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In Accra we have a proverb that never made the textbooks: if the beat is clean and the girls are pretty, Friday no need further explanation. Joeboy clearly got the memo. Fresh off a year of features, teasers and soft-life campaigns, the Lagos Afropop star has rolled out “Pretty Girls” — a bright, drama-free celebration of confident women who just want to dance without the wahala. No court case. No group-chat investigation. Just melody, percussion, and a hook that already sounds like it has a Detty December visa. “Pretty Girls” arrived on Friday, 6 November 2026 , available early from his forthcoming Lavida Boy EP (full project due 20 November via Young Legend / Hi-Way 89). The song clocks a tight 2:17 , which is Joeboy saying: I will not waste your data, I will waste your speakers. Pulse Nigeria already parked it on the New Music Friday list next to the big boys warming up for December. Accra, take note — this one is built for the Uber playlis...

Time no dey wait for anybody — not for the trotro, not for the landlord, and definitely not for the Ghanaian artist who has been living rent-free inside everybody else’s Top 100. Lasmid just checked the clock, looked at the calendar, and decided the next name on the stamp should be his own again. “Mmrɛ (Time)” is out now — a solo single on N.E Records , Friday 6 November 2026 , about two minutes thirty of Takoradi Afrobeats with a Twi title that needs no translator. If you have been following the Western Region star through 2026, you already know the plot: features everywhere, charts looking like a Lasmid family reunion, and Accra asking when the man go drop something with only his name on the cover. He answered. First solo since “Liquor Store” in August. Third N.E Records solo of the year after “Biggest Nathaniel” in July. The title is Twi for time. The message is Accra English for: my turn. ⏱ “Mmrɛ (...

Before the Bless Me testimony, before the motherland letter, before Accra started calling him the engineer who mixes his own blessings, Nathino opened a door with one word: “Gratitude” . On Tuesday, 7 December 2021 , the Ghanaian urban-gospel / Afrosounds artist released the Gratitude EP through the RFGM / Rap For God Music camp, and the very first track is the title track itself — three minutes and thirteen seconds of thanksgiving that still sounds like it was recorded for this morning’s quiet time. We already walked through the full five-track project in our GRATITUDE EP overview . This rewind is different. Today we sit with the opener alone — the song that named the whole package and told Accra what kind of artist was walking into the room. 🌱 “Gratitude” in a Nutshell “Gratitude” is track one of five on Nathino’s Gratitude EP . Solo record, no features, 3:13 long, released on a Tuesday in December 2021. Afr...

Most Ghanaian albums open with a hype intro. Somebody shouts the label name, a DJ drops a siren, the artist tells you he is the king of the streets before you even sit down. Nathino chose a different door. The very first words of his Bless Me EP , released on Friday, 10 November 2023 through BLACK NETWORK MUSIC GROUP , are a cry, not a brag: “Eli Eli” . My God, my God. We have spent today rewinding the EP one chapter at a time. “Weary”, “Follow Me” and “Sing Aloud” have all had their moment. Now we finish the series where the project itself begins, at the very first track. 🎤 “Eli Eli” in a Nutshell “Eli Eli” is track one of four, the opening statement of the Bless Me EP . Nathino carries it alone, no features, in a lean 2:27 , the shortest song on the project. Apple files the EP under Afrobeats, but the camp behind it, RFGM / Rap For God Music, tells you what the real assignment is: urban gospel wit...

Every Ghanaian church has that one brother. The keyboardist starts the praise session, the choir is still finding the key, and this man, two rows from the back, is already singing like the roof belongs to his father. No microphone, no shame, just volume. Some people call it noise. The Bible calls it obedience. Nathino clearly sides with the brother, because the final song on his Bless Me EP , released on Friday, 10 November 2023 through BLACK NETWORK MUSIC GROUP , is titled simply “Sing Aloud” . We have already rewound “Weary” and “Follow Me” today. Now we close the book the same way the EP does: with the volume up. 🎤 “Sing Aloud” in a Nutshell “Sing Aloud” is track four of four, the closing word on the Bless Me EP . Nathino handles it solo, no features, in 2:47 . Apple files the project under Afrobeats, but the home it comes from, RFGM / Rap For God Music, tells you the real assignment: urban gospel that does ...

In Accra, “follow me” is a dangerous sentence. Your guy says it at Circle and suddenly you are jumping gutters, entering a lane you never knew existed, and greeting three aunties selling kelewele before you reach the “shortcut” that is somehow longer than the main road. On Instagram, “follow me” is worse: it usually comes with “I go follow back”, and you know say e no go happen. So when Nathino put a song called “Follow Me” on his Bless Me EP , released on Friday, 10 November 2023 through BLACK NETWORK MUSIC GROUP , the two words arrived with plenty of street baggage. Nathino came to give them back their church clothes. Today’s Catalog Rewind takes the second song on that EP out of the shelf, dusts it, and asks one simple question: who exactly are we following? 📍 “Follow Me” at a Glance “Follow Me” is track two of four on the Bless Me EP . Nathino carries it alone, no features, an...

Some tiredness no be the type sleep fit cure. You know the one. You slept eight full hours, you even skipped the late-night Twitter quarrel, yet you wake up feeling like you personally pushed a broken-down trotro from Kaneshie to Madina. Phone on 100%, spirit on red battery. Nathino gave that feeling a name. On Friday, 10 November 2023 , the Ghanaian urban-gospel artist and mixing/mastering engineer released the Bless Me EP through BLACK NETWORK MUSIC GROUP , and sitting at track three is a song called “Weary” . This catalog rewind is for everybody whose body reached the office but whose soul is still on the bus. Sit down small. ⚡ “Weary” in 30 Seconds “Weary” is track three of four on Nathino’s Bless Me EP . Solo record, no features, 3:05 long, which makes it the longest song on a project where everything else finishes under three minutes. Afrobeats on paper, urban gospel at heart, released by the BLACK NETWORK MUSIC GROUP and R...

Every Lagos commuter knows the prayer. Before you climb into that danfo or that suspiciously friendly private car at night, you whisper one quick request to heaven: Father, abeg, no one chance today. Now imagine that same street prayer landing on a Kirk Franklin record, surrounded by a full American gospel choir. That is exactly what happens on “Hope In You” , the new collaboration between gospel legend Kirk Franklin and Afrobeats heavyweight Davido . Church people, street people, office people — everybody is invited to this service. “Hope In You” arrived on Friday, 30 October 2026 as track 3 on I Am What I Am , Kirk Franklin’s new 14-track album split into seven studio songs and seven live recordings. Davido sits on a guest list that also includes GloRilla, Jelly Roll and Tobe Nwigwe — yes, the same Tobe Nwigwe whose ‘THE BRIDGE’ album we covered earlier this month. Four artists who rarely share a playlist, one pulpit. Only Kirk Franklin fit arrange that kind of seating plan. ...

In Igboland, you don’t just walk into a compound and start talking. You greet. You say “Ndewo” , you ask after the family, you shake hands with the elders, and only then do you sit down to business. Phyno clearly remembers his home training, because the second song on his brand-new album is literally called “Ndewo” — and the person he brought to the door to say hello is none other than Wande Coal , the Black Diamond himself. Two veterans, one greeting, and plenty of swagger. Chale, when legends say hello, you answer. “Ndewo” arrived on Friday, 30 October 2026 as track 2 on Let That Sink In (LTSI) , Phyno’s sixth solo studio album, and it did not come quietly: it landed with an official music video directed by TG Omori . Earlier this month we told you about the album’s romantic warm-up ‘Beautiful’ . Now the full house is open, and Phyno has placed the Wande Coal link-up right at the front gate, where every vis...