Episodes
How Was Music In 2023?
To close out 2023, Moyo, Bola, and Deji give an overview of the Afrobeats scene, highlighting the artists, producers, and projects that defined the year. Delving into the current global dominance of Afrobeats, they identify a...
The Best Artist And Producer Duo
On this episode, Deji and Bola run through their favorite Afrobeats artist and producer duos, celebrating the powerful dynamics that create the best music and moments for music lovers everywhere. They discuss stellar collabor...
Online Persona 101
On this episode, the Afrobeats Avengers share their favourite and least favourite interactions with artists. They also delve deeper into whether artists' online personas impact their success and their connection with fans. Ho...
Why You No Wan Post Wrapped?
On this episode, Deji, Bola, and Moyo reflect on the year in music by sharing the data gleaned from Spotify Wrapped and Apple Music end-of-year reports, drawing conclusions on the top artists and songs via those formats. They...
Naija eh, SA ah
On this episode, Sharon, Bola and Deji are joined by Praise Anyaoha, entertainment lawyer and partner at Stetson LP to speak about the bouts of legal drama that have risen in the music industry recently. Praise sheds some lig...
Prince Of Afrobeats, King Of Props
On this episode, the Afrobeats Avengers bring interesting and funny perspectives on some of last week's releases including Teni’s “Tears Of The Sun” album, Asake’s “Lonely At The Top” remix featuring H.E.R, Qing Madi’s self t...
The Lack Of Lamba
On this episode, Sharon, Deji and Bola delve into Bloody Civillian’s Deluxe EP “Anger Management: At LEasT wE tRIED“, Shallipopi’s “Presido La Pluto” album, Wurld’s “Don’t Get Used To This” EP and more. They also spotlight th...
Artists Evolving vs Alienating Their Fans
On this episode, Bola, Deji and Moyo review their favourite tracks from last week, including Ajebutter, Boj and SDC’s “Sweet Life,” Victony’s “No Joke,” Teni’s “Malaika,” and Morravey’s “Ravi” EP. They then discuss the comple...
Introducing Uncultured: What is Afrobeats?
Afrobeats — Is it a genre? A catch-all for West African music? The thread that connects the diaspora to its roots? Or all the above? On this episode Kalakuta Koj takes us on a journey through Nigeria’s music history to trace ...
Even Egbon Dey Collect DND
On this episode, Bola and Deji run through a couple of their favourite drops from the past two weeks. They speak about Ayra Starr’s feature on David Guetta’s “Big FU,” Rema’s “Ravage,” Mr Eazi’s “Evil Genius” album, Blaqbonez...
The TikTok To Billboard Chart Pipeline
On this episode, Deji and Sharon begin by discussing songs that piqued their interest during the past week, specifically Shallipopi's two-pack, “Things on Things” and “Oscroh (Pepperline),” as well as Lil Durk, J Cole’s “All ...
Did You “Feel" It?
On this episode, the gang is back with humorous and insightful reviews of some of the latest songs and projects out in the past week. They discuss Tems’ “Me & U”, Odumodublvck’s “Eziokwu”, BNXN’s “Sincerely, Benson” and much ...
What The Potential Sale of Mavin Records Means For Afrobeats
On this episode, Deji, Moyo and Bola are joined by Editor In Chief of The Culture Custodian, Mayowa Idowu, to discuss the significance of the potential sale of one of Nigeria’s biggest music record labels, Mavin Records. They...
Farm Responsibly!
On today’s episode, Deji, Sharon, and Bola explore the controversial topic of streaming farms. They explain the different forms of streaming farms and their implications for the music industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...
Posthumous Charting Isn’t “Fake Love”
On this episode, Deji, Sharon and Moyo are back with reviews on the latest Afrobeats music releases. They run through some of their favourite tracks and projects from the past week, including Nissi and Fireboy DML’s recent tr...
He Told Them
On this episode, your favorite Afrobeat Avengers delve into recently released albums such as Patoranking's "World Best" and Oladapo's "In Case I Never Love Again," along with singles like YKB and Joeboy's "San Siro" remix. Th...
No Nakupenda, Only Knacking
On this episode, Deji, Sharon and Bola, run through new releases such as Ruger’s debut album “Ru The World”, Khaid’s Ep “Emotions” and Tekno’s “The More The Better” album. Their reviews are followed by a rundown of trending t...
When An OG Calls, You Answer
A look into a few releases made at the beginning of August 2023, including Olamide’s “Unruly”, Mavins new signee’s self-titled album, “Lifesize Teddy” and the invigorating track “Ndi Ike” by Falz, Flavour and Odumodublvck. Ho...
Do Award Shows Determine Success?
‘With An S’ co-hosts, Deji, Moyo and Sharon, discuss the importance of award shows like The Headies Awards while also examining the extent to which, if any, awards can be considered a tool for determining success. Hosted on ...
Could Or Should Win: The 2023 Headies
With the 16th edition of the Headies Awards around the corner, our co-hosts, Deji, Moyo and Sharon dig into the nominations for different categories, discussing who could or should win awards for their categories. Hosted on A...
The Afrobeats Avengers
The Culture Custodian has assembled the Afrobeats avengers on a podcast to talk about all things Afrobeats. On this introductory episode, our co-hosts, Deji Osikoya, Moyo Onipede and Sharon Ntan share a few details about them...