African Music Industry

Cabo Verdean singer Kady, gives us her new 2022 EP titled Lumenara. She works closely with fellow star Djodje and lives in Portugal. Here's a review of Lumenara by Kady who hails from the Cape Verdean capital, Praia

Zimbabwean Trap Soul star, Hillzy, gives us an 11-track EP, perfectly titled "In The Building" (which is his tagline BTW). Great way to end 2022? Here's my review

Johnny Drille is a Nigerian star with more than a great voice, his production is top notch and being under the Mavin camp allows him to really shine across the board. He gives us a new 2022 EP titled "Home". Here's my review of Johnny Drille's "Home" EP (2022)

Ghanaian songstress, Wendy Shay, releases a new 2022 EP titled Enigma to follow up her 2 albums 'Shay On You' (2019) and 'Shayning Star' (2021) and of course her hit single Survivor from this year. Here's a review of Enigma by Wendy Shay

Ghanaian-American star, Moliy, drops her much-anticipated album "Honey Doom" to mark an amazing period of music over the last couple of years in her career. Heres a review of Moliy's 'Honey Doom" (2022)

Ghanaian mega star, Sarkodie, drops his much anticipated album 'JAMZ' which he calls a 'playlist' and not a typical Sarkodie album. Let's hear how it sounds...

Nikita Kering' comes through with a new EP titled The Other Side containing 7 tracks. This project is much anticipated with a couple of singles already having dropped over the last few months. "Last Name" was well-received so there is high expectation with what "The Other Side" can do for the next stage of Nikita's career. Here's the review

Wizkid needs no introduction. After the immense success of his album Made In Lagos which birthed the smash worldwide hit 'Essence' with Tems and a remix that included Justin Beiber, he is back with a new body of work titled 'More Love, Less Ego'. The second single from the album 'Money & Love' was dropped 7 days ago and won the affections of many after 'Bad To Me' a couple of months back. Will this album live up to its billing? Here's a review of "More Love, Less Ego" by Wizkid

Nigerian rapper and Afrobeatz star, Blaqbonez, dropped his 6th studio album in about 5 years - which is, frankly, impressive for the young man. It's called 'Young Preacher'

Octopizzo has always been a unique artist on the Kenyan Hip Hop scene. You never really know what he'll give you. Here's a review on what his new album Lamu Nights sounds like…

The Gambia is a small country yet it unearths some of the best talent on the continent. Awa Gambia is one such example and she gives us her debut album, Taking Over. She was a runner up in the 2021 Africell Be A Star Competition in The Gambia

Amapiano star, Sir Trill, releases his much awaited debut album titled 'Ghost'. It boasts a solid 19 tracks and some killer features. Here is a review

Kenyan duo, JIVU, team up with Magaa to give us a sizzling 6-track EP titled Maji. Here is a review of the 6-track project.

Kenya has this amazing ability to unearth great musical talent and I've found yet another star from there - Ethan Muziki. Here is a review of his latest album 'Ethanal Fire' released on September 30th, 2022.

Angolan star, Anselmo Ralph, gives us a new EP titled Viagens with 6-tracks and follows through on a bunch of successful singles from 2022 including Como Se Te Fosse Perder and Cê Não Tem Noção which are huge!

Wizkid has proven himself many times over but no matter how much he does, this one thing will always be his M.O…

Is Fireboy DML The Best Album Artist in Afrobeats? The question seems simple enough but not so much the answer! Afrobeats gives us a little bit of everything and we like it like that. There are always murmurs of how Fireboy DML has no bad songs and no bad album. Here's my analysis of whether that is true or not…

Ckay has risen in the last 3 years to have the biggest song ever by an African act and he's just getting started. Here is a review of his latest album titled 'Sad Romance', another 2022 drop

South Africa-based Zimbabwean singer Sha Sha finally drops her much awaited full length debut album titled "I'm Alive" which comes after a surprisingly quiet 2021 from her. Here's my review

It's always a good day when Nasty C drops. He gives us a pre-tour mixtape called Ivyson Army Tour Mixtape. Here's my review

South African Hip Hop star, K.O, releases his much anticipated album SR3 after the success of the single, Sete. Here's a review

Are South Africans Trying To Gatekeep Amapiano or Protect It? What's really going on with the back and forth about Amapiano on the continent?

Zambia's Sampa The Great released her new album "As Above, So Below" with much expectation following the heights delivered by her lead up singles to the project. Here's a review

Nigerian star, Asake, releases his debut album Mr. Money With the Vibe after a series of undeniable hits. Can he live up to the billing? Here's my review to determine just that

The Twitter streets have been hot with the debate on who 'owns' Amapiano… is it South Africa or someone else? I don't even know why this is even a debate because it's pretty obvious but let me unpack this whole Amapiano situation for you….

