I started this blog with the intension of sharing works that I love. I partly wanted to showcase my friends, colleagues, as well as my country. Vive La France – a series of playlists featuring French music by French artists – is how I will achieve that. For the first edition, I showcase 100 French […]
Music
No Escape: an EP by Vex Ruffin
A few years back, while looking for some information about Vex Ruffin, I stumbled upon his free EP No Escape. It was released digitally through the Stones Throw website. Earlier this year, Vex Ruffin released a new EP entitled Emilio. It features some of my favourite songs of the year. Not to mention the overall […]
10 great Stones Throw releases
Stones Throw Records, Peanut Butter Wolf’s imprint, is one of the most influential record labels in Hip-Hop. Kind of like Rawkus was to New-York and Rhymesayers is to the Midwest and today I will be writing about 10 great Stones Throw releases. PB Wolf started Stones Throw in 1996 as a means to honour his […]
Shuffle Friendly: top songs of 2020 playlist
A few years ago, when I was planning on returning to blogging, I started a series of annual Spotify playlists which featured my favourite tracks of the year. I name them Shuffle Friendly. I chose that name because of its tone, which is friendly and cool, but also because it captures best the vibe of […]