We’re here to say that Amaarae made a no skips album of bad bitch anthems. "Fountain Baby" is not just an album, it’s a mood. The girls that get it, get it.

From asakaa (Ghana's version of drill) to R&B, these Ghanaian artistes are leading a new school of musicians experimenting with genres and leaving their stamp on the creative scene.

These trending songs bang now but will they still hit by the time IJGBs land in Nigeria?

Wait, so Olamide, Burna Boy and Tiwa Savage all dropped albums in 2013 and the world did not end? Take us back to the good ole days.

Ajebutter 22 is not your mate when it comes to this alté music thing; that man is your daddy. Way before artistes like Cruel Santino, Odunsi the Engine and Tems helped make alté music and culture popular, Ajebutter was dropping bangers people didn’t quite get but still loved.  With his new album, Soundtrack to the […]

Brymo masking tribalism as “I want what’s best for Nigerians” wasn’t how we expected 2023 to start. What’s going on?

One of my biggest personality traits, outside of not drinking beer, was my “I don’t listen to K-pop” line. But now, I’m here to testify that I’ve seen the light and K-pop slaps with vim.  One thing I’ve realised since I started listening to K-pop at the end of 2022 is, from R&B to punk […]

The first time I ever listened to a SZA song — and by listened, I mean consumed every word and melody like it was Glover Court suya — was when I heard Drew Barrymore in 2017.  Coming out of nowhere, as if mid-conversation, SZA’s voice starts Drew Barrymore by asking, “Why is it so hard […]

Collaborations between Nigerian and foreign artists don’t surprise us anymore. But after 2021 gave us Fireboy DML and Ed Sheeran’s Peru, Tiwa Savage and Brandy’s Somebody’s Son, and Wizkid, Tems and Justin Bieber’s Essence, the pressure for 2022 to deliver was definitely on another level.  Did 2022 deliver? Check out this ranking of some of […]

Dear Grammys, Wizkid and Burna Boy are not the only Nigerian artists. Asake, Obongjayar, Asa, Show Dem Camp and everyone else on this list ate in 2022. How far?