With Deptford Sound Collective dropping "Give Me . Give Me . Give Me, I want it all", I found myself suspended somewhere between a Studio 54 dancefloor and a gritty picket line. It’s a jarring, delightful confusion. You expect the somber acoustic strumming of 1960s activism given the collective’s mission but instead, you are slapped awake by a wall of 1980s synth-pop. https://open.spotify.com/album/6ULaYdVEhxN7eK0w9AmHtL?si=qiJmIM0oR2GlZ7uC8idmyw The track hits...

Because Mr. Julz and Bessem helped bring Afrobeat to the forefront of the music business, you will find that you appreciate this song even more than before. "Recliner Baby" is an upbeat Afrobeat and Afropop love song that tells the story of a man who is confessing his feelings to the woman he has recently fallen in love with. Anyone who listens to the music will...