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After teasing us all with a surreal animated visual on his socials, Burna Boy has now released his new album Twice As Tall. After the runaway success of last year’s seminal African Giant, which enjoyed unmitigated critical and commercial success, the pressure was on to follow it up with a worthy successor. Features-wise, it’s still a quality-over-quantity […]
The past few years have been enormously triumphant for the Afrobeats scene, finding footholds around the world and in turn birthing off-shoots on just about every continent. Now, that global influence has been set in stone in the UK, with the launch of the Official UK Afrobeats Chart—a new weekly Top 20 rundown compiled by the Official Charts Company. […]
After setting the world alight with “Gangsta” last year, Darkoo may well have another hit on her hands as she presents another silky smooth Afrobeats bubbler. “Kryptonite (Tough Times Never Last)” picks up the relaxed party vibe that made “Gangsta” such a hit and doubles it with a laid-back saxophone melody that should surely guarantee this […]
Here to work through some recent heartache, Namibian rapper and singer Lioness is switching things up from her usual rap-focused sound with something a little more melodic on “Wish You Were Here” (taken from the album of the same name, which dropped today). Filmed against the stunning landscapes in Cape Town by Marlon du Plooy, the title couldn’t […]
Nigerian rising star Mayorkun kicked off 2020 in style, dropping the massively anthemic “Geng” and now he’s back to revisit the track with his two friends Ms. Banks and Russ Millions to give the track a UK flourish. Mayorkun’s been making some major waves in the past couple of years with his 2018 debut album The Mayor Of […]
As any Ghanaian music fan will remind you, Fela Kuti, the late Nigerian legend, was only able to develop his super-influential afrobeat sound after travelling to Accra and absorbing the addictive rhythms of Highlife. This is typical for a country that has constantly fuelled innovation in West African music, and this commitment to pushing forward shows no […]
If the end of the work week had a sound, it would belong to FRIDAY NIGHT CRU. The Kingston, Jamaica-hailing rapper duo, made up of Djavan ‘KinDah’ Warner and Damani ‘Dash’ Gardner, push a refreshing and eclectic style of music to the fore that often borrows from a variety of genres, and new single “Follow My Lead” is a perfect […]
You might recognise the name Nana Rogues as being the London-based producer behind hits like Drake’s “Passionfruit”, Dave’s “Streatham” and Section Boyz’s “Trapping Ain’t Dead”, but now he’s jumping in the booth to lay down some bars of his own. Following on from his November 2019 single, “Don’t Stress” with Stonebwoy and Kwesi Arthur, Nana Rogues shares “Issues”, […]
Nigerian-born, UK-grown talent Kida Kudz is ready for a global takeover. His vigorous style of music—often led by xylophonic and bass-led sonics—has managed to encapsulate audiences in both Nigeria (and wider West African regions) and England, where he has resided for just over a decade. Travelling to the UK (via Essex-London) to live with his […]
Winter is here and judging by the political landscape, it’s going to be a tough one. One glimmer of positivity, however, comes from South London rap queen Ms. Banks who’s just dropped off her new album, The Coldest Winter Ever 2. Fortunately, perhaps as an antidote to the times, this sequel is noticeably warmer and more […]
