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  • Nigerian star Burna Boy releases highly-anticipated visual for ‘Odogwu’: Watch

    Nigerian star Burna Boy released the official video for ‘Odogwu’ yesterday. It was a highly-anticipated release, as the artist has promoted it since February on his social media profiles. Watch it now. Hopefully, New York-based fans will be able to see Burna Boy on May 29 at the Ford Amphitheater.

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  • Award-winning director Nabil teams up with Jamaican star Chronixx for ‘Dela Move’: Watch

    Last week, Jamaican artist Chronixx released the powerful cinematic video for ‘Dela Move’. The track isn’t from a recent full body of music but is out through Soul Circle Music. Within the lines of the song, he talks about crabs in a barrel and seems to take on the trendy rhythmic rap-sing cadence that’s popular today. Watch the visual now. It’s well-executed by Nabil.

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  • South London-based artist Darkoo shares visual for ‘Juicy (Brown Skin Like Eva)’ featuring Hardy Caprio: Watch

    African singer-songwriter Darkoo released the official video for ‘Juicy (Brown Skin Like Eva)’ featuring British rapper Hardy Caprio. Pegged with beautiful scenery, the blue-haired artist sings about succulent beautiful women. Before this release, she released ‘Gangsta’, which has several remixes including Davido, Ms Banks, and others. Watch the visual now, directed by Capone.

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  • Late English rapper Cadet still finds success after death with single ‘Support Me’: Listen

    Blaine Cameron Johnson, also known as Cadet, was a British rapper, songwriter and record producer from South London. From the age of sixteen, he began appearing as part of the Gipset crew, a gang of aspiring lyricists based in Gipsy Hill, in South London where he was born. Their freestyles about gang life and living in London gained them a following on social media. After the crew’s disbandment in 2013, Cadet began to pursue his musical career more seriously, releasing a series of freestyles which gained millions in combined views. His EPs, ‘The Commitment’ released in 2016 and ‘The Commitment II’ released in 2018 both gained international attention. Cadet’s most recent single ‘Advice’, with Deno Driz, was released in October and peaked at number 14 in the charts. Unfortunately, the rising British rapper was killed in an early morning car crash in central England, on February 9. Since Cadet’s death, his family has released a freestyle and two of his singles posthumously.

    His latest posthumous single ‘Support Me’, was recorded last year, and is accompanied by a twelve-minute short film. Lyrically, the song tells a story of wanting unconditional support from his partner, constantly asking for reassurance in different scenarios. The split-screen video depicts two different worlds: one where his love interest fulfills his needs for support, and a world in which her support is nonexistent. Support Me is the lead single on the rapper’s upcoming album The Rated Legend, which will be released next month. The album is set to feature fellow artists including Krept, Chip, and Tion Wayne. Rest in power, Cadet.

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  • British singer-songwriter Rebecca Garton releases visual for ‘Don’t’: Watch

    R&B is making a comeback. Well, some will argue that it has never left, but let’s be real. When you speak about it, we have more rappers thinking they are making more R&B than actual singers. Don’t get me wrong, some of the songs are good, and I play all of the time, but don’t you ever want to hear a real singer actually singing a song that you want to play when you’re in your feels? Rebecca Garton’s new song, ‘Don’t’, speaks to a relationship that once was good, but now seems strange. Watch the visual below.

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  • Play this Apashe record ‘Insane’ featuring Tech N9ne more than once

    Photo: Courtesy of the artist

    When this song first came across my desk I thought, “Do I even really want to listen to a Tech N9ne song?” I mean, don’t get me wrong he can rap really really good, but sometimes, his topics can be a little ehh. But because this had Tech on it, I gave it a listen and oh boy can Tech rap! The way his cadence matches the beat is flawless. Apashe perfectly matches the artist’s energy, as he masterfully maneuvers his way through the beat. Just when you think the song is over, Apashe hits you with a drop and beat that makes your head nod so hard, you may get whiplash! Check out the song Insane by Apashe featuring Tech N9ne. Go mosh or something.

  • Reminiscent of Drake’s flow, Absofacto delivers vivacious record ‘Lemon Drop’: Watch the video

    Many years ago, Absofacto released an album called, ‘Sinking Islands’. It was 2011, nearly a decade ago. The times were different than they are now, in regards to how we consume music and where he was creatively, but the music resonated with me, so I wrote about it on a now-defunct version of my website. This month, he’s back with the B-Side to ‘Python’, an uptempo song called, ‘Lemon Drop’. It’s a love song about a monogamous relationship and missing the love of your life. Watch the video below.

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    Mercury Lounge will have the pleasure of hosting the singer on June 22 in New York City. I hope I’m around so I can support him.

  • Danish recording artist Al Jacobi wants to know ‘R U UP?’: Watch the video

    The single, ‘R U UP?’ by Al Jacobi is literally the soundtrack to my life right now. I’m single-single, but not gonna lie, when I’m bored I will send that late-night ‘WYO’ text in hopes that I get the response. I mean, let’s be honest. Sometimes, that toxic part of my life feels like the only thing that is constant and can count on. It’s something about them, like, we don’t do anything right, but sex. But the sex? Oh boy! I’m okay with that, and it’s like, you just can’t stop fucking with them… Asking, “Are you up? I’m coming over”. Watch the video below.

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  • Watch Hong Kong producer Ian Chang video for ‘Audacious’ featuring Blonde Redhead’s KAZU

    ‘Audacious’, the new single by Ian Chang, is a song that will make any dance party better. With a feature from KAZU, the song was inspired after a night playing in NYC at Le Poisson Rouge. The pestilential song captures you immediately and forces you to turn it up to the highest volumes. Check out the beautiful video below.

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  • Beautycon LA postponed due to COVID-19 concerns

    Beautyconis the latest event to be postponed amid widespread fear and panic due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The LA convention, which normally consists of influencer meet and greets, makeup sales and giveaways, and celebrity appearances, is now being pushed to December. Other major events, including Coachella, have been postponed. California Governor Gavin Newsom has called for the cancellation of gatherings of more than 250 people. Attendance for Beautycon has historically been around 20,000.

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