Reviews
Lana Del Rey Delivers Her Most Delicate Music Yet on Chemtrails Over the Country Club
By moniker alone, Chemtrails Over the Country Club would be considered a worthy new chapter in Lana Del Rey’s ongoing subversion of classic (see: myopic) American fantasies. Chemtrails spell conspiracy and doubt; country clubs conjure our obsession with wealth, status and all things Instagram braggadocio. One looms above the other, further threatening the golden-era glamor Del Rey has spent a decade both romanticizing and dissecting. <!– // Brid Player Singles. var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ “div”: “Brid_10143537”, “obj”: {“id”:”25115″,”width”:”480″,”height”:”270″,”playlist”:”10315″,”inviewBottomOffset”:”105px”} }); –...
LeriQ: Has Been Responsible for The Root Morphing of The ‘African Giant’ Burna Boy
LeriQ, call the paramedics, is a very notable Grammy Award-winning Nigerian record producer and songwriter. 30, born Eric Isaac Utere, has been responsible for the very first underground transformation of the African Giant; your most beloved son, Burna Boy, who has brought home the 63rd Grammys plaque from America on 14th March 2021 in Los Angeles Convention center. “Twice As Tall”, is his fifth studio album responsible for his beaming victory, and in between, LeriQ was in motion creating the magic to outlive his own existence. Call the paramedics, spearheaded Burna Boy’s victory dated from obscure moments to this very point of his great career elevation and international recognition. LeriQ is the record producer you should run to, “call the paramedics”, as you have decided to trace Burna’...
Vector & MI Abaga – “Crown of Clay”, Could Be That Nigerian Hip-Hop Is More Hopeful?
“Crown of Clay”, is purely historic, it journeys on West African and black people’s experiences. However, Nigerian Hip-hop seems to be outgrowing her skirts where mainstream rappers create diss tracks, share blunt notions of their supremacy and kingship amongst culture enthusiasts and her few core listeners. Hip-hop culture is near fall in Nigeria and it would take a strong sense of realization and a kind of refocus to make it rise again to some extent, beef tracks that might lead to separation isn’t worth more than when two great lyricists make songs and settle for greatness as they set up the release of their joint EP – “Crown of Clay”. RELATED: Ice Prince ft Oxlade – “Kolo”, Savors The Same Great Taste Of Ice Prince Rap In 2010, The Review Crown of Clay’s creators (Vector & MI Abaga...
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Stumbles Slightly on Takeoff: Review
The Pitch: In the wake of the blip and the events of Avengers: Endgame, Sam Wilson, aka The Falcon (Anthony Mackie), has settled into a modest life of crimefighting with his signature wingsuit. Why isn’t he the new Captain America?, eagle-eyed Endgame viewers might be asking; after all, Old Cap handed him the signature star-spangled shield the last time we saw him. Well, Sam feels uncomfortable with the weight and responsibility of the title — it feels “like someone else’s.” Meanwhile, former Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) is wrestling with his own post-terrorist trauma, struggling to reintegrate into society after ninety years of cryogenically-frozen evildoing. But the two might get drawn back into each other’s orbits with the arrival of a mysterious flash mob...
Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin Showcase a Cipher of Rising Talent on $mokebreak EP
$mokebreak EP, the second project of hip-hop duo Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin, trades the rich worldbuilding of their first album for a fast-paced exhibition of their underground styles. On their debut, FlySiifu’s, the entrancing back-and-forth of emcee Fly Anakin’s earnest flows and rapper-singer Pink Siifu’s slick-talk was fictionalized as the efforts of blunted employees in the back of a Next Friday-esque record store. Where the album built this concept across its many skits, $mokebreak EP holds it as a loose premise; the duo are work-shirt-clad among crates and shelves on the EP’s cover, but mentions of the record store are fewer and less distinct than the mock voicemails of “Black Bitches Matter Hoe” and “[email protected]” Where the album’s features were marked by and divided amo...
Ice Prince ft Oxlade – “Kolo”, Savors The Same Great Taste Of Ice Prince Rap In 2010, The Review
Ice Prince, in the last decade of Nigerian hip-hop, is worthy to be referred to as the prince of rap; who sits directly next to the most honored Nigerian rap Chairman, M.I Abaga, who represents a well-deserved monument and a king in Nigerian hip-hop to date.He was the former CEO of (Chocolate City Music). Panshak Henry Zamani, 36, joined the lift that elevated hip-hop in Nigeria as he also expanded the culture and its hinges across the diaspora. ”Oleku”, is the 2010 Ice Prince’s breakthrough track while in Choc City, that record uplifted his career and held visible proof of his dominance in the Nigerian music industry at that time. RELATED: DanDizzy: The Best African Freestyle Entertainer He literally transited on various scales and ranges, from “Everybody Loves Ice Prince” his debut album...
