Listen to Eugy’s remix of Wizkid’s “Soco”

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As “Soco”, continues to earwarm its way into summer playlists with the star power of Wizkid and his Starboy team-up, Eugy aligns himself with its catchy and breez Northboi produced harmonies. The Ghanaian artist just released a remix to “Soco”, adding two new verses to Wizkid’s chorus.

Eugy’s “Soco” remix stays true to the romantic direction of the original without missing a beat on its dance-floor proficiency. It’s a competent mix of flirt and melody that has proven irresistible on dance floors.

Listen to “Soco” remix by Eugy below.

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ICYMI: Watch the video for Eugy and YCee’s “Say Bye Bye” here

Watch the music video for Yogi’s “Baby” featuring Maleek Berry, Kid Ink and RAY BLK

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In an interview with Complex, Yogi said that his intention with “Baby” was to combine music influenced by the UK and United States music scene. Sampling Julio Bashmore’s 2012 jam “Au Seve”, he says he wanted to create something “rapers could get on” while paying homage to the original track. He does this with support from Maleek Berry, who he says was important because he represents the impact of Afropop on the “UK urban music scene right now”, one of UK’s RAY and L.A.’s Kid Ink. For “Baby”, Francis Wallis directs a music video that begins with a break into a racecourse by a group of actors and the artists. As the music begins, the clip cuts to Maleek berry walking down a racecourse with a racing jacket on, as he sings his lyrics promising money and the good life to a lady he’s trying to woo, Afropop style. All three artists perform at racetracks before heading down to a house party

Watch the video for Yogi’s “Baby” here

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Watch the dramatic music video for Twitch and Kwesi Arthur’s post-breakup banger, “Take Your Somtin”

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In the face of post-break up trauma, finding a friend to lean on is crucial to one’s well being. And for “Take Your Somtin”, Twitch confides in Ghanaian counterpart, Kwesi Arthur to perform a mid-tempo ode to moving on from lifeless relationships.

Backed by production from NOVA, Twitch goes over the autopsy of his past romance, listing bad attitude and terrible texting skills as one of the major causes for its demise. Kwesi Arthur takes the last verse, stamping the breakup with crushing lyrics; “You Tell Me You Go Change, But I No Believe It”. The accompanying video Mickey Johnson directs matches the song’s message for dealing with break-up through building support mechanism. “Take Your Somtin” video shows Twitch breaking up with his ex over a video call, while showing off his new girlfriend before eventually meeting up with Kwesi Arthur at a house party.

Watch the video for Twitch and Kwesi Arthur’s “Take Your Somtin” here.

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ICYMI: Listen to “Stress Free”, a cut from Magnom’s latest album, ‘We Speed 2’

Remi Baggins and Eri Ife release collaborative EP, ‘YLLW’

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Last year, Eri Ife released a self-titled EP featuring 6 electro-folk tracks perfect for a Sunday evening acoustic set. Remi Baggins’ eigengrau also dropped last year, showing off his mix and mastering skills on 6 tracks ending with the Neo-psychedelia track “trippy ass outro”. The follow-up project is a collective EP YLLW that sees both artists bringing these distinct talents together to compel various emotions in 5 neo-r’n’b tracks.

It’s not uncommon to find emerging artists combining efforts to produce songs or extended projects together, YLLW sets the duo apart with often missing chemistry.

Like one might with a group of strangers soon to become friends, both artists start by introducing themselves on “Yeah” “My name my name my name my name” Eri Ife sings over guitar filled instrumentals from Sir Bastien and Jaytrix. With crowd hype lyrics, they sung at intervals by both singers, they invite listeners to journey with them through the story they start here and finish on “Yllw” the titular final track.

The story-telling theme continues as the tempo picks up on the second track,  “B’Ori Pe” with a tale about humble beginnings and a committed promise to be great. “I’ll be grinding ’til I’m Up Leaving the dream”, they’re singing in a convincing tone that impels you to believe them. The self-defining narrative ends here with “Bastian’s interlude”, sung entirely by the project’s lead guitarist Sir Bastien after which the duo returns with serenades for a love interest on “My City” featuring Bryan The Mensah.

