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Asake's "Lungu Boy": A Sonic Journey through Lagos and Beyond

Lungu Boy is Asake’s third album in three years, released on August 9, 2024.

Culture

Friday Notes "Amapiano, We go show, We go let dem know, na we de run the town"

Asake's sophomore album Work of Art drops, igniting what the post calls the Summer of Amapiano. Nikola Jokic's low-key championship celebration contrasts with Denver's euphoric Nuggets parade, while Minneapolis marks three years since George Floyd's murder.

Music

Release Day: Asake, Killer Mike

Asake's Work of Art arrives less than a year after his debut, operating at a near-peerless level with amapiano-Fuji fusions and Yoruba panegyrics. Killer Mike's MICHAEL is his most personal record — gospel, funk, and hip-hop all grounded in the Black Southern church.

Music

Release Day: Lil Durk, Kodak Black, Nonso Amadi, Choplife Soundsystem & Mr. Eazi, Jay Worthy & Roc Marciano, Diddy featuring City Girls and Fabolous, Asake, Adekunle Gold

Asake, Adekunle Gold, Lil Durk, and Diddy ft. City Girls all drop on the same Friday — plus Nonso Amadi, Jay Worthy x Roc Marciano, and Choplife Soundsystem x Mr. Eazi.

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Thursday Notes: Asake, Black Golf and more

Asake heats up the summer with the video for '2:30' as Shawny Binladen revives sample drill from Queens — Thursday's culture roundup.

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Wednesday Notes: Black Americans and the dream of homeownership

The national Black-white homeownership gap is wider today than it was in 1970 — Wednesday Notes digs into how systemic barriers keep locking Black Americans out of America's primary wealth-building tool.