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An orchestrated symphony for the death of Andre 3000's mother
Image Courtesy of André 3000 | Tretorn | Fall/Winter 2017 Campaign To celebrate mothers day last month Andre 3000 put out two songs to...
Zintle Ramano
Jun 5, 20181 min read


Pusha T is Sick, Sick, Sick
Over the instrumental of Jay Z's "The Story of OJ" which is sampled from Nina Simone's Four Women of which her vocals recited my skin is...
Zintle Ramano
May 30, 20181 min read


We're Just as Upset as Drake (Pusha T Diss)
His third single off of the album Scorpion dropping in June 2018, Drake has had enough of the rap beef. "I'm Upset" can be downloaded at...
Zintle Ramano
May 27, 20181 min read


AZEALIA BANKS SHOWS OFF VOCAL RANGE AND DANCE MOVES ON ANNA WINTOUR
Directed by Matt Sukkar the making of this video stirred the pot when a reference to Teyana Taylor's feature on Kanye West's 'Fade' was...
Zintle Ramano
May 25, 20181 min read


Songs To Funkify and Get Down To
A mix by $AUCE Baby for those who want are reminiscent off the 70s-80s disco era inspired by the Netflix series The Get Down. #aucebaby
Zintle Ramano
May 20, 20181 min read


Cherrie: Bringing Swedish R&B sounds of the diaspora to the World
We have seen the rise of R&B from the diaspora with the likes of German artists Ace Tee & Kwam.e with Bist Du Down whose visuals went...
Zintle Ramano
May 16, 20181 min read


How Brenda Fassie Has Influenced Pop Culture Across the World
On 9 May 2004, South Africa received the worst news that the Queen of Pop, had passed away after two weeks in a coma from cocaine...
Zintle Ramano
May 10, 20181 min read


Songs to Trap and Vibe To a mix by $AUCE BABY
1. Family Don’t Matter - Young Thug 2. You Said - Young Thug x Quavo 3. Traphouse - Tory Lanez 4. Sneakin - Drake x 21 Savage 5. X - 21...
Zintle Ramano
May 8, 20181 min read


J. Cole's KOD focuses on meditating on pain instead of medicating it and that is true philosophy
ATM is the first single off of J. Cole's third studio album KOD The album explores various addictions that exist in our society from...
Zintle Ramano
Apr 21, 20181 min read


WHEN QUEENS MEETS THE BRONX: A Nicki Minaj and Cardi B Mix
Wow, it's like I just single-handedly annihilated you know? Every rap bitch in the building. Hahahahahahahaaha. $AUCE Fridaze: Moods and...
Zintle Ramano
Apr 13, 20181 min read


5 Reasons Nicki Minaj is Here To Stay
1. The monster verse should honestly be, the only reason considering she sacrilegiously annihilated every rap bitch on that track, yes,...
Zintle Ramano
Apr 12, 20181 min read


Chloe x Halle debut their album with short film
The Kids Are Alright Film can be deemed as using what could be called the Beyoncé marketing tactic of allowing audiences in the digital...
Zintle Ramano
Apr 10, 20181 min read


Black British womxn shaping the music industry
Ray Blk came out with her official debut in 2015 titled 50/50 her hip-hop/soulful music excavates the concept of black girl emancipation...
Zintle Ramano
Apr 6, 20181 min read


Badimo: A calling of the ancestors
Moods and mixes every Friday: $AUCE Fridaze #aucebaby
Zintle Ramano
Apr 6, 20181 min read


New age of millennial artists taking over the industry: Shekinah
Shekinah is a South African artist whose neo-soul like voice over this afro-beat has emerged a new age of millennial artists taking over...
Zintle Ramano
Apr 6, 20181 min read


Special Edition: SXSW $AUCE FRIDAZE
$AUCE Fridaze moods and mixes every Friday by $AUCE BABY. Special edition inspired by SXSW 2018. #aucebaby
Zintle Ramano
Mar 16, 20181 min read


Badfellaz: Trappers of Soweto
Trapped In Soweto, they've been featured on KFC Bites, Touch HD, 5FM have over 15 000 views on YouTube, verified on Spotify, are quite...
Zintle Ramano
Mar 15, 20181 min read


Akin Brown Brings African Folk Music to Life with Oye Mi
"There’s a need to bring life back into art by bringing art into life, so that the two can hold yunno a meaningful conversation...
Zintle Ramano
Mar 12, 20181 min read


fantasies: A $AUCE BABY mix
Curated every Friday moods and mixes by $AUCE BABY #aucebaby
Zintle Ramano
Mar 9, 20181 min read


Blood, Sweat & Tears in TrillXoe's, Love Like This
TrillXoe brings together two brilliant vocalists on the official single from his long awaited EP ‘Blood, Sweat and Tears’ . With Tonero...
Zintle Ramano
Mar 7, 20181 min read
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