Shades of Us
Movie, TV, music and book reviews for Africa, Africans and people of African descent.
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Tuesday Nov 07, 2017
Tuesday Nov 07, 2017
We reviewed Getting Older by Indie pop artist, Arlissa on this episode of Shades of Us: The Review.
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Credit: Getting Older by Arlissa
Thursday Nov 02, 2017
Thursday Nov 02, 2017
In a first, we review a film series on Shades of Us: The Review. The series, Everything in Between, is a Nigerian series which explores homosexuality and marriage pressure in Nigeria. It was produced by The Initiative for Equal Rights in Nigeria (TIERS) and Alleykat Media.
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Tuesday Oct 31, 2017
Tuesday Oct 31, 2017
We look at Bruno Mars' 'That's What I Like' off his third studio album, 24k Magic.
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Thursday Oct 26, 2017
Thursday Oct 26, 2017
A new episode of Shades of Us: The Review focuses on Ice Cube's 'Barbershop: The Next Cut', the third in the Barbershop series.
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Credit: Barbershop: The Next Cut
Thursday Oct 19, 2017
Thursday Oct 19, 2017
In this episode of Shades of Us: The Review, we discuss Nate Parker's The Birth of a Nation.
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Thursday Oct 12, 2017
Thursday Oct 12, 2017
Tyler Perry wrote, directed and produced an adaptation of Ntozake Shange's 'for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf' and we are here for it! Listen to our review of For Colored Girls.
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Credit: For Colored Girls
Tuesday Oct 10, 2017
Tuesday Oct 10, 2017
Almost everyone is raving about Simi's 'Joromi, off her sophomore album, Simisola. Why is the song such a hit? We review in this episode of Shades of Us: The Review.
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Credit: Joromi by Simi
Thursday Oct 05, 2017
Thursday Oct 05, 2017
On The Review today is Nzinga Stewart's romantic comedy, With This Ring.
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Tuesday Oct 03, 2017
Tuesday Oct 03, 2017
Johnny Drille is a Nigerian singer whose sound is different from the regular Nigerian sound. We reviewed 'Wait for Me', his love song about keeping faith in a long distance relationship.
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Credit: Wait for Me by Johnny Drille
Thursday Sep 28, 2017
Thursday Sep 28, 2017
On the new episode of Shades of Us: The Review, we discuss Rick Famuyiwa's Dope.
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Credit: Rick Famuyiwa's Dope.
Tuesday Sep 26, 2017
Tuesday Sep 26, 2017
Where are the Ric Hassani fans? We discuss his song, 'Gentleman'.
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Credit: Gentleman by Ric Hassani
Thursday Sep 21, 2017
Thursday Sep 21, 2017
Seen 'Coming to America'? We reviewed the film in this episode.
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Credit: Coming to America