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‘No Distance’ by Crystal G Featuring Jake Doe Is AfroRnB Built for Passion That Refuses to Simmer Down

Posted on 11 June 2026

Crystal G’s cinematic approach to Afrobeat RnB has resulted in another steamy box-office hit with his latest single, No Distance, featuring Jake Doe. Passion pops as much as the rhythm in the sun-soaked production, which epitomises the sound of summer, the chasing of passion, the lust that locks onto a single target and refuses to let go.

There’s so much synergy within No Distance- the way every instrumental pools together until you’re drinking an intoxicating cocktail through your speakers; it is enough to get you hot under the collar in a way you’ll always remember. Warm piano, acoustic guitar and rolling drums give the track its sensual lift, while English and Pidgin move between both voices, turning distance into a friction-filled emotional tug that refuses to simmer down.

Based in London, Crystal G shapes AfroRnB through atmospheric melody, smooth rhythmic textures and the multicultural voltage of the city around him. No Distance deepens that identity with a mid-tempo arrangement built for intimacy, giving Jake Doe space to lock into the chemistry without overcrowding the release. Desire lands as a glossy and dangerously close force. With an official Vevo video following the audio release, Crystal G’s stamp on the Afrobeat RnB scene is as impossible to ignore as it is irreplicable.

No Distance is now available to stream on all major platforms via this link.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Dreamo ft Gaddy soaked summer in oceanic saturation with their afrobeat RnB release, BRAND NEW

Posted on 28 April 2026

For his latest single, the independent breakthrough artist Dreamo hooked up with Gaddy before soaking the sound of summer in wavy saturation, giving his afrobeat-tinged RnB-adjacent release an oceanic expansiveness while never compromising on the intimacy it pulses through; the dream pop guitars jangle through choral distortion, tempering the trap beat and adding plenty of colour to the production that gently holds Dreamo’s reggaeton-inspired harmonies.

BRAND NEW slips into the bloodstream with humid ease, letting melodic nostalgia and modern elasticity move as one. There are shades of Amaarae in the fluidity, Rema in the melodic lightness, and hints of Cruel Santino in the alte-leaning atmosphere, making BRAND NEW an easy-to-integrate playlist staple for afrobeat RnB fans.

Dreamo’s aural identity comes from a long relationship with music, beginning with rap in his teens before singing became his clearest emotional language. Ghanaian trap, highlife, afrobeats, bedroom pop, melodic rap, and dancehall all feed into his palette, and that breadth gives BRAND NEW its richness. With past highlights including work under Villain Sounds, a place on La Meme Tape: Linksters, a collaboration with Amaarae, and a slot on the Manifestive bill, Dreamo is moving with real momentum.

BRAND NEW is now available to stream on all major platforms, including Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

‘Kilode’ turned Ray Ramon’s cultural smorgasbord into a soulfully temperate escape

Posted on 19 November 2025

Ray Ramon reached his fusionist zenith with his latest single, Kilode, as the award-winning artist merged culture and genre to deliver a soulfully temperate, rhythmically resolving aural remedy that takes you away from material reality and geographical boundaries until you are fully immersed in the universal language of melody. The Nigerian Australian singer and songwriter leans into his Afrobeats roots and global outlook in equal measure, offering three and a half minutes of escape that still feels emotionally grounded enough to hit where it hurts and heals.

The heat which spills from the production is infectious as Afrobeat and dancehall rhythms collide with the western front through retro pop synth lines, while Latin shaded guitar strings further add to the cultural smorgasbord that sates your mind, body and soul. Sultry sax phrases and hypnotic percussion pull you deeper into the groove as English and Yoruba lines trace the playful tension of love, attraction, and the complicated work of letting yourself feel worthy of either. All the while, Ramon uses his rich, deep, reverberant vocal lines to simultaneously placate and awaken, nudging you into that sweet spot where reflection and release meet.

Produced by Andromeda, Kilode arrives as the latest chapter in a catalogue that has already earned Ramon international recognition, from indie award wins in Hollywood to radio traction across Australia, Nigeria, the UK and the US. His knack for folding pop sensibilities into Afrobeat and RnB frameworks comes across as instinctive rather than calculated, the sound of an artist who understands how rhythm, romance, and communal joy can move in the same direction.

