It’s been a strange kind of day. I have watched the first two episodes of the new Obi Wan tv series, Stranger Things season 4 just dropped… And Cable Street Collective sent me their album to review. I’m blessed right now and it’s not even 9am yet. So what did they send me? Well, it’s …
Album Review: “Motherland Journey” Blue Lab Beats. Words: Del Osei-Owusu
Blue Lab Beats – Motherland Journey Sky Reflections The first track on this opens with with an instrumental, you could just imagine this as a concert entry music… The way that this starts off is uplifting, and I love it. I love the the synth chords start out, and I really need to find out …
Single Review: “Kurunba” – Rokia Kone and Jacknife Lee
This track is… fascinating. Four on the floor, percussion, and call and response vocals that command you to sing along. All based around a tribal dance beat that makes you want to… Well… Quite frankly… GET DOWN! I love it, it’s not your run of the mill dance track, and it doesn’t try to be, …
Blog interview: Blue Lab Beats
Congratulations on the release of “Motherland Journey” how does it feel? Honestly it feels like a dream come true to have the legendary Fela Kuti featuring on this track! We would’ve never expected to ever have the chance to use his acappella but his publishers and Nigerian and European teams made it happen. …
Single Review: “Motherland Journey” – Blue Lab Beats, KillBeatz, Fela Kuti
When this dropped in my email, I was… shocked. Blue Lab Beats have been on my radar for a very long time, and they’ve made some incredible music. If you don’t believe me go look them up… This track is no different in fact…. They upped their game. NKOK (Namali Kwaten) and Mr. DM (David …