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BarelyAnyHook shows out on on Oma Mahmud’s dancehall heavy “Truth”

BarelyAnyHook shows out on on Oma Mahmud’s dancehall heavy “Truth”

Oma Mahmud needs to know the truth, do

Essentials: ‘Sugarcane’ is a return to form for Tiwa Savage

Essentials: ‘Sugarcane’ is a return to form for Tiwa Savage

An unfussy but carefully orchestrated resurgence

Maki Oh’s return to NYFW was also a return to innocence

Maki Oh’s return to NYFW was also a return to innocence

Change your style, another

Timehin Adegbeye gave a little Talk that just might change the world

Timehin Adegbeye gave a little Talk that just might change the world

Click to see undeterred black excellence inside

Boddhi Satva features Badi on “Kitendi” an homage to the Sapeur subculture

Boddhi Satva features Badi on “Kitendi” an homage to the Sapeur subculture

Time to give the Sapeurs the praise they

The Shuffle: “Prices” harkens to that one time when Camp Mulla eclipsed Wizkid

The Shuffle: “Prices” harkens to that one time when Camp Mulla eclipsed Wizkid

Camp Mulla should have never left.

A rad sample elevates Chyn’s “Omo Kekere”

A rad sample elevates Chyn’s “Omo Kekere”

Nothing like a little world music, to turn your urban rap song into a world class

Listen to Maka refix “The Story of O.J”

Listen to Maka refix “The Story of O.J”

Time to build up, from the ground up.

“Get Back!” is just Suté Iwar stunting on us because he can

“Get Back!” is just Suté Iwar stunting on us because he can

The best build up, if there ever was one.

Acid takes us through a codependent relationship on “Most Nights”

Acid takes us through a codependent relationship on “Most Nights”

Codependence on a trap

Listen to Loti draw the line in the sand on “Want to Know”

Listen to Loti draw the line in the sand on “Want to Know”

Music you can break up to.

AV Club: The guys behind “Dawn of Thunder” want to bring our very own thunder god to life

AV Club: The guys behind “Dawn of Thunder” want to bring our very own thunder god to life

Sango for d gyals dem.

Essentials: Wana Udobang’s ‘In Memory Of Forgetting’ is not a feminist album, it is so much more

Essentials: Wana Udobang’s ‘In Memory Of Forgetting’ is not a feminist album, it is so much more

This is not an ordinary review.

Lynxxx is back to his pre-‘born again’ ways on “Ghana Girls”

Lynxxx is back to his pre-‘born again’ ways on “Ghana Girls”

Phugo is seeking to shake up Abuja editorial scene with ‘Electro’.

Phugo is seeking to shake up Abuja editorial scene with ‘Electro’.

Challenging status

Telz enlist Thr33 and FreshL on dancehall bop “This and That”

Telz enlist Thr33 and FreshL on dancehall bop “This and That”

You should bop to

Teni the entertainer channels the old time kings of the Faaji on “Fargin”

Teni the entertainer channels the old time kings of the Faaji on “Fargin”

Dragging all your pervert uncles.

Best New Music: Yela’s “Fickle” is experimental pop at its finest

Best New Music: Yela’s “Fickle” is experimental pop at its finest

Yela isn't here to play with you hoes.

Bobrisky is the Nigerian Millennial we deserve

Bobrisky is the Nigerian Millennial we deserve

The snapchat king sits on a precarious

Listen to Boogey pay his respect to Chester Bennington on a new “Numb” cover

Listen to Boogey pay his respect to Chester Bennington on a new “Numb” cover

Chester Bennington lives forever.

AV Club: Daniel Obasi’s new fashion film is a facile narrative about gender in Nigeria

AV Club: Daniel Obasi’s new fashion film is a facile narrative about gender in Nigeria

Almost a masterpiece, but not quite.