Un des pics de la soirée a été atteint avec Nalandi, une reprise magistrale d’Eko Roosevelt, qui a fait vibrer la salle et créé un véritable pont générationnel. Par son style vestimentaire atypique et ses mouvements scéniques, rappelant des légendes du makossa comme Salle John, Hoigen Ekwalla ou San Fan Thomas, Hen’s a affirmé son identité artistique avec brio.

Le BOJ, réputé pour accueillir des talents de premier plan, a une fois de plus servi de cadre idéal pour une performance de haut niveau. L’acoustique de la salle, alliée à une mise en scène soignée, a permis de magnifier chaque morceau interprété par Hen’s.
Ce retour au BOJ, après deux passages avec le groupe de gospel Reason, a démontré sa pleine maîtrise de la scène et sa capacité à fédérer. Un moment fort, entre modernité et hommage au riche héritage musical camerounais.

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A truly dense mixtape that makes his third studio album ‘’WAVs’’ feel lightweight, E.L’s bite force is still strong and much closer to his wheelhouse of hardcore Hip-Hop. There’s a total of 14 songs amounting to 54 minutes, aside from a roster full of rap-hungry megalomaniacs which include the likes of Joey B, Tulenkey, Kev the Topic, A-Clipse and Lyrical Joe to name a few.

Upon play, the first four songs are on the A-side – ‘Time’ through to ‘This Country’ – the former being an introspective opener on E.L’s ascent, to which he teasingly cites: “Can’t believe I sh*t on you niggas six times chale” and the latter being the heir to his ‘State of the Nation Address’ off the ‘’BAR 2’’ mixtape as he retouches on his motherland’s woes, though in a cynical tone.

‘Frodo Baggins’ (feat. Nova Blaq) plants itself among the aforementioned four, rocking that super tight – ‘’Ten years into my bag, no coming short like Frodo Baggins” line, as the project draws in on its run of star-studded features: ‘I Feel Like I’m the Sh*t’ (feat. Kev the Topic), ‘Kaafe Mafe’ (feat. Phyl4lyph & A-Clipse), ‘Dracula’ (feat. Lyrical Joe), the pre-released ‘Sudwe’ (feat. Joey B & Tulenkey) and ‘Rowdy’ (feat. Young Pabi & Temple), all putting rap fanatics on edge.

Towards the end, however, the intensity gets a bit soft; ‘On God’ has the rapper toss in a couple of playful lines on the trap-like production, next to another song self-appreciative of his style – ‘Different’ (feat. Dr Laylow & Gambo). ‘The Bar Cypher’ isn’t far off from the previous two, but is the record’s chunkiest.

It has E.L hand his platform to 6 budding guest artists: EL Deezy, Kimilist, Kojo Vypa, Gingsen and Hackey, all delivering that priceless cypher experience before the record rounds up with ‘Bar Out’ (feat. Kxng Tradey) and its solo close ‘Your Turn’.

Speaking with E.L about the series and what it is all about, the rapper shared: ‘’I consider this tape my social responsibility to keep hip-hop alive. I see so much talent around me and it casts my mind back to the times when I was an upcoming artist looking for someone to believe in me. I aim to keep using my platform to project and protect. It (Bar 6) is dedicated to all artists who feel like they have something special to offer. The goal is to encourage them to keep going against all odds and to do things their way’’.

On ‘’Bar 6’’, E.L’s aggression, uncanny pen game and ear for catchy production live on, effortless in ferrying his rap legacy to where it belongs – everlasting plane.

Listen to the project here: Bar 6

Source: Elite PR