Makhalanjalo - Topic

Artists speak the language of particulars. They practically have nothing to say to anyone until they've built a place of home in their art between themselves & the audience. For art of any kind to to make sense, to be believable? An artist needs to reach for the actual details of their surrounding world speaking first to their own experiences.

There’s no one more clearer in carving out an identity that speaks to that than Michelangelo aka Oros Makhalanjalo. He wears his influences on his sleeve, but what makes his music more memorable than most, is how he’s bringing in those dated influences. Questions of whether his music is homage or pastiche to Kwaito stars of yesteryear, in a career still in its infancy? The clear focus is creating “timelessness.” 

Makahalanjalo’s way to express anything is to tell the whole story, which is exactly what the best artists are doing right now: telling their specific shit that could only-be told by them. His best storytelling will always be in the now as he continuously finds his own stories to tell.