Happy new year and happy valentine day, its the 13th of February 2011 6.o4pm, I am listening to MI's new thing MI2 the movie from start to finish for the 1st time since i got the cd from falomo bridge in lagos on my most recent trip to naija for N150
One word, its actually really really good and probably should be filed under 'alejo classics' (coming soon is my top 20 ALEJO CLASSICS 2010.I hope i get round to actually doing it before the end of 2011
He calls it a movie and boy does it sound like a movie. productions is handled by studio magic mainly (platinum toks and headphones) i hope i am corrrect and featuring the usual suspects Jesse Jagz, Ice prince( i actually like his real name Panshak Zamani ) Brymo, 2f-ace (shout out to vector tha viper),Timaya,Waje,Flavour,Loose Kaynon,Bola,Kauna.
Musically, i think its actually better than 'talk about lt', as it sounds less programmed and more musically and appears that more live instruments were used case in point 'action film' and the use of strings which is a rarity and probably a first in its use in more recent naija music. what can you say about the hook man of the moment 'brymo',like in the words of Ice prince 'oleku'(can someone actually tell me what exactly he is saying on that track 'oleku').His hook on this song plus the strings is what does it for me
Also, the magic of this cd is also the mix and mash of styles, highlife and naija hip hop works and probably one of the best crossover songs of the year.My Ibo people would probably be bumping 'Number 1 featuring Flavour for a long time to come .check it out !! His featured artists shows growth and they all work on their various songs not over shadowing MI but they all hold their own.MI's rapping is on point and allows every one to have their moment to shine, but they all know its an MI joint and every thing comes back to him after they all have their time
Hot Joints in no particular order
- Action filmcheck out the strings
- Number 1 -highlife/hip hop wow
- Nobody- 2face kills it
- Beef- shout out to baba 70
- My belle, my head o - west indian flavour
- One Naira- Naija Love plus Waje kills it !!
- Epic- just like it says on the tin epic y'all
- Imprefect me- one can relate to this ,thanks
Its a great album and ALL songs are really good and all in all for those expecting talk about it 2, you will be highly disappointed but for those that like musically progression this is a slow burner but definitely progression musically and on point from Jude Abaga ...can't wait for the MI3
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