Kilode is now available on all major streaming platforms, including SoundCloud and Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

From Lagos to London: 705 Delivers Afro-Pop Euphoria with ‘Time and Date’

Posted on 26 July 2025

705 locked sensuality into every groove, energy into every beat, and soul into every syllable in his latest single, Time and Date, a track that has elevated the UK Afro-Pop scene to the nth degree of transcendence.

The rising artist’s latest seminal hit is the embodiment of pure sun-bleached sonic substance; it will make more than your rhythmic pulses move, there’s just something in the way that every element becomes more than the sum of its masterfully metered parts to deliver streams of serotonin. If you want to get lost in the euphoria of sound, let this one saturate your summer.

The Nigerian-born artist and producer started laying his foundations in Surulere, Lagos, before his music journey led him to London, where he absorbed influences from King Sunny Ade, Fela Kuti, Michael Jackson, and Wizkid. His rise from free-styling in secondary school corridors to supporting icons at O2 Apollo Manchester, and riding the Notting Hill Carnival float as one of the first afrobeats artists to do so, tells you everything about his tenacity and ability to bridge continents with rhythm and spirit.

After gaining radio play from BBC 1Xtra and riding the iTunes World Chart with ‘Tik Tok’, 705’s catalogue continues to grow, recently notching over 700,000 plays on Audiomack. With ‘Time and Date’, he continues to prove that the best vibes always arrive when the timing and the feeling are right.

Time and Date is now available on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify. 

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Stuck By Me: 705 sips on those gifts from Santa with the romantic groover Sade

Posted on 22 October 2022

Feeling the love so deeply as the world burns into rubble right before our very eyes, 705 shows the tenderness when we needed it most and gets the slow dancing happening on the dance floor with the excellent Sade.

705 is a Tottenham, London-based indie afrobeats artist who makes smooth music vibrations that can be enjoyed by the whole family.

Soaking our souls in so much more that what the world is currently offering, 705 has created a niche that is rather hard to dislike and has assembled a memorable single to treasure.

Sade from Tottenham, London-based indie afrobeats solo artist 705 is a fine release that has been made with so much endearing innocence. Brimming with quiet confidence and thriving with a vocal mastery that is second to none, this is a track that needs so much more love.

When you know who your ride-or-die is, your perspective shall change forever.

Listen up loud on Spotify and see more via the IG page.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen

Sons Of Destiny Records wants to feel the love on the catchy ‘Alert’ (feat. Don Bonya and Troy)

Posted on 29 July 2022

Bringing the world into an illuminated groove that needs to be heard loud and with a few human bodies moving rather tightly together, Sons Of Destiny Records spark our attention like those great songs always seem to do on ‘Alert‘ (feat. Don Bonya and Troy).

Sons Of Destiny Records is a UK-based record label which has that African groove from their roots in Ghana and Nigeria who soaks us deeply into Afrobeats.

”Sons Of Destiny Records Team are made up of songwriters, rappers, singers, renowned producers and music engineers.” ~ Sons Of Destiny Records

Showing us why they eat, sleep and drink their beloved African music 24/7, Sons Of Destiny Records have dropped an elevated release that will have your head nodding for days. Rich in quality and packed with an absolutely unforgettable bounce you can’t stop thinking about, which might cause an unexpected dance move while your work colleagues grin at your vibe.

‘Alert‘ (feat. Don Bonya and Troy) from UK-based, Africa-fused Afrobeats record label Sons Of Destiny Records is one of the nicest songs around right night now. This is a track which will wake you up from all previous slumbers, as we get our game up so we can find the special soul we have been searching for.

The time is always now if you believe you can succeed.

Enhance your mood on Spotify.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen

Like A Drunk Poison: Stefano drops debut track about that mysterious woman on ‘Lethal’

Posted on 9 August 2021

With a dance-filled music video that has you swaying around in such admiration for the prodigious artistic effect, Stefano wholeheartedly loves what she is doing to his shaking body as its suddenly feeling rather sprightly and ready for that much-needed action on ‘Lethal‘.

Dancer and Afrobeats artist Stefano aka Steffy Baby, is a wildly talented London, England-based singer-songwriter with Ghanaian heritage, who also blends in some tasty RnB to keep our lips licking in delight.

