After a run of major releases and collaborations, BNXN opens another chapter with Still In Charge, a six-track EP that sees the Grammy-nominated Nigerian Afrofusion artist embrace a more energetic, carefree side of his sound. Released via EMPIRE, the project follows his No. 1 sophomore album, CAPTAIN. It brings together previously released records with new…
Discovery culture has developed a strange obsession with being first. With Custodian Gems, we find the artist before everyone else. Catch the song before it moves. Name the next star before consensus arrives. But discovery becomes far more useful when it stops behaving like prophecy. The more interesting question begins after an artist has our…
Six years after For Broken Ears and a decade after “Mad Over You”, Spotify ’s Lagos showcase asks a bigger question: what keeps older Nigerian records culturally alive? There are songs you remember, and then there are songs that remember you. Runtown’s “Mad Over You” belongs to the second category. For many listeners, the 2016…
