With Africa on My Sleeve
One more for the ShenYeng clan! Since “Blessed” took off last year, Shenseea has been in high demand. And you won’t hear any complaints from me when the trickle we’ve been accustomed to turns into a steady stream of Shenseea bangers like “Trick’a Treat”. The gem is one of many from the Aircraft Riddim; she...Continue reading
The weekend is here! Yo, the weekend is here! You must not have hear me: the weekend is HERE! I’m ecstatic about spending the next couple of days sweating away the stresses of daily grind. (Somebody tell me where I can get a refund for this adulting thing, for real!) If you’re with me, let’s...Continue reading
I recently spent a nice evening with good friends of mine. We were catching up and kicking it over good tunes. That’s where I drew the inspiration for this mix. And I was concocting it, I kept thinking of the magic of music… It relieves anxiety; it offsets the daily stresses; and it offers us...Continue reading
There’s an undeniable beauty when a rapper, no matter his calibre, goes off and gets in the booth just to kick rhymes with abandon. That is the beauty that I’ve tried to showcase with this playlist. These might not be the featured artists’ best songs ever but them shits is hard.
Kudos to Kid Ink for bringing together one of the more exciting up-and-coming talents in Saweetie with her idol, the Hollygrove legend Lil’ Wayne. You couldn’t have a better line-up to properly execute the deliciously raunchy single “YUSO” off of Kid Ink’s parting shot album to 2018. It’s a tough act to follow but the...Continue reading
Let’s celebrate the return of R&B stalwarts Joe, Lloyd and Maxwell. Those golden voices were sorely missed. Let’s celebrate the rebuke of bigotry when it comes to defining French national identity. More power to Black M and his ilk. Let’s cheer the quality output of fresh talent like Jidenna, Keros-n, MZ and Tekno. A sure...Continue reading
No time to waste in 2019! That’s supposedly the motto! I’ll give it a couple more weeks for the euphoria to subside, the determined spirit to give in, and everything else to return to the norm 😆. Meanwhile I didn’t enough new (and decent) material to make the playlist so I supplanted it with some...Continue reading
There’s a growing number of hip-hop afficionados that believe South African rapper Nasty C would soon vy for the title of rap supremo on the global stage. As excellent as “King” (a single off his latest album Strings and Bling) may be, that’s just a glimpse of what a coasting Nasty C can do. The...Continue reading
There was no particular reason to have the dancehall smash, “Unfair Games” as the lead here, but let me venture a few. It made sense to me in the flow of this rather upbeat selection. I think the ‘Life’s Path Riddim‘ is one of the more exceptional ones to come out this year. And, Yanique...Continue reading
Whatever you may feel about their talent, skill or expression, it’s always a good feeling to see somebody able to make a livelihood out of their predilections. And it’s a special feeling when that somebody breaks through after being denied that choice for a long time. So, it’s only right to have a Kesha-featured song...Continue reading