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One of the best rappers of the last decade J. Cole aka Jermaine........ Cole (Mark Phillips voice) if you are a true Cole fan you'll know who Mark Phillips is, back to the topic, J. Cole recently dropped an album called The Off-Season and to say it's good would be an understatement. Personally I feel like it wasn't Cole's best but it  definitely was something special, at 36 years of age and an already established name in music industry, he's rapping like he's got something to prove.  The Off-Season reminds me of Cole's earlier work like The Warm Up and even Friday Night Lights, Cole is doing what he does best sometimes even better than others and he's really rapping on this project and also delivering great storytelling. From the first track which is "95. South" to the last track which is "hunger. on. hillside"  Jermaine doesn't miss a step, kind of like LeBron in the NBA Finals in 2020 (ironically Lebron is also 36) a...

In the time Kendrick Lamar has been in the game many have already dubbed him the G.O.A.T and he has dropped amazing bodies of work that's for sure but the question is has he done enough to be called one of the greats. When people talk about his discography they often leave out his mixtapes with Overly Dedicated being an exemption, his mixtapes in my opinion weren't that good now granted when most artist first starts out they aren't that good they are still working on their craft. When Kendrick dropped his debut album "Section 80" he showed just how much potential he has its had a few good songs such as "Keisha's Song" "Rigamortus" and "HiiiPower" but it still wasn't good enough project when you compare it to something like Drake's "Thank Me Later" or even Cole's "Sideline Story" both of the projects had songs that people are still listening...

So I recently started a spotify account and I was really heartbroken by the numbers that SA artists have compared to the other artists from countries, considering how talented the artists we have are I honestly feel as though that their numbers should be way higher. Someone like AKA only has 122 338 monthly listeners on Spotify and considering that AKA is one the best we have in the country I only feel like his numbers should be way higher, another artist A-Reece only has 43 378 monthly listeners, Reece is an insanely talented rapper his numbers also should be way higher too. We live in a country with 59 308 690 people and the youth being people of the ages of 15 to 34 make up 20.6 million last time I checked the stats concerning the population in the country and none of our South African artists have a million plus monthly listeners now I know not all of us young people have money to be on Spotify there is Spotify free were you basically...

Recently J. Cole created a stir on social media with his song called "Snow On Tha Bluff". People were trying to cancel him for some of the lyrics on the song,he was accused of policing the tone of an female artist who goes by the name of Nomane and he was called  misogynistic amongst other things.  I honestly felt as though people didn't really listen to the whole song thoroughly they heard certain parts of the song and made their own assumptions about what Cole was trying to say. Now this whole started when Nomane tweeted that major artists who's discographies are about black plight weren't doing enough in the wake of George Floyd's murder at the hands of police officers (Even though Cole was out in the streets protesting with people). Many people thought she was talking about artists like Cole and Kendrick Lamar (including Cole himself). When J. Cole dropped that song in question many people tried cancelling him and really forgot about all the amazing th...

I started watching the Popcast hosted by Scoop, Ms Cosmo, DJ Vigilante and DJ Speedsta a couple of months ago and since I stared watching I've definitely learned a lot, not just about music but also about the culture,the business element of the entertainment industry and so much more. That show is a must watch for people who like listening to music, artists who are on the come up, and people who want to get involved in the behind scenes of the music industry. They cover a variety of topics, they speak what's on their minds, they are honest in their opinions and they don't show any favoritism towards any artist. What I like most about the Popcast is the way they discuss their topics, they have debates in a mature manner, none of the hosts try to be the center of attention, they listen to each other, none of them think they are always right and they also welcome feedback from the general public.  My favorite episode definitely has to be the time they talked...

I first heard of Dee Koala when I heard the Utatakho Remix and at first I really didn't pay attention to her verse (most people myself included was talking about Boity's) then I started to listen to the song more throughly and I started to enjoy her verse more,it was catchy and she played with words in a great way.  So one day I was just chilling around campus and I decided to listen her music and check out her videos. I first saw a video for a song called "Ndintswempu" which featured Amilca Mezariti and SimulationRxps the video was fire but the one that really did it for me was the Friday Freestyle now that one was on another level,she really delivered, both the song and video were amazing. I recently listened to her 14 track debut album 4 the Khaltsha  and I really enjoyed that project, to say it was good is an understatement that album was flawless. The songs were catchy AF you can't help but want to dance and sin...