Grugbox

Black Sherif trades grim street narratives for warmth and romance on his six-track EP. The lighter mood is deliberate, and it also costs him some gravity.

AratheJay's six-track EP sets church music against late-70s disco. The review finds strong moments, especially 'ROVER', but says the two halves never quite meet.

Gyakie's 17-track debut has strong Afro-R&B and highlife moments, but the length and the interchangeable ballads undercut them. The review argues the album needed an editor.

Black Sherif's second album keeps the highlife, drill and street storytelling that made his name instead of softening for crossover. Fifteen tracks, with the emotional cost of survival left at the centre.