Eri Ife and Remy Baggins bring the project to a close with “YLLW”, where both singers acknowledge the importance of their crafts in the definition of the lives. Eri Ife implies on “B’Ori Pe” that his craft is all there is to him, but on “YLLW” he reveals a realisation that his life is more than his music. “Now I see that there is so much more to me than some verses on a beat”.

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Olamide and Phyno release a post world-cup Super Eagles tribute,”Road to Russia”

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Olamide and Phyno collaborations always subtly use their unlikely bromance to show off Nigeria’s unity. It’s not surprising that they would come together (for the umpteenth time) to make music about soccer, one of the few cultural practices that can challenge music’s place for unifying the country.

“Road To Russia” is a throwback to nostalgia that falls in line with the sold-out national jerseys. But Phyno and Olamide echoes the same hopes for Nigeria’s chances at the coming World Cup competition in Russia with deliberately antiqued harmonies produces by Pheelz.

You can stream Olamide and Phyno’s “Road to Russia” below.

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ICYMI: Here’s the video for “Issa Goal”, the unofficial Super Eagles anthem for Russia’18 by Naira Marley

Ice Prince releases new single, “Hit Me Up” featuring PatricKxxLee and Straffitti

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It’s easy to respond to any criticism, however, measured, with a brash ‘don’t judge me’. But for “Hit Me Up”, the latest Ice Prince release which features PatricKxxLee and Straffitti, the rapper offers more context by way of walking listeners through the reality of his life; “I’m Way Ahead of My Pairs (Peers), My Head is Looking out of Place”.

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Though the grim trap beat PatricKxxLee produces for “Hit Me Up” adds an air of edgy aggression, the lyrics are ironically endearing—PatricKxxLee’s hook invites listeners to “Come See (Him) On This Side”, while Ice Prince explains why he’s misunderstood. Straffitti takes the last verse bragging about the acclaim of being a teen star and it’s a jolting snapshot to the song’s core message for how celebrity reality is different from ours, despite how accessible social media makes them seem.

Listen to Ice Prince’s “Hit Me Up” featuring PatricKxxLee and Straffitti below.

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Watch Amaa Rae submerged in “Fluid” music video

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Amaa Rae released the video for “Fluid”, one of the 6 tracks on her ‘Passionfruit Summer’ project debut. The song and the video stand out from the rest of the atmospheric R&B project because it deals with her sexuality outside of penning love songs.

Amaa Rae’s soothing and sensual vocals can always be relied on to set intimate moods, but “Fluid” is her most pointedly political one. Her lyrics, “I’m Feeling So/ Fluid/ Baby Let Go/ You Can Do It”, listens like the most convincing pro-self anthem as she sings over the atmospheric synth-pop instrumental by MikeMillzOnEM. The record is PFS‘s most colourful moment and the video relays that in one scene with cuts showing a bathtub as the water changes colour from pink, blue and white. Amaa Rae is within it all, bright and sweet as the flowers that capture the flow of emotions.

Watch the video for Amaa Rae’s “Fluid” below.

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Cynthia Erivo breaks into hollywood with “Widows” and “Bad Times at El Royale”

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British-Nigerian actress Cynthia Erivo is a model example of the power of positivity. “I tend to say them out loud because I think that’s important, then see what happens”, she said in an interview with Healthish. “The things that I want to happen always happen in the most unexpected ways, so I just go with it”. Well so far, Cynthia Erivo has been in a handful of theatre plays including Color Purple, which earned her nine award nominations between 2013 and 2017 [6 of which she won].

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Between Emmy and Grammy and Tony award speeches, the singer-slash-actress has also featured briefly in a number of British TV series. Erivo adds movies to her list of things shes clearly great at with the release of two crime trailers motion picture trailers she stars in: Widows, to be released in November; and Bad Times at the El Royale expected in October this year

The more first of the two Widows is based on a British TV series of the same name. Like the TV show, the  Steve McQueen-directed film follows a group of women [Led by Viola Davis] who continue a bank heist their husbands were killed trying to pull off while under pressure of police and rival gangs.

