DJ AB’s “YNS Cypher 2025” has swaggered into existence. Not a gentle arrival, mind you, but more the auditory equivalent of a conquering legion setting up a very loud, very confident camp. This isn't background hum for a Tuesday afternoon; it’s a full-colour, high-decibel assertion from the Northern Nigerian hip-hop vanguard, a yearly planting of the YNS flag. DJ AB, the central current, is...

With their fiery new melodic rock single “When Love Walks In,” the Jimi Bennett Band make a brazen case for emotional surrender. There is a stubborn kind of pride in nursing private wounds, stacking up defensive barriers until we mistake a bunker for a home. Here, the seasoned trio stages a joyful breach of that isolation. https://open.spotify.com/album/1gJtVCNQ9rxAUTzXw34UCW?si=4fcef9e3d18c4b41 The track establishes a steady, controlled rhythmic foundation before...