The second instalment in the Palmwine Music series is finally here and the wait for it was not in vain. Iconic Hip-Hop duo Show Dem Camp has returned with a great continuation to the movement that started in June last year.
Palmwine Music Vol. 1 was nothing short of a commercial success and the movement continued last year with SDC’s first headline event, the Palmwine Music Festival. It wouldn’t be farfetched to say that SDC added a masterful Pop twist to traditional Highlife music to create the new genre that is Palmwine Music and the success of the sound has inspired the direction of many young Nigerian talents. Palmwine Music 2 features returnees like BOJ, Ajebutter22 and POE with added flavour from Palmwine Music freshers Lady Donli, Nonso Amadi, Moelogo, Tomi Agape, Flash, Falana, Burna Boy and Ghana’s Worlasi.
Palmwine Music 2 features returnees and freshers
This album stays true to its Palmwine Music roots while exploring other flavours (as in The Garden featuring Falana) and we assure you, you will definitely binge.
Listen to Palmwine Music 2 here.
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Famous Bobson Delivers His Love Manifesto On ‘4 Life’
Famous Bobson is picking up where he left off last year with his new love-themed single, ‘4 Life’. The burgeoning singer enjoyed quite a good 2019 with his single ‘Stainless’ and the Peruzzi-featured remix which made rounds on the airwaves. And now, riding on the wave of the success of ‘Stainless’, Famous Bobson is taking his neo-highlife (HI-Life) cruise a step further.
For this new record, he joins forces with Konam who delievers solid instrumentation rooted in Ghanaian highlife. What strikes you immediately upon your first listen are the piercing guitar licks littered across the track.
Lyrically, ‘4 Life’ finds Bobson playing the role of the sweet-tongued lover boy. Crooning over the instrumentally-rich Konam-production, he presents his love manifesto, promising his sweetheart the world and everything within. He reassures her of his affection, asking her to spend the rest of her life with him. A love-intoxicated Bobson promises to keep their fire burning as long as mortality allows him to.
Enjoy the record above.
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Prettyboy D-O Has Olamide, WANI And Tim Lyre Colliding With Him On “Wildfire”
After weeks of teasing a project which he predicts to be his magma opus, Prettyboy D-O’s “Wildfire” is finally here. This is D-O’s first body of work since his well-received 2018 mixtape, “Everything Pretty”. According to him, this new project embodies his energy to the music space going forward, one he describes as a prayer and dedication to his unflinching fans.
“Wildfire” contains eight tracks, led by high-energy singles ‘Dey Go Hear Wehh’ , ‘Same Energy’ and ‘Odeshi’. The entire project only features three acts, YBNL general, Olamide, serial-feature killer WANI, and Tim Lyre who doubles as a producer and recording artist.
‘Odeshi’ is a bouncy trap tune that plays as a warning to detractors and adversaries. On ‘Dey Go Hear Wehh’, Prettyboy D-O comes for non-believers and detractors, assuring us that they will soon be shocked beyond measure. D-O delievers frisky verses over the hard-hitting instrumental before coming through with the highly infectious hook cut from a popular Nigerian pidgin dictum. With percussions chopped to a dance-centric street anthem, ‘Same Energy’ is a groovy and celebratory tune calling out detractors out to ensure they keep the same energy when he comes around.
For its production, D-O works with talents like Higo, DaRe, Adey, PrinceBoom, AYLO, Telz and Hvrry.
Listen to “Wildfire” above.
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Davido Is An Alchemist In His Popcaan-Assisted ‘Risky’
Yesterday, Davido effortlessly pulled off what some of many greatest thinkers have failed to for centuries: turning lead to gold. When his infamous Hot 97 freestyle hit the internet earlier this year, the DMW boss was the subject of ridicule for weeks to come. Our pride, our beloved Davido was dragged shitless on the gritty Twitter streets. The might head of 30BG became a meme.
But Davido won’t just let that go. Not without a win.
In his latest single ‘Risky‘, the first single off his highly anticipated “Good Time” album, Davido crafted a beautiful hook from the disjointed and grating freestyle. Just a few hours before its release, Davido gave us a fair warning on Twitter “What you all laughed at!! You will dance to!!” and he couldn’t have been more accurate.
Produced by Speroach Beatz, ‘Risky‘ is an infectious Afropop record – with dancehall elements – that finds Davido turning a meme-worthy freestyle into a radio-ready record with an overwhelming hit-potential. Talk about turnovers. This is a come-back reminiscent of the 2005 Magic of Istanbul. It’s just a few hours old and the record is already gaining traction of the airwaves and generating rave reviews all over the internet.
Popcaan‘s contributions, however, can’t be overlooked as he also came through on the record, complementing it with a well-fitting patios-delivered verse. Check out the Top-Boy inspired cinematic video for the sizzling record above.