A new artist who has been craving to be more creative and push the boundaries on what is possible, he is in imperious form here and shows us what we have been missing out on.

This is the message that is easy to see, as he looks into her eyes and wonders what supernatural powers she has over him. Stefano is feeling urges that he has never felt before – as he smoothly takes off his stylish shirt – and shines brightly in the light with silky vocals, that has you reaching for the volume to hear it louder.

‘Lethal‘ from the London-based Afrobeats artists and well-known dancer Stefano, is the story of looking deeply into the striking eyes of a mystical woman who seems to have your heart in her soft hands, as she decides what to do with it. This is a sumptuously delivered single with so much oozing charm, from a singer on a mission to be more than just a dancer. He shows much class here – and gives us a remarkable debut to remember – that shows heaps of potential to turn into something rather special.

See this vibrant new music video on YouTube and see more from this stylist artist on IG.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen

Kimo Jeepaz gives us a shot in the arm with his ‘Vaccine’ 

Posted on 7 March 2021
https://open.spotify.com/track/0Qc2R6qUecRkJsBvUyqG8q

Mixing a heavy patois from his native St. Andrew, Jamaica, with a harder, more urban UK-style rap, Kimo Jeepaz new track ‘Vaccine’ – a lockdown hip hop story of quarantine and Covid. There’s elements of Jamaican dancehall in here alongside Jeepaz’ melodic flow and R&B groove, a touch of Sean Paul and Beenie Man alongside the R&B grind and bounce.

Jeepaz has already performed alongside the likes of Mavado, Not3s, Shenseea, Aidonia, and Dexta Daps; on the basis of ‘Vaccine’, 2021 is going to be the year the lockdown is let out for Kimo Jeepaz.

Check out ‘Vaccine’ on Spotify, and follow Kimo on Instagram.

Review by Alex Holmes

In the mood for having fun: Damola Davis bring the heat with the catchy gem ‘Oshomo’

Posted on 22 February 2021

Damola Davis returns with his charmingly pleasing style to get the party started, on the freshly-brewed bass sounds of ‘Oshomo‘.

Nigeria-raised, UK-born Afrobeats/Dancehall artist Adedamola Ogundipe aka Damola Davis, makes the type of music that gets you out of the corner of the club and into the limelight. With a voice that gets you smiling, he projects a vibe that you can’t help but like and you feel compelled to groove the whole night.

After spending most of his childhood in Ibadan, Nigeria-you can feel his pure love for making that true sound as music runs through his veins. This is a man with an inner knowledge of what the people want and he delivers here with a song that makes dancers out of novices.

A diverse artist who has been in bands before and tried out different genres, it feels like he is happy with this particular sound for now and is only going to get better like fine wine. His vocals are exciting like scoring a 89th minute free kick to win the World Cup and with a beat that is so hot you might get sunstroke in the blazing heat, this is a winner all the way.

‘Oshomo‘ from the exciting talent Damola Davis is that Dancehall fused sound that blends rather smoothly with a taste of Afrobeats, to get you in the mood to up your confidence level. He has an illuminating personality that makes him stand out from the rest and this is the song you turn on if everyone is bored with the DJ, as you know the audience will be dancing again thanks to this gem of a single.

Stream this bouncy party track on Spotify and see more on his IG.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen

Lo-Ke drops “Henny Nights”

Posted on 29 August 2020
https://soundcloud.com/user-191301175/henny-nights-rough-mix/s-zfPiWwhOtIN

Born in London, raised in France, and schooled in the USA, bi-national musician/rapper/producer Lo-Ke brings the summertime party with this upbeat-but-low-key (pun very much intended) electronic/reggaeton crossover track with producer Shadow Kyd.

Upfront hip-hop vocals meet Latin bachata-style rhythms, sparkling keys, and chilled out, Daddy Yankee-style 125 BPM.

It swings, in a dembow kind of way, under Lo-Ke’s tale of hot summer nights, Hennessy, missed flights, and waking up ‘with a cute girl on my right’, perfectly capturing those living for the moment, fairy-lighted steamy dancehall nights and hot, Latin, grooves.

You can check out Henny Nights via SoundCloud.

Review by Alex Holmes