![]() ![]() The video produced by BrathaBratha mirrors the edginess of the song with blurry frames and spooky lights. Phantom’s cocky bars come in at closing verse as they all rap over the menacing instrumentals. 元’s lyrics also echoed Skepta’s threatening intentions despite his auto-tuned and melodic vocals. His latest release, “No Stress” sees him teaming up with two other Essie Gang members, 元 and Michael Phantom as he flexes his production chops and delivers threats to his opps “Kill your bloodclat tell that pussy don’t stress”. Skepta seems to have developed a fond relationship with the Essie Gang since he featured on the remix of Octavian’s “Bet”. Skepta x 元 x Michael Phantom – “No Stress” We also see cultural dancers reintroduced, while we see some of the lyrics being dramatised, as one of the band members tries to woo a love interest who’s only interested in money. The Granville Wilson-directed video pays tribute to the band’s retro aesthetic with greenroom edits that are immediately reminiscent of music videos from the 70s. The band has now released the music video for one of the tape’s standout tracks, “Bena”, a captivating ode to a certain type of love. Their impressive debut project, ‘ROOTS’ channelled the nostalgia of highlife as they narrated different romantic scenarios. Lagos-based brother duo, The Cavemen, however, are on a mission to reignite the spark of the historic guitar-led sound. Though traces of highlife guitar riffs remain ingrained in the DNA of afropop, the genre is not quite the rave it used to be in the ’60s. To start the new week, Today’s curation for Songs of the Day features the latest releases The Cavemen, Skepta, 元 and Michael Phantom, Eugy, Toyé, Sir Dauda and Simi. We ended last week’s curation for Songs of the Day with new music from Kwesi Arthur, Simi and new collaborations from Alicia Keys and Diamond Platnumz, Darey and Patoranking, Bankuli and Congolese singer, Hiro, Leehis Jr, Shaun Mbah, Big Daddy Kave, Ictooicy and R¥DA, NSG, and more. These are the songs you absolutely need to hear. We know it can be difficult to keep up with all the diverse streams of music, so we’ve created this column to keep you, our readers, up to date with all the finest tunes coming out of Africa and the rest of the world. ![]() Despite the ongoing pandemic, civil unrest, and the seemingly endless barrage of bad news, musicians have continued to capture our collective pop consciousness with new songs that either reflects our present reality or provide an escape from it. We’ve had music to fall back on through all the heartbreaking moments of 2020. ![]()
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