The opening track off The 8 Year Affair is a moody, meandering nearly five-minute acoustic confessional, offering very little in the way of either reggae or dancehall. With its down-strokes and minimal production, it’s a curious choice for an opening … Read more »
To celebrate Bob Marley’s Earthstrong today, we took a cue from our bredren over at LargeUP and decided to delve deep into Marley’s catalog to pull out some dusty gems. The following tracks we felt don’t get the credit they … Read more »
You’ve probably heard a lot about Snoop Lion in 2012. But, in case you haven’t, the story basically goes like this- after an epiphanic journey to Jamaica, famed rapper Snoop Dogg changed his name to Snoop Lion, hooked up with Major … Read more »
We don’t pretend to be unbiased. We don’t pretend to be categorically correct (or at least, not unless the argument is particularly heated), and we definitely don’t pretend to have heard everything. BUT- the extended Afropop family does wrap its ears around … Read more »
Ahmed Gallab, the mastermind behind the moniker Sinkane, was born in Sudan. At age six, he fled the country with his family, eventually settling in the college town of Columbus, Ohio. However, the unfortunate but all too common story of … Read more »