Jidenna, midnight dropped his highly anticipated sophomore album, 85 to Africa.
Housing 11 songs, the album features a collaboration with Nigeria’s Seun Kuti in the opening track titled, Worth the Weight.
Also featured is the recently released Zodi, which enlists the vocals of Nigerian Mr Eazi.
American rapper GoldLink made an appearance for the song Babouche while the album’s closing single, The Other Half, features Americans St. Beauty and Mereba.
True to the title, Jidenna’s album is nostalgic of his Nigerian roots and the influence of Afrobeat and high life music with a splash of Caribbean rhythms is unmissable.
Tracklist
- Worth The Weight featuring Seun Kuti
- 85 To Africa
- Babouche featuring GoldLink
- Tribe
- Sou Sou
- Zodi featuring Mr. Eazi
- Sufi Woman
- Vaporiza
- Pretty & Afraid
- Jungle Fever
- The Other Half featuring St. Beauty & Mereba
Tribe, Sou Sou, Zodi and Sufi Woman were all previously released prior to the album launch.
Jidenna also shared the cover art for 85 t Africa with an announcement for the drop. Writing on Instagram:
“My sophomore album #85toAfrica out now on all platforms!”
https://www.instagram.com/p/B1fi-myAfdP/
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