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R&B’s never been short of heartbreak anthems, but few artists have grown with the genre the way Kehlani has. From the days of You Should Be Here and SweetSexySavage, she’s evolved from the Bay’s restless soulchild into one of R&B’s most emotionally fluent narrators. Each era, she’s sharpened her pen, peeled back another layer of…
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THE CURSE & BLESSING OF SOUTH AFRICA: It’s October 2025 as I write this and it’s that time of year that three words get to steal the spotlight and shine to the fullest. Those three words being year-end fatigue. Now the reason why I mention year-end fatigue is because 10 years ago around this time…
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In a world that celebrates noise, Ty Dolla $ign’s genius has always been found in his restraint. He’s the quiet hum underneath a generation’s soundtrack; the man who gave R&B its groove back while hip-hop flirted with melody and pop leaned into bass. His music doesn’t scream; it glides. And with the arrival of Tycoon, Ty finally…
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R&B has been moving through a strange time warp half-frozen in mood-board minimalism, half-trapped in trap-soul fog. For the past few years, the genre has lived between playlists and nostalgia, unsure whether to chase algorithmic love or emotional truth. Then Josh Levi pulled up with HYDRAULIC, a 15-track debut that feels like a lowrider gliding…
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FORGET THE AI LET’S GET BACK TO THE PEOPLE A topic that has been a big one since the introduction of the technological tool or weapon of mass creative destruction, depending how you look at it, and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is still causing chaos as it splits the creative world into two sides. Some creatives…
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Let’s keep it a stack “Am I the Drama?” turned seven years of chaos, confidence, and cash moves into a fire victory lap. When Cardi B finally dropped her long-awaited sophomore album “Am I the Drama?” in September 2025, the world stopped scrolling for a second. Not because it was a surprise, but because it…
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A 9 YEAR HISTORY ALBUM REVIEW 2025 has been a great year for music and especially in the hip-hop space whether locally here in South Africa & Africa or internationally with it various mainstream and cultural echelon caliber artists releasing full bodies of work. Being proudly South African, with no DNA but purely RSA making…
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A Dying Breed In today’s modern society, there aren’t too many spots where you can just come as you are and be accepted without judgement. Whether you’re running at zero or you’re on a hundred, a place that always has room for you. Need to sit-down and unwind with a drink, cigarette, joint, hubbly or…
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A Comic Con Review As South Africans we would watch TV and movies, seeing & hearing about the magic that is Comic Con. If you’re new to the concept of Comic Con, it is meant to be a wonderland for everything comic, animation, anime, manga, superhero, gaming and sci-fi based. A place where fantasy meets…
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Yes I know what you thinking, is Fratpacker World going pop!? Yes it is because all genres matter. Plus Ed opened the album with some bars. Talking his big popstar talk. Did I mention that I also had some fire ice cream at the listening session. We rocking with Ed here. To celebrate, Warner Music…
