. I’ve been overjoyed by the flow of good music that’s been coming out lately and I’m hopeful the trend will tick on upwards as we close out the year. All along, I’ve been recommending some projects (albums,...Continue reading
Last week two weeks ago 🙈, I was raving about the latest albums from Rapsody, SAINt JHN, SiR and Snoh Aalegra. I’m still not over those joints (as your ears will soon find out), yet I have a few more to recommend. For today, I would like you to give some time to (this playlist,...Continue reading