Bad Times at the El Royale, on the other hand, is a horror thriller that follows seven characters, all with a secret to bury – cult leader (played by Chris Hemsworth), a priest ( played by Jeff Bridges), a singer (Cynthia Erivo), a salesman (Jon Hamm), a concierge (Lewis Pullman) and two criminals (Dakota Johnson and Cailee Spaeny) – meet at Lake Tahoe’s El Royale, a rundown hotel that also has a mysterious past, and things get real.

Watch the trailer here:

Cynthia Erivo is also to star in a biopic based on the life of Harriet Tubman. She will also appear in Chaos Walking starring Tom Holland, Daisy Ridleandad others, based off the first of Patrick Ness’ science fiction trilogy of the same name. There is no release date for the former, but Chaos Walking is set to be released in March next year.

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Best New Music: Return home with Fatoumata Diawara’s “Mama”

The video for Prettyboy D-O’s “Chop Elbow” brings 90s nostalgia

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The pleasure of listening to music comes in different assorted flavours, and one of them is nostalgia. This is the craving Prettyboy D-O’s “Chop Elbow” video satisfies. The track’s subdued Afro-Caribbean influenced harmonies may have hinted at a retro aesthetic—it listens like a sample from vintage Bollywood clips—but the music video certifies there’s no mistake about it.

San Visuals shots a video that takes viewers back to a time when Nigerian media was still experimenting heavily with greenroom technology and Ramsey Nouah was a face punching, ball squashing badass on our home video screens. As if Prettyboy D-O’s politically charged “Chop Elbow” wasn’t enough to revive memories of equally geared throwback hits from artists like African China, the dancers, flawed greenroom effects and cuts from news channels portray the full extent of D-O’s socio-conscious message and its pleasant marriage to nostalgia.

PrettyBoy D-O delivers the song against a backdrop of the chaotic society we live, alluding to the SARS problem with shots of a dancing traffic warden. It’s a precise euphemism as the playful song addresses the daunting—and occasionally life-threatening—struggles of being a youth in Nigeria. With the national elections lurking in the horizon, “Chop Elbow” is a timely release to shake youths apathy.

Watch the video for “Chop Elbow” below.

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ICYMI: Read Prettyboy D-O’s feature on NATIVE 11 here

Listen to Lady Donli’s lush new single, “Games” featuring GJTheCaesar

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Timing is everything in music, purposeful collaborations come next. After the release of Letters to K earlier this year, Lady Donli’s Freedom Park live in concert and innovative living room tour culminated the campaign that followed the intimate project that inspired it. These days, the singer is rumoured to be setting up a band with Mr Eazi who recently inked a deal with Colombia Records UK, and while fans await what will come of that collaboration, her first single of the year, “Games”, is here just in time for the summer.

Sonically, Lady Donli’s has made a lot of cerebral shifts over the past couple of months. Blended with electronics and ambient synths, “Games”, is the epitome of the kind of the soulful music style Lady Donli has been silently unpacking into her own genre-defining element. Laced with her airy vocals about giving up the losing games of love, “Games” sweetly sits atop the line between heartfelt soul and good dance music.

Stream Lady Donli’s “Games”

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Listen to Lily Allen and Burna Boy on “Your Choice”

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Before the release of his Outside earlier this year, Burna Boy released “Heaven’s Gate” featuring Lily Allen as the lead single which. And from watching the video, Lily’s telling half-smile in the video combined with Burna Boy’s pensive and assertive lyrics confirms a soul bond Burna himself has reiterated, before.

Shortly after the release of “Heaven’s Gate” song, Lily Allen announced that her own album No Shame. The recently released album features 14 cheekily and unapologetically honest pop songs, one of which is “Your Choice” featuring Burna Boy.