This podcast highlights the reasons why I think that Sete by K.O, Young Stunna and Blxckie is a game-changing song for South African music

Zimbabwean songstress, SoulDeep Zim, releases her album titled Free Therapy as a follow up to numerous singles over the last couple of years. This also comes after her first project titled Pese Pese in 2018 and I am here for it! Here's my review

I don't review many projects by way of Equatorial Guinea but an artist called Tito Nsue definitely has my ear from there. Eterno Pt 1 is his 4 track EP which he released from Spain where he is currently based

Zambian star, Holstar, just dropped a surprise 3-track EP titled "Nkani Za Mutima". Here is my review of the project!

Nigerian producer, Masterkraft, comes through with a new album which came as a total surprise to me. Here is my review of Afro Fi Vol 1

BNXN fka Buju has been on one of the hottest streaks I have ever seen in music and he keeps bringing the heat! Here's a review of his new project, Bad Since '97.

Nigeria rap legend, M.I Abaga, gives us his 7th Studio album as he changes his name to "The Guy" which is the title of this album. Here is my review of the project

A review of Amagama Deluxe by South African newcomer, Nomfundo Moh who set the industry ablaze with her unique style

Malawi's legendary Gwamba has done it again! He drops a brand new album titled True Independence following the success of Mama Said God First. Here is my review

eSwatini's Sean Cast HQ drops his album Imvuu Lemnyama with 8 tracks and a mission to change the African perspective of eSwatini music. Here's my review

Fireboy DML comes back into the fold with his third studio album titled 'Playboy' which has 14 tracks and some significant features such as Chris Brown, Rema, Ed Sheeran, Shenseea, Asake and more. Here's my review

Kiff No Beat star, Elow'n, has dropped his debut album titled Le retour de la pierre featuring 13 tracks and a cast of star features and producers. Here's the Moto Moto review

Amalon has certainly been one of the hardest working musicians in Rwanda. He gives us a new EP titled H.K.P (Hovah Knows Peace) with 4 tracks. HERE'S THE MOTO MOTO REVIEW

You wouldn't believe it but P-Square, one of Nigeria's favourite duos of all time, are back! They dropped a new 2-pack single titled Jaiye (Ihe Geme) on July 22nd and here's is the Moto Moto review

Newcomer to The Gambian music scene, Asidik, gives us his self-titled debut EP with 6 tracks and 3 huge features in Jizzle, TEE and Attack. Here's my review

eSwatini has unleashed a new talent by the name of Young Zesh who just dropped his debut album titled Ligcebesha and here is my review

Ghanaian songstress Gyakie comes through with a new project, My Diary EP, after dropping the smash, Something, a few weeks ago. Here's a Moto Moto review

Ghanaian Afrobeats star, King Promise, gives us his sophomore album titled '5 Star' boasting 15 tracks and some already certified hits! Here's my review

Nigerian Afrobeats star, Omah Lay, is back with a new project titled 'Boy Alone' after a strong start to 2022 with the smash hit 'attention' alongside Justin Bieber. He is building on an already impressive catalog to cement his place as one of Africa's best musicians. Here's my review of the new album 'Boy Alone'

Burna Boy releases another much-anticipated projected after his Grammy win and you know he is up to something! Love, Damini is here and here is my review of Burna Boy's latest offering as arguably the best African artist right now!

Makhadzi or Khadzinator as we know her is consistent, talented and extremely hardworking. She never leaves her fans starved and her new EP titled Pain Ya Jealous is proof (again). The 10-track EP boasts some phenomenal production credits and showcases why she is the queen of Limpopo dance. Here is a review

Moonchild Sanelly has had one of the most enviable career trajectories I have ever seen. Her eclectic style and image are hard to miss and ever since she made herself known to the world, she has been unstoppable. Here is a review of her latest album titled 'Phases'

It's rare to get a debut project without any lead up singles but MaliwA has gone on to do just that as he gives us Long Story Short. Here's my review

Teni gives us a 2-track sampler titled 'Little & Legendary" - does this mean an album is around the corner? Here's my review

Nigeria has a habit of finding stars like it's nothing and the latest Mavin recruit, Boy Spyce, has quite a story to tell on that front! Here's a review of his debut self-titled EP "Boy Spyce"

Prince Kaybee is undoubtedly one of the hardest working musicians in South Africa. No surprise that he gives us yet ANOTHER album, titled Gemini. Here's my Moto Moto review