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Bryan K - Honey on Ice EP Review

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Bryan K is among the best vocalists we have in Zimbabwe and over the years has shown he knows how to make good music. He has refused to be put into a box and makes music as he feels like, trying out different genres and arrangements. Despite his experimenting his music always has some soul, that is one thing that I have always admired from the guy, a few artists today make music with a soul, so its quite refreshing having an artists such as Bryan K. He has now released his first project on 2023 titled Honey On Ice Ep, have been listening to this project for some weeks now and today will be sharing my views and thoughts on the EP. As usual will be doing a track by track review and then close off with my views and thoughts on the project. 1. Pamela. This a dedication to Pamela, a girl he is in love with. He is asking for a chance to prove himself to her. The track is well produced, the arrangement is a fusion of Afro beats and Amapiano which is well done. The vocals are also well arrange
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Tocky Vibes - Munyezunyakata EP Review

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Tocky Vibes releases projects like he is releasing singles. Before you know it another project has already dropped. However he is one artist who is now very confident about his art and sound so his projects are always a pleasure to listen to. Yes he runs the risk that only a few of his songs gets to get airplay and many are skipped over as there is not enough time for many to listen to all the tracks, they will be moving on to the new tracks.  He doesn't seem to care about that and also does not believe in holding back music from his fans. Three months into the new year he has now released his first ( there will be many I can bet ) project of the Year titled Munyezunyakata, Tocky knows how to name his projects, the titles get your attention. So as usual jumped onto the project and today will be sharing my views and thoughts on the album. 1. Maadvisor On this track Chama is saying you don't need many advisors in a relationship, it will only lead to heartbreaks. If in a relations
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Top 10 Live Performers In Zimbabwe

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Delivering a memorable live performance is an art only a few artists have managed to master. Giving people a lifelong memory when onnstage ensures your legacy will live for long, even after you have passed on. There is a certain level of awareness that one needs to tap into to deliver such a memorable performance, the mood, the vibe and the many hours of practice all perfectly meet.  Have been fortunate enough to have witnessed many artists performing live, from greats such as Dr Thomas Mapfumo, Dr Oliver Mtukudzi, Baba Charamba, Alick Macheso, Amai Shingisai Suluma to the younger icons such as Jah Prayzah, Winky D, Freeman, ExQ, Janet Manyowa, Minister Mahendere, Seh Calaz, Soul Jah Love to even the current crop of young artists and today will be sharing with you the best ten artists that I have witnessed. These are the artists that I know will deliver a show that is worth your money and sometimes they will give you a show you will never forget.  Personally the best show I have ever a
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What Next for Zim Hip Hop??!

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Local Hip Hop has been the biggest winner of 2022 no doubt about that, the genre has grown in leaps and bounds. The reason why hip hop finally engaged into gear from my analysis is a combination of three things.  The amount of diverse talent that has come through is immense, we now have different variations and interpretations of the genre, Voltz has his own style, Jungle Loco has another sound, Bagga Weragga has another sound, Suhn has another sound, Luminous, Malcomm Mufunde all do different styles.  The majority of Zimbos are willing to give a different genre a chance since Sungura and Dancehall have all had periods of dominance before. Dancehall has sort of reached saturation stage, it needs to reinvent itself, Sungura is back in full force and in many areas its surpassing Hip Hop in popularity but despite that many still want to see what these young guys have to offer.  The connection the genre has with ama2k. To fully succeed, a genre has to connect to a generation, that generati
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Winky D - Eureka Eureka Album Review

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Winky D is a legend, that is a fact. He has kept Zimbos dancing for years and is among the best live performers we have in the nation. For someone who has delivered hit after hit he has a loyal legion of fans that follow him and make noise about every move he makes. His last album Njema grew on me, however it did not get as much airplay as we are used to from a Winky D album, despite many loving its mature subject matter, the music was largely absent from the streets. On Njema you could feel Winky was up to something, a new sound and vibe, it was not there yet but he was moving in an interesting direction, personally was curious to see how he was going to develop that sound going forward. The reception from the masses however was not as explosive as compared to his previous projects and towards end of that year Winky released an EP on which he reverted back to his old style, a sign of failure or he just wanted to cater for fans of his past sound??!!  The announcement of this project go
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Holy Ten - The Book Of Malachi Album Review

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Holy Ten is making sure you don't go long without new music. Was not very impressed with his past two projects, with Risky Life  I felt it was all hype and little substance, then Energy suffered from production issues. He has however made up for those lacklustre projects by the singles he releases in between, last year after the poor album he redeemed himself by his performances on the various singles he featured on especially Loss by Nicky Genius. This year after stirring some controversy on Twitter after the release of Winky D's Ibotso which he featured on, he announced his new album. Seems like a perfect time as he was trending. The album is now here and today will be sharing with you my views and thoughts on the project. The major question being has he finally made a solid project which you can listen to without skipping tracks and one which you will continue listening to after the hype dies down??!!.  As usual will be doing a track by track review of the album and then sha
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Seh Calaz - Reggae Dzinorira Album Review

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Seh Calaz is undoubtedly a Dancehall icon, he played a vital part in ensuring Dancehall became a household name and biggest genre in the nation. He has played the villain part very very well, he is the antagonist many love to hate. His rise of going against Winky D who was deemed untouchable provided the perfect entry and then his beef with the most influential artist of the 2010's Soul Jah Love pushed local Dancehall to a level never unseen before. Seh Calaz loves being the antagonist and the release of this album was a showcase of that. Despite the popularity of Winky D, he chose to release the album on the sane night on a venue close by. The two artists attract different crowds and both shows were well attended but it got many talking.  Calaz is the best at reggae in Zim and he announced that this new album would be a reggae album and that got many excited. Add to that the fact that he decided to launch this album the sane day as Winky D, the excitement got even higher. Personal
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