DanDizzy: The Best African Freestyle Entertainer
DanDizzy, born in the 90s from Nigeria as Daniel Darius Tuotamuno, is the best rap freestyle entertainer from Africa. Perhaps you are a freestyle rapper and feel very talented enough, smart, and qualified to conquer the walls, undisputable Nigerian king of freestyle, DanDizzy, has built for himself in the freestyle game since 2013 till date, from the southern part of Nigeria, in Portharcourt; then you can head south, it’s his territory where he sprouted and grew from. Meanwhile, as you head, accompany care & caution: because he is a freestyle beast and as you approach him to prove yourself a worthy challenge, I kneel by the side and pray for your homecoming to be safely warm and kind, as I trust you would become an instructional edifice to your kind because he would trample and bruise ...
Lagos governor restructures works and infrastructure ministry
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved the restructuring of the State Ministry of Works and Infrastructure by re-establishing the Office of Works and Office of Infrastructure. In a statement released late Friday night, Lagos State Head of Service, Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola, explained that the restructuring of the ministry was necessitated by the volume of work ahead of the present administration in the state led by Sanwo-Olu and the need to implement relevant structural reviews that would facilitate faster attainment of government’s policy objectives. The governor also approved the appointment of two new Permanent Secretaries in the Lagos State Public Service. They are; Arc. Adebayo Ayodeji Odusanya, who would serve as Permanent Secretary Office of Works, and Engr. Rotimi Idowu ...
John Legend & Burna Boy – “Coming 2 America” Permeates From America & Highlights African Barrier, The Review
Popular American singer, John Legend’s “Coming 2 America”, featuring Nigerian Afro-fusion singer and Grammy-nominated act Burnaboy, is a fulfilling stroke of un-hypnotic synth and blustering drums that range from an unconventional spectrum of sonic styles enriched with pop that holistically represents a very strong filming soundtrack for the 2021 “Coming 2 America” blockbuster film. “Coming 2 America” soundtrack is powerful and its sonic essence built on an easy run-down that strictly envision certain scenes from the American comedy movie starring popular American movie icon, Eddie Murphy and was directed by Craig Brewer. The songwriting mostly from John Legend’s verse and the chorus implies a very great build-up that totally depicts a homely description of America. The artistic essence fr...
Wizkid – “Check”, Is The Best Teaser To Elate Nigerian Listeners, The Review
“Check”, the un-anticipated record added next to Wizkid’s successful 2020 fourth studio album – “Made In Lagos”, has been built with the finest afro structural percussion instruments, progressive synth, and bold trumpeting rifts that both accompanies unending melodies which the record entirely displays from start till the end. “Check” literally is like a teaser song and is more like a freestyle that was almost lacking in total serious attitude in the general creation. RELATED: Korede Bello’s Popstar Transformation, Ready To Dominate Once More – “Real Man” Review Though it was released, Wizkid’s delivery sounded worthy to sustain an average Nigerian listener. The record is club and dance-worthy to create a level of happiness and keep a grin and continues glee on the face of Nigerians who ar...
Niniola’s 6th Heaven EP Is An Almost Failed Mission To Keep Nigeria Listeners, The Review
In 6th Heaven, Niniola engineered a range of classic melodic R&B and mid-tempo Afro-beat records, that apparently glow underneath few creations. She almost leaves her native spot that houses a notable sonic spectrum, crafted from a unique markup termed Afro-house music. Niniola is the queen of the genre, and it’s a popularly known fact like she’s grown bigger with it and it has become an edge that she conquers amongst contemporaries in the Nigerian music industry. Afro-house music is a very potent creation that could possibly bring Niniola‘s crossover moments victoriously. RELATED: Ric Hassani: “The Prince I Became”, Album Review A very great attempt was via her previous album titled, “Colors and Sound”, which had popular American singer and songwriter, Timbaland, at the major front ti...
IAN SWEET Finds Her Breath on the Revealing Show Me How You Disappear: Review
The Lowdown: How do you turn introspection into propulsive pop? How can deep reflection push a person into new patterns? These questions weave the eclectic tapestry of Show Me How You Disappear, the third album from IAN SWEET, the now-solo indie-rock project from singer-songwriter Jilian Medford. The collection sparked during the time Medford, 27, spent in an outpatient therapy program for anxiety just before the pandemic, and the songs’ inventive, textured pop marks her best release to date. [embedded content] The Good: The album opens with a momentary squall, the first track, “My Favorite Cloud”, expanding into a Flaming Lips-esque garble that sounds like a sentient modem drowning, before it’s pierced by Medford’s high, filtered voice: “My psychic told me I’d die/ ’Cause I’d forget to br...