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“I’m not Gonna lie but this might be dying”, Lily Allen sings, Over the pop-dancehall fusion beat produced by Pro2Jay. She sings to a man who seems to have gotten the terms of their relationship mixed up. He’s “Crying everytime” she gets a text from other people, which is surprising to her because as she sings “I’ve always said no man can own me”. She doesn’t necessarily want him to leave, but she’s cool with it “If you really wanna go that’s fine/That’s Your Choice Not Mine”. The beat picks up organically as Burna Boy takes the position of the responding lover trying make sense of the relationship. But again, she makes it clear what the dynamic is “I’m yours for the night”

Listen to Lily Allen’s “Your Choice” here:

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Watch Burna Boy in his video for “Devil in California”, off his ‘Outside’ album

Watch A$AP Rocky and Skepta in their video for “Praise The Lord (Da Shine)”

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Last year’s “Ghost Ride” with A$AP Nast made it impossible to have ruled out having Skepta on an A$AP Rocky track, it was more of a question about when it would come. Thankfully, fans didn’t have to wait too long with the release of A$AP’s long-awaited third-studio record Testing featuring “Praise The Lord”, a chemical combination of Rocky’s Harlem style and Skepta’s coldest flow yet.

A$AP Rocky just released the video for “Praise The Lord (Da Shine)”. The video follows both rappers in a split screen view of their hometowns, New York and London. The charismatic energetic of the record is displayed in the erratic nature of the video, done in vaguely psychedelic filter frames where the scenery refracts and wobbles around them.

Watch A$AP Rocky and Skepta in the video for “Praise The Lord (Da Shine)” below.

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Best New Music: Return home with Fatoumata Diawara’s “Mama”

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Of all the odd shuffles that kept on popping up on replay at the NATIVE’s office last year, Fatoumata Diawara’s 2011 album, Fatou was the most loved. Born in Cote d Ivoire to Malian parents, Fatoumata’s profile in film and theatre provides some context for a climatic storytelling style but nothing substitutes for her compelling silky smooth vocals. After years of acting across Francophone Africa and France and performing with greats like Oumou Sangare and AfroCubism, Fatou picked up the guitar somewhere along the way and started writing her own songs.

Unlike Fatoumata’s intimate genre-mashing debut Fatou, Fenfo, her latest sophomore project is directed at where her heart will always be: home. Fenfo is Fatoumata singing against beliefs that prevent intermarriage on “Kanou Dan Yen”, emphasising the dark skin and honour for black heritage on “Kokoro”, and laying vocals on Vincent Segal’s beautiful cello baseline for “Don Do”, a haunting track about unrequited love.

Across 11-tracks—no more, no less—Fatoumata delivers a perfect album that peaks at the Afrobeat-infused dance number, “Negue Negue” before segueing into a somber second half, starting with seventh track, “Mama”. “Mama” is only lightly dabbed with a touch of synths, allowing the acoustics from her band, serve as the bedrock for lyrics praising her mother in an endearingly daughterly way that invokes Asa’s similarly-themed “So Beautiful”. There is even a casual shoutout to her dad: Baba yo, Baba yo my only Baba

It’s a sharp contrast from “Willie” a rebellious stand-out off Fatou, where Fatoumata sings of a young woman who was labelled “stubborn girl” because she refused to be forced into early marriage, and chose to run away instead. The story is very much like Fatou’s own life, as a young woman who found solace in theatre to escape a being forced into an arranged marriage. In a way “Mama” feels like a do-over for some of the choices, the same girl in “Willie” may have made on her journey. Going against odds of norms deeply intertwined with family will leave everyone involved with a lot to say if the wounds are to ever heal. Thankfully, Fatoumata presets the mood with “Mama”, as guitars melt the whole arrangement into an emotional mind warp.

Stream “Mama” via Apple Music below:

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Listen to “N.W.A”, a new single by Phyno featuring Wale

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Since Phyno’s feature as a cameo in the recently released video for Wale’s “Staying Power”, many speculated whether Phyno and Wale were working together on a single or even a project. Phyno’s new single, “N.W.A”, confirms they have indeed been working on releasing new music together and with the synergy shared on the vain new single, they keep the hopes of a joint project alive.

