Africa
26 Greatest Nigerian Love Songs for Your Valentine’s Playlist
We’ve rounded up the 26 greatest Nigerian love songs ever made. Which of these is your forever favorite? The greatest...
The Grammy Mirage: Why the Nigerian Obsession with Western Validation is a Losing Game
The morning after the Grammy Awards has become a recurring ritual of collective heartbreak for the Nigerian music industry. Once...
The “Predator” Narrative: Is Wizkid Really Just Feeding Off the New School?
If you’re seeing this, you’ve been deceived. You likely clicked because you wanted to see another veteran artist dragged for...
Does Shoday Deserve Mainstream Attention With His Kind of Music?
Dismissing Shoday’s sound as ‘music for lash techs’ isn’t a critique of quality, it is an exercise in classism. For...
Shoday Kicks Off 2026 With New Single ‘Paparazzi’ Featuring FOLA
Fast-rising Afrobeat star, Shoday has recently released his debut single for the year, ‘Paparazzi,’ a vibrant new single with FOLA,...
Shallipopi’s ‘Auracle’ Album Review: His Best Yet or a Western Gamble?
Very much has been expected of Shallipopi, yet also at the same time, nothing much has been expected of him....
How Nigerians are Enablers of Mediocrity in the Music Industry
We are living through a global Afrobeats phenomenon, an export machine that has captured dance floors from Lagos to London,...
INTERVIEW: Kimilist Wants the World to Hear Ghana in His Sound
The first time I listened to Kimilist was when he dropped Bad Boy Diaries in 2024. Intriguing is the best...
Second Time’s the Charm on Mádé Kuti’s Chapter 1: Where Does Happiness Come From
Mádé Kuti’s second act album is a jazzed-out search for happiness literally, and does not necessarily rely on lyrics for...
Is ‘No Sign Of Weakness’ Burna Boy’s Revisit To His Roots?
On No Signs of Weakness, Burna Boy embraces unpredictability and attempts to reconnect with the version of himself only day-one...
