Category: Music

Music Reviews

The House Music of Stunna on Tha Track

Post author By Afapinen
Post date December 13, 2025

Stunna on Tha Track in Pirate Studios, London

by Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera

Tags amapiano, house music genre, mystic house, nektunez, stunna on the track

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Anyafulugo and the Powerful Civilian

Post author By Afapinen
Post date December 12, 2025

Anyafulugo

by Ebri Kowaki

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Ripple Effect

Illustration by Orndir Fanen / From L-R: Falz; Dark Poet; M.I

by Carl Terver

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Olamide’s Art of Longevity In Ikigai Vol. 1

Post author By Afapinen
Post date November 18, 2024

OLAMIDE / via artist's Instagram

by Ayodeji Ajibola

Tags afapinenmusic reviews, afrobeats, amapiano, asake, fireboy, ikigai vol 1, nigerian music, olamide

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Tems’ “Born In The Wild” Debut

Post author By Afapinen
Post date August 15, 2024

Still from music video of M & U by Tems

by Ayodeji Ajibola

Tags born in the wild, debut, love me jeje, sade adu

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Sade, Sublime & Ageless: A Selection of 10 Best Listens

Post author By Afapinen
Post date June 8, 2024

The singer Sade

by Abah Onoja

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Young Jonn’s Jiggy Forever

Post author By Afapinen
Post date June 1, 2024

Album Cover for Jiggy Forever (Chocolate City Music; 2024)

by Ayodeji Ajibola

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Shallipopi: Afrobeats’ New Whiz kid Trying to Invent a Subgenre

Post author By Carl Terver
Post date December 11, 2023

PHOTO: Shallipopi / Instagram

by Carl Terver

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The Vivid, Evolving Songwriting of Taylor Swift

Post author By Afapinen
Post date September 22, 2023

Illustration by Orndir Fanen / Originals, L-R: Metaweb; flickr; Taylor Swift Instagram

by Faridah Giwa-Bello

Tags edgar allan poe, evermore, nevermore, taylor swfit, the raven

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Wizkid Bad To Us

Post author By Carl Terver
Post date December 28, 2022

Album art cover, Wizkid's More Love, Less Ego

by Carl Terver

Tags more love less ego, more love less ego review, nigerian music afapinen, wizkid bad to me