Every time a mainstream artist drops those meaningless party jams, elite Twitter slanders them talking about “it’s just noise” now wizkid dropped a chill mellow album that showcases the strength of Afrobeats on a world stage... They’re finding new ways to hate on it...
In 10-20 years, afrobeats will sound more and more like this than all the noise and danceable music...all those are nothing but trends, trends come and go but real music is everlasting...Made in Lagos transcends continental and genre constraining boundaries...
Listen to Wizkid’s superstar album and now listen to made in Lagos, while the talent is still there (obviously), the maturation is undenied and unparalleled-
even the album covers directly depict the sounds on the album, while superstar is loud and colorful to accommodate the signify the different ideas on his debut album, made in Lagos is more monochrome, laid back and chill, even though that might sound like a bad thing at first...
It easily tells you how, this new Wizkid is not hopping on trends, doing the most popular sounds or doing everything in hopes that it might please everyone, this new wizkid is his own musician, in his own lane, making his own kind of music, running his own race...
You might debate if it’s a strong Afro beats album or not and that’s fine but it’s sure as Hell a wizkid album, nothing feels out of place or feel like it was there by mistake...
Even as he features artist that are well outside the boundaries of afrobeats, they’re in his playground and he makes it very clear with the choice of sounds used for the album, they’re consistent all through so you know it isn’t by accident...
Made in Lagos as the album cover depicts is minimalistic, chill, precise, calm and intentional, shows that the only colors wizkid needs to paint a beautiful canvas are those that he wants to paint with and not what others think is right for him. #MadeinLagos #MIL
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