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If receiving guests to chill out on the rosy gardens of the Crystal Beauty Show is the softer side of this great initiative, the new component on this platform is definitely going to be a harder face-the-facts element to accept, especially for artists whose works will be reviewed. However, the new review approach the show is gradually co-opting is by far going to be a very salient contribution towards the achievement of standardized pieces of art the Cameroonian music and film industries have for long yearned to have. “We simply want to look more critically into material presented to the public, pointing out the weaknesses and most important, the strengths of the works that will be submitted,” Crystal Beauty, the show’s host told us. “If they know where they fell, they’d definitely know how they can rise and subsequently, the public would be served with better music videos and movies,” Crystal justified further. According the Boston USA-based web TV hostess, plans are underway to have music and film experts including managers and producers come on board for critical analysis. She is therefore inviting interested artists to submit their products/works for review and they could contact her via or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it call 781-354-2504781-354-2504.

Do your own thing and be a master of it. This seems to be the new philosophy propounded by young Cameroonian musicians nowadays. Ntube McBright Powell has had his own thing and is doing it the way he knows best. To him, Ndolo Dance which is one of the latest creations is his own way of powering his country’s music industry. In a new track already circulating, the USA-based Cameroonian singer displays the dance he calls Ndolo to the utter satisfaction of music lovers, home and abroad. Ndolo Dance whose video was launched at a recent event, staged in Maryland has won hearts and minds, yet the artist declares he still has more in store. Speaking on Afrikka Radio’s African Cocktail recently, Ntube McBright saluted the love and support he has enjoyed from fans, friends and the general public since Ndolo Dance became a widely admired project. Join Mr Ndolo Dance in the dance!

It could not have been done in a better way. Jovi’s latest hit track, B.A.S.T.A.R.D is surely the most befitting way the Cameroonian rapper sorted out to wish his fans and country folks a brilliant new year 2014. Once the video went online, it whipped across like a tornado. Not necessarily the back-to-roots message or drama in the clip, but the sound of the title of the track created the sensation. For sure Jovi’s B.A.S.T.A.R.D, though sounding like, is not derogatory. An abbreviation? Whichever way it goes, the track is a veritable display of the young urban artist’s innate creativity. But the news is that the single is another sensation Jovi has been reputed for since the Cameroonian singer sprang to the limelight.

The artist may not be in any respect trying to obstruct what has turned out to be an unending appetite for Hein Pere. He just has to move forward, at least to indicate his creativity doesn’t halt at number one. Stanley Enow has thus pinned on to the release of number two – TumbuBoss Deluxe. Its teaser has won several thousands of views, just days after it hit social media. That it’s because it’s their dear Hein Pere that TumbuBoss Deluxe’s teaser has gone viral, may be yes! But for sure, it is also largely due the tracks title that makes so much sense, especially to Cameroonians, born in the English-speaking half of the country. “Tumbu boss calabar…”, a typical indigenous interactive game among kids swiftly rekindles sweet childhood memories. Another creative strategy to win audience… Perhaps, yes! But for one thing, Stanley, just like Jovi, has displayed a satisfactory degree of music intelligence necessary in a contemporary, yet competitive artistic world. The entire piece is awaited with exciting anxiety.