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BURNA BOY RELEASES HIGHLY ANTICIPATED 5TH ALBUM, “TWICE AS TALL”

Grammy-nominated multi-award-winning Nigerian Afrofusion superstar, Burna Boy releases his long-anticipated fifth studio album, โ€˜โ€™TWICE AS TALLโ€™โ€™.

Executive Produced by Bosede Ogulu, Damini โ€˜Burna Boyโ€™ Ogulu and Sean โ€˜Diddyโ€™ Combs, the โ€˜โ€™Twice As Tallโ€™’ album boasts of a plenitude of producers; from Sean Combs a.k.a.Diddy, to Telz, P2J, Timbaland, Leriq, Rexxie, Skread, Andre Harris, Jae5, Mike Dean and many more, while the confluence of songs on the album holds guest appearances from Naughty by Nature, the Kenyan band Sauti Sol, Senegalโ€™s musical titan, Youssou Nโ€™Dour and Chris Martin of Coldplay.

Whilst he pointedly addressed Nigeriaโ€™s colonial history and inveterate corruption in his last album โ€˜African Giantโ€™, the โ€œTwice as Tallโ€ album sees Burna Boy make music as a citizen of the world, lashing out at racism, exploitation and the general widespread fallacies about Africa.

Most of the songs on this album stand out. โ€œLevel Up,โ€ is the brooding-to-triumphant song that opens the โ€œTwice as Tallโ€™’ album. Not only does it celebrate Burna Boyโ€™s own achievements, it also notes lifeโ€™s harsh realities in the lyrics: โ€œSome of my guys might never see the sun/some of them still peddle drugs.โ€

โ€˜โ€™Time fliesโ€™’ featuring Sauti Sol is a heavenly reminder of simpler times. The melodic arrangement of the Nigerian vernacular and Swahili in this song, appended to the beautiful vocal variety of the Kenyan group Sauti Sol, gives this track a guileless intimacy, fervency, soul and depth.

In the poignant song โ€œThe Monsters You Made,โ€ Burna exposes an indictment of miseducation, historical injustice and systemic racism, delivered in clear English with mounting fury. Burna says: โ€œThat song comes from a lot of anger and pain and me having to witness firsthand what my people go through and how my people see themselves. I see how many people are deceived and confused. I just try to blend all of that in and make it understood that weโ€™re all going through the same problems. We just speak different languages.

โ€Other tracks to look out for on the โ€˜Twice As Tallโ€™ album are โ€˜Onyekaโ€™ produced by Telz, โ€˜Beboโ€™ produced by Rexxie, โ€˜Commaโ€™ produced by Rexxie, โ€˜23โ€™ produced by Skread, โ€˜Bank on itโ€™ produced by Jae5, โ€˜No fit vexโ€™ produced by LeriQ and โ€˜Way too bigโ€™ produced by LeriQ, Mike Dean and DIDDY.

Fondly called the African Giant, Burna Boy speaks pensively: โ€™โ€™Music is a spiritual thing. Iโ€™ve never picked up a pen and paper and written down a song in my life. It all just comes, like someone is standing there and telling me what to say. Itโ€™s all according to the spirits. Some of us are put on this earth to do what we do.โ€

It is clear that the Afrofusion pioneer Burna Boy is on a mission to engage the spirits, provoke insight into his music and inspire us to a full tank in a delirium of musical savour, but most importantly, Burna Boyโ€™s fifth studio album is an evolution, an adhesive which makes the Afrofusion starโ€™s music a touchstone to everything he believes and stands for. In his words,ย โ€œTwice As Tall is the album about a period of time in my life. Itโ€™s the album about the struggle for freedom. Itโ€™s the album about life in general, real life, good times, bad times, happy times, sad times, great times.

โ€œAlongside the album, Burna Boy has also introduced his official comic book โ€œThe Secret Flame.โ€ Narrated by his grandfather Benson Idonije (veteran broadcaster/journalist/music critic and former band manager of the legendary Fela Kuti), the animated comic, available here, follows Burna Boy through a spiritual journey of discovering oneself while highlighting the very moments that brought him to where heโ€™s standing tall today. Physical copies of โ€œThe Secret Flameโ€ are now available for purchase via www.onaspaceship.com/.โ€

โ€The โ€˜โ€™TWICE AS TALLโ€™’ album is now available for download on all music platforms.

 

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