How our stars performed in Beyonce's The Lion King: The Gift album.How our stars performed in Beyonce's The Lion King: The Gift album.
Wizkid (Brown skin girl): I can tell you it's the best song on the album. It's almost unbelievable that he could hold his own on a song with Beyonce. Starboy represented.
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Burna boy (Ja Ara E): Burna brought his "Gbona" flavour to the song, Ja Ara E - a laid-back track with all the elements of Afrobeat.
Also the second best on the album if I'm to say.
Although if you're waiting for the part where Beyonce surprisingly breezes in at some point on the song, nah... sorry. Still, somehow I like that he did it solo cause he owned that track and needed no addition!
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Yemi Alade, Tekno, Mr Eazi (Don't jealous me): It's not a bad Afro pop track per se, going by the average Nigerian's taste. For sure our clubs will give it repeated plays.
However, if what's supposed to further announce naija to the world right on the heels of The Lion King remake, moreso through a Beyonce platform, is lazy jabbering like,
"If you get on my don don don,
me I want to get on your don don don..." then, here we come world.
Mr Eazi and Tekno aside; everything about this inane song, from the vapid lyrics to the beat particularly, points to the queen of jargons, Yemi Alade. I mean, anybody can tell her sound from a mile away.
Thinking of it, it's as if the rest of the features on the song excused themselves from the production, allowing Yemi to Johnny-rize everything to her satisfaction.
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Tiwa Savage, Mr Eazi (Keys to the kingdom): Yet again, Beyonce was largely missing on this song. Makes me wonder why the entire project is being touted as a Beyonce vs Nigerian stars collabo - when indeed most of the naija performances didn't see her shadow on it.
Tiwa can sing, no lie, and it's a lovely song too. But minus the background African instruments, the song missed the mark.
Being that, the way it was sultrily crooned by Tiwa, one could easily mistake it for just another western r&b song about a steamy sex session, as the last thing on my mind when I listened to it was the motherland.
Now remind me what the project is all about? African-originated, African-influenced stuff right? But there goes Tiwa Savage.
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In all, i'm not understating the significance of the album.
However, the naija content of the album, having listened closely to all, seems to be very random inclusions and mere fillers used for Beyonce's body of work.
Like, it was an invitation for our stars to come partake in a banquet without them actually sitting at the high table.
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Album rating 3/10.
Wizkid (Brown skin girl): I can tell you it's the best song on the album. It's almost unbelievable that he could hold his own on a song with Beyonce. Starboy represented.
.
Burna boy (Ja Ara E): Burna brought his "Gbona" flavour to the song, Ja Ara E - a laid-back track with all the elements of Afrobeat.
Also the second best on the album if I'm to say.
Although if you're waiting for the part where Beyonce surprisingly breezes in at some point on the song, nah... sorry. Still, somehow I like that he did it solo cause he owned that track and needed no addition!
.
Yemi Alade, Tekno, Mr Eazi (Don't jealous me): It's not a bad Afro pop track per se, going by the average Nigerian's taste. For sure our clubs will give it repeated plays.
However, if what's supposed to further announce naija to the world right on the heels of The Lion King remake, moreso through a Beyonce platform, is lazy jabbering like,
"If you get on my don don don,
me I want to get on your don don don..." then, here we come world.
Mr Eazi and Tekno aside; everything about this inane song, from the vapid lyrics to the beat particularly, points to the queen of jargons, Yemi Alade. I mean, anybody can tell her sound from a mile away.
Thinking of it, it's as if the rest of the features on the song excused themselves from the production, allowing Yemi to Johnny-rize everything to her satisfaction.
.
Tiwa Savage, Mr Eazi (Keys to the kingdom): Yet again, Beyonce was largely missing on this song. Makes me wonder why the entire project is being touted as a Beyonce vs Nigerian stars collabo - when indeed most of the naija performances didn't see her shadow on it.
Tiwa can sing, no lie, and it's a lovely song too. But minus the background African instruments, the song missed the mark.
Being that, the way it was sultrily crooned by Tiwa, one could easily mistake it for just another western r&b song about a steamy sex session, as the last thing on my mind when I listened to it was the motherland.
Now remind me what the project is all about? African-originated, African-influenced stuff right? But there goes Tiwa Savage.
.
In all, i'm not understating the significance of the album.
However, the naija content of the album, having listened closely to all, seems to be very random inclusions and mere fillers used for Beyonce's body of work.
Like, it was an invitation for our stars to come partake in a banquet without them actually sitting at the high table.
.
Album rating 3/10.
