It’s all over the news: Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour announced that he will be running as a candidate in Senegal’s presidential elections in February. Youssou N’dour is best known for his 1994 hit single with Neneh Cherry ” Seven seconds”. Youssou N’Dour registered his candidancy after an overwhelming number of Senegalese peoples asked him to run for president. Abdoulaye... 

We hope y’all had a merry fuelled Christmas. We are rounding off the year with another set of awesome tunes submitted to Haveplentymusic.com from the continent and African Diaspora. Freaturing tracks from Hagan, Fecko the Emcee, Zaki Ibrahim, Naycha, Jay Rox, Psalmurai & Jabbarad and Flowsmith. Tune in, Spread out!  Read More →

The December Top Five Series continues with more appreciation by Shipepe Nakuumba. 1. Mayhem Lauren (Try listen to: Got the Fever) 2. Jamie Woon (Try listen to:Lady Luck) 3. Clare Fischer (Try listen to: morning) “this song is too much” 4. Phantogram – (Try listen to:Let me go) also (Try listen to :Running from the cops “on point + memories of dilla”) l 5.Ladi6 –... 

Raw Music International is a TV show about underground music scenes around the world. On each episode, the team travels to a new country, gets deep into the music, and presents complex stories about the country through music and the people who make it. Aimed at American viewers the TV show is looking to answer this question: “What are young people up to around the world, from Asia to Africa,... 

“African Millionaire” is the latest release from Niimp Cohalition a UK based collective of song writers and lyricists headed by “Ajay” “Addo” and “Black Eagle” who lace tracks with their combination of Naija and Ghanaian culture, word play, flows and hooks to encourage a sing along. Produced by Niimp, Ajay and Copernicus “African Millionaire” is available as... 

To mindful music consumers, the role of the producer is as essential and important to the creation of an album as nutrients are to cultivating a healthy lifestyle. One of the wonders of buying albums is getting immersed in the liner notes in order to discover who was responsible for what part on a song. Below is a selection of some producers whom we think are worth checking out. Becomingphill: His... 

Check out Nigerian Hip Hop from Psalmurai alongside Jabbarad (Veteran hip hop producer/ Rapper). “Superman” is the first single off their upcoming yet untitled EP. Enjoy and Share Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.  Read More →

And the retrospective continues with a visual reflection by Naturelle: My camera is my companion. I take it everywhere I go. I hide behind it. It helps me express what I can’t put into words. It was difficult narrowing down to five, because as my friend Tebogo said the other day, I should be charged for being a serial picture taker. But focus demands sacrfice. So here are the top 5 pictures... 

Becoming Phill takes it to the next level >> Top 5 VST Plugins: 1 Synapse Dune 2 Spectrasonics Omnisphere 3 Linplug RMV 4 Izotope Stutter 5 D16Group Decimort Top 5 Weed Strains 1 Killer Kush 2 Killer Kush 3 Killer Kush 4 Killer Kush 5 Killer Kush Top 5 Fails of Humanity 1 We still war 2 We STILL don’t have free energy 3 Climate-gate/Carbon Tax no attention to actual real pollutants like plastic... 

Fresh African Hip Hop from Zimbabwe: Check out this Spoken Word piece by Zim MC Synik titled “The Sayer”. The piece depicts a figure of legend, The Sayer (in modern terms, the MC) in a world where his gift is required by the masses in the face of widespread evil and destruction. It also highlights some of the elements of Hip Hop culture (Deckspinners/Beatmonks/The B-Clan/Scribes). As Synik...