I watched the YouTube concert the other night, and it was awesome. Plus I don't think there's a minute of this album I don't love now
― loose Orwellian mobs (rob), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 21:20 (three years ago) link
I can understand the love for this record, but after repeated listens over the past few months, I've found that it's just not for me. There's no dynamics? It's so slick that it just passes by like nothing happened, not a single track stands out for me. That would be fine if this was ambient music, maybe, but this is supposed to be pop, and I find it completely unremarkable.
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 21:30 (three years ago) link
duly noted
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 21:44 (three years ago) link
ride on time: video for "Essence" with Tems:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jipQpjUA_o8
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 9 April 2021 22:19 (three years ago) link
.@wizkidayo’s “Essence” (ft. Tems) has debuted at #25 on Billboard Hot R&B Songs chart! 🤯🔥This is Starboy’s fifth entry on the chart, extending his record as the African artist with the most entries here — his second as lead. #MADEINLAGOS baby!!!! 🥳🎉🥳🎊 pic.twitter.com/fypElEm4g1— MIL - OUT NOW 🌍 (@WizkidSource) June 4, 2021
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 4 June 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link
also here’s the first Wizkid sighting of the year, from Lojay’s fantastic new EP with Sarz:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4IEaUhIuCsLojay & Sarz ft. Wizkid • LV N ATTNLojay’s reaction on first hearing Wizzy’s feature on his track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqW37gmxJoU
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 5 June 2021 17:22 (two years ago) link
Nice to see Essence lasting this long. A true highlight on a great, great album.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 7 June 2021 09:17 (two years ago) link
apple music has some sort master version of this up now, they need to continue to develop new technologies so i can continue hear this record in better fashion over time
― J0rdan S., Monday, 7 June 2021 23:40 (two years ago) link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ_oCO-CSam/?utm_medium=copy_link
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 21:52 (two years ago) link
North American tour dates
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 21:53 (two years ago) link
got my new york tickets a few weeks ago B-)
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 7 July 2021 22:10 (two years ago) link
"essence" has climbed into the top 20 on apple music, think it may have a shot at the hot 100
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 7 July 2021 22:11 (two years ago) link
song of the summer (this year, last year, every year)
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 22:46 (two years ago) link
tickets for the Toronto show sold out in minutes, i coulda gotten a ticket but waffled for like literally 5 seconds and it was gone :(
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 9 July 2021 18:12 (two years ago) link
Joey Akan taking stock of “Afrobeats to the World” on the occasion of “Essence” becoming the first Afropop song ever to crack the Billboard Hot 100:link - hope it works
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 17:32 (two years ago) link
Tems' hook on "Essence" is also crucial, and *I predict "you don't need no other body" will be the bit from this album most stuck in my head in days to come*.
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 19:53 (two years ago) link
ha! Essence did persist as my favorite from the album
And it is pretty wild how much this blew up. That Akan piece is interesting, though kinda thinly sourced in terms of explaining the song's crossover—not that I'm saying he's wrong, I don't really know what influencers are up to lol
― rob, Wednesday, 14 July 2021 19:41 (two years ago) link
Regular price tix for the 2 dc area shows sold out quick. Venue and live nation just listing resale price ones for 3 times the original price :(
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 14 July 2021 20:03 (two years ago) link
same here in Toronto :(
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 20:04 (two years ago) link
London date just announced
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 20:48 (two years ago) link
you're in Sacramento, a wonderful townsing, sing, sing, din, din-dinhttps://pitchfork.com/news/burna-boy-and-wizkid-to-headline-lost-in-riddim-festival/https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/60ee0fe22263890acdbe7839/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/Festival.jpg
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 20:53 (two years ago) link
that line up is insane
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 14 July 2021 21:18 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeMeopQqB6s
"essence" remix ft. bieber, he doesn't really add anything to it but it's fine
would be great if it can propel it into being a proper global hit though
― ufo, Saturday, 14 August 2021 04:38 (two years ago) link
i don’t blame them for trying to despacito it but totally useless addition in more inspiring news he’s putting out a deluxe of the album in a few weeks so we should get a few new songs out of it
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 14 August 2021 05:39 (two years ago) link
i haven't listened to it but i'm mad it exists
― dyl, Saturday, 14 August 2021 05:46 (two years ago) link
it would have made me mad if he'd ruined it or something but if it helps it become an international hit i don't really mind. his presence is thankfully unobtrusive
― ufo, Saturday, 14 August 2021 05:50 (two years ago) link
He's got a decent appearance on the Dave album.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 14 August 2021 11:55 (two years ago) link
