Essentials:  Joyce Olong’s “Merci Beaute” is excellent, heartfelt storytelling

Essentials: Joyce Olong’s “Merci Beaute” is excellent, heartfelt storytelling

A triumph for New Age songwriting.

6 videos you need to see this week

6 videos you need to see this week

Wizkid's national anthem, Vic Mensa's suicide and other chill videos you don't want to

Best New Music: Jeff Akoh’s “Shokolokobangoshe” satire and showmanship all wrapped in a neat package

Best New Music: Jeff Akoh’s “Shokolokobangoshe” satire and showmanship all wrapped in a neat package

Destined for the big

Danagog tags Davido and Mayorkun for “Bambiala”

Danagog tags Davido and Mayorkun for “Bambiala”

A melancholic romantic Afropop

JazzZ and Myme give us warm fuzzy love on new single, “You”

JazzZ and Myme give us warm fuzzy love on new single, “You”

First cut from the 'Made In Lagos'

Listen to DJ Dimplez’s “What A Night” featuring Tellaman and Kwesta

Listen to DJ Dimplez’s “What A Night” featuring Tellaman and Kwesta

Probably the best thing you'll hear

Soul takes his love triangle to the extreme on “Bermuda”

Soul takes his love triangle to the extreme on “Bermuda”

How far will you go to get out of the

Darkness and sex come to play in Burna Boy’s “Rock Your Body” video

Darkness and sex come to play in Burna Boy’s “Rock Your Body” video

Vampires and sexual fantasy

Dammy recreates arrest and trials in “Prayer” music video

Dammy recreates arrest and trials in “Prayer” music video

Based on a true-life

Maleek Berry comes through with “Magic” medley

Maleek Berry comes through with “Magic” medley

From the beautiful Bali island of

Nonso Amadi’s “Long Live The Queen” expands his famed discography

Nonso Amadi’s “Long Live The Queen” expands his famed discography

You're always in the mood for some new

Watch Davolee venture further into street pop in “Cirocing” video

Watch Davolee venture further into street pop in “Cirocing” video

An ode to to the

Major League’s video for “Do Better” is mushy just how you like it

Major League’s video for “Do Better” is mushy just how you like it

Charming pickup lines for the

Essentials: Abstrakt is doing the radio friendly thing on his debut EP, ‘Radio Irregular’

Essentials: Abstrakt is doing the radio friendly thing on his debut EP, ‘Radio Irregular’

Dive into the bottomless wellspring of dance and pop rhythms with Hip-hop as

Sute Iwar’s “Girl Like You” continues his exploration of 90’s hiphop tropes

Sute Iwar’s “Girl Like You” continues his exploration of 90’s hiphop tropes

Sute Iwar is looking for a girl like

“No More” is existential musing according to Johnson IP and PsychoYP

“No More” is existential musing according to Johnson IP and PsychoYP

Never throught you'd see brevity be a perk in rap.

Koker heads to the streets for “Okay” video

Koker heads to the streets for “Okay” video

See optimism amidst

Watch Lil Kesh’s video for “Baby Favour”

Watch Lil Kesh’s video for “Baby Favour”

Still on a YAGI

Shaydee features Wizkid on new “Make Sense” single

Shaydee features Wizkid on new “Make Sense” single

Both artists have grown since their last feature in

DJ Yin uses  “Kilimanjaro” to advocate for mental health

DJ Yin uses “Kilimanjaro” to advocate for mental health

taps Kemi Smallz, Fasina, Bennie Macaulay, Odunsi, Nova and Ayo wright to project their faces on the movement