MEWS : WIZKID MAKING HISTORY
The 27-year-old Nigerian artist is the principal African craftsman to feature a sold-out show at the Albert Hall – a huge advance in the internationalization of Afrobeats, and in addition affirmation that he is as of now the class' primary envoy.
The setting is land with camera phones, while to one side, admirers endeavor to climb up to touch him. Behind the stage, a regularly cordoned-off overhang has been opened to suit an overspill of fans. In the interim, UK-conceived Nigerians Skepta and Tinie Tempah are here, informally speaking to the western stars – Drake, French Montana, Ty Dolla $ign, et al – with whom Wizkid has worked together.
At this moment, Ayodeji Balogun, as he's generally known, is solidly at the nexus of Afropop, reggae, bashment, dancehall and Latin music. Bundled together with his sweet, reedy voice and steely self-conviction, the entire thing feels like a guidepost to where pop is heading. His component on Drake's One Dance opened the entryway for his prosperity outside Africa and made him a Sony Records need, yet it's reasonable he would have there even without the support. Wizkid is another sort of star, saturated with not simply horn-and bass-overwhelming Lagos pop (cracklingly played this evening by the place where he grew up band), yet in addition the worldwide hints of the diaspora. The opening Sweet Love, from his new collection Sounds from the Other Side, for instance, is an Afropop/reggaeton livener sung in a mashup of Yoruba and Nigerian pidgin. Somewhat later, Love My Baby – presented as "an exemplary Wizkid melody", an expression he rehashes before practically every tune – lollops along in a R&B/Afro beats groove.
The setting is land with camera phones, while to one side, admirers endeavor to climb up to touch him. Behind the stage, a regularly cordoned-off overhang has been opened to suit an overspill of fans. In the interim, UK-conceived Nigerians Skepta and Tinie Tempah are here, informally speaking to the western stars – Drake, French Montana, Ty Dolla $ign, et al – with whom Wizkid has worked together.
At this moment, Ayodeji Balogun, as he's generally known, is solidly at the nexus of Afropop, reggae, bashment, dancehall and Latin music. Bundled together with his sweet, reedy voice and steely self-conviction, the entire thing feels like a guidepost to where pop is heading. His component on Drake's One Dance opened the entryway for his prosperity outside Africa and made him a Sony Records need, yet it's reasonable he would have there even without the support. Wizkid is another sort of star, saturated with not simply horn-and bass-overwhelming Lagos pop (cracklingly played this evening by the place where he grew up band), yet in addition the worldwide hints of the diaspora. The opening Sweet Love, from his new collection Sounds from the Other Side, for instance, is an Afropop/reggaeton livener sung in a mashup of Yoruba and Nigerian pidgin. Somewhat later, Love My Baby – presented as "an exemplary Wizkid melody", an expression he rehashes before practically every tune – lollops along in a R&B/Afro beats groove.
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