second show added in Toronto, presale tomorrow prayers up 4 me plz
― bon ivermectin (Murgatroid), Wednesday, 25 August 2021 19:51 (two years ago) link
got a ticket to the second Toronto show, stoked
― bon ivermectin (Murgatroid), Thursday, 26 August 2021 17:25 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_O4u_nDbGsWizkid feat. Buju - Mood
― Nabozo, Sunday, 29 August 2021 14:41 (two years ago) link
"essence" (remix) is #17 on the hot 100, my god
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 16:33 (two years ago) link
i haven't heard the bieber version yet, the rap stations here play the original and the pop station hasn't started playing it. one of my friends at w*rk is a big bieber fan so when this came on off her playlist i was sure it'd be the biebs version but nope! the original is outselling/-streaming the remix now it seems so i guess billboard is crediting it like that b/c of the initial boost + that's presumably what the pop stations would play
― dyl, Thursday, 23 September 2021 01:28 (two years ago) link
recorded stream of his third night playing the O2... he comes on about an hour or so in. just super fun to see a full arena rocking to his music, but he's also got a fuller band than when he was touring in the US, i think. a lot of the songs sound great esp w/ the back up singers. he also brings out most of the guests on the album... i highly recommend finding the spot in the show where burna boy comes out in a full rodeo outfit w/ cowboy hat and cowboy boots, their energy together is really funny. also tems! not sure if she came out at the other london shows but i wouldn't be surprised if it was the first time they performed the song together
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBBv-JT0-gE
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 8 December 2021 02:20 (two years ago) link
also wiz says he & burna have a new song together, video already shot. seems like it's coming out fairly soon. appears to be called "ballon d'or," looks like it's a burna song w/ wiz feature but i guess we'll see
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 8 December 2021 02:22 (two years ago) link
supposed to see him in January, hoping omicron won't mess up his plans
― Murgatroid, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 02:25 (two years ago) link
he does a great version of "blessed" at like 1:53:00... he pulled out a lot of tricks for this show that he didn't on his US tour (understandably)
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 8 December 2021 02:36 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OJ_5aS-PdM
Ten minutes of aesthetics, top fashion and indulgence featuring the songs from Made in Lagos deluxe.
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 21 December 2021 18:47 (two years ago) link
deep cut / fan favorite “True Love” gets an official video release:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RstK5waga3ovideo does the song no favors at all. the absence of Tay Iwar makes this a rather weird, even uncomfortable, watch
― celebrating ten years of constant posting (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 19:33 (two years ago) link
was always my favorite on this album
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 29 March 2022 19:37 (two years ago) link
wiz kid is dead! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaaqj9EQ6h8
― xzanfar, Tuesday, 29 March 2022 19:58 (two years ago) link
jesus. go away
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 29 March 2022 20:01 (two years ago) link
Made in Tappahannock:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syItp7nKTik“Call Me Every Day”
― butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Friday, 17 June 2022 05:36 (one year ago) link
Killer tune. CB should just go make a full afropop album.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 17 June 2022 07:50 (one year ago) link
hadn’t listened to the new tracks on the Deluxe in a while. that is one hell of an EP - the old-fashioned 4-track kind, that is.(…) oops, checked the thread and “Anoti” (peak P.Priime, that slippery busy bassline!) and “Steady” (my favourite, loverboy Wizzy, a continuation of SoundMan’s highlight “Electric”) weren’t even mentioned on here. “Mood” with tafkaBuju is a great repurposing of the eternal “Don’t Dull” beat for the Made in Lagos era. FYI “Don’t Dull” is another one of my Wizkid nominations for the 2010s Poll. Don’t dull and waste your vote!
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 21 July 2022 21:18 (one year ago) link
Or vote for Superstar as the school-days teenage album of untrained genius and fresh fun that it is. The cheap production is fantastic. Essence of early afrobeats charm.
― Nabozo, Friday, 22 July 2022 07:49 (one year ago) link
new single (presumably the first from his new album) is out next wednesday
― J0rdan S., Friday, 9 September 2022 18:46 (one year ago) link
“Bad To Me” is out, it’s a P2J production. log drum and post-Asake group-chanted chorus notwithstanding, it’s very old-school Wizzy (I’m thinking “Bombay” era, but of course there’s also the “This Kind Luv” self-rip). it’s a fool’s game to rate a Wizkid track on the first day, but it’s probably safe to say it won’t be among his classics. that riff growing out of that guitar lick in the intro is super positively nagging tho.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw3e6mRWLHY
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 16:34 (one year ago) link
i think i like this more than you, but i don't like it more than "majo" from the dj tunez ep
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 17:09 (one year ago) link
lol to clarify: “super positively nagging” was my clumsy wag of saying that it’s nagging in a very good way
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 17:16 (one year ago) link
*wag => way