You can feel the heat radiating off this project from the very first second. Lylantz has dropped an album that acts as a twenty-track inferno, demanding your immediate attention from the jump. The sheer scale of the project is staggering, offering an intense look into the mind of an artist who refuses to play it safe. "Zero" is heavy, unapologetic, and completely unbothered by traditional...

It's outstanding to honor those who have made significant contributions to society. Great people ought to be honored in every way possible. The motivation behind Mariaa Siga's "Mame Bamba" tribute to Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba is obvious, but there are other reasons for the song's existence as well. Poet, brave resistance fighter, and nonviolent theist Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba founded the Mouridist and Touba movements. That aspect of...