This week, PAM Club welcomes Professional Beat, a worthy representative of the Cruise sound that has taken Nigerian youth by storm on Tik Tok and in private parties.

PAM looks into the history and evolution of Nigeria’s street-pop from indigenous rap and foreign beats to neo-soul and Apala-fusion.

Every month, PAM browses the pan-African scenes to offer a selection of ten fresh releases. This January, we’re starting the year right listening to Seyi Vibez, Aya Nakamura, LA Timpa, Ajebutter22, and more.

PAM is on the ground for the 2022 editions of Afronation and Afrochella in Ghana’s capital for the wild times and world class performances of some of Africa’s biggest stars.

Afrobeats continues its rise to global acclaim as one of the sounds that is able to blend and influence the world over, taking notes from South Africa’s amapiano or inviting US mega-stars and UK rappers into the fray, here’s a selection that defines Nigeria’s growing place on the global stage in 2022. 

Reissues always remind us that the ocean of music is much deeper than the surface of new releases. From Ghana to Colombia, passing by Somalia, Zimbabwe or Mali, PAM has selected 30 reissues from 2022 that bring back from oblivion the great archives of African music.

Nigerian artist Somadina builds on her panoply of experience for a debut that includes Nollywood punk, afro-psychedelic future nostalgia, indie rock and an alternative spirit that’s both wild and weird, sweet and dangerous. 

There is no one African rap, there are hundreds. There are as many rap scenes as there are countries and languages on the continent. All over Africa, rappers and beatmakers are taking the codes and […]