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Can Marcia make her mark in the crowded music industry?

Marcia has yet to appease the local music gatekeepers and make her indelible mark in the industry, but this is not to say she hasn’t captured our attention. To clarify, she has Functionally and musically, ‘Taking Over’ is Marcia’s official debut and her leap from obscure projects that may or may not be found on the internet. The song is a cool decluttered calming Afrobeats ballad with a production that…

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Bling4’s Isai Kupenya

“Racks on Racks” are mainly a simulation in the Zimbabwean rap context, otherwise only referenced when the subject involves hopes and dreams. That is the reality.  Isai Kupenya is music for the people, supposedly by one of the people, and ethically, has to be considered passable before it is even rated. However, the song is not entirely wanting when considered objectively. The trap snare is well concealed under layers of…

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Sha Sha’s ‘Themba Lami’ is a FEMME HOUR staple

Sha Sha’s ‘Themba Lami’ is a FEMME HOUR staple that’s best heard on the edge of a seat, gasping. And by being a far cry from the regular contradiction of soulful vocals and a house production served and eaten up at any groove ever, the song paves the way to the promise of a new sound.  Equally yoked, Sha Sha and Ami Faku deliver in a depot fashion, vibes trickling…

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Paintafresco Has Yet to Make A Meaningful Debut

Paintafresco’s ‘Flowers to Graves’ is a melting pot of melodic rap, earnest sentiments, unsubtle motivational speech, and beyond passable lyricism, all lightly seasoned with a dash of that overused infamous trap snare. With so much to vibe with, while pushing everything else around the plate, the song is a good enough plating of emotion. A raspy-voiced broad on the song’s intro claims responsibility for Fresco’s sense of direction, and it…

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An Oversimplification of Love; Selling a Fantasy That People Cannot Stop Buying.

Since the days of being an EmPawa Africa top finalist, Cleo Vimbai Arigondia better known as Cleo Arie has been figuring out how to make her presence in the somewhat saturated Zimbabwean Afro-pop scene more meaningful, and in the process, truly stand out. Here’s what can be said of Cleo without any doubts: she is a formidable vocalist and guitarist; and based on her decision to build on Jah Bless’ momentum…

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Cleo Arie – Jah Bless

Unfortunately, because no one walks around with a giant neon sign reading “good intentions” on their foreheads, we have to think an awful lot about the characters we shake hands with, and the deals we shake over.  Jah Bless sounds like Cleo Arie might’ve been curved once or twice in the industry and beyond, however it is not the story she’s choosing to tell. Over a clean afro production and signature…

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“To Hell With Healing” – Kae Chaps

Kae Chaps adamantly rejects the concept of healing because healing might come at the expense of his craft, then that’s one more thing lost at the hands which once held his heart. His uncompromising vocal prowess comes in deep black obsidian frosted with coagulated bad blood – a suffering of great inspiration. The hype around Gehena is well deserved! The song is a cool and mild condemnation of damnation and is only hard to listen to when it is about you. The sophisti-pop production and the gentle belting temper with the inky lyricism, sort of paint the whole song in an almost cheery light, under which you can even dance. Kae Chaps is a trip for tasking his still-growing audience with pushing past the emotional grit in his songs and…

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