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One to watch: Kofi Stone
The Birmingham rapper’s compelling second album, featuring the late Benjamin Zephaniah, confirms his place among Black British storytellers
Earlier this month he dropped his second full-length release, A Man After God’s Own Heart, embodying a richer, more assured sound: take the majesty of the Mr Vegas interpolation on King David Flow, or the ruminative love song Lavender. There’s also a feature from none other than Benjamin Zephaniah: a month before his death last year, the much-loved poet recorded his part on May Sound Crazy, a clear-eyed ode to growing up in their shared home city. From the schoolyard years to the present day, he has levelled up: these are accomplished songs with engaging bars about place, love, faith, politics and people, all told with his affable, flexible delivery over a cosy boom-bap glow.
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