In his new album Shakespopi with a tracklist boasting 9 songs, perhaps to cut down on fillers, Shallipopi is still nowhere near winning the hearts of his critics; the pressure is well-deserved, if you’re celebrated then you have to do more.
In an epoch defined almost by a complacent reliance on Amapiano, Tekno sticks intently to pure Afrobeat harmony. This provides a refreshing thrill — a replay value only a few of the albums that dropped last year can boast of.
Illbliss's new album, Sideh Kai, is the latest of half a dozen projects put out by the prolific rapper in the past ten years. His two earliest albums were released well past a decade ago. As an artist who has put out so many projects, and whose art has been elaborately illustrated, Illbliss has consistently shown the stuff he is made of and he has continuously told his story.
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Afrobeats' very essence is rooted in postmodern ideals – a rejection of rigid boundaries, a celebration of cultural hybridity, and an embrace of the fragmented, the plural, the multi-faceted.
S2 is an elegant, progressive composition, like its prequel from four years before, so Wizkid in that sense, ensures that his legacy as the Soundman remains intact. His status as African music royalty, however, has not been helped by two consecutive projects which while basking in his highs fail to surpass them.
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Ed Keazor and the Lagos AfroFunk Collective rocked The African Center with an expansive and rollicking musical odyssey through West Africa tracing the percussion heavy trajectory and provenance of contemporary African music
Work of Art presents Asake the lyricist, wordsmith and braggart. We are also introduced to the songwriter (who often gets entangled in his own wordplay as he yokes words together as if by violence in his quest for end rhymes)
Asa owned the stage for the two hours she was on it, prancing, dancing, preening and jerking as the spirit led. It was the performance of a bonafide star who has come into her own.
