“Lifestyle” Review: Balloranking Brings His Street-Pop Sound to an Amapiano-Driven EP – Afrocritik

Two dice are shown, one with “LIFESTYLE” on it, in a dimly lit scene with slot machines and bottles—capturing the vibrant energy of street-pop and Amapiano influences.

Lifestyle may not be Balloranking’s most vulnerable outing, but it signals a subtle iteration that Balloranking can preach the gospel of the streets and still soundtrack its wildest nights.

By Abioye Damilare Samson

The meteoric growth of Street-Pop over the past years has unlocked a new variant of young stars, propelling the genre in the most distinctive ways. Balloranking is one of these unique artistes injecting new life into the sound with his Konto-inflected — pseudo-Reggae-Dancehall — soundscape, a…