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While Phyno is comfortable singing about his acclaim and his grass to grace story, Wale spits boastful bars bragging about everything from his chain to his Yoruba genes. Their lyrics stands as a sharp contrast to the mellow piano-led beat IamBeat produces, but the combination authenticates their brags by infusing an air of seriousness.

Listen to Phyno and Wale’s “N.W.A” below.

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ICYMI: Listen to Wale’s energetic single, “Staying Power”

YCee teams up with Joyner Lucas for “Juice” Remix

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There was a time in 2017 when it was nearly impossible to be anywhere for more than five minutes and not hear YCee’s “Juice”. You can probably hear it in your head even now: the catchy drum riff, YCee’s coy and sugary vocals, delivering that euphoric hook, “Too Much Juice, Too Much Sauce”. Despite the foray of hits single that punctuated the year, there was no denying its impact and ubiquity.

While we wait on the dust to settle on the rush of new Afropop releases this year, YCee is reviving last year’s summer hit, “Juice”, with a remix featuring American rapper, Joyner Lucas. Joyner Lucas takes the first verse as he tries to impress a love interest before he switches to a more melodic vocal performance that mirrors YCee’s penchant for mixing his rapping with singing. YCee also adds a new verse blurring the lines separating rap and R&B as if to say he never needed the Maleek Berry feature to make the song melodic and catchy.

Unlike previous international collaborations, Joyner Lucas’ feature on the remix of “Juice” seems organic and free from industry politicking; They are both relatively new artists making a wave in their respective states. The balanced alliance makes their team up sincerely cordial and that, in turn, reflects in the chemistry.

Listen to YCee’s “Juice Remix” featuring Joyner Lucas below.

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Check out Chike Frankie Edozien’s book”Lives of Great Men: Living and Loving as a Gay African Man”

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Nigerian-born journalist Chike Frankie Edozien latest release Lives of Great Men is a memoir that follows his life as a gay man within and outside his country of origin. In his book, Edozien illustrates instances and stories that counter the narrative that homosexuality does not exist or has only recently become a thing in Africa.

Homosexuality is not new on the continent, what is fairly recent is the shift from generally ignoring the community to outright criminalisation. In Nigeria and Uganda for example, homosexuality was criminalised as early as five years ago. Now anyone who is found guilty in either country is threatened with 14 years to life in prison.

The book is to tell stories of the people who have lived through these time, before and after these new laws were established. He intends to tell the stories of their lives, as opposed to the usual narrative which almost always an alteration between disdain and distress. “I didn’t just want to talk about the bad stuff”, he said in an interview with OkayAfrica, “I wanted to talk about the wonderful people who are being very supportive of their gay friends and children, and those who are living fulfilled lives and doing things, in spite of all of this.” and those who are living fulfilled lives and doing things, in spite of all of this”.

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LGBT advocacy has become more pronounced around the continent. Last year, Rafiki, a Kenyan drama about lesbian love and the first Kenyan LGBT film was produced. Though it was banned by the government shortly after, it was largely celebrated both on and off the continent. Others have been silently and actively opening up room for dialogue around the continent. For instance, in 2004, Nigerian rights activist and founder of Bisi Alimi Foundation, Bisi Alimi became the first Nigerian man to come out as openly gay on national television, through Funmi Iyanda’s show New Dawn with Funmi.

Though people within the LGBT community are still understandably wary of opening up, as Edozien observed during his encounters and interviews, he hopes his book will encourage more people to share their stories. The book will undoubtedly add to the steadily growing number of advocacy and discourse materials being developed by people living within and outside the continent.

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Adekunle Gold shares the music video for “Fame”

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Adekunle Gold continues the roll out for his recently released sophomore album, ‘About 30’, with the release of a gripping music video for “Fame”. In line with sentiments already heard on the stand out track from the project, the video is a show of celebrity and solitude.

