Reminiscing on The Golden Age of R&B: ‘Mystery’ by Chidimma

British-Nigerian singer, Chidimma, will be releasing her next single 'Mystery' on the 26th January. The Kent based singer-songwriter released her debut single 'goin thru things' featuring IAMRTB last year. "Mystery" is a contemporary R&B song that speaks about the singers own experience of heartbreak and the complexities and confusion surrounding this. Chidimma's lyrics reflect her own experiences when it comes to relationships which,...

Kenichiro Nishihara: Lo-Fi That Speaks To The Heart

During the pandemic, Lo-Fi was listened to more than ever thanks to YouTube live videos making hours worth of content. Lo-Fi is relatively simple to make and compromises of genres like jazz, hiphop, soul and chill-out music. In the midst of listening to Lo-Fi during the pandemic, I stumbled across music from an artist called Kenichiro Nishihara. The first song I listed to by him was 'my leaving' and I instantly liked the instrumental but, also...

Exploring The Timeless Soundtrack of Samurai Champloo (2004)

Over the holiday period, I treated myself to Samurai Champloo (anime) hoodies since I love the show so much. Samurai Champloo is in my opinion, one the best anime out there, released in 2004. The show delves into the journey of Jin, Mugen and Fuu who go on a journey to find Fuu's father. Not only do I love the characters and storyline of the show but, also the music as well. The soundtrack and the original songs from the anime standout from the...

Listen To: R&B Yearbook 2009!

The year was 2009, Beyoncé dropped Single Ladies and nothing was the same since! Seriously, 2009 was the year that I properly got into music and many legendary events occurred that year. For example, Lady Gaga released Just Dance, Poker Face and Love Games, songs that I believe very much changed my brain chemistry. That year had some great R&B songs from artists like Mario, Jordan Sparks, Jamie Foxx, Jay Sean and more. 2009 was a year when...