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ASAPH - The People's Rapper EP Review

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I have always believed that Bulawayo is the arts capital in Zimbabwe, they may not have the financial muscle as H-Twn but their creativity levels are above any other city. The city was however dormant for quite a number of years then in 2015 a new hip hop wave emerged and the City started showing signs of recovery. Fast forward to 2019 and Bulawayo is now a proper powerhouse in the hip hop circles and is showing no signs of stopping. Among the new faces that emerged none is bigger than ASAPH at the moment, he introduced himself to many in 2015 with his Kingsvilla series which earned him respect from all critics across the Hip Hop community. He showcased some superb storytelling and created a captivating project which was a departure from the many projects that were being released then. The project despite being adored did not gain him mainstream attention. He then followed it up with Kingsvilla2 which was an even more  beautiful piece of work, you can read my review of tha

Tocky Vibes : Life On Your Own Terms.

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Tocky Vibe's musical career is basically a motivational book on it own. He blew up like crazy in 2014, he had been in the music industry for years before then but it seemed as if all he had been working for finally materialized in 2014, where he dominated everything music wise; music charts, live concerts, public & private events, radio & kombi airplay...everything music wise. However as fast as his rise came, at the turn of the year it felt as if someone turned the switch off on Tocky's brand and music as he went from being the most demanded artist to not being booked for single event/show and having his tracks suddenly disappear from the airwaves. It was so sudden that  it felt as if it happened overnight. Many pointed to listener fatigue as his few hit songs were overplayed, some pointed out to what was rumored as his now insatiable ego and some pointed to the album he released following his popular singles on which he switched from the dancehall sound that was on h

Peter Moyo & Utakataka Express - Mwana Wemurozvi Album Review

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Peter Moyo against all the odds and challenges continues to push his fathers legacy and at the same working to prove that he can be his own man. He has been gathering a sort of cult following at his live performances, with some arguing he is one of the best when it comes to stage-work (am yet to attend his show so I'll confirm once I have attended one of his live shows). Reviewed his last album Mopao Makonzi and in summary " the instrumental arrangements were good, his late fathers would have been proud of them however the vocals were still not polished enough ". Going into this album will be mostly looking forward to hear how much his vocals have improved and also does he manage to maintain the level of instrumental arrangement he showed on his last album or even exceed them. The new crop of sungura artists have made the genre extremely competitive, Peter may have a starting advantage because of his father but that alone won't be enough, he will need to back