Track: Heart is Breaking - Self-Taught Beats Remix
Album: Special Kind of Fool
Genre: Hip-hop
Country: UK / Nigeria
Release date: June 2010 (The remixes) Read more about this artist »
tabi Bonney - Ain't Nothin but a hero
Friday, 20 August 2010
Tabiabuè Bonney aka tabi Bonney comes to you via the Togolese Republic, via Los Angeles, via Washington DC. After his buzz single ‘The Pocket’ rode its high-octave hook onto playlists and every US video outlets everywhere, Bonney is back with his new single and video ‘Nuthin But A Hero’ which is destined to make just as much noise as his last. tabi has been likened to folks like Q-Tip, Wale, and Kweli, but this song reminds me more of Underworld than it does anything else. (More after the break)
Even in Costa Rica, a place so sorted that it's made its people the happiest on the planet, there must be things people hate about the country. (More after the break)
He may be unsigned, but listening to "More You", we bet he won't be for long. (The video was directed by Kemi Adetiba, an emerging director who on this evidence is worth keeping an eye on, too).
Bez, a fresh face from Nigeria, cites John Legend and Corinne Bailey Rae among his influences, and his style, tone and delivery seem to bear this out. What do you think? (More after the break)
Imani Uzuri and the coolest celebration of black dance
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Sun Moon Child - Imani Uzuri
Is this or is this not the coolest celebration of, and tribute to, black dance ever? And to great music, too.
“The song came through me,” explains Imani Uzuri of her single “Sun Moon Child.” “I was doing a walking meditation in Northern California… the breeze was blowing, the sun was setting and I could see hills in the distance. A voice spoke to me and said ‘I believe in your destiny.’” (More after the break)
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