African Giant Burna Boy

• 1 African Giant 03:04
• 2 Anybody 03:09
• 3 Wetin Man Go Do 03:08
• 4 Dangote 03:45
• 5 Gum Body (feat. Jorja Smith) 03:15
• 6 Killin Dem (feat. Zlatan) 03:41
• 7 Omo 02:27
• 8 Secret (feat. Serani) 03:23
• 9 Collateral Damage 03:17
• 10 Another Story (ft. M.anifest) 04:16
• 11 Pull Up 03:07
• 12 Blak Ryno (Skit) 01:06
• 13 Destiny 03:17
• 14 Different (feat. Damian Marley & Angelique Kidjo) 03:16
• 15 Gbona 03:07
• 16 On The Low 03:05
• 17 Show & Tell (feat. Future) 02:42
• 18 This Side 03:22
• 19 Spiritual 03:41
• Total Runtime 01:00:08

Info for African Giant

Afro Beats artiste Burna Boy has revealed his second studio album will be out on July 26.

The album African Giant is well anticipated as his following has snowballed in recent months with songs like “Gbona” and “Ye” a mainstay on charts around the world. Burna Boy, who is a Nigerian artiste, is influenced by a wide array of music. In a recent interview with Apple Music’s Beats 1 Up Next, he explains how he was influenced by the likes of Naughty by Nature, Super Cat, and of course another African legend, Fela Kuti.

That would explain his dynamic approach to his music and why it touches such a wide range of people. His use of Jamaican patois is very frequent in his music, which he owes to spending time in the U.K. This familiarity with Jamaican culture has led to many Jamaicans falling in love with his music.

This should show local Jamaican artistes how influential the culture is; this should point the way forward. He is winning on the international stage with our language, yet we use our language as a scapegoat for not being international. Take notes from Burna and go back to the drawing board my people our culture and style are enough; there is no need to borrow from our hip hop counterparts as much as we do.

African giant will feature recently released tracks Gbona and Anybody two tracks that are already considered hits among the people, I for one can’t wait for its release. Speaking of release, it will be distributed by Atlantic Records. As any artiste would tell you, a big label push makes a big difference in taking an album to the next level.

Burna boy is looking to break the mold of being a superstar in Africa only. He is looking to be considered among the likes of Drake and Rihanna and based on what we have heard; he has all the potential to achieve it.

Burna Boy
The Nigerian reggae-dancehall singer and songwriter Burna Boy was born Damini Ogulu in Lagos in 1991. He began making music when he was just ten years old, and while at school a fellow classmate gave him a copy of the production software FruityLoops. Armed with these means, he began to create his own beats on an old computer. After he graduated from school he moved to London to attend university, but dropped out after two years and moved back to Nigeria. In 2010, the 19-year-old Ogulu traveled to Nigeria's southern coast where a mutual acquaintance, producer LeriQ, had some studio space. This marked a period when he began to connect to the music of his native country, having spent most of his youth immersed in American acts like DMX. He began to delve into the dancehall and reggae music his father listened to, and the Afrobeat music that his grandfather preferred (he'd also been Fela Kuti's first manager). As a result of his new discoveries, Ogulu created a confluence of genres that would become his signature sound. Alongside LeriQ, they created "Like to Party," which marked his rise to prominence, and created a local buzz along the way. 2013 saw the release of his debut studio album. L.I.F.E., which featured guest slots from Wizkid, Timaya, 2face, and M.I., and drew favorable reviews from the music press. For his sophomore effort, 2015's On a Spaceship, he parted ways with both his record company and LeriQ and delivered a record even more diverse than his first. In 2017, he teamed up with producer Juls for the single "Rock Your Body."

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