Album – MADE IN LAGOS
Mood – Relaxed, Chill,
Genre – RnB, Afropop,
Songwriters – P2J, Kelp
Engineers – Colin leonard, Leandro Hidalgo
Runtime – 52 minutes
Tracks – 14
Producers – P2J, Juls, Mut4y, Blackjerzee, London, Sarz, KelP
Label – Starboy Entertainment Ltd
Features – Damian Marley, Tems, Terri, Burna Boy, Tay Iwar, Ellamai, Skepta, Projexx, HER
Release date: 29th October, 2020
Afrobeats star and Starboy Entertainment helmsman, Ayodeji Balogun popularly known as Wizkid is one of Nigeria’s most renowned and respected music stars. Starting out as a young artiste with the Banky W owned ‘Empire Mates Entertainment’ in 2011 with the release of his debut album ‘Superstar’ which is rated by music lovers and critics as one of the top three debut albums ever released by a Nigerian artiste. Wizkid rose through the ladder to become one of the most sought after and successful Afrobeats star in the world.
He followed up on the ‘Superstar’ album with the release of his sophomore album ‘AYO (JOY) in 2014 which was also a commercial success producing hits such as ‘Show you the money’, Global smash hit ‘Ojuelegba’, Caro featuring LAX, Mummy Mi, on top your matter, Kind Love among other hits. The album also opened Wizkid to more international recognition and acceptance due to features from Tyga, Akon and Wale and the immense success the song ‘Ojuelegba’ recorded including a remix treatment from Drake and Skepta.
2017 saw Wiz penning a deal with RCA and releasing his third project called ‘Sounds from the Other Side’. The project produced hit songs like Come closer, Sweet Love, Sexy and African Bad Girl while boasting of features from music heavyweights like Chris brown,Tydollasign ,Drake, Treysongz and Bucie. Wizkid quietly dropped his fourth project titled ‘Soundman Vol 1’ as a surprise release around December 2019 and the project boasts of sleeper hits like Jam featuring Chronixx and Blow featuring Blackjerzee.
His most recent project is Made in Lagos, released in October 2020. The project has been enjoying massive positive reviews and airplays from music lovers and critics across the world. Songs off the album like Essence feat Tems, True Love featuring Projexx and Tay Iwar, Blessed featuring Damian Marley, Smile featuring Her and Ginger featuring Burna Boy are already proving to be Monster hits and warming the hearts of millions across the globe.
Made in Lagos is the first African album to debut on the Spotify Global Album Chart, debuted at 15 on the UK Album Charts, and surpassed 100 million streams across five platforms just nine days after its release. The album also debuted at 8 on the US World Albums Billboard Chart and 80 on US billboard 200 while maintaining the no 1 spot on the Nigeria’s Itunes Album Chart upon its release for two weeks. Made in Lagos also made top albums of the year 2020 on the list of many reputable music platforms like Vice, PitchFork, Rollingstone, The Fader, Vogue, Earmilk and many more.
Based on Feedback, Streams, Production, Quality of Features, Lyrics, Impact and Global Acceptance, can we say Made in Lagos is Wizkid’s Best Album yet? Please share your thoughts with us by commenting below.