Mick Jenkins – The Water[s] (Vinyl) Bronski Beat – Risin' 12" (SECONDHAND) vinyl

– Risin' 12" (SECONDHAND) vinyl 12" in store at the Flying Nun Record stores - Auckland and Wellington

B4 John Holt– It's A Jam In The Street

but also within public and private spaces where they intermingled with the sounds and environments of everyday life

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Fela's use of Broken English lyrics – which were authentic and of the people and to which he added a poetic mojo – took Afrobeat’s potential audience beyond Yoruba speakers

Mick Jenkins – The Water[s] (Vinyl) Bronski Beat – Risin' 12" (SECONDHAND) vinylMick Jenkins is an old soul. It seems absurd that hes only 24. Thats not just a commentary on his technical prowess. His first foray into the hip hop consciousness was Martyrs, a pitch black meditation on violence and misogyny in Jenkins Chicago hip hop scene (where he directly called out Chief Keef). Appropriately his newest release, The Water(s), at its best, doesnt feel like a mixtape. It feels like a solid release from an MC establishing himself