Category: Music Think Pieces
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![No Charge For an Underground Gem – A Review of Sam Wise’s [@Samwiseldn] “Free Game”](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/unnamed.v1-180x180.jpg)
Words By: Dwayne Wilks Sam Wise reminds us why his name is held in such high regard with his Free Game mixtape. 2021’s third quarter has already provided an abundance of talking points and high points. Drake and Kanye have hoarded most of the headlines despite the fact that their albums are widely considered to…
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Black music is championed at festivals but it is rare that those same festivals are led or owned by Black people. Yam Carnival took place over the August Bank Holiday weekend and it didn’t hit the mark in the way people, especially Black people wanted it to. There was a real excitement for the festival…
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![REVIEW: Blanco – City of God [@blanc0b0urne]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/dpfqewkenbgaoe7chkq5-180x180.jpeg)
Words by: Dwayne Wilks The Harlem Spartan enjoys the solace of his own lane on his debut project, City of God. Harlem Spartans are one of Drill’s foundational groups, helping to build the sound that is now heard on streets as far east as Brooklyn and as far south as Accra. City of God shows…
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I arrived at Clapham Common by 2pm on a sunny Saturday morning. The area was already buzzing with hundreds of attendees, with locals asking, ‘What’s going on here? Is it some kind of event?’ We were all to excited to reply in chorus – ‘It’s Yam Carnival!’ Which resulted in more puzzled looks from passers-by. And I…