In order to convey Adekunle Gold’s solemn confession, director, Scott Jaeger’s camera moves in constant motion, mirroring the singer’s sluggish and anguished gestures as he moves around a spacious loft. The empty room seems symbolic to the most reoccurring lines from the song, “Sometimes, I Feel Alone” while the antique set and guitar prop plays to the song’s folk influences.

Watch the music video for Adekunle Gold’s “Fame” below.

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Tomi Agape released Video for “In The Night”

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Tomi Agape’s “In The Night” is a taste of what is to come from her yet-to-be-titled EP, scheduled for release later this year. The upcoming EP is expected to reach for a blend of contemporary R&B and Afro-Caribbean dance music. “In The Night” features Nonso Amadi, who cameos under the strobe lights in the accompanying video directed by UAX. Tomi performs in an antique store, lit by sunrays peeking through holes in the window. “In The Night” is light on lyrics, but the concept is unmistakable as the preview of the project that’s to come.

Watch the video for Tomi Agape’s “In The Night” here.

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Tomi Agape and LadiPoe’s “Complicated” is not as cliche as the title suggests

Davido and Odie lined-up for Jay-Z’s ‘Made In America’ festival this fall

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For 7 years, Jay Z’s, ‘Made In America’ festival has hosted a range of artists from hip-hop’s front-liners like, Eminem, to the alternative and obscure like Grimes. This year, Nicki Minaj and Post Malone have been listed as the headlining acts along with Meek Mill, Diplo and 6lack. Last year, ‘Made in America’ fielded two Nigerian artists, Maleek Berry and Tiwa Savage and Nigerian-born Canadian singer, Odie and Davido will be continuing the tradition of Nigerians featuring at the festival. ‘Made in America’ is set to hold on the 1st and 2nd of September, at Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia.

Check out the full line-up here:

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Listen to Magnom’s “Stress Free” featuring DarkoVibes and Nana Benyin

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Ghanaian producer—turned artist—surprised many with the release of his 3rd studio album, ‘We Speed 2’, a 20-track offering with over 20 featured artists. ‘We Speed 2‘ fuses hip-hop’s trap bouncy with Afropop’s catchy feel-good melodies and does a good job of it thanks to the collaboration with artists like Kwesi Arthur, $pacely, Kidd Black and Sarkodie.

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“Stress Free”, one of the highlights of the album features DarkoVibes and Nana Benyin. Backed by the chirpy beat from Moor Sound and Foreign Local, both artists channel a cheerful summer vibe that makes the song listen like an invitation to party by the beach even before DarkoVibes sings, “Stress/ Free/ Life E/ Sweet/ The Whole Clique Dey Ball For The Beach”. Though the high spirited nature of “Stress Free” is its most distinct feature, the rose-colored veil both artists insist to see the world through is what makes the cheerful song so affecting.

Listen to “Stress Free” featuring DarkoVibes and Nana Benyin here.

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Nasty C debuts “King” and “Jungle” from his forthcoming album

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Nasty C’s forthcoming album, ‘Strings and Blings‘ is one of the most anticipated albums of the year. A few weeks ago, the South African rapper promised that the album was “0.9999999999% Done” in an Instagram video post before he was in Nigeria and gave an interview confirming that Runtown, A$AP Ferg and Ycee were for among the featured artists on the album.

The album is set to be released on the 6th of June but he just debuted two singles off the project to give a taste of what to expect. His social media posts leading up to the album had us contemplating various directions the album could take, but after listening to his latest releases, “King” featuring A$AP Ferg and the solo track, “Jungle”, it is clear what direction the album is taking.

According to Nasty C, “King” is “about the kids who talk too much”. Over the Tweezy produced beat, Nasty C raps about the kids who call themselves ‘kings’, questioning if the ‘lifestyle’ is really all they believe it to be.

Though the Cody Rhones produced “Jungle” is more about society at large. Nasty C raps about society as a jungle and how things that should be scored tend to go unnoticed because they’re believed to be the norm.

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Nasty C gets super self-aware on “Changed”