Watch Video: M3NSA Waves His Socio-Political Memo On “Eyes But No Eyes”

M3NSA is a creative genius and remains one of the most politically observant artists of our time. On singles like “How Far” and “Gidigidi” and full length projects – either singularly or jointly (with fellow RedRed act, DJ Elo) or his friend and collaborator, Wanlov (one-half of FOKN Bois, a group M3NSA belongs), the two have frequently touched on social […]

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Concert Review: The “Connection Concert” Was a Trip Down Two Time Spaces

20th April ’18. There were a series of Global happenings on this day – Arsene Wenger finally announces he’s leaving Arsenal FC, J. Cole Released K.O.D, Cina Soul also released new video under Universal Music and Avicii passed away, RIP Champ. – And also there was the ‘Connection Concert‘ that took place at Alliance Francaise. A memorable evening where both […]

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How Sisimbo by Red Red touches on love, water and identity

One of the beauties of music is that, it helps you construct a comprehensive narrative about an artiste through the scrutinization of their catalogs. One could deduce their life stories, fears, socio-political views and lifestyle through their lyrics. Genius, the lyrics annotation site has on occasions written, from the volumes of lyrics available, the biographies of some hip-hop artistes. https://youtu.be/Fm_zYMxNibI […]

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VIDEO REVIEW: RED RED – HOW FAR FEAT. MENSA

Finally, Mensa has released visuals for his political and socially correct single HOW FAR, off his up-coming collaborative album with Hungarian DJ/Producer ELO of Irie Mafia. The album, Red Red is more of an experimental album-it explores different musical influences but is primarily driven by electronic sounds. Shot by filmmaker/documentarian Jareth Merz-known for his ‘African Election’ documentary, the video opens […]

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THE CUT

M3NSA – GHETTO FEAT SARKODIE It was a few months ago that M3nsa announced during a performance with Sena Dagadu at Republic Bar, Osu of his yet to be released album RED RED. RED RED is a collaborative album between one half of the FOKN Bois-Mensa and ELO, a producer and multi instrumentalist from Budapest. The first single, Ghetto which […]

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